News from First Grade

Upcoming Events:

*March 5 (2 Hr. Early Out)

*March 17 and 18 Conferences (4-7:30) (1 hr. early out)

*March 19, 20, 21 No School

Notes:

*Mrs. Patton from Palo Alto County Conservation Board came and talked to us about tools and other items that were used in the past and how they have changed.

*Iowa Assessments are planned for the week of April.

Things to Work on:

*Counting money with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

What we have been up to:

Reading: This week we read the story Olivia and talked about what makes this story a fantasy story instead of a reality story.  We learned about how /oa/ and /ow/ make the long o sound.  

Math: This week we finished unit 6 on graphs and 3-D shapes.  Students have enjoyed learning about a sphere, rectangular prism, cube, cone, and cylinder.  We have started our math assessments for the end of third quarter.

Science/ Social Studies: We started our new science unit on earth materials.  We reviewed types of landforms and bodies of water.  We colored the continents and oceans on a map of the world.