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 First Grade News

Dear Parents, 

We hope you had a great weekend! 

In Literature this week, we will begin reading A Bargain for Frances. We will focus on strategies for retelling a story in sequence and also hone in on the virtue of friendship.  

 If you have not already, please send this classic with your scholar ASAP.

Scholars will continue writing their very own personal narrative story; working on the rough draft, making edits to improve the story, and write a final version of their own personal narrative story.       

In Math, we will start Chapter 8, covering numbers to 120.  We will focus on comparing/ordering, counting and making groups of tens, reading and writing the numbers using digits and words as well as place value skills.  Check out the Chapter 8 home letter for tips on how to practice these skills with your scholar.  

In History, we will continue our learning about early civilizations of the Americas; focusing on the Maya, Aztec and Incan people.  We will uncover details about their way of life, belief systems and how these civilizations came to an end.  

For the last few weeks, we have been waiting patiently for our chicken life cycle project to culminate with the hatching of our chicks.  We hope to see some exciting changes this week.  I'm sure your scholars will be excited to tell you all about it. 😊

During school spirit week, prior to winter break many uniform items were borrowed from the nurse's office but have not been returned yet. The nurse's office is running critically low on uniforms to loan to scholars. If you have any borrowed items, please return them as soon as possible.

Thank you so much for your continued support and partnership.  Have a wonderful week.

 

Go Griffins! 

A Peek at the Week

Language Arts

Spalding phonograms

Spelling words (21)

Personal Narrative

A Bargain for Frances

Math

Chapter 8 Numbers to 120

History/Science

Maya

Aztec

Inca

Upcoming Events

• Jan 30 Upper School Picture Retakes

• Jan. 31st Spirit Day, Early Release Day, 4th Grade Field Trip

• Feb. 4th Class Picture Day

• Feb. 7th Early Release, Friendship Day, and Family Game Night 4-6 pm

• Feb. 11th-13th Lower School Open House

• Feb. 14th Early Release

• Feb. 15th Daddy-Daughter Dance

• Feb. 17th NO SCHOOL President's Day

• Feb. 20th High School Preview Night, 2nd Grade Field Trip

• Feb. 22nd 9th Grade My Antonia Celebration, PSO Cowboy Breakfast

• Feb. 28th Early Release