Final Week as First Graders

Upcoming Events for our Final Week: 
Monday, May 21--Please send in ALL library/guided reading books, if you haven't already!
Tuesday, May 22-Storybook Island Field Trip/Picnic,  come dressed for lots of outdoor play.
Wednesday, May 23--Show And Share:  My favorite ___________!
Thursday, May 2--First Grade Field Day Activities; come dressed for outdoor activities.
Friday, May 25--Our final day...and now we are 2nd Graders!

It has been my pleasure to work with this class as my final class of my teaching career!
Wow!  Have a great summer with your child.

May is Here!!!

Show and Share Wednesdays: 

Wed. May 2--Something you Collect

Wed. May 9--Student Choice

Wed. May 16--Something about Summer Activities

Wed. May 16--Something that is 'My Favorite'

Field Trips

First Grade has two field trips planned for May.

Tuesday, May 15, we will take the school bus and go to the Outdoor Campus from 8:30 AM to approximately 10:30 AM.  Come dressed for lots of outdoor activity! 

Tuesday May 22, we will picnic at Storybook Island and then stay to play and have a scavenger hunt.  We will again take the school bus leaving at 11:00 AM to approximately 1:00 PM.  Please send $2 admission fee for your child by Friday May 18.  Also, we are asking that each child bring a sack lunch/drink that day in a disposable container (paper sack/juice box, etc.)

Please check today's Friday Folder for a volunteer sign-off to help supervise on the field trips.

Have a great weekend with your child.

Sum Dog South Dakota Challenge

Dear Parents,

We have concluded adding new words to our First Grade Word Wall list and will now work on learning all the words with automicity to use in our reading, writing and spelling and phonics activities.  I have included a copy of the First Grade Word Wall list in today's Friday Folder   I would like the children to know these words with ease as they will have a new list for 2^nd grade.

SUM-DOG South Dakota contest:  We will be taking part in the state wide Sum-Dog Challenge from April 30-May 4.  We are trying to accumulate the most points for first grade by correctly answering the Sum-Dog questions.  The points your child accumulates at home will count for our challenge.  The more times a student plays-the more opportunities they have to answer questions.  Just log on to www.sumdog.com and enter the username/password that is taped inside your child’s Friday Folder.  

Have a great weekend with your child!

Gail Aadland

March's Lamb Weather

The Word Wall Words for April:

Week of April 2--make, made, mom, my, car

Week of April 11--did, do, said, keep

Week of April 16--have, has, night, no

And this marks the end of new words being added to the First Grade Word Wall.  For the remainder of the year our word work activities are based on the 110 First Grade Words that we have posted throughout the school year.

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Typically we graph the huge variances that happen on a daily basis with the March Weather.  March 2012 however was a month of March Lamb weather so we decided to create a 'Bad Hair Day' bulletin board instead:

Zane, Ben, Brady, Maddi, Benjamin, Devon B., Jack

Ethan, Devin S., Eleena, Hailey, Makenna, Claire, Michael, Lexi

Madysen, Ty, Katelyn, AJ, Emily, Aleena, Canyon, Brooke, Jocelyn  


Have a Great Weekend with your child!

Starting Show and Share

We will be starting Show and Share Wednesdays:
Wednesday, March21--Something about Spring
Wednesday, March 28--Student Choice
Wednesday, April 4--Something about Family
Wednesday, April 11--Something about My Favorite Activity
Wednesday, April 18--Student Choice
Wednesday, April 25--A Trick/Stunt/Joke that I can share with the class
Please be ready to share 2-3 sentences with the class about what you have brought.  The Show and Share items will be kept in the child's backpacks until Show and Share time.  Nothing breakable, or pertaining to weapons, toy weapons.

First Grade Science Research

Parents,

We have moved into the last section of our Writer’s Workshop Non-fiction writing unit.  We are doing research on a Science topic and will then each write a research paper.  We have started research using our Science Series texts but could use more resources that are written at a first grade level.  If you have children’s books or magazines that cover any of the following topics please send them in to school labeled with your child’s name.  We will be using these resources next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.   Thank you in advance for your support of our first grade writing program. J Gail Aadland

Topics:

Owls/Butterflies/ or Cats Life Cycle—Jocelyn, Claire, Katelyn, Lexi,

Machines—Jack

Land and Water/Earth-AJ, Zane

Weather—Devon B

Seashore/Seashore Creatures—Michael, Ben L., Brady

Food Chains—Ty, Eleena, Devin S., Brooke, Benjamin K

Living/Non-Living-Makenna, Emily

Saving the Earth—Josie

Weather-Hailey, Ethan

Plants and Animals—Madysen

The Sun—Aleena, Maddi

Canyon’s Topic—To be determined

WE ARE MAKING A WRITER’S PORTFOLIO WITH OUR BEST WRITING PIECES WHICH WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU DURING THE WRITER’S EXTRAVAGANZA USUALLY SCHEDULED IN EARLY MAY! 

Last Month for Book-it

This is the last month to record reading minutes for the Pizza-Hut Book It reading incentive program.  Your child has the March recording sheet in their Friday Folder.

March Word Wall Words:
Week of March 5:  would, could, should
Week of March 12:  brother, sister, father, mother
Week of March 19:  now, new, old, pretty, children
Week of March 26:  want, look little, be, big

Today was Read Across America Day!!  We enjoyed having some guest readers in our classroom:  Mrs. Teeslink, Mrs. Fullerton, and Mrs. Lust as well as doing some special Cat in the Hat activities.