March
1st
Grade
Important Dates
February 27 - March 3
Read Across America Week
Monday: wear stripes and a crazy hat
Tuesday: wear crazy socks
Wednesday: wear mismatched clothes
Thursday: wear blue and red
Friday: dress as your favorite book
character
Zoo Donations: If you are able to donate to
the help cover the cost of zoo admission
for the first graders, please a send
donation of your choice to school with your
child in an envelope marked Zoo Donation.
If you would like to be a chaperone please
let your child’s teacher know.
Reading
As great readers we have a lot of jobs
to do when reading a story. Students need to
be careful readers of the words on the page ,
while also thinking about and understanding
what they have read. During reading we
discuss questions that help readers make
connections, infer character feelings, think
about why the author wrote the story,
discuss characteristics of different genres,
share opinions about the story, and much
more! This month we also are reading
memoirs. We are taking time to explore and
determine the characteristics of a memoir.
In this unit students will use prior knowledge
to make predictions and explore the author’s
use of words by identifying words that show
feeling or appeal to the senses.
Writing
This month we are beginning our
realistic fiction unit, which ties in with our
reading as well! In this unit students get to
create and name a main character for their
story. They also will make a problem for their
character and then a solution to get their
character out of trouble. We will also be
writing realistic fiction series where the main
character of the story will be the same, but
have new and different adventures in each
book they write.
Math
In math are wrapping up adding ten to
a 2-digit number and finding ten more or ten
less than a 2-digit number. We will then
begin a new unit focused on representing and
comparing data. Students will explore
collecting data and different ways to organize
and represent data. We will also learn how to
solve comparing story problems by using a
comparison bar representation. This
representation helps students compare two
amounts and find the unknown quantity.
Social Studies
In March we will be learning about a
air, how it can be useful and possibly harmful.
We will also begin a study of nonliving and
living things focusing on plants and animals.
Students will learn about different species
of animals, animal habitats, diets, and life
cycles.