First Grade News
May 23-26, 2016
Important Dates
Please sign up to bring supplies for the End of the Year Party www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C4DADA82DA57-alice
May 26- Guidance Class- 9:30
May 27th & May 30th- NO SCHOOL
June 2nd- Last Day of School & Mav Fan Jam 8:10am
* Alice In Wonderland/Mad Hatter Tea Party 11:00am-12:00pm
Last Day of School Schedule
9:10-10:10 Classroom Activities
10:10-10:45 Recess
11:00-12:00 Tea Party (LUNCH)
12:00-12:45 Specials
12:50-2:45 Classroom Activities
2:45- Get Ready for Dismissal
Mad Hatter Hat Contest
***HOMEWORK***
Awards will be presented to the first graders for:
*Fanciest
*Most Creative
*Funniest
*Most Dramatic
*The Maddest Hat of All
ALICE In WONDERLAND PARTY
Invitation
Character Of The Month: Gratitude
*Being Grateful
* Showing Appreciation
* Returning Kindness
HOMEWORK:
** Work on creating your HAT for the Tea Party**
Thank you for working so hard with your child!!!!
Monday-Wednesday
* NO READING RESPONSE THIS WEEK
Continue to practice addition and subtraction fluency
*** Youtube- https://youtu.be/ybEr-s9SPIg
* Practice Reading for 20 minutes each night & record it on the READING LOG*Practice FRY WORDS
WEEKLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Reading:
Focus: Chapter Book- Alice in Wonderland
* New Vocabulary from the story
* Synonyms
* Using a Dictionary
Word Work & Grammar:
Review: Contractions, Punctuation, ABC Order, & Compound Words
Writing:
Focus: Responding to Alice in Wonderland & Picking topics to write about
Math:Cont-
Review Week- Time- Hour & Half Hour, Money- Identifying & Counting, Solving Addition & Subtraction Word Problems, Place Value, Greater Than/Less Than
Finish- District Assessment
Science/Social Studies:
* Science/Social Studies Assessment
Communication
Students will learn the definition of communication. Students will also explore problems that can arise with the lack of communication and miscommunication. Students investigate types of communication and the communication rules involved in each type.
Lesson Content Objective:
- Define communication as a way of receiving and sending information to others.
- Identify problems, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution
Lesson Language Objective:
- Define communication by expressing his/her opinions and ideas in social grade level topics.
Vocabulary
- communication: sending and receiving of information; speech, signals, writing, or behavior