April 3rd
April (Snow) Showers bring… Let’s just hope that this is the last of the snow! As long as the ground is wet and we have some snow I encourage you to send snow pants and/or boots. Their shoes get pretty wet at recess and it’s much better for us to have clean shoes in the classroom. Thank you!
Upcoming Events:
April 10: No School
April 9-13 KAT Week (See below for dress up days)
April 13: KAT
April 18: Field Trip
April 19: Family Night
April 20: Wear Green and Blue to celebrate Earth Day
April 26: Dress like a Movie Star
The knowledge-a-thon is on Friday, April 13! That means the week of there will be dress up days! Student council came up with days that spelled out KAT!
Monday, April 9= K- "Kozy" day- wear PJs or comfy clothes
(there is no school Tuesday)
Wednesday, April 11= A- "Answer" - dress like an answer to a kat question
Thursday, April 12= T- "Teacher" -dress like a teacher
Friday, April 13= Dress like your grade's assigned Olympic color (the theme is Olympics so student council assigned a color of the Olympic rings per grade level. We needed one extra color so 4K can be purple for NDLC!)
Below are the colors of the grades based on the rings
Blue- 4th grade
Black- 2nd grade
Red- kindergarten
Yellow- 1st grade
Green- 3rd grade
Purple- 4k
Reading: We began today with thinking about how much we have grown as readers in first grade and set some more reading goals. We will work on noticing the lessons in our books by paying attention to what the character learns when the problem gets solved. We will think about life lessons even before we start a book and use those thoughts to read differently, thinking right from the start what the book might teach us. At the end of the week we will compare and contrast books by asking, “ What’s the same? What’s different?”
Writing: In writing we are making some connections between the books that we are reading and the ones that we are writing. Tomorrow we will ask ourselves the question, “Can my character learn a lesson in the book I’m writing?” We will also look at the first grade writing checklist and make sure that we are including all parts of a narrative piece of writing. I will be encouraging students to move onto new books about their characters so they can begin to collect a series of adventures.
Word Study: This week we will begin more work with long vowel sounds. Thank you for studying the sight words at home during the week. We will skip this week since it’s a short week. Look for new words next Monday.
Math: This week in math we are reviewing comparison bars and taking our test. We will begin our new unit towards the end of the week that will begin 2 digit addition. We will explore many different methods to solve them.
Science: This week, students will learn how patterns of light can be used to communicate complex messages. Students will create their own codes, using different colors and patterns of light, to send secret instructions to a partner across the room.
Try at home!
Students have become familiar with the idea that light can be used to send messages, as long as the receiver knows what the code means! One important code to introduce to your child is the ‘SOS’ Morse code - a series of three short, three long, and three short lights (or sounds) used to signal for help. Describe this simple code to your child, and see if they can identify the code in this video of a stranded boat: http://safeYouTube.net/w/EiCb (It’s best to watch with the sound off because the lights and sounds are not timed together!)
Upcoming Events:
April 10: No School
April 9-13 KAT Week (See below for dress up days)
April 13: KAT
April 18: Field Trip
April 19: Family Night
April 20: Wear Green and Blue to celebrate Earth Day
April 26: Dress like a Movie Star
The knowledge-a-thon is on Friday, April 13! That means the week of there will be dress up days! Student council came up with days that spelled out KAT!
Monday, April 9= K- "Kozy" day- wear PJs or comfy clothes
(there is no school Tuesday)
Wednesday, April 11= A- "Answer" - dress like an answer to a kat question
Thursday, April 12= T- "Teacher" -dress like a teacher
Friday, April 13= Dress like your grade's assigned Olympic color (the theme is Olympics so student council assigned a color of the Olympic rings per grade level. We needed one extra color so 4K can be purple for NDLC!)
Below are the colors of the grades based on the rings
Blue- 4th grade
Black- 2nd grade
Red- kindergarten
Yellow- 1st grade
Green- 3rd grade
Purple- 4k
Reading: We began today with thinking about how much we have grown as readers in first grade and set some more reading goals. We will work on noticing the lessons in our books by paying attention to what the character learns when the problem gets solved. We will think about life lessons even before we start a book and use those thoughts to read differently, thinking right from the start what the book might teach us. At the end of the week we will compare and contrast books by asking, “ What’s the same? What’s different?”
Writing: In writing we are making some connections between the books that we are reading and the ones that we are writing. Tomorrow we will ask ourselves the question, “Can my character learn a lesson in the book I’m writing?” We will also look at the first grade writing checklist and make sure that we are including all parts of a narrative piece of writing. I will be encouraging students to move onto new books about their characters so they can begin to collect a series of adventures.
Word Study: This week we will begin more work with long vowel sounds. Thank you for studying the sight words at home during the week. We will skip this week since it’s a short week. Look for new words next Monday.
Math: This week in math we are reviewing comparison bars and taking our test. We will begin our new unit towards the end of the week that will begin 2 digit addition. We will explore many different methods to solve them.
Science: This week, students will learn how patterns of light can be used to communicate complex messages. Students will create their own codes, using different colors and patterns of light, to send secret instructions to a partner across the room.
Try at home!
Students have become familiar with the idea that light can be used to send messages, as long as the receiver knows what the code means! One important code to introduce to your child is the ‘SOS’ Morse code - a series of three short, three long, and three short lights (or sounds) used to signal for help. Describe this simple code to your child, and see if they can identify the code in this video of a stranded boat: http://safeYouTube.net/w/EiCb (It’s best to watch with the sound off because the lights and sounds are not timed together!)
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