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Hello First Grade Families!

Long time, no update!  Sorry about that!  Let's get back into the swing of things!

Reading- We just finished reading the Science Fiction story "My Robot" about a boy from the future who gets a robot for his birthday.  The robot can do many things, but the best thing the robot can do is be the boy's friend!  We will read the non-fiction interview story "On The Job with Dr. Martha Smith".  It is a story about a real veterinarian and her furry patients.  We have been discussing describing words.  This week we are focusing on words to describe our senses.  We had a great time brainstorming different words to describe what we see, smell, hear, taste and feel! 

Spelling-  Last week we worked on the spelling skill for a c that sounds like an s.  The students worked SO hard to make sure these words were spelled correctly.  They worked so hard that they ALL received a 10/10 on their spelling test!  I am SUPER proud of them!  They have earned a special reward.  We will brainstorm and vote on something tomorrow.  I told them they can choose a class reward or something funny/silly for me to do or dress up as... we'll see what tomorrow brings!  I'm a little nervous about their suggestions.  They have very creative minds!

Math- We are finishing our very short unit on Time this week with our quiz and test.  Keep practicing telling time at home.  We have learned how to tell time to the hour and half hour, but the students do know that they can count the minutes by 5's on the numbers around the clock.  Try to challenge them by doing random "time checks" or even asking them how many minutes it will be to the next hour.  This will only help them to continue to practice, apply and master this essential life skill.  We are moving on to graphing and data analysis next.  We will look at different types of graphs and gather information from them.  We will also make our own graphs using data collected.  This unit is much longer than the time unit and will be continued after Spring Break.

Health- In Health we have been learning about our body and how to keep our body healthy.  The students got to see what the inside our of bodies look like and even see some organs.  We learned that we need to exercise, eat right, and keep bad things out of our bodies to keep them healthy and strong!

Social Studies- We are moving on to Social Studies after we finish Health.  We will be learning all about work, different jobs people have and how we earn money to use in our lives.  This is a fun unit because we get to talk about what we want to be when we grow up!

As always, keep working hard at home on spelling words, math facts and reading skills!  I have been testing students the past couple of weeks to get ready for report cards, so you should see some new books coming home this week (if I get everyone tested!)  If not, I'll send books home after spring break!