Friday News and Information for week of May 27-30

Happy Friday! Only 2 more Fridays left for the end of the school year! WOW!

This Week:

Reading: Our strategy for the week was Main Idea and Detail. Every story has a main idea - a sentence about the most important part or summary of the book. Then there are details that tell you more about the story but are not as important to the whole story. We read a few stories this week and then on Friday, we read At Home Around the World and saw if we could figure out the main idea and details for ourselves!

Writing: Our strategy for the week was Editing. We said that we need to check out writing to see if we put a space, if the sentence makes sense, if we have a capital letter, or ending punctuation. The students did a great job checking over their work and fixing what needs to be fixed!

Math: We finished Unit 9 with a test on Thursday. We tackled fractions trying to figure out the same name for different fractions. It is a little bit hard for 1st grade but I know they will learn it again in 2nd grade (and all the way until high school!). 

Science: We continued this week with the circulatory and respiratory system. We learned about how the heart and the lungs are connected with pumping blood and breathing air. Here's a fun game on labeling the respiratory system.  

http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/science_eng_launcher.html
And a video on the circulatory system: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/_bfs_CSmoviesource.html

Bible: We started talking about the life of Daniel and his friends in the Babylonian captivity. Daniel chose not to eat the food offered to idols and instead, God blessed him and took care of him. Also, King Nebuckadnezzer had a dream and no one could figure it out, except Daniel with God’s help!

Here's a video I made in college to show a story from the book of Daniel:

Next Week:

NO SCHOOL - May 26th, Memorial Day

If you have not submitted the summer school application and you want your child to attend, please make sure you submit it soon. 

June 11th will be the last day of school. It is a 2pm dismissal! That day, there is no lunch served in the cafeteria. We will also have a class party, so please put it on your calendar to come!

Spelling: played, worked, needed, hopped, wagged, stepped, liked, hoped, rules, skates, their, than, there

Bible: "The Lord always keeps his promises; he is gracious in all he does." Psalm 145: 13b