W h a t ’s h a p p e n i n g i n 1 B ? Mrs. Scott’s Official Newsletter for the Week of April 30, 2012
L it e r a c y a n d L a n g u a g e
Math
Daily 5
Counting Coins
Work on Writing- editing practice to review contractions, punctuation rules, and subject-verb agreement; writing an autobiography
Envisions Topic 19: ‘Time
Counting Sets of Coins
Work on Words: vowel sound in ball spelled aw and au, spelling words with aw and au, building words with diphthongs (oi/oy) and vowel digraphs
-Understanding the Hour and Minute Hands -Telling and Writing Time -Estimating and Ordering Lengths of Time
Literacy CAFE: describing the plot and sequence of events in fairy tales Sight words: who, again, before, three
S o c ia l S t u d ie s March Citizenship Skill:
Writing Workshop
Effort
-responding to writing prompts -writing our own fairy tales
S c ie n c e
Austin Elementary will be hosting a food drive May 1-4th. All donations benefit CHS food pantry. Friday our school will be participating in Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) from 9:15-9:30. A special thank you to our PTO for supporting our school-wide field trip to the movies! Thank you!
Observing and recording changes in our class plants: wheat, grass, brassica. Identify and compare parts of our plants.
Moms mark your calendars! Our first grade Mother’s Day luncheon is Friday, May 11. Details are coming home in your child’s folder.
Nicole Scott – 1B- nscott@coppellisd.com