Ms. Batease's First Grade

May 28, 2010

Dear families,

I have to say that I am very proud of my first graders for continuing to work hard through such a very hot week at school!  We wrapped up our weather and climate unit this week with a fun Jeopardy-style review on Friday.  We also shared the dioramas we created in class depicting the habitat our animals live in and  what the climate is like there. 

On Thursday afternoon Miss Vermont visited with the Kindergarten, first, fifth and sixth graders.  She explained some of her duties as Miss Vermont and got the students brainstorming ways to be involved in their communities through community service and sharing their talents with others.  She explained the importance of being a good role model and how students can set and obtain goals for themselves.

I hope that everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend! I will see you all on Tuesday!

~Ms. Julie Batease

Important Reminders

5/31 – Memorial Day (No school)

6/4 PTO Potluck and Talent Show!

6/9 Field Day!

6/10 Fields Day Rain date

6/14 Move Up Day in the a.m.

6/16 Last Day of School!!

The Week in Review

Math: This week has been a review of many of the math skills we have been working on throughout the school year.  We focused on telling time, counting coins, and calculating how much more and how much less than.  On Thursday and Friday the students took their Unit 10 assessment, which reviews many of the skills learned throughout the school year.

Literacy: This week we have been focusing on vowel teams, reading comprehension and summarizing.  We read “Eek! There’s a Mouse in the House,” and “The Red Eyed Tree Frog” from our reading anthologies.  We have been focusing on summarizing the important events of these stories, and making predictions about what will happen next as we are reading them.

Religion: This week we practiced our Mass readings each day and we have been continuing to say a decade of the Rosary each day during our religion time.  The first graders read at Mass on Friday morning for the last time this year!  They did a wonderful job and have come so far with their reading skills!  When I passed out the readings last week every student could read most of, if not all, of their readings (Some of them contain very challenging words). 

Spelling: This week’s spelling list consisted words containing the diagraphs “ch,” “sh,” “th,” and “wh.”

Science: This week we wrapped up our weather and climate unit by sharing our dioramas depicting our animals’ habitats.  We also played a fun review game, similar to Jeopardy, testing the knowledge and vocabulary we have learned over the past few weeks.