Happy Friday! It is hard to believe we only have 15 days of school left. The energy in the room has increased drastically this week 😜 and we are having fun! We still have a lot to get done...field trips, passion projects, finishing fractions in math, and end-of-year assessments but we are getting it all done!
Gem Mining Field Trip: We are heading to Emerald Hollow Mine on Tuesday, May 7th! Please have your child to school by 8:00 AM sharp as the buses are planning to leave at 8:15 AM. Please feed your child a large breakfast so that they stay full until lunch. Please send your child with a packed lunch and water bottle (water bottle that will fit into their lunchbox would be best). We will be outside the entire day so I suggest applying sunscreen to your child before they come to school. They need to wear comfortable clothes that they can get messy. There will be a chance for us to go into a creek and students can put their feet into the water while looking for stones. The mine director has asked that all students wear water shoes. If your child has Keens, these would be perfect because they are safe and great for water! If not, normal water shoes are great! They shouldn't need a change of clothes but if you feel like your child would mind their clothes being a little wet, you may send a change of clothes in a labeled Ziplock bag.
EOG Early Dismissal: We will have early dismissal because of EOG's on Tuesday, May 14th and Wednesday, May 15th. Carpool will start at 2:00 PM and all students need to be picked up by 3:00 PM. Students will be held in our classrooms for that hour. I would suggest coming as close as you can to 2:00 PM because students already feel that the normal 30 minute carpool line is long. 😅
Author's Tea: Our Author's Tea will be held on Tuesday, May 28th at 1:00 PM in our classroom. This is a time where your child will get to share their passion project bare book with you. We will also have refreshments for the students and you may take your child home with you when done.
Math:
This week in math we finished learning about money and how to add up pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. The students did a scavenger hunt around the room to practice adding coins. We began learning about fractions on Tuesday. Students LOVED our first activity which was using cookies to learn how to cut things into halves and fourths. In first grade, students are required to understand fractions in halves and fourths. I also taught the students about thirds and we did a little bit with fifths and sixths. We will continue fractions next week.
Literacy:
During both our literacy and thematic center chunk of time, students are working on their passion projects. They are doing a great job and are excited to share them with you soon! This is essentially a research project and they are in their final writing phase and will begin illustrating their books soon.
Have a great weekend! 🌤🌻
Love,
Mrs. James
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