First Grade Weekly News

March 17-21 and March 24-28, 2025 (two weeks)

This Week's Story: Alligators and Crocodiles

Skills covered in this story: clarify meanings of difficult words, research project

Vocabulary: reptile, paleontologist, carnivore, nocturnal, hatchling

Alligators and Crocodiles Read-A-Loud

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Nonfiction Story: Gators and Crocs

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Spelling Words: March 28th

Spelling Words

stage

spill

creep

sweep

deep

sleep

slime

plant

day

did

get

extended list: carnivore, nocturnal

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Math Skills to Work On

This week we will be: exploring attributes, exploring fractions, understanding defining and nondefining attributes, finding unknowns, work on addition facts and digital clocks.

VoWac (Phonics)

We will work on: Vowel,-consonant-silent e syllables and their labels.

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

Events this Week

Monday: 3/17: No School: Staff Development Day

Friday: 3/21: End of Quarter 3

Monday 3/24: No School: Teacher Workday

Thursday 3/27: VoWac Test

Friday: 3/28: Reading test and Math test

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Science: reptiles

Geography

Looking Ahead

April 5: School Carnival

April 11: 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

How to Contact Ms. Sloan

Email: bsloan@gm.k12.mn.us

Phone number: 507-857-1120 ext 151

School Web: gm.k12.mn.us