First Grade Weekly News

Skills covered in this story: character actions and dialogue, rhyming words, aw/au spelling patterns

Vocabulary: splatter, sleek, reflection, vanish, flutter

aw/au spelling patterns

draw

saw

hawk

paw

haul

sauce

pause

vault

than

first

water

extended list: splatter, vanish

This week we will be: fourths, sharing paper squares, combining 2-dimentional shapes, 3-dimentional shapes.

We will work on: Vowel teams (ee, ea, oa, oe) labeling syllables

Words students should be able to spell without much thought: the, is, who, said, says, you, some, come, do, what, mother, of, was, want, have, are, father, to, too, two, they, their, there, from, when

Geography

Scholastic News

life cycle of a butterfly

Thursday 4/10: Reading and Spelling Test

Friday 4/11: First Grade Egg Drop 11:00AM, Spring Concert 1:30PM

April 14-18: No School: Spring Break

April 21: No School: Staff Development Day

April 24: Experiential Learning: Hormel Nature Center

April 26: Grandparent's Day

May 2: Mid term for Quarter 4 and Grandparent's Day

May 9: Service Learning Day

May 16: Pancakes with Pals

May 23: First Grade Field Trip: Mystery Cave and Historic Forestville

May 26: No School: Memorial Day

June 6: Last Day of First Grade (12PM Dismissal)

Email: bsloan@gm.k12.mn.us

Phone number: 507-754-5310 ext 151

School Web: gm.k12.mn.us