Dear Families,
It
must be spring with all of these warm days, but I know it hasn’t changed
officially! The weather has been very
warm this week and it looks like next week will be as well. I work hard to keep their jackets in the
classroom or in backpacks, but if you are missing a jacket or two, there is a
growing pile in the lost and found by our classroom. I do send children to look there, but adult
eyes are often best.
Monday
is the last day to put in per problem pledges for the Mathathon. This is a huge fundraiser for the school and
helps the FFO do fantastic things for the children. The students will take the Mathathon test on
Tuesday. You can do flat pledges until
March 20th. All money needs
to be in by that date.
This
week was another busy week. Hopefully
you heard about lots of interesting topics that the children discussed during
Science Day yesterday. They saw presentations
on Astronomy, Geology and had an Awesome Air Storytime. Thanks to the FFO for planning such wonderful
experiences for the school! In Math, we
continued to talk about numbers including counting by twos, fours, fives,
fractions, time (1/2 hour), and problem solving. It is amazing the progress that they are
making in all of these topics. In
reading, we continued to talk about parts of a non-fiction book. We also practiced how to take information
from a book and put it in our own words.
These skills will help us as we start researching for our animal
projects over the next couple of weeks.
In science, along with continuing to learn about classification, we
looked at how to work in groups and what it means to be a group member in a
project. We had library today because of
Science Day yesterday. Today we also had
a special visit from author and illustrator, Deborah Hopkinson, as part of Love
of Reading Month. So many exciting
experiences to make this a great week in first grade.
Next
week Thursday is a regular day getting out at 3 pm, while Friday the children
finish school at 11:30 am for conferences.
If you would like a conference time, please let me know. Also, we are still looking for volunteers for
our Robotics times on Fridays April 14, 21, 28 and May 5 from 9:20 to
10:20. Please let me know if you are
available to help out.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Berk