News from Mrs. Straw

Events:

-May 9 Track and Field Day

-May 14 No School

-May 20 First Grade Field Trip to Nature Center

-May 23 Last Day

What’s Happening in BUILD:

B (Buddy Games)- Practicing games with missing addends

U (Using Manipulatives)- Using tangrams to make different shapes

I (Indpendently Working)- Addition and Subtraction flash cards

L (Learning with Numbers)- Completing unfinished problem solving papers from our math folders

D-(Doing Math)- Scootpad on the computers

Week in Review:

Reading: This week spent time working on our end of year assessments.  We worked on writing our no excuse words, dictation, and journal writing.

Math:  This week we have been reviewing two digit addition problems.

Science:  Our engineering unit is going well.  Students are learning about the importance of plant packaging to allow for air, water, and sun.

Notes:   

-I spent Wednesday testing all first graders.  The tests that I did included: sight words, nonsense words, word segmenting, and reading passages.  An example of word segmenting would be if I say camp they say /c/ /a/ /m/ /p.  I am pleased with all our progress this year.  My class still has one test left to do on the computers.
-All library books are due May 12.  Our last day for Hawk books will be Friday, May 9. 

-Our field trip to the Nature Center on May 20 will be an all-day field trip. Sack lunches will be provided by the school.