📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Students need to bring a water bottle with name on a daily basis for proper hydration!
- Please make sure they have utensils in their lunchboxes, if needed.
- Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.
Thank you to our parent reading volunteers! We still have slots for the month. We need volunteers every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:10-11:45. Check your teacher's page below for the reading volunteer signup.
Mrs. Aguayo
Mrs. Santiago
Ms. Baines
💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK
Reading / Literature: In this week's story, we read Elmer and the Dragon finding their way out of the sandbar to a tiny island. We learned to give predictions, understand vocabulary words in context, some figures of speech, and figurative language in the story.
Poetry:
The Village Blacksmith
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands,
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long;
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can hear his bellows blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,
With measured beat and slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell,
When the evening sun is low.
And children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;
They love to see the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,
And catch the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Math: This week, wrapped up our unit on data. We have learned how to read, analyze and present data. A test was given today about it.
History: We also wrapped up our unit on America: From Colonies to Independence. We compiled our symbols book, and played a puppet game to review this topic.
Science: We began studying the types of rocks and minerals and the process in which rocks are made. Scholars noticed differences in textures, size, shape and color. We learned about the three main types of rocks, understanding they vary based on how and from which substances they are formed from. Students were able to act like geologists today, and break apart a "rock cookie" to discover what was inside.
Thank you!
First grade teachers