Peek at the Week of April 30-May 4

We will be going to the Book Fair on Wednesday at 11:00.  During this visit each child will make a "wish list" of titles they are interested in.  The lists will be sent home to help with your book shopping.

We start our play practice this week!  Everyone is so excited to work with the other first grade classes on our big show!

Writing Workshop:  Last week we started our Poetry unit.  It is going well!  Each child was given a brand, spanking new notebook and each day we have been learning a new 'technique' to try out.  So far we have tried the following techniques:  list poems, repeated line poems, first-last poems and mystery poems.  This week we will learn a few more formats/techniques.  We will showcase our poety writing on Thursday, May 24th at our Poet Palooza show.

Reading Workshop:  We are studying Characters and reading many books with strong characters.  In the upcoming weeks we will form character 'clubs' and explore series books.  This is a fun way to learn about a new character or revisit a favorite character.


Homework
Monday, April 30
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday, May 1
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Reading:  Character Colums (use a new book or a favorite book...any book will do)


Wednesday, May 2
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Math:  Fluttery Math Problems

Thursday, May 3
1.  Read for at least 10 minutes
2.  Study for tomorrow's test

Have a great week!