First Grade News
April Showers Bring May Flowers
April
This is such a busy time of year. It always
seems when spring begins there is a whirlwind
of activities at home and at school. April is
the time for blooming, not only outside the
classroom, but also inside. We have seen so
much growth and maturity, not to mention
academic progress and how close we have
become as classmates and team members.
Please
remember to practice basic
facts at home. First grade students need to
practice the strategies they learned to compute quickly and move on to memorizing the
answers. Research shows that this skill is
needed to be successful at more advanced
math levels.
4/07/16
Reminders:
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Skills For The Month
Reading/Language Arts
 Identify sensory words and phrases in
poems and stories
 Identify words and phrases that suggest
feelings and point of view
 Compare and contrast character’s feelings
 Ask questions about key details in stories
Writing
 Write poetry and narrative stories to
include details to describe events
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Revise stories to include adjectives
Math
 Identify strategies to add and subtract
multiples of ten and 2-digit #s (written
method)
 Identify strategies to add multiples of
ten and 1-digit #s (written method)
Science
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Identify how natural resources satisfy
human wants and needs
Identify sources and devices that use
electricity
Social Studies
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Identify natural and human resources
used to produce a good
Identify goods and services provided in
the community
Explore tools and products that affect
the way people live
Marking Period 4
T.A.S.S. Skills
Please return your
child’s “Me On The
Map” Project (if you
haven’t already).
They will be displayed at the
Cultural Showcase.
The Rose Hill Manor
field trip is on
Tuesday, May 31st.
Permission slips and
payment are due
the beginning of
May.
These are the thinking and academic success skills the first
grade students will be concentrating on this marking period:
Originality (creative thinking
skill)
Creating ideas and solutions that
are novel or unique to the individual, group, or situation.
Metacognition (academic success skill)
Knowing and being aware of one's
own thinking and having the ability to monitor and evaluate one's
own thinking.
IMPORTANT DATES
April 18th-22nd PTA Book
Fair
April 22nd–Report Cards
Distributed
April 26th –No school
Primary Elections
April 28th –Take Your
Child To Work Day