Sunday, January 27, 2019

Week of January 28th

Coming up in the First Grade
Friday February 8th Early Dismissal
Saturday February 9th Daddy Daughter Dance
Thursday February 14th Great Hearted Day
Monday February 18th No School
April 13th Spring Festival *volunteers needed

This week in curriculum

Spalding
water, round, cost, price, become, class, horse, care, try, move
delay, pound, behind, around, burn, camp, bear, bare, clear, clean
spell, poor, finish, hurt, maybe, across, tonight, tenth, sir

Literature
We will start reading the Anansi folktales that probably were first told in Africa. We will discuss the lessons learned in each of these tales in will respond to discussion questions orally and in writing.

Math
This week our focus in math will be adding and subtracting with regrouping.

Science
This week we continue our study of the human body. We will take a look at the muscular system and differentiate between voluntary and involuntary muscles. We will also discuss the food pyramid and what a balanced looks like including the five food groups.

History
This week we will wrap up our unit on Early Settlers and Explorers. We will assemble our assignments into an interactive book.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy week ahead.
The First Grade Team