Old Union Elementary First Grade

Week of March 31th

Wear your Rangers tshirt or red, white and blue on Monday to celebrate Opening Day!

STAAR testing this Tuesday and Wednesday.  No visitors in the building those days…  Thank you!

Our Encore schedule so that your kiddo remembers tennis shoes-VERY important

	Mon.	Tues.	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.
Thomas	PE	music	PE	art	Rotation with PE
Graviett	PE	art	PE	music	“
Herreman	art	PE	music	PE	“
Johnson	music	PE	art	PE	“

In Language Arts this week, we will…

·        Continue our many moments stories.

·        retell

·        Sort words to learn word patterns and help our spelling

·        Learn about adverbs

·        Build our vocabulary with a weekly read-aloud.

·        Visiting computer lab to work on computer program “Imagination Station”, a differentiated program that reinforces reading skills

In Math, we will…

·        Create kite fractions

·        Create an original picture with shapes and determine fractions

·        Begin our geometry unit

·        Continue to solve our problems of the day.  We use “CUBES” strategies.  (Circle the numbers, Underline key words, Box the question, Ex out extra information, and Show our work)

·        Visit our math stations. Each station will have a math activity that reinforces concepts that we are currently learning or have previously learned. Your child will also be able to visit “First in Math” at some point this week.

In Science, we’ll focus on animals.

Upcoming Dates:

Upcoming Events in April

7^th        PTO Exec Meeting

10^th      The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia HBO Documentary-CSHS Auditorium (7-8)

15^th      National School Librarian Day

OUES Varsity Baseball Night

18^th      End of the 5th 6 Weeks

Bad Weather Day Makeup

22^nd     Earth Day

1^st Grade Field Trip

25^th      Report Cards Go Home

Morris Brothers School Performance

28^th      Coffee with Administration

PTO Executive Board Meeting

Looking Ahead to May

·         Relay for Life-May 2^nd

·         Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast-May 12^th

***Here are high frequency words that first graders need to be able to SPELL correctly on a consistent basis by the end of the second semester.

Second Semester High Frequency

Spelling Words

an	are	because	from
of	one	play	said
that	there	they	was
went	were	when	with
your