Happy April Fool's Day! What a day! Ask your child how many times we pranked them haha. They might pull a few on you so I won't tell you what we did ;). We have reading lots of books about the rain forest trying to get ready to turn our class into one on Wednesday. We made sloths and lizards this week to put in the forest. It's always an exciting time in first grade!
We made a Rainforest Joke Book. We will read it to you after the play on April 13th. We also took the idea of Past, Present and Future from our play and wrote a book about ourselves. We read a book called Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg. It is such a great book to teach about taking care of the environment. Ask your child about it.
We learned about function machines in math. A number goes into the machine and changes into another number. We figure out rules by asking: Is the number getting bigger or smaller (+ or -) and how much bigger/smaller. Then we figure out what happens to other numbers that go through.
We have been working with long vowels, mostly the silent e. If your child is writing at home, they should be using this correctly. We have also talked about when two vowels are together the first one talks (usually).
We had our last swim/gym on Monday. This Monday will be a regular at school day.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Tuesday, April 5th - Chris Van Dusen, Maine author, visits through Zoom.
Wednesday, April 6th - We start turning our room into a rainforest.
Tuesday, April 12th - Dress Rehearsal for Pre-K and Kindergarten.
Wednesday, April 13th - 8:30 am in cafeteria - AN EARTH DAY CAROL...Family and friends invited.
Thursday, April 14th - Old Town Y Field Trip for Wellness Day...more info to come.
Friday, April 15th - Bangor Children Discovery Museum Field Trip...more info to come. Last day before April break.
HAPPY WEEKEND!
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