Old Union Elementary First Grade: March 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Week of April 2

No School Friday the 6^th (teacher work day) or Monday the 9^th. Happy Easter!

3 Piggy Opera

April 26 – 6:00 pm &

April 27 – 8:45 am

First Grade students are currently preparing for their performance

“3 Piggy Opera.” Please mark your calendars for this wonderful event! The performance will include songs, acting and narration.

This project is a combined effort with the First Grade teachers as

well as the Encore teachers. Students will experience crosscurricular learning in art, music and library.

VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

We need parents too! Volunteers will be needed to assist with the

stage decoration (creating a backdrop and decorating the pig houses) as well as hanging art work and other projects to make the performance run smoothly. Please e-mail Mrs. McArthur (angelia.mcarthur@southlakecarroll.edu) if you are available.

Thanks so much for your assistance and support!

This week…

In Math, we will:

· Begin our measurement unit

· Compare and order objects according to length

· Measure items using nonstandard units of measurement (such as cubes and paperclips)

· Measure length with penny rulers (use pennies as the unit of measurement)

· continue to problem-solve daily with our “Problem of the Day”

· enjoy our “BUILD” math stations. These stations help to extend and review the concepts the children have been learning all year.

In Language Arts, we will:

· finish our poetry unit and celebrate

· learn about different nonfiction features

· learn about adverbs and how to use them

· practice using the correct punctuation with different kinds of sentences

· read word family poems and discuss the rhyming words

· read poetry to build fluency

Social Studies- We will be writing our own autobiographies as well as completing activities similar to the biography ones- only about ourselves! J

Encore Schedule for this Week

	Graviett	Johnson	Thomas	White
Monday	Art	Science	PE	Music
Tuesday	Science	Music	Art	PE
Wednesday	Music	PE	Science	Art
Thursday	PE	Art	Music	Science
Friday	No school

Hot Lunch This Week

Monday	cheeseburger
Tuesday	quesadilla
Wednesday	spaghetti
Thursday	Pizza sticks
Friday	No school

Happy Birthday to you!

	Graviett	Johnson	Thomas	White
April	Christian-4^th Andres- 23^rd	Reese-6^th	Hayden-8^th Isabelle- 10^th Eva- 13^th	Jennie-4 Manuel-25^th Trevor^-29th

Friday, March 23, 2012

How about that state championship ring!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Week of March 26th

Tuesday and Wednesday of this week is STAAR testing for 4 th grade. No visitors please. (This goes for lunch as well.) Thank you!

3 Piggy Opera

April 26 – 6:00 pm &

April 27 – 8:45 am

First Grade students are currently preparing for their performance

“3 Piggy Opera.” Please mark your calendars for this wonderful event! The performance will include songs, acting and narration.

This project is a combined effort with the First Grade teachers as

well as the Encore teachers. Students will experience crosscurricular learning in art, music and library.

VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

We need parents too! Volunteers will be needed to assist with the

Thanks so much for your assistance and support!

This week…

In Math, we will:

· explore place value further…

· play “Cover a Flat” to reinforce place value concepts

· represent numbers using place value models

· order numbers using place value

· continue to problem-solve daily with our “Problem of the Day”

· enjoy our “BUILD” math stations. These stations help to extend and review the concepts the children have been learning all year.

In Language Arts, we will:

· learn that poets convey strong feelings

· experiment using poetic language

· learn that poets use patterns

· learn that poets write about feelings in new ways- and often do so by using comparisons

· practice alphabetizing words and use dictionaries