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 April 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. 

Events Happening in Our School:

Report Cards go home Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Reminders:

Send in the field trip form and money if you have not done so.

Thank you to parents that sent items for the 1st grade store. We are still collecting items if you wish to donate. 

Learning goals for the week of 04/30/18

Next week in math, students will continue to understand equality by solving addition equations with missing addends and subtraction equations with missing subtrahends. We will also review time to the hour and half hour. Please make it a teaching moment at home to teach time to your child.

In social studies, our PYP Economics unit, students will recognize that people save money for the future to purchase goods and services.

In our Benchmark Unit, students will learn the reading strategy of cause and effect. We will also discuss making connections to deepen understanding of text. In writing, students will focus on writing a narrative piece that may be personal or realistic fiction.

Benchmark Tip: Make a Cause-and Effect Chart

Think about things that happen in your home and what causes them to happen. For Example, does your dog’s barking cause you to take him for a walk? Make a T- chart that lists each cause and its effect. Invite a family member to help you.

Spelling Words - Week of 04/16/18 (test date 04/27/18)

Phonics focus: digraphs ch, sh

three	walk	back
play	were	out
your	their	always
father	mother	girl
chat	chip	such
rich	flash	crush
ship	shift