First Grade News: February 20th-23rd

What We're Working on This Week:

First Grade Curriculum:

Language Arts

This week in spelling we will focus on words with the -ea phonogram. Spelling lists and book bags will come home Tuesday.  Spelling test will be on Friday! In Writing we will continue working on writing about historical figures or writing historical text. We are also going learn about other transition words we can use for First, Next, Last.  

Don't forget Library Day:

Wednesday 1A & 1B

Thursday 1C & 1D

Social Studies

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit on Famous Americans. We will focus on George Washington and the people that helped to start our country!  We are going to begin a little project to share with you at  Open House! :) 

Math

In math this week we will continue to learn all about subtraction and strategies for solving subtraction problems! We will learn several ways to solve subtraction problems and become fluent in our facts. We are looking forward to playing lots of math games to practice our facts, too!

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 learning about objects in the sky. We will talk about the rotation and revolution of the Earth. We will learn how the rotating and revolving of the Earth causes patterns in the sky.

Important Dates:

February 19th - No School for Students (Staff Development Day)
February 22nd - Engineering Extravaganza (5:00-7:00 pm)
February 23rd- Jump Rope for Heart (12:30-1:20 pm)

February 23rd - 6 Flags Reading Logs are due! 

March 5th-9th - Book Fair
March 6th - Class Pictures / Spring Individual Pictures
March 8th - Open House (5:30-7:00 pm)
March 9th - Spirit Rally - 1st Grade Performs! (8:00 am)

Other Important Information

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.