May 29th Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful Memorial Weekend!  In literacy we will learn that we see some words many times when we read (high-frequency words) and that it's important to learn these words because they help us read and write.  In writing, we will be finishing up our non-fiction pieces and we will share them with another first grade class.  In community writing, we will continue working on our ABC Countdown Alphabet book.  

This week in math we will come up with a question and survey other students. The children will make a tally chart as they survey their friends, use the data to make a bar graph and develop questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than another.  We will also solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers and engage in mathematical discussions during our daily Number Talk.

This week in science we will be learning about human and animal life cycles.  We will also begin to learn about classifying animals.

ABC Countdown Reminders:

• Tuesday, May 29- Outside Bubble Fun Day
• Wednesday, May 30- Pajama Day
• Thursday, May 31- Quiet Day- Bring a stuffed animal for quiet reading
• Friday, June 1- Relay Races at Lion's Park Day- We will walk to Lion's Park (please send cold lunch and a drink)

Special Points of Interest

• Our Take-Home book program will be ending this Thursday.  Please make sure your child returns their book on Thursday so organizing and cataloging can begin.
• Field Day and Lunch on the Lawn is Friday, June 8th - Please look for more information in the Thursday folders.