Saturday, May 8, 2021

For the week of May 10th-May 14th

  First Grade Happenings 

Thank you for making your child's teachers feel loved and appreciated this week! We count it a blessing to be your child’s teacher. Have a blessed Mother’s Day weekend! 

 

Important Dates to Remember: 


Insect Test - on Friday, May 14th 

There is a study guide for the insect test attached to this week’s homework sheet. Please let us know if you have any questions.  




National School Nurses Day - Wed., May 12th

We are so thankful for the dedication and hard work provided for us by our amazing school nurses, Mrs. Jane Soulis and Mrs. Lori Levine. 

To celebrate them, we are asking all Lower School students to dress like nurses or doctors on Wed., May 12th!  We plan to have a parade to celebrate and honor them as we shower them with gratefulness and cards of appreciation.


Monday, May 24 - LS Awards Ceremony in Gym at 1:30 (parents and grandparents invited)

Tuesday, May 25th- End of the year party and Last Day of School 




What are we learning? 



Bible: Elijah Prays to God  

We will have a Bible verse test over John 15:9 on Friday.       

 



Math:  

We will have a cumulative test on Tuesday.  Then, we will begin Unit 9. Please read over the Family Letter that is attached to this week’s homework sheet. 




Reading: 

This week we will finish our study of comparing and contrasting using a Venn diagram. 




Phonics:  

Click on the picture! 

This week we will learn about Wild Colt words: -old as in gold, -ost as in ghost, -ind as in kind, -olt as in colt, and -ild as in child. We will have a spelling test on Thursday. 





Science:  

This week we will continue our study of living things and their basic needs. We will wrap up our insect study and move to the ocean. Our insect test is on Friday, May 14th.