First Grade News January 29th-February 2nd

What We're Working on This Week:

First Grade Curriculum:

Language Arts 

This week in spelling we will focus on the plurals by adding -es. Spelling test will be on Friday!  In Writing we are working on writing about historical figures or writing historical text.  We are really looking back and remembering to use capital letters and periods!  We are also making sure we capitalize all proper nouns!  

Social Studies

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit on Famous Americans.  We will read  about and discuss Abe Lincoln.  Our class timeline is looking awesome! It shows how events from the past are put in chronological order and affect our world today.  We are moving back to the 1800's this week!

Math

In math this week we will finish up learning our addition strategies. We will play games, complete stations, and practice several ways to become addition experts.

Homework note: PLEASE make sure your child is doing Reflex Math for 15 minutes 2 times a week. It is crucial that our learners are practicing their addition and subtraction facts outside of class time.

Science

In science this week, we will be finishing up our unit on Earth Science. We will actually move a little outside of our Earth and talk about objects in our sky. We will learn about how the objects in our sky move in different patterns and have different purposes.

Important Dates:

February 14th - Valentine's Day Parties at 2:00 (more info coming soon)

February 19th - No School for Students (Staff Development Day)
February 23rd - 6 Flags Reading Logs are due! (more info below) 

Other Important Information

Yearbooks

Calling all TCE Texans!! Please purchase your 2017-2018 TCE Yearbook online! 

The PTO will have a very limited supply to sell at the end of the year. As of now the deadline to purchase and build ads is January 15th.

Shoes for PE

Please make sure your child is wearing the appropriate shoes on PE days! We know how warm and fuzzy boots are this time of year, but it is hard for them to play games in PE while wearing them. If your child would like to wear their warm boots and bring tennis shoes to change into, that is always fine! 

1A and 1B: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

1C and 1D: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Six Flags Reading Challenge

 Turn in your log of 6 reading hours and earn a free ticket to Six Flags Over Texas! Forms are due on February 23rd.