Strauss' News
April 14, 2017
In-House Field Trip Today
Mark Your Calendar
April 17-28 Georgia Milestone Testing (Grades 3-5 only)
May 1- PTA Board Meeting 6:00
May 18- Bruster's Spirit Night 5:00-8:00
May 24- Last Day of School
Testing April 17 - 28
End of Year Testing in Kindergarten
ABC Countdown!
The ABC Countdown to the last day of school begins next Wednesday, April 19th! Please look for the information letter that was sent home in your child's orange folder.
On P-Day (May 17th), students will walk to Mt. Park Park to play on the playground and have a picnic. There is permission slip in your child's orange folder. ALL students must have a SIGNED permission slip in order to participate. Students who do not have a permission slip will have to stay back at the school. Please return your child's permission slip as soon as possible so we can get a head-count regarding lunches. Thank you for your quick attention to this matter.
Earth Day Fun!
Friday, April 22 is Earth Day. Students will be learning about what they can do to help the earth stay cleaner. Please help us at school by modeling ways to help keep our earth cleaner at home. Students will be learning how to reduce, reuse, and recycle!
First Grade Expectations
As we are quickly approaching the end of the year, we are working diligently on displaying first grade behaviors! Some of our expectations include: following 3 step directions the first time given, working quietly & independently for up to 20 minutes, and producing quality work.
What's coming up next week:
Next week student learning will include combining science, reading and writing to learn about the life cycles of animals and how animals grow and change.
In writing, students are encouraged to write 3-5 sentences, including a beginning, middle, and end. Students need to remember to capitalize the pronoun "I" correctly, spell sight words correctly and use punctuation marks. It is important that their errors do not interfere with the meaning of their writing. We will be reviewing narrative, opinion, and informational writing for the rest of the school year.
In math, kindergarteners will spend time exploring subtraction. A fun way to do this at home is to smash balls of play-doh. Students can roll a dice and roll out that number of play-doh balls. Then, roll again and smash the number they rolled. You can also use real objects and have students use an object to "take away." Students will also learn about the subtraction sign and how to write subtraction number sentences. I have found that subtraction tends to be more difficult than addition with young children so it is a good idea to practice this at home. Students must be able to perform subtraction in order to understand how to solve subtraction number problems.