First Grade Math - We finished the first grade book!  We worked on a unit with identifying and counting coins - heads and tails.  We have now started working out of the second grade book.  We are working on math mountains, switch partners, addends, identifying partners and totals, and odd and even numbers.  Reminder - We take a math facts quiz every Thursday.  Please remember to practice math facts.  Today we had a shortened math class due to Lion King practice.  We didn't get through the whole lesson so I didn't hand out math homework today.

Phonics - This week we are working on two syllable words with suffixes s, ed, and ing.

Reading - Each day we work in the daily 5 and in our reading groups.  Our word work focus is pronouns.  One of the pronoun activities that they are having fun with is Angry Bird pronouns.  Another one is pronoun pizzas.  :)

Religion - This week we are working out of our textbook.  We are learning about the twelve Apostles.  Friday we will also work out of our Promise Paper.

Social Studies - We have now learned every state and every capital!  The kids love to sing Fifty Nifty!  Today we also did USA puzzles, a state word search, and colored a map of each of the states.

Science - We have been working with our aquariums.  We learned facts about the snails and the guppies.  We have had a little bit of excitement with the guppies.  One female had some babies.  We now have a separate aquarium for the babies.

The mama fish  :)

Writing - Today the kids did an absolutely amazing job in writer's workshop!  April is poetry month so we have been working on poetry.  So far we have done acrostic and cinquain poems.  Today we worked on diamante poems.  Diamante poems are shaped like a diamond.  The pattern is one word - a noun, two words - adjectives that describe the noun, three words that are ing verbs about the noun, two words - adjectives about the noun, and one word - a noun (synonym of the first noun).  The kids made a rough draft.  When the rough draft was all correct they rewrote a final copy.  They then illustrated on their copy and made it into a kite.

Next week - 

Thursday (5-4-17) we will have an all school mass at the SM Campus.  The talent show will follow.

Friday (5-5-17) is a half day.