Week 29!

The scholars of 1A ended 3rd quarter with a strong finish!  Please be on the look out for 3rd quarter evaluations which will be emailed to you at the end of spring break.  Please be advised that specific information about what your child needs to do to reach first grade benchmark by the end of the school year will be provided.  Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Have a wonderful spring break!  I'm looking forward to my trip up to Sedona and some relaxation time with my family.

Announcements
Please have students bring in their copy of George the Drummer Boy.  We will begin reading it on Wednesday, March 21. 
Please note the addition of a small checklist on the 2nd page of the Spalding homework. This is for students to practice responsibility as they check off each part of their homework upon completion. There will be "H" for handwriting, "S" for sentence, "M" for markings, and "W" for all words being spelled correctly. 
Academics
MathThis week we will work to review past material from quarter 1-3 before beginning a new math unit. We will practice identifying numbers (tens and ones), counting, making and breaking tens to complete addition and subtraction number with number within 20, as well as general number sense. 
Poem: Sing a song of People by Lois Lenski   Idiom: A.M., P.M.
Writing:  Students will be able to understand the basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence.  We will read and write about sections of "Pollyanna" by Eleanor Porter 
Grammar:  We will begin to learn about adverbs and how they modify adjectives and verbs in a sentence.
Spalding: 
Tuesday: feather, fence, funny, going, honey, letters, orange, pocket, shoes, shoe
Wednesday: stairs, stream, talks, tiny, words, trust, extra, dress, beside, teach
Literature: Literature: Students will read a historical fiction selection from the perspective of a British soldier as we read George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley. Please have your child bring their copy of this book to school. 
Science: We will continue to study rocks and the Earth’s core.
History: Students will learn about the 13 colonies, taxation and the Boston Tea Party as we lead up to teaching about the American Revolution.

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