First Grade News September 25th - September 29th

What We're Working on This Week:

First Grade Curriculum:

Language Arts 

This week in Language Arts we will continue our spelling review of short vowels.  We will focus on words with the short u sound.  We will also be learning how to add a topic sentence, three supporting details (with transition words), and a concluding sentence to our writing!  Everyone is doing great!!  We will get some journal entries on SeeSaw this week too! :) 

Social Studies

We will keep working on a research project with a partner! Each group will highlight and study one characteristic of a good citizen! Characteristics include: responsibility, respect, honesty, kindness, etc...

Math

In math this week, we will continue learning all about place value. This week we will really focus on decomposing numbers. What that means is realizing that numbers can be built in different ways. We will continue to explore these concepts in stations, small group guided math, and playing math games.

Science

This week in science we will be continuing to explore how liquids can turn into solids-- freezing, and how solids can turn into liquids-- melting. We will get a little bit messy as we explore these processes in a hands-on way! We will even make a yummy treat as we learn how liquids can be turned into a solid.

Important Dates:

Friday, October 6th - Fall Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
1A / 1B Sign Up :  Click Here
1C / 1D Sign Up: Click Here

Monday, October 9th - Columbus Day -- No School!

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**Thank you so much to everyone that came for special friends day! We had a great time celebrating with you and so appreciate you taking time out of your day to visit TCE 1st! 

**Please click on the link above (under important dates) to sign up for a parent / teacher conference 

with your child's teachers. Conferences will be 10-15 minutes and will be with both teachers. We will fill you in on our beginning of the year assessments, some goals for your child, and answer any questions you might have! We know this is not a lot of time but if we do not finish we are happy to have you back in another day! We are so enjoying all of your sweet kids and we can't wait to meet with you to talk about them! :)