First Grade Blog: April 2024

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: This week, we continued Elmer and the Dragon's adventures as we read book 3 - The Dragons of Blueland. We also practiced reading dialogues and writing summaries.

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.

He goes on Sunday to the church,

And sits among his boys;

He hears the parson pray and preach,

He hears his daughter's voice

Singing in the village choir,

And it makes his heart rejoice.

It sounds to him like her mother's voice

Singing in Paradise!

He needs must think of her once more,

How in the grave she lies;

And with his hard, rough hand he wipes

A tear out of his eyes.

Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing,

Onward through life he goes;

Each morning sees some task begin,

Each evening sees it close;

Something attempted, something done,

Has earned a night's repose.

Math: We wrapped up our unit on shapes this week.

History: In this week's study of the Western Exploration, we learned more about Lewis and Clark, and Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied them in their expedition.

Science: The scholars are very interested in space! We started learning about the moon and why it has different phases. We also read a story about a young girl who dreamt of being an astronaut. She had to fail a couple of times, but still worked hard and never gave up until she finally reached her dream.

Happy weekend!

1st Grade Teachers

4 / 19/ 24

📣 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.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

May 3rd: NO SCHOOL

May 15th: Spring Concert/Fine Arts Night

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: In this week's story, we learned about the treasure, the secret that the canaries have been dying of curiosity about. Elmer, the dragon and the canaries had their farewell celebration. The duo finally reached Elmer's home in Nevergreen City. Then we started book 3, The Dragons of Blueland. Will the dragon make it safely home to see his family?

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.

He goes on Sunday to the church,

And sits among his boys;

He hears the parson pray and preach,

He hears his daughter's voice

Singing in the village choir,

And it makes his heart rejoice.

It sounds to him like her mother's voice

Singing in Paradise!

He needs must think of her once more,

How in the grave she lies;

And with his hard, rough hand he wipes

A tear out of his eyes.

Math: We continued to learn about shapes, and partitioning it into halves and fourths. We will wrap up this unit next week and have a test on Friday.

History: In this week's study of the Western Exploration, we learned more about Lewis and Clark, and Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied them in their expedition.

Science: This week, we learned about the rotation and revolution of the earth. Because Earth Day is next Monday, we also talked about what we can do to protect the earth. Scholars completed a worksheet on things to Recycle/Not Recycle.

Happy weekend!

1st Grade Teachers

4 / 12 / 24

📣 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.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

May 3rd: NO SCHOOL

May 15th: Spring Concert/Fine Arts Night

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines

💡WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Reading / Literature: This week in the second book, we learned about Flute, the canary, and why the rest of the canaries were dying of curiosity. Scholars continued to learn understanding vocabulary words in a context, predicting outcomes, and writing summaries.

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.

He goes on Sunday to the church,

And sits among his boys;

He hears the parson pray and preach,

He hears his daughter's voice

Singing in the village choir,

And it makes his heart rejoice.

Math: This week, students learned to identify the different 2D and 3D shapes, describe their

vertices and sides, and combine shapes together to form other shapes.

History: We started our new unit on West Exploration. Students learned about the trailblazer, Daniel Boone, who helped make a path through the Appalachian Mountains to explore the west. We also learned about the flatboat which the Americans then used to travel along the Mississippi River to New Orleans. We are working on a lap book project to collect all the activities we are doing in this unit.

Science: This week, we started our last Science unit in first grade on space as well. We made a vocabulary foldable about the words we will encounter in this unit. Students made astronaut helmets and learned all about the different layers of the sun.

Happy weekend! Thank you for your continued support!

1st Grade Teachers

4 / 5 / 24

📣 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.

💡DATES TO REMEMBER

May 3rd: NO SCHOOL

May 15th: Spring Concert/Fine Arts Night

Mrs. Aguayo

Mrs. Santiago

Ms. Baines