Fiesbeck 21/22

  March 28-31 Spring is in the air!  The students seem ready for a much-deserved break. They’ve been working very hard.  This break has a tendency to feel like the finish line.  Please help us by reminding your Firstie that we still have a lot of learning yet to come this year! We have 9 more weeks of growth ahead of us! Academic Updates We will: Learn about open vowels and hard vs. soft C/G Practice telling time Continue to work on +/- fact fluency Practice and perform our readers theaters Exciting Dramatic Play Project Micah’s mom, Chloe, has graciously agreed to help me with a project for your children that I’m really hoping to get up and running.  The idea is to support learning through purposeful play. Please see the attached letter and document. 

  March 21-25 Program Details On March 23 please have your child wear pajamas to school and bring a stuffed animal.  We will be performing for students during the school day. That evening please arrive at St. Joe High School by 5:15.  Bring the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors.  This is a very enjoyable program.  The children have been working very hard to prepare a great show for you!  Academic Updates We will: Learn about Y as a vowel Continue studying geometry and fractions Continue to work on +/- fact fluency Finish up our compare and contrast unit Begin practice for Reader’s Theater Exciting Dramatic Play Project Micah’s mom, Chloe, has graciously agreed to help me with a project for your children that I’m really hoping to get up and running.  The idea is to support learning through purposeful play. Please see the attached letter and document. 

  March 14-18 Since we do not have school on Monday we will do our National Potato Chip Day activities on Tuesday.  If you’d still like to send in some chips please sign up here. Coming up 3-18 National Let’s Laugh Day is March 19. We will share jokes on Friday. Please practice a joke with your Firstie 3-23 1st Grade Pajama Party program!   Program Details On March 23 please have your child wear pajamas to school and bring a stuffed animal.  We  will be performing for students during the school day. That evening please arrive at St. Joe High School by 5:15.  Bring the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors.  This is a very enjoyable program.  The children have been working very hard to prepare a great show for you!  Academic Updates We will: Focus on the “or” sounds in words like: born, thorn, torn, etc. Continue our geometry unit Begin to study fractions  Focus on the love of learning Continue to work on +/- fact fluency Compar...

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. ...

  February 28-March 4 Academic Updates We will: Focus on the “ar” sound in words like: charm, warm, alarm, bark, star Do several assessments in order to have very recent data for report cards More writing and editing Review addition and subtraction strategies Create maps 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. More details, including times, to follow. **Each child has a speaking part.  Please check for these in Friday folders and practice daily! Poetry/Dress up Days We are kicking off a rather long poetry unit with some Dr. Seuss favorites this week.  Each day we will enjoy a different...

February 22-25 Academic Updates We will: Meet Bossy R, beginning our study of r-controlled vowels Work on writing A LOT this week Use adjectives to describe Celebrate Twos Day (2-22-22 on Tuesday) Learn about maps with a treasure hunt Distinguish between transparent, translucent, and opaque objects

  February 7-11 Academic Updates We will finish what we started last week! Continue to work on summarizing Review and practice our decoding skills Study Long U words (blue, few, new, clue, stew, etc.) Review long vowels Work on elaborating when we write Build, compare, deconstruct numbers using base 10 blocks Introduce mapping Explore vibrations and sound Valentine’s Day Reminder: all our Valentine enjoyment will be done in-house.  Please do not send anything in. 101st Day Snack Sign Up Please click here to provide food for our 101 pieces of snack. 101st Day Please remember to send in a shirt for your Firstie for this big day! Planetarium Our class will attend a show at the Upton Planetarium on Tuesday, February 15.  February Choice Board Meet the Author of Click Clack Moo, Betsy Lewin Read for 20 minutes Spend some time reading some silly poems on Fizzy Fuzzy Funny Work on Seesaw assignments Play a board game. Have a family member name a number.  Tell them 10 more...