First Grade News
March 20 - 24, 2017
Mount Vernon Field Trip Rescheduled - March 21st
We are leaving at 9:15 a.m. and returning at 3:00 p.m. Please refrain from giving money to your child for the field trip. We will not be going into the gift shop during our visit.
Chaperones, please come to your child’s classroom at 9:00 to help prepare for our departure.
Lifework
March 20th is Day 2 of the Encore Rotation
Mon. Read 10 minutes.
Begin writing the final draft about your animal.
(7 sentences) Please include:
name of the animal
type of animal (reptile, mammal, insect, etc.)
countries or areas where the animal lives and its habitat (swamp, forest, jungle, etc.)
what the animal eats
a few interesting facts
Tues. FIELD TRIP
Read 10 minutes.
Worksheet
Wed. Read 10 minutes.
Finish writing animal project final draft
Thurs. Read 10 minutes.
Rainbow Spelling
Fri. Read 20 minutes.
Spelling List 18 * Same as last week
shout
house
mouth
round
couch
out
growl
town
plow
how
down
because
Curriculum Corner
Langauge Arts: Phonics: Review sounds of "ow" and "ou" words. Putting words in alphabetic order using the second or third letters if the first letters are the same. Mount Vernon Sequence of events writing. D'Nealian Handwriting letter Ss.
Math: Addition and Subtraction to 15. Counting Pennies, Nickels, Dimes. Story Problems. Tens and Ones place value. Assessment this week.
Science: Animals' needs and characteristics. Assessment next week.
Boosterthon Kick-off March 20th
Animal Projects
The students will write an informative report about any animal that reflects some simple research, has been proofread and rewritten with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, penmanship that is a best effort, a nicely drawn and colored picture with a background, or a student made shoe-box habitat, and a clear oral presentation at school of the report. Please see the suggested schedule for how to complete the animal report.
Reports & Drawings/Habitats are due Monday, April 3rd.
Pennies for Patients
Pennington is collecting money from March 7th - March 24th for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The best way to collect money is through the website online:
http://events.lls.org/pages/nca/PenningtonSchool-2017
You can also collect money in the boxes provided and add them to your classroom’s collection box. We will collect money on Fridays throughout March.
Our goal is for each homeroom to raise $300. If each student donates $12.00 or more we will make our school goal of $7,200.00! Checks will be accepted and can be written to LLS and are tax deductible. The top earning class will win a lunch catered by Olive Garden!
Spring Break
School Flyers
Star Students
Mrs. Brandt - Jaden Sarpong
Mrs. Buck - Samuel Rodriquez-Quiceno
Mrs. Moore - Janah Salahuddin
Star of the Week Instructions
March Poem
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest
thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-
Till I look down on the garden
green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!