We took a picture here 10 months ago, look at how much we have changed!
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Monday, June 8, 2015
Brianna's praying mantis
June 8-10
Dear parents,
I can hardly believe we are at the end of the year. I apologize for not blogging last week with the field trip and insect day, we've been a little busy!
In math we have competed the end of the year quarterly test and have been reviewing in class some of the games that we learned this year. We will do a few journal pages. Look for the math journal to come home tomorrow. Students may compete any pages for extra practice all summer long.
In reading, we have been reading fiction books and some of our favorites from the past year. We went on a contraction hunt last week and found many contractions in our books.
In writing, we are wrapping up persuasive writing tomorrow, we had to select a piece for second grade portfolios. The portfolio contains writing and testing that stays in school and goes on to their next teacher.
We will write a letter to our second grade teacher to introduce ourselves to her over the summer.
Wednesday is a half day. Students are dismissed at noon that day. It is the last day of school and we will be getting our yearbooks!
I have enjoyed watching your children grow and learn. I will miss each one of them.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Scheck
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
May 26-29
Dear parents,
I hope you enjoyed the nice, warm weather and time with your families over the long weekend!
This week in first grade we are waiting for our first Painted Lady Butterflies to make their appearance. We have seen three caterpillars go into their chrysalises and any day they will emerge as adult butterflies!
In science we have continued to observe and care for our mealworms. We have also begun to share the insect reports. The students have done a nice job on the reports!
In math this week we have been working on the last of the quarterly tests. We will complete the test tomorrow and begin unit 10, which is a review of the year for math. The quarterly tests will not come home, I will share results in the final report card. A good idea for your student this summer is purchasing him or her a workbook call The Summer Bridge for first grade moving to second grade. It is available at most stores such as Target or Barnes and Noble and it closely mirrors the math program we teach in Walled Lake. It will help them retain the skills they have learned this year!
In reading we have read the book Click, Clack, Moo. We are learning about persuasive writing. We tried a"Tug of War" discussion where each student makes an argument for or against a side of discussion, in this case we argued whether or not the animals in the story should get electric blankets. It was a very good discussion! I modeled how to use the points of the discussion to persuade someone to agree with my side. Then each child chose a side to write about and persuade someone to agree with them. We will read another book and choose sides tomorrow. This is a quick unit, we will be wrapping it up the last few days of school.
Popcorn words this week are: oil, foil, joy, boy, toy, joyful.
Field day is Friday! Please dress to be outside all day and wear sunscreen! A water bottle is a good idea, please mark it with your child's name. Our grade color is red. First grade students can wear a red shirt and have their friends sign it. If you do not wish that kids sign your child's shirt, please let me know!
Tomorrow is pizza day!
Have a good night,
Mrs. Scheck
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
May 18-21
Dear parents,
We had a a lot of fun on Friday at the honeybee farm. Maybury farm is a cute place! It is also very close and open to the public. We learned about bees and saw farm animals. We saw miniature donkeys, baby goats, horses, sheep, and pigs. The students loved the trip!
In science this week, we are observing our painted lady caterpillars as they go into their chrysalises. We have three in the pupa stage, two are still larvae. We made habitats for milkweed bugs. They are in the egg stage right now. We will see them hatch and go through four nymph stages until becoming adult insects. We are reading a book about Painted Lady Butterflies so we will know how to care for them. We will also read the big book Busy as a Bee. This books reviews all the things we have learned. June 2nd is insect day! We will send an invitation to come and see the insects we made in art and to hear about our insects. Reports on insects are due this Thursday, May 21.
In math we are wrapping up unit 9 this week. We will have a test on Thursday over unit 9. We have been working on strategies for two digit addition and on fractions. We compared fractions yesterday and will explore equivalent names for fractions today.
Next week we will begin the final unit in math, it is a review of the entire year. The first week in June we will have our quarterly math test.
In writing, we are finishing our non fiction unit this week! We have been working on adding a how to page to our all about books, we will begin revising and editing this week.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Scheck
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Honeybee farm field trip
Maybury Farm in Northville, Michigan on May 15, 2015
We had a lot of fun and learned all about honeybees. We went on a hayride, petted baby goats, played on a fun playground and tasted honey! Greay day for first grade!
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