Newsletter 3/2/18

Our Weekly Learning  3-2-18
News and Information Spring Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up!  This year we are doing things a little different.  All families are invited to attend the 1st grade “SHOWCASE OF LEARNING” on Thursday, March 22.  You are welcome to come to our classroom anytime from 4:00-7:30 p.m.   Your child will take you on a tour of our classroom and show you what we’ve been doing.  Individual conferences will be held Tuesday, March 20-- this will be on an “as needed” basis.  I will contact you if I feel an individual conference is necessary- or you may contact me or the office if you want to set up a time to meet to discuss your child’s progress. Next week we will start our PENNY WARS!  How it Works-- Put PENNIES in your Teacher's jar for Positive Points! Put SILVER COINS or DOLLARS in another Teacher's Jar for Negative Points! The Class with the most POSITIVE POINTS wins a PARTY from PTA!
Language Workshop Our focus this week was maps.  We read the book “Follow That Map”.  We learned about a compass rose, a map key and symbols.  We also learned where to find Missouri on a map of the USA.  We continued learning about the suffixes -less and -ful.	Math Workshop This week we started Math Module 4- Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction to 40.  Our focus for the week has been on tens and ones.
Writing Workshop This week we reviewed opinion writing and started a new writing task.  Over the next couple of weeks, students will use the writing process to publish pieces that include their opinion and give reasons or examples to back it up.	Next Week Next week we will continue our unit on maps. We will continue to work on suffixes.  We will also complete end of the quarter assessments including sight words and spelling.  In math we will continue with tens and ones.
Important Dates 3/9- End of 3rd Quarter/Read-a-thon 3/12-3/16- Spring Break 3/20- Individual Parent/Teacher Conferences 3/22- SHOWCASE OF LEARNING