First Grade News and Pics 5/22/26

 Hi! We learned a little about planes this week to get ready for Tuesday's field trip to the airport. We had fun making paper airplanes and then testing them inside and outside to see where they flew further. Ask your child if paper airplanes fly further inside or outside! We also read Make Way For Ducklings and Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards to get ready for the show today. We learned about Robert McCloskey, the author, and how he created the story. It took him six years to complete this book! We talked a lot about perseverance! 

Next week we have two field trips. Tuesday to the airport and Thursday to the Old Town YMCA. No bathing suits are needed for Thursday because only the older grades are swimming. Please make sure your child dresses comfortably and wears sneakers.

We zoomed with Arya today to wish her a Happy Birthday. She told us Alaska has 19.5 hours of daylight right now! The sun doesn't even set until 11:30 pm. They also saw a bull moose in their yard. It's interesting learning about Alaska through her!

HOMEWORK - There will be no more math homework. The only homework you will get is UFLI on Mondays. The sound next week will be ing. 

NWEAs - We took them this week. They went well. You will get the results with end of year report cards.

UPCOMING DATES

* 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.

* Thursday, May 28 - Field Trip to Old Town YMCA for Wellness Day. Wear sneakers!

* Friday, May 29 - Books for Bikes Assembly

* Thursday, June 4 - UMaine touch tank visits us!!

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

Happy Long Weekend!

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!