📣 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.
- Reminder about lunch drinks - please no glass bottles, soda cans, Kool-Aid, or fountain drinks. Thank you.
💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK
Reading / Literature: We read Chapters 3-4 of My Father's Dragon, where we find Elmer going to Wild Island.
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
Poetry:
Washington by Nancy Byrd Turner
He played by the river when he was young.
He raced with rabbits along the hills,
He fished for minnows, and climbed and swung,
And hooted back at the whippoorwills.
Strong and slender and tall he grew -
And then, one morning, the bugles blew.
Over the hills the summons came,
Over the river's shining rim.
He said that the bugles called his name,
He knew that his country needed him,
And he answered, "Coming!" and marched away
For many a night and many a day.
Perhaps when the marches were hot and long
He'd think of the river flowing by
Or, camping under the winter sky,
Would hear the whippoorwill's far-off song.
Boy or soldier, in peace or strife,
He loved America all his life!
History: We continued talking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence, and why this is important in our history. Students continued to learn about Benjamin Franklin, and made a kite foldable about his inventions.
Science: Students learned about the octopus. They labeled the anatomy of an octopus, and then made their own octopus. Students also learned about oysters. Then they had a chance to create their own oysters with pearls! We also began our unit on Earth with a review of the continents and oceans.
Every year we ask parents for feedback on their academy and Great Hearts as a whole. We hope you will take the time to fill out this year’s survey. It should only take a few minutes and we very much want to hear your perspective. Click here to access the survey. The survey will remain open until Tuesday, March 5th.
Have a great week!
1st Grade Teachers