March Updates

Happy Monday! The month of March sure has come and gone in a hurry! After spring break, we started an author study on Kevin Henkes. He is such a wonderful children's author and the first graders have enjoyed reading several of his stories. We are focusing on the Common Core standards of story elements and character traits while engaging in these stories. Next week I will post an update with our completed bulletin boards to show our students' hard work!

These students did a great job writing the sequence of events!

Students will be filling the board with character traits describing the different characters.

Additionally, we have been working on opinion writing during Language Arts time. Students wrote papers on their favorite season, favorite Dr. Seuss book, and why Grant Wood is the best school. I am SO impressed by the growth every child has made in their ability to compose a complete essay. This time of year is always such a good reflection on how far we have come as readers and writers! The two papers below are very impressive writing samples!

Finally, we just wrapped up our social studies unit on maps. Students learned about cardinal directions, map keys, created a classroom map, and finished by learning about the map of our world. Ask your child to tell you their continent, country, state, city, and school! :)

A reminder that the month of April will be filled with different types of end-of-year assessments. Continue to practice sight words, reading fluency, and math facts with your child!

Brylee and Tiffany ROCKED twin day on Friday!