First Grade Newsletter and Pics 4-3-26

Hi! What an exciting week for the world! We've had so much fun watching and keeping track of Artemis II this week! Make sure to keep watch this weekend. The kids are very interested on where it is each day in its mission. 

We hit April this week. Hopefully the Brown - Es made it home on April 1st. They were delicious ;)! We actually had real brownies, too.

We made Easter bunnies and baskets. We were very excited to find treats in them today!

We took our UFLI test a different way today. We paired up and worked as teams. It was great hearing all of the great conversations going on as we did this. Partners were great making sure they both agreed on the spellings as they discussed the why behind it.

We saw the UMaine Symphony perform this week. They were wonderful!

 Upcoming Dates

* Monday, April 6 - Robotics Engineering Activity (2:30 - 4:00 for those that signed up)

* Wednesday, April 8 - Teddy Bear Clinic with Husson University Nursing Students. Bring your favorite stuffy!

* Thursday, April 9 - Swim/Gym

* Friday, April 10 - Book Orders are due.

* Thursday, April 16 - Last Swim/Gym

* Friday, April 17 - Flex Friday, Spring Vacation begins.

Happy Weekend!

First Grade Newsletter and Pics Week Ending 3/27//26

 Hi! It's beginning to feel like Spring! We will be sending home all snow stuff next Friday. I'm giving it one more week to make sure we are done with it. It is still cold at recess though. Keep those winter coats out or warm Spring ones. 

Gymnastics, Gym and Swim was lots of fun! We have three more Thursdays! 

We are still learning about the rainforest. Ask your child about what the parent poison dart frogs do with their tadpoles!

We worked with measurement and geometry in math. We measured lots of big things with markers. We learned about how shapes have defining attributes and non-defining attributes. We also practiced using fact families.

We read some bunny books and painted paper eggs. We wrote about the eggs. We colored paper Peeps and then rubbed baby oil on them to make them look liked stained glass windows.

Upcoming Dates

* Tuesday, March 31 - Easter Egg Hunt, 4:00 outside on playground

* Thursday, April 2 - Swim/Gym

* Monday, April 6 - Robotics Engineering Activity (2:30 - 4:00 for those that signed up)

* Wednesday, April 8 - Teddy Bear Clinic with Husson University Nursing Students. Bring your favorite stuffy!

* Thursday, April 9 - Swim/Gym

* Thursday, April 16 - Last Swim/Gym

* Friday, April 17 - Flex Friday, Spring Vacation begins.

Happy Weekend!

First Grade News and Pics

 Hi! We started the week by sharing our leprechaun traps with grades PreK-6 and a few parents. The kids did a great job telling about how they made their trap and how their trap works. Unfortunately, those tricky leprechauns were too clever for us! They left a rubber leprechaun in their place inside each of our traps! We'll have to try again next year!

In honor of St. Patrick's Day we did Lucky Charm math! We practiced sorting, graphing, comparing, adding and subtracting with our Lucky Charms. It was delicious.

We are working with fact families in Math. The students are given three numbers and need to make four number sentences (equations) with them. 3,4,7 would make 3+4=7, 4+3=7, 7-3=4, 7-4=3. We are also working with borrowing and carrying with base ten blocks.

Be on the look out for swim permission slips on Monday or Tuesday. There are papers that will need to be filled out for the Old Town YMCA. Mrs. Dorrity is working on it. Please make sure to check if your child swim suit fits from last summer. They will need a swim suit, towel and goggles (optional). Students should also dress in comfy clothes for the gymnastics and gym portion of each trip. Please pack all swim stuff in a separate bag so their backpack won't get all wet. :)

We did some pretty cool builds during Flex and Afternoon Break today! 

Dates to Remember

* Thursday, March 26 - Swim/Gym begins (More info to come from Mrs. Dorrity)

* Thursday, April 2 - Swim/Gym

* Monday, April 6 - Robotics Engineering Activity (2:30 - 4:00 for those that signed up)

* Thursday, April 9 - Swim/Gym

* Thursday, April 16 - Last Swim/Gym

* Friday, April 17 - Flex Friday, Spring Vacation begins.

Happy Weekend!