I hope you all enjoyed your Spring Break and had a relaxing time to be ready to push through until May. I know I did and now we are all anxious to get started.

This week in class:

Guided Reading: Students will continue guided reading lessons and work on what they specifically need help with. For some it is blending, for others it may be fluency, comprehension, or building their endurance by reading longer texts.

Spelling: Students will have new spelling words today; however; the test will not be until next Wednesday. Please study these words at home.  way, may, find, water, use

Writing/Word Work: Students will be discussing when to and when not to use capital letters. This will be assessed by observation, their writing in their daily reading journal, and their use of capitals in all of their independent writing; including their spelling dictation. We will also begin discussing the summary or main idea of the stories we read or listen to.

Math: Students will continue all of our past skills; such as, addition, subtraction, problem solving, skip counting, time, and coins. They will also continue counting groups but on a deeper level this week. Such as, how many feet do 4 dogs have? Or how many hands do 5 people have?

You will receive several very important notes that will be sent home today. I noticed some students still have notes from before the break in their folder. Please check your child’s folder each day. Read and send back the ones that need to be. Also, check for graded papers today and go over these with your child.

Upcoming dates to remember:

March 29th – Easter Party at 11:15

March 30th- School Holiday

April 11th- 1st grade field trip to Caldwell Zoo

April 20th- School Holiday (April 23rd is no longer a school holiday. This will be a make-up day for bad weather.)

Thank you,

Mrs Benson