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First Grade News

Mrs. Waldo, Mrs. Foltz, and Mrs. Fuhrman

Week of: May 20-May 24

Upcoming Lessons

Reader’s Workshop: We are working with our reading groups. Students are working independently throughout the workshop on independent reading, reading to others, writing about reading and Lexia.

Gardener In Residence - Farmer Katy is back at Crestwood. We will spend time in the Crestwood garden 1 Monday per month.

Part of our Social Emotional Learning curriculum, Second Step is complete. To supplement this work, we have started our mandatory Child Protection Unit (CPU). CPU is an additional unit of the Second Step program designed to build on the foundational skills students have learned throughout the year. This unit will teach students to recognize, report and refuse unsafe situations and touches.

Math Workshop: We have started our end of the year comprehensive growth assessment. This is a lengthy assessment comprised of both a written and interview portion. We will be working on this for the next couple of weeks.

Integrated Studies (Science, Social Studies, and Writing): Next week we will shift our focus to how things change over time. We will be discussing how people and places change with time. Crestwood started as “Highlands-Mendota Beach School” back in 1901. We will be talking about this and looking at pictures of our school from long ago. Discussions like this will lead us to our final project of creating a time capsule.

Homework: A May homework choice board and reading star sheet has been posted. If your child completes their homework, send it back to school and your child will receive a book from school (donated by Mr. Cushman in the LIbrary). You will see their name on the inside cover.

Snack Needs: Snack is always welcome! Thank you!

Weather: Temperatures vary greatly throughout the day. We require jackets to be worn at all times for temperatures below 55 degrees.

To learn more about the winter weather make-up plan, please click on this link!

Events and Dates to Remember:

Book Exchange: Help out to make this beloved Crestwood tradition a success! Let’s make sure every child has books to enjoy this summer. Donate used books to your child’s classroom teacher between May 15-May 29. Sign up to help set up in the library May 30-31, Or help children pick out books to keep on June 3-7.

Volunteers can signup at the following link. Please send in books for the drive with your student, or contact Heather at 608-609-9619 for pickup!

May 9 at 6:00p - Multicultural Night

May 16, 9:30-10:15am - 4th/5th grade music program

May 27 - No school (Memorial Day)

June 4 - 1st Grade Music Program 2:45 - 3:15

June 11, 8:45am - 5th grade recognition ceremony

June 12 - Last day of school

Shared Reading

We will begin a poetry study unit. This will be our last shared reading unit for the year. Each teacher is choosing a different focus for this unit in an effort to get a broad range of poetry covered in a short period of time.

Mrs. Foltz - Author study with Shel Silverstein

Mrs. Waldo - Color poems

Mrs. Fuhrman - I Like It Here At School-26 Poems collected and Introduced by Jack Prelutsky

• I can differentiate between information learned from illustrations and information learned from texts.
• I can identify words with long vowel sounds.
• I can identify words and phrases in poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
• I can read fluently using expression.
• I can write about my reading.