Week 25

March 7-11

We had a blast with Seuss week! Crazy hair day was especially fun.  This week we will continue to focus on books as we work our way through the whole school March is Reading Month book brackets that our awesome media team has put together.  Books always win! 

Report cards will be coming home this week.  Once you’ve had a chance to look them over please let me know if you have any questions or if you’d like to meet to discuss your child’s progress. 


Academic Updates

We will:

  • Focus on the “er, ir, and ur” sounds in words like: bird, word, mother, purr, stir, etc.

  • Begin a geometry unit

  • Continue learning about light and sound (at home look for examples of transparent, translucent, and opaque objects!)

  • Learn about the idea of social intelligence

  • Continue to work on +/- fact fluency

  • Compare and contrast

  • More writing and editing


Coming up

3-8 National Proofreading Day and Author Visit

3-14 National Potato Chip Day (Please sign up here to donate chips.  We will use them to compare, contrast, describe, and of course, EAT!)

3-19 National Let’s Laugh Day-start working on your jokes:)

3-23 1st Grade Pajama Party PERFORMANCE!  


Mark your calendars! On March 23 all Lincoln Firsties will take the stage! The three first grade classrooms will be performing a musical revue called Pajama Party.  Children will be asked to wear their pajamas, slippers, and robes on this day.  Children will perform for the school during the day.  In the evening, there will be a performance for the families in the auditorium at St. Joseph High School. 


**Each child has a speaking part.  Please check for these in Friday folders and practice daily!


Things to practice at home

Read! Lexia! Moby Math! 

Sight word flashcards

Addition/Subtraction flashcards



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