Hello First Grade Families!

I hope you all enjoyed your Mother's Day....A special hooray to all of you! We had a fantastic week! As you may have heard, our ladybugs are in the pupae stage .We are crossing our fingers that we observe a few adult ladybugs this week. The children have made a few observations and report what they have seen in their journals. We continue to make many literature and math connections to this unit. The Grouchy Ladybug helped us to review time. We loved The Ladybug Girl, as well as many other nonfiction Ladybug books.

This week we made story kites. In our classroom windows, you can see the kites. The writing is seen on the inside of our windows. Feel free to come and check them out! We focused on Story Title, Characters, Problem and Solution. Great writing Boys and Girls! As a class, we used our retelling cards to retell the stroy of We're Going on a Picnic. Wow! We had the opportunity to "blast off " into the reader's clubhouse of retelling, super job! Our comprehension skills are amazing.....keep up the great work @ home! Next week we will focus on asking questions when we read, as well as the ongoing review on beginning, middle, and end.

Money was on our minds in math this weelk (we will continue to review). The children did a super job learning about the coins through the smartboard, song, movement, and lots of visuals. We also had the opportunity to use our own coin collections to go shopping on Fun Friday. We loved the money boxes..thank you! This was very exciting! As you know, counting on with dimes, nickels and pennies is manageable. We did use the quarter too...the kids caught on quick. The best way to review @ home is with the coins. We will be introducing fractions next week.

On Thursday 5/20 the First Graders will be planting in the Hoover Garden (dress your child appropriately). We plan to plant pumpkins and squash. You never know, maybe when we return in the fall as second graders we will see our very own pumpkin patch? Thanks again to all the families who devoted their time and energy to this garden (Mrs. Jaggers, Mrs. Wozniak, Mrs. George & Mrs. Garnier). We are looking forward to planting!

A special thank you to ALL our First Grade Families for your generosity and kindness throughout Teacher Appreciation Week. The goodies, flowers, chocolate, cards, and more were incredible!

Also, A special HOORAY to one of our First Grade Superstars....MEGAN WOZNIAK. Megan completed the Mother's Day 5K with her Mom. She ran the race in 39minutes. WOW!!! We are very proud of The Wozniak Girls! I would also like to CONGRATULATE all our First Grade Superstars involved in dance recitals, baseball, karate, lacrosse and gymnastics. We are so proud of all of you for being part of a TEAM!! Good Luck with your season!