- Thank you so much for everyone who donated to our donors choose project. It was fully funded in 2 days and more series books are coming to our classroom. I also want to say thank you for all of the teacher appreciation gifts, cards, notes, and kind words. I truly appreciate YOU all and couldn't do this job without your support.
- Raz-Kids - app login: drau0, student password: banana icon
- Field Trip - On Tuesday, May 21st, the first grade team will take a field trip to Varner Hall at Oakland University to see a performance of James and the Giant Peach.
- You're Invited - On 5/15 at 7:45 am we will be having a breakfast celebration for the end of our realistic fiction writing unit. Please see the hard copy in your students FROG binder for more details. Please sign up here if you would like to donate food for our celebration.
Save The Date:
- 5/15 - Writing Celebration 7:45 am
- 5/21 - First Grade Field Trip to Oakland University to see the play James and The Giant Peach 9:00-12:00
- 5/27 Memorial Day - No School for Students
- 6/7, 6/14 - Half day for students
Learning this week:
- Writer's will...
- create series titles
- fix and fancy up a series
- publish and celebrate their realistic fiction writing
- Reader's will...
- always keep life lessons in mind
- make comparisons between two texts
- review what makes a good reading partner
- group books by the lessons they teach
- check in on their goals
- Mathematicians will...
- practice multiple solutions to adding two digit numbers
- Scientists will...
- investigate what makes a shadow
- investigate if you can see in the dark
- In phonics we will...
- add specific details to writing including words with capitals
- play word games to learn more about capital letters
- learn new snap words: always, after, soon
Students created instruments in science out of recyclable materials as an assessment for their sound unit. They described how their instrument makes sound. Below are pictures of there instruments with their band member(s)
