Welcome to First Grade. We will have an exciting year reading and doing projects in our PYP units.  My email is gallomc@pwcs.edu.

The May Encore calendar may be found under Files and Documents. Also note that we go to Spanish every Wednesday and Library every Thursday. These two rotations are no longer part of the encore rotations. 

Reminders:

Next Spelling Test will be on Thursday, May 24th.

Learning goals for the week of 05/21/18

In math next week, students will be leaning about picture graphs.  They will also be conducting a survey, recording their results, making a table graph, and compose their own questions.

In our PYP science lesson, students will continue to learn about animals. They will learn about mammals and birds. This includes their physical characteristics, environment, classification, what they eat, and how they move.

In Benchmark literature, students continue to learn about making inferences and drawing conclusions. We will read the book, Plants in Their Habitats. In writing, students begin to research their animal. This is the same animal they will do the animal project on. Have your child start reading the book and support him/her with any unknown words or any content that he/she finds difficult to understand.

Benchmark Tip: Make Text-to-Text Strategy Connections

Find one or more pictures from books, magazines, or newspapers in your home. What conclusions can you draw from the pictures? Write down the title that each picture comes from and the conclusion you drew. Bring your example(s) to share with the class. Earn a paw.

Spelling Words - Week of 05/14/18 (test date 05/24/18)

Phonics focus: long a digraphs

walk	should	help
because	first	would
little	each	off
faint	drain	chain
rain	trail	bait
wait	paid	spray
may	tray