Weekly News: May  13th - 17th

Literacy: 

Unit 6 - Week 4 - Lissy’s Friends (Realistic Fiction) 

Phonics: 3 letter blends & inflectional endings 

Comprehension Skill: Identify events beginning, middle, & end

Comprehension Strategy: Review theme 

High Frequency Words: 

before, front, heard, push, tomorrow, your

Vocabulary Words:

ancient, drama, effort, movement, tradition      

*READING HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK: READ NIGHTLY FOR 15 MINUTES.

Spelling:

Test: None

*There are no more spelling tests the rest of the year! The words are still listed below though in case you’d like to see what we’re working on.    

Words with silent 3 letter blends:

strike, spray, splash, split, scrape, three, know, write, your, heard 

Math:

We are reviewing our math skills from the year.

Science: 

We will review topics around our solar system using Science Studies Weekly. 

Writing:

We will continue working on organization: creating a plan, a topic sentence, three details using transition words, and a conclusion.  We are applying these skills with technology as well, as we’re working on an animal research project.

Specials:         

MWF: Music         T/Th: PE                  

Dates to Remember:

May 16th - 1st Grade End of Year Party - Kids Empire

May 17th - 1st Grade Field Day

May 20th - SOAR Assembly

May 23rd - Last day of school - Half day!