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First Grade - Week of February 26

 


Leap Year 2024


MARK YOUR CALENDAR

March 5: Haitz to Van Andel Institute

March 6: Merpi to Van Andel Institute 

March 7: Faris to Van Andel Institute

March 7: Parent Teacher Conferences
March 12: Parent Teacher Conferences

March 22: Beauty and the Beast School Performance

March 29: No School (Spring Break)

April 8: School Resumes


“March is Reading Month” Dress-Up Days

March 9: Be a Good Sport and Read - Dress as your favorite sports team

March 15: Camp Out with a Good Book - Bring a flashlight and wear pajamas 

March 22: Reading Gives You a Bright Future - Dress in bright colors


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Scholastic Order:
Family Order Due Date -  03/08/2024

Parent Teacher Conferences: I am excited for parent teacher conferences on March 7 and March 12. Here is the list of conference times. Please let me know if you need to make any changes. 

WEEK AT A GLANCE


Literacy Workshop

Opinion Writing: We continued to use our “shoebox collections” this week. We worked on making our writing more convincing by quoting experts (our classmates and teachers) and anticipating disagreement and coming up with a counter-argument


Reading/Phonics: We’ve been learning all about how vowel-teams work. We’ve been studying words with EE, EA, AI, OA, AY, and OU. The first five listed all make one VOWEL sound (usually the long vowel sound) and OU makes a whole new sound altogether! Help your child use this tool when they read at home-BUT…to also try the vowel sound in the vowel team many ways if it doesn’t work the first time. There are always those outliers (ex: bread, great, head, etc.)


We’ve been practicing hearing these sounds and using these patterns as we write words, as well.


Math

We have continued to work on story problems using addition and subtraction strategies within 20. Some of these strategies include:

Addition Strategies

  • Combinations of 10

  • Add 10

  • Add Nine

  • Doubles

Subtraction Strategies

  • Take Away

  • Count Up (finding the difference)

  • Using a Familiar Addition Fact













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