March is here!

Wow!  I am so proud of the amount of reading our class did for the read-a-thon.  For all of our reading, we were able to travel into 7 books and everyone received a compass!  The kids were so much fun to watch while they played and explored with their compasses!  We will be having our read-a-thon celebration assembly on Friday.  Awards for top readers will be handed out and lots of fun will be had!  A huge thank you to those that donated!  All proceeds will be going to the Bitterroot library.

This week is supposed to be pretty cold.  Please make sure your child brings their coat.  We have had some very cold first graders at recess because they are only bringing sweatshirts.  BRR!

Monday is Dr. Seuss' birthday!  We will be doing some fun activities throughout the month to celebrate Mr. Seuss.

We will be wrapping up unit 4 in Lead 21.  This means we will be reviewing the different comprehension and vocabulary skills we learned in this unit.  We will also be revisiting the books we read throughout the unit.  Our spelling for the week focuses on long i.

This week in math we will be working on 10 more 10 less and subtracting multiples of 10.  These are some tough skills and take lots of practice.

In writing, we will continue to write opinion pieces.

Have a great week!

READ, READ, READ!

Can you believe we are in the last week of February?  Hopefully March will bring some warm weather.

The kids have been reading a ton for the read-a-thon.  We are currently in 1st place as of Friday.  This year it is a close race and with a little extra reading from everyone we can keep the lead! It is really important that everyone participates.  Reading will be this weeks homework. Besides the prizes awarded by the PTA, we will also have some classroom prizes.

We are supposed to have some cold weather later in the week.  Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately.  Shorts and sweatshirts are not warm enough in this weather!

This week we are learning why we must protect Earth and its natural treasures.  We will also be learning a few new comprehension strategies, visualizing and drawing conclusions.  The kids will get lots of practice with these new comprehension strategies in reading groups.

In math, we are continuing 10 more and 10 less.  We will also learn how to subtract multiples of 10.

In writing, we will be working on stating our opinion with two supporting facts and a closing sentence.

We have a special presentation from the Lions Club on Friday.  They will be teaching us about the flag.