1st Grade News
February 1, 2017
Just a Note
If you have not yet sent in your blue paper responding to our Valentine's Day party, please do so ASAP.
Snickers the Hedgehog was a hit
Observing an African Plated Lizard
And a tarantula!
Language Arts
We will be finishing up our nonfiction unit and will again transition to fiction texts for a few weeks. Please practice retelling and asking questions while reading.
Continue to support your child's reading habits by practicing reading and writing their high frequency words and reading their little books each night.
Math
We are starting our sixth math unit! Please read the attached parent letter below.
Unit 6 expands on many units we have already covered this year. These concepts include place value, mentally finding 10 more/less than a 2-digit number, and comparing numbers. This is a short unit, so we will be moving through the information fairly quickly.
Mrs. Getz showing us the millipede!
Up close and personal with the plated lizard
Taking a closer look of the millipede
Science, Social Studies, and the Arts
Reminders
Thank you for sending in headphones for your child! Please check with your child to see if their headphones are still in working order. If your child does not have a set of headphones at school, please send a pair with them that is labeled with their name. We use headphones every day during our daily 5 and math rotations. You can pick up a pair for a bargain at the Dollar Tree, Target, or 5 Below.
Please keep a change of clothes in your child's backpack.
The weather is now cold and our classrooms can be chilly. Please send a sweater or sweatshirt with your child. Please be aware that our playground is very cold during the winter. Be sure that your child is dressed appropriately for outside play (coat, hat, gloves). We play outside as long as the temperature is above 20 degrees factoring in the wind chill.
If your child has a change of transportation at dismissal time, please email springridge.es@fcps.org or call the front office by 3:15 pm. Do not email your child's teacher. Thank you!
Spring Ridge Elementary School
9501 Ridgefield Drive, Frederick, MD 21701
240-236-1600 phone
240-236-1601 fax