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 Erickson School

First Grade Room 106

2011-2012

Mrs. Rosenzweig

What's Happening May  

READING 

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We will start our last unit of stories in which the theme is "Great Ideas."  Our last story titled Ben Franklin and His First Kite is a biography.  The phonics skills we will learn and apply are the prefixes un-, re- and long vowels i and o .  The comprehension skill is theme and the comprehension strategy is asking questions.

Click here to see spelling and word wall lists for the week.

 MATH

We took an assessment on the skills and concepts covered in Unit 14 and will begin focusing on reviewing the skills that have been taught the whole first grade year. 

Don't forget that the OWL page has great games under the Math MAP activities!

.Mr. Nussbaum and pbskids.org are also great web sites to reinforce all curricular skills and can be found on the Erickson OWL web page grade 1.
SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES

 

  In Science we have finished our unit on Animals and Plants.  We will begin All About Matter.  Students will learn that everything is matter and can be classified according to its observable characteristics.  Matter exists as a solid, liquid, or gas and can change from one form to another.  Matter can be measured.

 

 In Social Studies we will begin Unit 4 titled All Kinds of Jobs.  The big idea of this unit is that people work to make money to get jobs done.  Students will understand the value of work and learn that people work to get things they need.

 

 

HOMEWORK
  • Read together for 5-10 minutes every day.
  • Talk with your child about the school day.
  • Go over papers that come home.
  • Complete any assigned work.
  • Practice word wall words and spelling words.
   
   
Dates To Remember

 

  • Wednesday, May 2nd - Early Dismissal @ 1:40
  • Friday, May 4th - Writer's Fair
  • Monday, May 7th - Trip to Bloomingdale Library
  • Thursday, May 10th - Portfolio Night 7-8:30 p.m.
  • Friday, May 11th - No School
  • Monday, May 28th - No School