I am going to discontinue our Poetry performances on Fridays. I have so many children that do not bring their poetry journals back, or that haven't practiced the poems at all that I have decided to discontinue. It takes a lot of time to get the poems leveled, put into sheet protectors etc. and I can see that for more than half of our class it is ineffective because they aren't even participating because they haven't practiced the poem. I will send their poetry journals home with them this week. Use the poems in there already as reading practice at night. Thanks to those that diligently helped their child with the poems.
If you haven't noticed already, I haven't sent home the decodeable books either for the last couple of weeks. I copied off through week 25 this summer and Mr. Burton has asked that we be careful with our copies. I decided that is one area where I can cut back. I find those books on the floor or falling out of backpacks all of the time. It too is very time consuming to copy them, fold them, and staple them. If you were diligently reading those and would like them, I probably have a couple of copies left from last year, and I can gladly send those home. The reason why I sent those home was to reinforce the spelling pattern or rule. As you study the spelling words, reinforce the spelling pattern. This week for example it is the /igh/ sound.
We are going to go on a walking field trip to SUU to see Peter Pan on Thursday, March 29. We will leave in the morning by 9:15 and be back by lunch. I will send home a permission slip tomorrow. Please sign it and return ASAP.
The first grade classes are planning an Easter Egg hunt on Tuesday, April 3. We will go to main street park in the afternoon for the hunt. We are asking as a donation for each child to bring 12-filled plastic easter eggs for the hunt. This is optional, but appreciated! More information will be coming home about this activity shortly.
I will print out and send home grades for the third quarter this Wednesday. Look for them in your child's backpack on Thursday. I can't believe we really only have one more quarter left of school. Each year goes be quicker than the last. Keep reading with your child at home every night. This is a time of tremendous growth in first graders.
Congratulations to Boston!! He has read 100 books for our 100-book challenge! He has been working hard!
Hopefully, spring weather will make an appearance this week.
Happy Reading!
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