First Grade News and Pics 5/15/26

 

Hello! It's been Shark Week in First Grade! Everyone picked a different shark to research and write a Haiku poem about. Ask your child which one they chose. We also made ocean portholes. We will continue with oceans next week and add in some aviation to get ready for our trip to the airport!

It was great seeing so many of you at the concert this week! The kids did great!

Our last Flex Friday of the year was today. Ask your child which activity they participated in. 

We wrote Acrostic Poems with our names. Those are the ones you might have seen on display concert night. I sent some extras home this week to use as bookmarks.

We didn't take our UFLI assessment today. It was too busy with Flex. We will focus on "ed" endings again next week. We could use the extra practice so it worked out perfectly!

We have been working with fractions in math. We like to say how many parts we are talking about out of how many equal parts. For example: 1/2 = one out of two equal parts.

UPCOMING DATES

* Friday, May 22 - (K-2) Make Way for Ducklings at The Grand - Kids may bring snacks to eat during the show as long as they can fit in their pockets. 

* Friday, May 22 - Books for Bikes Assembly

* Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day - No School

* Tuesday, May 26 @ 8:30am - Top School Recognition Assembly

* Tuesday, May 26 - Airport Field Trip - Bus leaves at 9:30 and returns at 12:00.

* Friday, June 12 - Field Day / Last Student Day / 11:30 Dismissal

Happy Weekend!

First Grade Newsletter and Pics 5/8/26

 Hi! It's great to be back with the kids. Although, Texas was a lot of fun and the Robotics Team did a great job at World Competition. Monday was May the 4th Be With You Day. We had fun doing lots of Star Wars related activities! Tuesday, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo. We especially like learning the Mexican Hat Dance and eating chips and salsa! Thursday, we went to the Collins Center at UMaine to see The Science of Magic Show. It was amazing! Friday, we had a visit from Mrs. French. She taught us all about bike safety to get us ready for our summer rides!

We also continued with our rivers and oceans unit. Last week the kids made up their own type of river and wrote about it with Mr. Baker. They are hanging in the hallway. We started reading ocean books this week. We also spent time looking at the World Map. There were 160 teams from all over the World competing in Texas. All the teams exchanged buttons and stickers. I brought back lots for the first graders to choose from. They had fun looking to see where their buttons/stickers came from!

We learned about writing narratives. We talked about how there are watermelon stories (big ideas) and seed stories (more detailed smaller parts of the watermelon stories). We made watermelons and hung seed from them. We then used the seed ideas to write our own narratives. They are hanging in the hall.

This time of year gets really busy. Be sure to check our list of events to keep up on the fun.

UPCOMING EVENTS

* Wednesday, May 13 @ 6:00pm - Spring Concert 

* Friday, May 15 - Flex Friday

* Friday, May 22 - (K-2) Make Way for Ducklings at The Grand

* Friday, May 22 - Books for Bikes Assembly

* Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day - No School

* Tuesday, May 26 @ 8:30am - Top School Recognition Assembly

* Tuesday, May 26 - Airport Field Trip - Bus leaves at 9:30 and returns at 12:00.

* Friday, June 12 - Field Day / Last Student Day / 11:30 Dismissal

Happy Weekend!