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   First Grade News

Dear Parents, 

We hope you had a wonderful weekend!  It was such a joy to see you all, Friday evening, at the Spring Music Concert.  We are so proud of all the hard work our scholars put into their performance.     

As we are fast approaching the end of the school year, please keep a few things in mind when planning for vacation.  The first is that at GHNO we continue instruction and learning until the very last day of school, May 29th.  The second is that on Thursday, May 29th, we will have a cumulative math assessment as well as a final Spalding test.  These tests will not be given early.  Please plan to have your scholar present for these assessments.  If you have any questions, please reach out to your scholar's teacher.  

This week in Literature, we will continue to read My Father's Dragon. May 27th will be the Merry Sunshine recitation. In Grammar/Writing, scholars will begin our unit on poetry.  We will cover different styles of poetry as well as write some poems of our own.  

 

In Math, we will continue Chapter 11 reviewing what we know about 2-D and 3-D shapes and take a chapter test on Wednesday. Wednesday we will begin Chapter 12, covering time. 

In Science, we will continue learning about the solar system and build a book with facts about the inner and outer planets.  We will cover the moon and stars and how they change in the sky.  We will also learn about the different types of weather and the scholars will create a weather chart, recording their observations over the course of a week.    

If you did not return your library book last week, please send it in ASAP.  Notices were sent home with missing book information.

  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 (22)

Poetry recitation Merry Sunshine

My Father's Dragon

Math

Chapter 11- Shapes, test Wednesday

Chapter 12 - Time

History/Science

Space

- outer planets

- moon

- constellations

Weather/Seasons

Upcoming Events

• May 16th - Early Release Friday

• May 23rd - Early Release Friday

• May 26th - No School (Memorial Day)

• May 27th- Merry Sunshine recitation

• May 27th - Early Release Tuesday

• May 28th - Early Release Wednesday

• May 29th - Last day of school; Early Release Friday