Dear Parents,
With only a few weeks left in May, we are finishing up end of
the year assessments and beginning to wrap-up what we have learned this year.
A few reminders:
·
Grades 4-6
Music concert will be held in the gym at 2:30 on May 22.
·
May Sharing
Assembly will be on Thursday, May 24 at 9:15 in the gym.
·
No school
May 28 in honor of Memorial Day.
Here is a look at
next week:
Reading: Students
have been working very hard learning fairy tale components and started planning
out their own fairy tales. Next week, we
will finish publishing our fairy tales and share our masterpieces. We will work together to evaluate others
fairy tales to ensure the main components of a fairy tale are shown. By the end of the week, we will begin to
reflect on books we have read together this year and create a list of books
students recommend to the upcoming first grade class! Students will learn how to complete a book
review to share their favorites.
Word
Work/Handwriting: In Buddy Study, students are participating in the routines
independently. Students create their own
spelling lists and are learning their words through a variety of
activities. Students also have been
bringing home their list of words to share and practice at home. Next week, we will begin by continuing to
work with works that have two consonants sounds, like the hard /c/ in “cat” and
the soft /c/ in celery. We will have our
test on Wednesday and then move into words with an ‘-ing’ ending. Be watching for students to bring home their
next spelling list to share!
Writing: We have
started our new writing unit and students are thrilled to collaborate with one
another during this time. Students have
started exploring their topics with their partners on the net-books and
experimenting with different technology tools.
Next week, students will continue to gather information on their topics
and begin organizing their information to present. Further exploring with technology tools will
occur whole class and in groups to get students ready to create their final
projects. Digital storytelling tools we
will explore include blogs, Wiki’s, VoiceThreads, LittleBird Tales, Voki’s,
comics, and StoryBird. Ask your child to
share some of the tools they are exploring!
Math: Our final
unit, Unit 9, focusing on 3-D Shapes, is a great success so far! Students are very engaged and motivated to
explore and build with geo-blocks.
Students are beginning to use vocabulary, attributes, and compare
shapes, sizes, and orientations of 3D shapes.
Next week, we will begin with an assessment focusing on shape
‘footprints’ and then will be ready to begin drawing and building their own
designs with the geo-blocks. By the end
of the week, students will be introduced to cones and cylinders where they will
be able to compare their attributes and size from each other and the other
geo-blocks they have been exploring.
Social Studies: On
our trip to White Memorial this week we were able to experience animal habitats
in the wild and apply what we learned in Science regarding Amphibians and
Reptiles. Reflections on the field trip
highlighted what they learned and how much they enjoyed the day. This week we also had three visitors join our
classrooms to share their jobs. We
learned more about the job of a police officer, Emergency Medical Technician,
and a hairdresser.
Next week, we have
three more visitors joining our classroom to share their jobs. Students will generate questions for each
guest beforehand and will learn about each career, what skills are needed, and
how they help the community.
Have a wonderful
week!
~Your first grade
teachers: Miss Field and Mrs. McIntire
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