Mrs. Shields' Weekly Update
1st Grade Ireland Elementary
Week of February 24, 2020
The highlight for this week is our Field trip! We will be visiting the FFA petting zoo first thing on Tuesday morning, February 25th.
IRISH PROGRAM-TSHIRTS
Hopefully you all have seen the letter that was sent home on Thursday from Mrs Burke with all of the details regarding the Irish Program. If not, please let me know and I will get another copy sent home to you. If you would, please send in your child's green Ireland t-shirt to school prior to the program. Ideally, I would like to have them all here by that Tuesday, March 3rd so that we know everyone has one. It will also help if they change into those here at school.
Our learning goals for this week include:
- Wonders Unit 4, Lesson 4
- Read and spell words with long i sound, spelled -i,-igh, -y, and -ie.
- Read high frequency words: caught, flew, know, laugh, listen, were
- Read words with -es, -ed, -ing endings
- use verbs see and saw properly
- Math, Money: Identifying coins and counting pennies, nickels, and dimes
- Math Facts 11-15
Math Homework
Math homework will look a little different this week. We will learning about money: pennies, nickels and dimes. We will be identifying coins and counting money. We do not use the iReady lessons to teach this unit so the homework pages will look different and won't be coming home in a packet today. I will send those pages home next week. In the meantime if you want to get a head start, dig out some coins (not quarters) and let them explore the coins, sort by type, and even count groups of pennies, nickels and dimes. Every little bit of practice helps!
Decodable Reader
PLEASE KEEP THIS DECODABLE READER IN THEIR GREEN FOLDER EVERYDAY AS WE USE IT IN CLASS EACH DAY AS WELL.
Class Picture Day
March 9th is group picture day! Picture forms came home this week.
Cluster
Did you know that you can upload and even "steal" or download pictures from our photo sharing sight, Cluster? All of the photos that I share are available for you to download and keep! So check it out! :)
Thank you for all you do to help support your child's learning at home.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact me. Have a great week!
Important Dates:
Feb. 25, 2020 Field Trip Petting Zoo
Mar. 9 - Class Picture Day
Mar. 5 - Irish Program for Grades 1, 2, 5; 1:00pm and 6:30pm (DATE CHANGE!)
Mar. 18, 2020 End of Third Quarter
Mar. 23-27, 2020 Spring Break - No School
Apr. 10, 2020 Snow Make-Up Day - No School
May 22, 2020 End of Fourth Quarter and Second Semester