First Grade News and Pics 3-12-26

 Hi! What an exciting half day today was! Our leprechaun traps are done and ready to be shared on Monday before hopefully catching a few leprechauns on Tuesday! 

We had spent parts of the week learning about different engineering tactics that would help in trap building. We also made leprechaun trap books that listed our materials, a blueprint for our trap and most importantly what we were going to do with all of our gold! Those will be on display with our traps on Monday.

We started learning about the rainforest. We learned the four layers and how the canopy is like a big green umbrella. We read the book The Umbrella by Jan Brett. We then made our own green umbrellas and added rainforest animals to it!

Upcoming Dates

* Friday, March 13 - No School. Teacher Inservice.

* Monday, March 16 - Feel free to pop in and check out our traps. The only times we are not available are 9:00-10:00, 11:25 - 12:30, 1:15 - 2:30.

* Friday, March 20 - Flex Friday

* 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!

First Grade News and Pics 3/6/26

 Hi! Boy this week has been one of sickness for our classroom! Hopefully, we will get everyone, including me, healthy and back to normal soon! We finished up our Space Unit and will begin learning about the Rainforest next week. 

A huge thank you to our PTO for bringing the humpback whale to our school on Wednesday! It was AMAZING!!! I'm sure your kids told you all about it. Something they'll never forget! I won't either!

In Math we are working on being able to tell what number comes ten before and ten after any number. Also, one before and one after any number. It gets tricky remembering which way to go on the number grid when doing this. We're also working on using dimes and pennies for counting tens and ones.

UPCOMING DATES

* Monday, March 9 - Leprechaun trap supplies can start coming in. Please try to put everything in a box or bag so we can know who brought what.

* Thursday, March 12 - Leprechaun Trap Building!! Dress for Mess! We will be using paint, glue and glitter!

* Thursday, March 12 - Early Release Day - Students leave at 11:30.

* Friday, March 13 - No School - Teacher Inservice.

* Monday, March 16 - We will share our traps with the school at various times throughout the day. Parents are invited to pop in if they are free - do not take a day off for this! Just throwing it out there for those available. The best times to pop in will be anytime between: 9:00 - 9:30, 10:30 - 11:20 or 12:30 - 1:00. 

* Tuesday, March 17 - St. Patrick's Day - Wear Green!!

Happy Weekend!!