FUN IN GRADE ONE: First Grade Newsletter and Pics 5/24/24

Good afternoon! We finished up this week with our last FLEX Friday. Ask your child which one they chose to go to. We had so many great choices this time! We took our math and reading NWEAs. Everyone went up lots of points so that was great to see. These first few years taking them is to help them get ready for the state mandated ones when they hit third grade. This way they'll feel familiar with taking assessments on the computer which alone is a hard task! The kids did really well figuring it all out!

We learned about octupus, seals and harbor seals. I told them about Andre, the famous harbor seal of Maine. I told them to ask you and their grandparents if they had ever heard of him. We watched a short clip that showed Andre doing some tricks down on the Rockport waterfront. There is a great movie about him out that has real footage of him at the end. Funny fact is they used a sea lion in the movie and filmed in Canada! The kids know how to tell the difference between the two so I'm sure they'd get a kick out of watching it. I will give you a heads up that it is PG and has a few swear words and some adult drinking in it. I don't know why they have to ruin kid movies! Other than that its actually really cute and funny. I'm hoping to squeeze the book in before our last day. There is a statue of Andrea down on the waterfront in Rockport. Can you tell I love harbor seals?!

A huge thank you to the Al-Ameri family for providing us with lots of water fun and cool treats on Wednesday afternoon when it was soooooo hot! The entire primary wing had an amazing time...the eighth graders even snuck in for some of the fun before it was over!

Miss Bilodeau, the kids' second grade teacher, has been popping in a lot to get to know the kids before they go to second. She even took them on a field trip to her room today! They were very excited!

We will still be doing UFLI until the last week. However, I am not going to assess it. I will still send you home the info so you know what sound we are working on. We didn't have time to finish this weeks because of the testing so we will do the same next week.

We took our last unit test in math. The kids really did well on the geometry and fractions. We have one unit left in the book that takes one day to review each unit.

We had quite a few authors share their stories this week! Very exciting! It was great hearing the comments and questions after each book. This class is very thoughtful and kind with each other!We also had lots of people earning coupons! One chose to read to second grade. Others did show and share. It's great to see them up in front of a group speaking!

We will be tie-dying on Friday, May 31st. Please send in a t-shirt if you haven't yet. We did get some generous donations, too. :) Can tabs are also due this day.

Our last student day will be Thursday, June 13th. Dismissal will be at 11:30. We will have field day that day and wear our ocean t-shirts that we make.