March Service Project
Dear families,
As a first grade team, we are in charge of our March service project. The students decided that they are passionate about reading books! They have found that books can help them find their passions. This passion sparked an idea! What if we collect and donate books that will inspire others to find their voices/passions?
For the month of March, we are collecting new or gently used books to donate to schools less fortunate than us. Students can bring the books geared toward Kindergarten through 5th graders to school and drop them in bins in their wings.
Please help us change the world!!
Deerfield 1st graders
Curriculum
Reading:Next week, we will begin a new reading unit. Students will continue to identify character traits in books but they will focus on looking at characters in series books. They will learn to look for patterns in how the characters act, begin predicting and visualizing what might happen based on those patterns, and look at how characters' feelings change throughout the book.
Book Baggies:
Please help the students remember to bring their book baggies every Friday. I would like them to have an opportunity to read different books.
Writing:
We wrapped up our unit on opinion writing. Next week, we will go back to writing personal narratives. In this unit, we really focus on the elaboration and craft when writing a personal narrative. We hope students begin to include those extra details that help their stories come alive.
Math:
In math the students have been learning to add numbers within 100 using different tools. We've learned to use hundreds charts, base 10 blocks and place value knowledge to help us solve problems. We also reviewed finding missing addends, minuends and subtrahends. Our next unit focuses more on subtraction and identifying 2D shapes and their attributes.
IXL Skills - Use these activities as you wish to help your child with the skills we will be working on throughout this second trimester.
Science/Social Studies:
This week we have been reading books about schools in the past and schools today. We've been discussing how things have changed and what things have stayed the same. Students have seemed very interested in how different schools were long ago. They would probably really enjoy hearing about how your schooling might have been the same or different! Next week, we will continue to discuss how things have changed over time.
Purposeful Play
Please see the Purposeful Play tab on the blog to learn more about our weekly Play Time and donation items we could use for it!
Homework
- Read every night (you can read with your child, listen to them read or read to them - all of it helps). Then talk about the book - who are the characters, what happened, why did it happen, make connections, what's the main idea, why did the author write the book, how did the author give you information, what features did the author use to help you as a reader
- Work on a math skill
- counting forwards and backwards within 120 (and skip counting)
- adding and subtracting to 20 - play a board game for this
- telling time (What are the hands on the clock? How is a clock set up?)
- identify and count coins
- measuring - length and volume - have your child cook with you to practice this
- talk about shapes - 2D and 3D - find items around your house, etc.)
Specials Schedule
Monday: P.E. (Wear tennis shoes)Tuesday: Art (Bring an Art shirt labeled with your child's name)
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Media/Library
Friday: Rotates (See the back of your child's OWL folder (everyday folder) for a schedule.)
Important Dates
March 8-15: Book Fair in the Library
March 13: Sharpen the Saw Day: 1/2 Day of School - 12:30 dismissal (Please sign your child up for one activity for each session. There is also a volunteer sign up in case you are interested in volunteering.)
STUDENT SIGN-UP - SESSION 1:
STUDENT SIGN-UP - SESSION 2:
PARENT VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP:
March 14: Spring Conferences (I have contacted families who I will be meeting with. Not all families will have a conference.)
March 23: Report Cards go live on MiStar
March 30: Henry Ford Meet Up (OPTIONAL)
March 23: Report Cards go live on MiStar
March 30: Henry Ford Meet Up (OPTIONAL)
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