Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Cell Tower
I am happy to report that there will not be a cell tower built at 265 Main Street in the near future!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Be on the lookout!
The first grade classes are collecting cardboard egg cartons. The children will be making a special project during our annual Retreat Day, which is scheduled for 4/1/10. Please be sure to send in your cartons by 3/30/10. Thank you!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Mrs. Dufault's Peek at the Weeks- 3/8- 3/19
What busy days we have been having this month! Our class is working very hard. We finishing the first half of the Superkids first grade program. It is so exciting to see how much all of the children have grown thus far.
This week's spelling words: eat, coat, week, rain, read, clean **BONUS*** shamrock
SUPERKIDS- As we wrap up the first half of the program we are working on reading and spelling words with long vowel sounds. The children are learning to add -ed and - ing endings to words with long vowel sounds. We are also working on contractions, compound words, and nouns with "er" endings such as skater and painter.
Math- In math we are reviewing counting and identifying coins, adding doubles plus one more, and patterns.
Science- In class we have been learning about types of clouds and the water cycle. As we wrap this part of our water unit we will be moving on to floating and sinking.
Social Studies- We are going to be working on map skills and types of maps. The children really enjoy using the class maps and the Nystrom first grade atlases.
Religion- Our class continues to count the days of Lent. We have been enjoying bible stories with seasonal themes. Many of the bible stories have helped to reinforce our learning about bullying. The first grade is focusing on kindness and including others.
Looking Ahead: Arts Night is Friday evening, 3/19
Walk A Thon- March 24th
School Wide Retreat Day- Holy Thursday
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Mrs. Dufault's Peek at the Week March 1, 2010
Today we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday! We had fun reading favorite stories and writing activities. We even shared a wonderful, touching book by Dr.Seuss. Audrey Geisel ('Mrs. Seuss") published an unfinished story titled My Many Colored Days. The book was published in 1996 after Dr. Seuss' passing.
SUPERKIDS: This week we have started our Unit 9 and 10 Book. We will be working with words that have double vowels and adding ending such as -ed and -ing. We will also be focusing on creating a character using a web, comprehension, sequencing, and using adjectives in our writing. This week's spelling words are new Memory Words: would, could, some, one, new, were.
Math- This week we are writing money using dollars and cents, tallies, subrtacting 2 and drawing line segments.
Religion- We have been counting the days of Lent on our Lenten journey calendar in our classroom. We will be reading our book chapter about Lent as well. SBS is collecting spare change for Visitation House in Worcester. For those of you who are not familiar, Visitation House in shelter for pregnant women in need. We will be collecting change all week. Please send in your spare change to help us fill up our baby bottle by Friday.
Sicence- This month we will be learning all about "Weather". We are kicking off our unit with a study about clouds this week.
Social Studies- This week we will be learning about perspectives using maps: eye level view, birds-eye view, and map views.
***BIG NEWS!!!**** Our class has earned a class reward! It will be PAJAMA DAY on Friday, March 5th! Children need to wear pj pants and long sleeved tops. They may bring slippers to school to wear indoors. GREAT JOB, 1C!!!
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