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First Grade Happenings
Week of February 16, 2016
Field Trip Next Week!
Wednesday, February 17th is our class trip to the MN Landscape Arboretum! The bus will leave promptly at 9:20 AM and return to school by 12:45 PM. We will eat lunch upon our return to school. Because we will be missing our regularly scheduled lunchtime, we are asking all students to pack a lunch from home.
Language Arts
We completed our time lines about the life of Abraham Lincoln. Students were asked to name a character trait to describe him, followed by "proof" for their assessment. Next week we will continue our work with biographies.
Next week students will complete their writing about their collections, so look for your child's collection to come home. We will then turn our attention to writing reviews.
Next week students will complete their writing about their collections, so look for your child's collection to come home. We will then turn our attention to writing reviews.
Mathematics
Our Unit 5 assessment is just around the corner. We have learned most skills and will touch upon a few more next week. Here are the secure skills:
· Compare numbers up to 100 using greater than and less than symbols
· Use place value to count up to 100 using Base 10 Blocks
· Solve doubles facts (with or without using a number grid)
· Solve +0 and +1 addition facts
· Write turn-around-fact for a given number sentence (2+3=5 and 3+2=5)
· Can solve complements of 10 problems using a number sentence (7+?=10, ?+8=10)
· Use ordinal numbers to show least to greatest (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc)
Units
This week students "mowed" their alfalfa and grass by trimming it with scissors. They then predicted whether or not they thought it would grow back. Most students predicted the grass would grow back by using their background knowledge. Alfalfa was a bit trickier as there was no background knowledge to use in making a prediction. Time will tell on whether or not their predictions were correct!
Digital Day Schedule
2/15 NO SCHOOL
2/16 Day 3: PE/Media (Book Check-Out)
2/17 Day 4: PE/Music
2/18 Day 5: Art
2/19 Day 1: Technology
2/16 Day 3: PE/Media (Book Check-Out)
2/17 Day 4: PE/Music
2/18 Day 5: Art
2/19 Day 1: Technology
Weekly Spelling Words
Our practice test will be on Tuesday and our final test will be on Friday of next week:
curl, hurl, burn, turn, return, sunburn, blurry, hurry, furry, curry
curl, hurl, burn, turn, return, sunburn, blurry, hurry, furry, curry
Important Links
Twitter This Week
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https://twitter.com/BVMesser1
https://twitter.com/BVMesser1
IXL Math/Online Practice
Online math practice of secure math skills for students.
https://www.ixl.com/math/
https://www.ixl.com/math/
raz-kids
Online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books and reading quizzes.
https://www.raz-kids.com/main/Search/?searchTerms=login
https://www.raz-kids.com/main/Search/?searchTerms=login