APRIL NEWS FROM FIRST GRADE

Important Dates

April 2nd K-4 assembly - Spirit Day

Theme students can wear a hat

April 15-19 - April Vacation

Another month has arrived ever so quickly.

 It is so hard to believe how fast this year is going.

 The students have made so many gains in many areas.

It is always so amazing to see the progress in reading,

writing, and in math practices.  

This time of year is so muddy out on our playground

please help us encourage the children to try to stay

away from those areas.  It is still a great idea to have

them wear/bring boots to play outside in. We still have

snowy areas to play in, so snow pants are also needed.  

Reading - We will continue to build reading fluency while

working on story structure, comparing and contrasting,

and noting details.  In grammar we will work with proper

nouns, pronouns, the correct usage of is and are and was

and were.   In spelling we will be working on words with the

vowel sound as in book and vowel sound as in moon, long i spelled

with y, and adding -es to naming words, and the vowel sound in coin.

Math - Topic 12 in math is measuring lengths.  Students will develop

and understanding of length by comparing objects to determine

which is shortest and longest. They will also measure the

length of objects using nonstandard units. In topic 13 we will

work on telling time to the hour and half hour.  They will

practice writing time using both digital and analog clocks.

In Topic 14 we will discuss attributes of two-dimensional

and three-dimensional shapes. Students will put together

various shapes to create composite shapes.

Writing - We will be writing book reviews.  It is very

interesting to read the opinion writing and the reasons

to support their thinking.  We are still focusing on capital

letters and periods to complete sentences….these are a must.

Science - We have begun the parts of animals unit.

 The goal of this unit is to be able recognize certain animal

survive.  After that unit we will begin animal traits and

variations. In this unit students will make observations

to construct evidence that young animals are alike,

but not exactly like their parents.