Old Union Elementary First Grade

Week of Nov. 26

Christmas is For Children Food Drive Week!

First grade is donating pancake mix and plastic bottles of syrup.

Friday is the CIFC Bow, Bag and Tag event.  If you sponsored a child, don’t forget to send the wrapped gift with just the first name written on the label.  Thank you so much for participating!

 First Grade parent conferences will be held in February.  We look forward to visiting with you! 

Old Union’s first annual Super Science Sale will be held from November 26 – 30. This event is much like the Book Fair, except it offers science equipment, educational toys/games, and even live animals to purchase! All students will come to the sale during their class’s Science Lab time that week.  (Tuesday for 1^st grade) Students are welcome to visit the sale during recess (with their teacher’s permission) or after school, as well. Regular hours are 8:00 – 3:30 pm, but the store will be open until 5:30 pm on Thursday, November 29. 

Parents, if you are available during the sale, we would love to have your help! Please visit the volunteer sign-up form online (http://bit.ly/SciSale12) to pick a date and time that is most convenient for you. Please feel free to send the above link to anyone else you know that might be available and willing to help!

In Language Arts this week, we will…

·       Reread our stories so others can read them

·       Make predictions

·       Visualize to make sense of what we read

·       Make questions as we read

·       Work with a partner to peer edit

·       Hear and record sounds in the words we write

·       Review nouns

·       Practice writing sentences using correct capitalization and punctuation

·       Sort words according to their spelling patterns

·       Practice writing letters using correct formation and direction

·       Read word family poems to reinforce the patterns that many words have

In Math, we will…

·       Create shapely Santas using a variety of 2 dimensional figures

·       Create triangle trees

·       Create Hanukah menorahs using geometric figures

·       Identify math in everyday situations

·       Problem solve using SSM, SWA, and BSD plans

·       Participate in our math stations!  The children love playing games and doing activities that reinforce concepts that we are learning.

In Science we will learn about wind and weather.