May 2nd-6th

Language Arts: The theme for this week is "At Work" We will be learning that there are many different kinds of jobs we could have when we grow up.

Spelling: Prefixes re-, un-, and sight words. (retry, reuse, remake, unpack, unsafe, unlike, saw, cause, goes, build.)
Sentence: It is unsafe to pet a sleeping bear!

Math: This week we will be working on adding and subtracting two digit numbers. A practice math test will come home Tuesday night. We will be having our math test on Wednesday.

Rotations: We will be practicing for our 1st grade program a all week so there will be no rotations.

1st Grade Program: Your child needs to come to school with a MOSTLY yellow shirt on Thursday and Friday. We will be preforming our program for parents on Thursday at 2:30pm. We will preform it again for the school on Friday at 9:30am.

April 26th-29th

Language Arts: This weeks theme is "WE CAN DO IT!" We are discussing the many things we have learned how to do in our lives and the people who have helped us learn it!

Spelling: Words with -au, -aw, & sight words. (haul, cause, saw, claw, paw, dawn, fault, awful, book, took, nothing, and along.) Sentence: My dog is walking on our lawn.

Math: In math we are learning how to add and subtract multiples of ten on the hundreds chart.

Rotations:
Mrs. Bluemel: Mondrian (Straight Line Design)
Mrs. Bennett & Mrs. Mace: Math Remediation
Mrs. Anderson: Program Songs
Mrs. Barton: Rocks
Mrs. Nielsen: I've Decided (Good Choices)

Current Happenings:

* The whole 1st grade will be practicing a couple times a day throughout the week next week to prepare for our program. Please make sure that your child has good attendance next week so they will be prepared to preform on Thursday!

* Ask your child about a fun math card game they have learned at school and have them teach you how to play it with them!

* Notices about our Sand Hollow Field Trip are coming home tonight. Please sign it and return it with your child by Friday!

April 18th-21st

Language Arts: The theme for this week is "Let's Go Out!" We will be talking about how there are many interesting things to see and do in our daily lives.

Spelling: Words with oo & sight words. (book, look, cook, took, hood, wood, toy, coin, mother, love) Sentence: My dog is chewing on an old boot.

Math: This week in math we are continuing to work with money amounts up to 99 cents. We will also be learning how to group data, and add multiples of ten.

Rotations:

Mrs. Bennett & Mrs. Mace: Math Remediation

Mrs. Anderson: 1st Grade Program Practice.

Mrs. Bluemel: Picasso

Mrs. Barton: Rocks

Mrs. Nielsen: Character Education

Reminder: There will be no school on Friday, April 22nd or Monday, April 25th due to Easter Break!

April 11th-15th

Language Arts: This week we are reviewing everthing we have learned over the past 5 weeks and will be taking our Unit 5 Treasures Assessment. There will be no Spelling this week!

Math: This week in math we are working on solving addition and subtraction story problems.

Rotations: Because of Treasures testing and the Zion Field trip we will not be having rotations this week.

Zion: Our class will be going to Zion on Wednesday. Please send your child to school that day with the proper clothing for a hiking trip. It is supposed to be in the mid 60's so a jacket is reccommended.

Easter Egg Hunt: The hunt has been changed to Friday after lunch. Please send your child with a bag of eggs by Friday!

Classroom Happenings: Our butterflies have started to emerge! We will be releasing them outside sometime this week.

April 4th-8th

Language Arts: The theme this week is Watching Animals Grow! We will be learning about how baby animals change and develop as they grow older.

Spelling: Words with oi, oy, & sight words. (spoil, coin, join, voice, enjoy, joy, toy, boy, town, mouse, eyes, enough) Sentence: The boy can join the club.

Math: This week in math we are learning about telling time to the hour and half-hour. Our Topic 11 Math test will be on Thursday. A take home practice test will be coming home on Wednesday night.

Rotations:
Mrs. Bluemel & Mrs. Bennett: Math Remediation
Mrs. Anderson: Music
Mrs. Barton: Financial Literacy
Mrs. Mace: Plants
Mrs. Nielsen: Character Education

* All of our caterpillars are now in their chrysalides. We are excited to see them start turning into butterflies within the next 2 weeks!
* Each student has also planted their own sunflower seed and they have already started sprouting. We are keeping track of their growth each day!