Grade 1 News
Language Arts
Mercur y
Math
Science
Feb./Mar.
2013
Social Studies
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Important Dates:
Mar. 11-14— Exams
Mar. 18—Q4 Begins
Mar. 28—House Day
Mar. 29—Easter Egg Hunt
Cool Science!
Dear Parents,
It’s hard to believe Q3 is almost over...exams are just around
the corner. In Language Arts, we’ve continued learning all
about verbs. We worked hard in our explanatory writing unit,
making sure we tell things in the right order. We made our
own unique finger puppets and have been designing our own
scenery and working on puppet shows. We also started our
Flat Stanley unit and are getting ready to send him off to Canada on March 11. We will be starting a comparative writing
unit soon. In Math we continued working on decomposing
and place value of 3 digit numbers. We are now beginning a
unit on data management and graphing and will be doing a
survey/graphing project! In Science we did many fun experiments learning all about matter (See left). Ask your child
about any of these experiments: Does Matter Take up Space?
Can you dissolve sugar, salt, and sand in water? How do you
make play dough? How do you make rock candy? Can you dissolve a gas in a liquid? In Social Studies we have been learning about how machines, tools, and technology help us do
work. We continued to learn about the Netherlands for International Day and did some excellent impressions of Van
Gogh’s Starry Night and Sunflowers paintings. Please check
homework books for daily behavior “faces” and if you haven’t
already... add “Flat Kpis Stanley” as a friend on Facebook so
you can follow his journey to Canada, America, and Lebanon!
Questions? Concerns? Please feel free to contact me:
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Dana