Mrs. King's Class

Silent Auction!!!

Hi everyone!  The Student Council Silent Auction is just around the corner - Mrs. Clatterbaugh, Mrs. Cox and I are auctioning off an afternoon of fun for 4 lucky kids! (Yes, ice cream is involved! :) )  Mark your calendars and make sure you bid on us!!!! :)

Mrs. Wolsh :)

Marvelous March!

Wow!  We've made it to March!  It's amazing how quickly this year is flying by.  I hope you're seeing the growth and progress your child is making in first grade - I am!

Here's a look at what we'll be talking about this month:

Language Arts: proper nouns and abbreviations, using commas in a series, -ing and -ed endings to words, correctly identifying the naming and action parts of a sentence, writing informational paragraphs, reading comprehension skills, dictionary skills and becoming more fluent readers!

Math: continuing our work with money (counting collections of quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies) and 2-digit addition and subtraction (without regrouping)

Science: plants (their basic needs and parts)

Social Studies: maps

Some dates to keep in mind:

March 4th - Early Release (last one of the year!)

March 8th - Movie on the Mount - 5:30-9pm

March 9th - Daylight Savings Time - Spring Forward!

March 14th - End of the 3rd nine weeks!

March 17th - Leprechaun traps due - more details to follow....

March 17th - 21st - Book Fair!

March 20th - Report Cards come home!

*Please be sure that you are taking the CRCT practice tests online!

*Scholastic Book orders will be due March 28th! (Friday)

*Be sure you're studying your Math facts for our Mad Math Minute and turning in those reading logs!

*Congratulations for our Character Ed student of the Month for the word "Tolerance" - Ella!  Yay Ella! :)

Happy Reading and watch out for those leprechauns!!!

Mrs. Wolsh :)