- It's May! Only two more months of school...so hard to believe. We started
- The end of the year gets very, very busy with so many things wrapping up. Here are the important dates that I have so far for our first grade class:
May 26: Field Day from 12:45-2:15 outside
May 27: Rain Date for Field Day 12:45-2:15
June 3: First Grade Musical at 9:30 in the Common Room
June 10: Poet Palooza at 2:30 in the classroom
- Reading Workshop: We are experts on story elements! This week we will begin a new unit on poerty. We will have the chance to read all different kinds of poems. We will be learing some new vocabulary specific to poetry. Some of these new words and concepts are: line, stanza, rhyme, rythme, mood and tone. I will also be starting the Year-end reading assessments this week too.
- Writing Workshop: We will be finishing our hard-cover book illustrations while we also begin to learn a few techniques of writing poetry.
- Math: This week's lessons will be: Combining 2-D Shapes, Dissecting 2-D Shapes, Finding and Describing Symmetry and Visualizing Symmetrical Shapes.
Homework
Monday 5/2
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Spring Word Work
Tuesday 5/3
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Reading: Story Map (use any favorite book)
Wednesday 5/4
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2.
Thursday 5/5
1. Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Review your words for tomorrow
Have a great weekend!
