February 24, 2017
Launched into Learning...
in Mrs. Morrow’s First Grade Classroom
Blasting Off in Literacy
This week we used
our comprehension strategies, inferring and
visualizing and read a non-fiction narrative. We
had fun with the book “Owen and Mzee: The
True Story of a Remarkable Friendship” They
made many inferences throughout the book. For
example they inferred why Owen chose Mzee
and found they each had different inferences
and they were all CORRECT!
Comprehension:
Accuracy:
We are beginning our unit on
CVCe words which means Consonant Vowel
Consonant e(silent e). We focused this week only
on a_e. These word families were _ate, _ame,
_ane, _ave, _ade, _ake etc. For some of us this
is a huge switch in our thinking. Looking for
“cvce” words when you’re reading at home and
pointing them out would be beneficial to your
child.
Writing
Feb. 24,2017
Dear Parents,
We are learning about writing friendly letters.
We learned the parts of the letter and we’ve
been writing each other this week. You will be
receiving a letter in the mail from your student!
So be looking in the mailbox for a letter! Love,
Mrs. Morrow
__________________________
Math: Reaching for the Stars!
We are continuing in our geometry unit. This
week we did a 3D shape walk around the
school and took pictures to share with our
classmates. We found our school is full of
3D shapes! We also are continuing to use the
geometry vocabulary when describing a
shape’s attributes: faces, edges, vertices, etc.
Mission Control
Share Topics for March:
Next week: Share your favorite Dr. Seuss book.
You can bring it in or just tell about it and why
you like it.
Week of March 6th: Tell which you’d rather do
and why: ride in a plane or ride in a boat.
Week of March 20th: Tell about 1 or 2 activities
you did over Spring Break
Week of March 27th: Share a sign of Spring and
tell why it’s a sign. Reminders:
• Next week we are celebrating Dr. Seuss. at
South Prairie. Check the email for
information.
• Wed., March 1st - 1:00 Dismissal
• Tues., Mar. 7th and Thurs., Mar. 9th - 2:30
dismissal for Parent Teacher Conferences
• Monday, March 6th - Library check out day
• Friday, March 10th - Sun. March 19th Spring Break
• Learning Tree for March: identify each coin,
(penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and tell the
value of each. Out Of This World!
Parent Teacher Conferences are around the
corner and if you don’t remember, I firmly
believe in having your child present. At this
conference I plan on having them show you
what they are doing in reading, math and
writing. They will lead us through the
conference. No report card will be issued at this
time, however we will develop a plan or goal for
moving forward through the end of the year. If
you need to speak to me privately, I can make that happen. I love celebrating your child’s
growth and development with you!