First Grade Weekly Update

  • We are looking forward to our field trip to Chabot Space and Science Center on Friday. Thank you to all of you who were able to rearrange your schedules to be chaperones and/or drivers. We will be leaving school at 8:30 a.m. and returning about 2:30 p.m. Students may wear jeans with their uniform top and sweatshirt/sweater. They need to bring a brown bag lunch with them so please cancel Choice lunch for the day. Also remember to send booster seats on Friday.
  • Talent Show is coming with the first practice, Monday, February 24 (after school.) The permission slip must be turned in prior to or at the practice.
  • Our mass this week will be on Ash Wednesday

Here’s a look at what we’ll be working on:

Language Arts

  • reading: Lily’s Little Boat, and The Little Horse
  • handwriting
  • sight words: oh any day good very want
  • plural nouns
  • rhyming
  • phonics:
    • identify base/root words
    • long vowels with ai (sail, pain) and oa (boat, soap)
    • add ed and ing to CVCe (baked, baking)
  • Writing
    • short messages to a classmate-replies
    • friendly letters
    • revising favorite things writing

Math

  • developing number sense in 0-120 range-values change depending where a number is on the number line
  • mentally find 10 more and 10 less
  • addition and subtraction stories
  • place value
  • greater than and less than

Religion

  • Shrove Tuesday
  • Ash Wednesday
  • Lent

Science

  • Why do you have to go bed early in the summer?
  • Chabot Space and Science Center-Our Amazing Moon

Social Studies

  • maps

Dates to Remember:

  • February 23: Lillian Black Festival of the Arts @ Bishop O’Dowd
  • February 24: February birthday free dress
  • February 25: Burning of the Palms, 8:30 a.m.
  • February 26: Ash Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. mass
  • February 28: field trip to Chabot Space and Science Center (8:30-2:30p.m.)
  • March 6: Young Author’s Fair books due
  • March 9: No school
  • March 12: Art Docent
  • March 13: Talent Show/noon dismissal/Sports Picture Day

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