I hope everyone had a great weekend!
The kids were so excited to come in and see how their grass has grown! We also looked at our lima bean seeds to see the root growth and leaf growing inside the seed. Unfortunately, not all beans are growing, and some of them have gotten moldy from too much moisture. We are learning how this happens when we plant seeds in our gardens or yards too.
We will finish our plant unit this week and begin our animal unit next week!
I am so excited to share with you about the field trip from Ernie Miller coming to our first grade classrooms tomorrow! They are going to bring in 3 animals--an owl, a ferret, and a toad!
Here is what the program will be about!
The program includes a Story about the Wide Mouth Frog, which talks about what animal eat. The program also includes looking at animal skulls and different types of teeth. The children also help construct 3 different food chains in different habitats and see an animal from each habitat.
I will take lots of pictures to share with you! It's perfect timing leading in to our animal unit coming up!
ELA this week is on "ar", which we call the bossy r because the r bosses the vowel around and changes it's sound. We have been talking about "ar" all year long, so the kids are very familiar with its sound when I point to our arm as the action of the sound.
Our high-frequency words are:
work, again, eight, two
We will be working on reading and spelling number words to twenty in class, if you could help with this at home also.
Syllables: We work on syllables verbally throughout the year, but will be learning more about splitting the syllables of words when writing them in sentences.
Math--We are finishing up our chapter on 2D shapes. This week we are moving on to equal parts/halves of shapes. Our math test will be on Friday.
High Frequency sight words! Thank you so much for all of your support at home on sight words. The kids are taking off on their reading because of your help! Only 4 weeks left to get through as many lists as possible!
Coming up!
April 26. Ernie Miller coming to 1st Grade!
April 29. Boots and Bling and BOGO!
May 13 Field Day
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