First Grade News September 5th - September 8th

What We're Working on This Week:

First Grade Curriculum:

Language Arts 

This week in Language Arts we will continue our focus on writing and working in our journals.  We are also starting our beginning of the year language arts assessments so that we can get students into reading groups and begin working one on one and in small groups to meet individual  needs.  Students have learned about Literacy Stations and have begun going to them each day!  This is a fun way for them to work together with others and have some independent practice on skills we have focused on in class! 

Social Studies

In Social Studies we continue our unit on Citizenship and Rules! We will discuss the rules of home and school as well as being a good citizen! We have been working on our books about being a good citizen! 

Math

This week we will be learning all about efficient ways to count. We will become experts in counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. We will also be diving deep into place value and our number system. This week our first graders will be exploring these concepts in small group guided math and math stations. 

Science

This week we will be continuing to explore all about matter! We are learning all about how to sort and classify solids according to their properties. We will also be taking a visit to our school garden to sort and classify solids we can find outside of the classroom! 

Important Dates:

Monday, September 4th - Labor Day- No School!

Thursday, September 7th- Fall Picture Day
September 18th - September 22nd - Fall Book Fair in TCE Library
Friday, September 22nd - Special Friends Day / Fall Family Picnic at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, October 6th - Fall Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
Monday, October 9th - Columbus Day -- No School!

Service Learning Book Drive:

The 5th Grade Students are hosting a gently used book drive to collect books for schools and libraries that were impacted by Hurricane Harvey!  Please feel free to clean out your at home libraries and send in any books that you would like to donate! Thank you!