First Grade Newsletter

West Branch Elementary School  

April 2007

 

Text Box: Language Arts   Guided Reading Long Vowels and Vowel Patterns Writer’s Workshop With Four Squares Plus Detail Spelling (long vowels) Comprehension (Beginning, Middle, End, Problem, Solution, Characters, Setting) Shared Reading  (Bunny Hop, The Little Red Hen, and  The Little Yellow Chicken)       Text Box: Reminder   Please remember that all parent volunteers need to get their clearances and TB test.  You can download the clearance applications from the West Branch webpage or pick them up in the Elementary Office.  The District is willing to reimburse volunteers for the expense of these clearances.  Please get your applications started as soon as possible so that you can be a part of special activities next year.           Text Box: Social Sciences ·         Earth Day ·         Animals with a focus on the eggs we are incubating and will hatch very soon ·         Plants    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

                                 

 

 

Text Box: Teacher’s Corner   Our field trip to a Curve game and Horseshoe Curve is on May 17, 2007.  Permission slips and money are due May 11, 2007 and the cafeteria slips are due May 7, 2007.  Please remember to have your child dress in layers, wear sun block, and bring their lunch in a disposable bag.  We are excited about the field trip and are looking forward learning more about the forms of transportation we’ll be studying in Social Sciences.  Text Box:  Important Dates   ·         Field Trip permission slips and money due – May 11, 2007 (cafeteria lunch slips are due May 7, 2007) ·         Field Trip May 17, 2007 ·         No School – May 28, 2007 ·         No School – June 7, 2007 ·         Last Day of School – June 8, 2007 Text Box: Math   Problem Solving Calendar Math Addition to 18 Subtraction to 18 Related Addition and Subtraction Facts Fact Families Graphing Telling Time to the hour and half hour Jelly Bean Math