It was another great week in the first grade. We were all a bit sad that it is Mrs. Vasquez’s last week student teaching in our classroom. Luckily, she will still be at Tavelli doing her old para job as an interventionist. She’s done an amazing job with the kids. I am looking forward to taking back major responsibilities in the classroom. I have really missed teaching your kids!
Reminders
CLASS PHOTOS: We will be taking class photos on Wednesday March 28. An order form went home in your child’s Thursday folder today if you would like to order a class photo. Please fill it out and include the appropriate amount of money before the 28 of March.
RETURNING?: A half sheet form is coming home with each student today. Please fill out the form, which will provide us with the information we require to assess staffing needs for next year. The class placement process will begin April 5th, when parent input forms will be coming home with each student. Thanks for your help.
SCIENCE FAIR: Mark your calendar! Our first grade class is going to start on a science fair project next week for the STEAM day science fair on Thursday April 26. Parents and students will be welcome to view all students’ projects from 3:45-6:00 PM that day.
SUMMER BIRTHDAYS: Over the next few months, each child that has a birthday over the summer will be getting to celebrate their summer birthday. you would like to bring a snack to celebrate, or we will do extra recess to celebrate your child’s special day. Here is what day we will be celebrating your child’s summer birthday:
March 29- Maggie
April 5- Peighton
April 12- Logan
April 19- Sam
April 26- Penny
May 3- Isabella
May 17- Emma
May 18- Elliyah
Specials Next week
Mon: Science Lab
Tues: P.E., Library
Wed: Art
Thurs: Computer Lab
Friday: Music
Thanks for sharing your wonderful child with me!
Warmly,
Mrs. Cranfill
Here’s What We’re Learning Next Week
Reading
- Comprehension
- Genre: Fiction, Expository
- Strategy: Summarize
- Skill: Sequence of events
- High-Frequency Words
- against, below, fall, orange, sure, yellow
- Oral Vocabulary
- blaze, increase, observe, outline, scorch, wondered, season
- Fluency
- Repeated Reading: Prosody
- Phonemic Awareness
- Rhyme, Phoneme categorization, Phoneme blending/segmentation
- Phonics
- vowel dipthong: ou, ow
Writing
- Grammar:
- color and number words
- apostrophes in contractions
- We are starting to work on writing letters to our friends to keep in our memory books.
- Spelling words:
- Phonics words: cow, town, mouse, how, out, mouth
- Challenge words: fall, sure, against, orange
- Extra Challenge Vocabulary: blaze, increase, observe, outline, scorch
Math
- Students will work on telling time to the hour and half hour using digital and analog clocks.