October Newsletter
First Grade News
First Grade
Important Dates to Remember:
- Wednesday, October 5th: No School
Tuesday, October 11th: General PTA Meeting
Thursday, October 13th: RMES Reading Night
- Thursday, October 20th: 1st Grade Field Trip to Green Meadows Petting Farm
- Monday, October 24th: No School
- Monday, October 31st: Halloween (Classroom Parties)
English/Language Arts
We will continue Unit 1 : "Being A Good Community Member". The focus of this unit teaches students that being a part of a community involves rights and responsibilities. In this unit, students will participate in shared reading and writing activities. Students will listen to stories and retell key details. We will also compare and contrast informational texts. We will identify text features found in texts such as table of contents and glossary.
In late October, we will start Unit 2: "Many Kinds of Characters". This unit will focus on how we learn about characters in fiction books by paying attention to what they say and do. Students will describe characters and major events in the stories.
Math
Science
In Science, students will use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. Students will make outdoor observations of the Sun’s position in the sky three times (morning, noon and afternoon afternoon), and analyze patterns in the position of the Sun. Students will also make outdoor observations of the Moon’s position in the nighttime sky at different times, and analyze patterns in the position of the Moon.