Fun With Firsties
April 11, 2016
Curriculum Highlights
Language Arts-This week we will finish up Unit 4 in More Adventures of the Superkids. We will take a spelling test on Unit 4 words on Tuesday. We will also begin Unit 5. Unit 5 spelling words will be sent home with your child on Thursday and will be posted in next week's newsletter. While reading this week, we will focus on comprehension skills including drawing conclusions, recalling details, and answering questions about a story.
Math-We will continue Topic 11 in our math curriculum. This week we will use strategies such as mental math and drawing pictures as we continue to subtract tens and ones. We will take the Topic 11 assessment at the end of the week.
Social Studies-This week we continue to work on our Service Learning Project. We will spend time writing some task cards for the Bee Bots, as they travel through our handmade community. We will also discuss ways in which we can help spread important safety tips to members of our Pasadena community.
Upcoming Dates
- April 12-Field trip to San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
- April 22-Earth Day Field Trip to Wildlife Learning Center
- May 11-First Grade Musical
Notes To The Fabulous Folks
- We are looking forward to our field trip to the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse on Tuesday, April 12. We will see a production of the children's book, Miss Nelson Is Missing. We will travel to the theatre by school bus. We plan to depart MJS at 9:00 and will return back to school by 11:30.
Homework
Tuesday-Online math
Wednesday-Superkids 50
Thursday-Journal-Free Choice! Please write at least 3 sentences on a topic of your choice. Of course, include an illustration, too!
Unit 4 Spelling Words
Memory Words
- come
- coming
- they
- our
- put
Spelling Patterns
-all
call
fall
small
-aw
law
saw
draw
-awn
dawn
lawn
yawn
-awl
bawl
crawl
shawl
Faith in First
This week, our religion lessons will focus on making choices. We will also learn about the Ten Commandments and how they can help us make good choices.
First Grade Musical
Dear First Grade Parents,
As part of our First Grade Service Learning Project the first graders will perform a play celebrating some of our friendly neighborhood helpers in our community. FNH introduces students to the many helpful people in their community. Through simple, catchy songs and brief dialogue, students learn about firefighters, mail carriers, grocers, dentists and many more who work every day to make their neighborhood a better place to live.
The performance date will be Wednesday, May 11th at 9:05 am. Save the date! Look for flyer soon.
Thank you. ~Kay Bowen
The Wiz
- Friday, April 15, 7 pm
- Saturday, April 16, 2 pm
- Saturday, April 16, 7 pm
- Sunday, April 17, 2 pm
- Parking for the performances will be available at the Sheraton. Validation cards may be picked up at the box office in the HPAC.