Weekly News

IMPORTANT DATES

·       Monday, May 27^th: No School, Memorial Day

·       Thursday, May 29^th: Big Book Bazaar, 9:30- 10 am.

·       Friday, June 7^th: 1MC Family Breakfast 8- 8:45 am.

·       Friday, June 28^th: Last Day of school.

** If you will be out of town or leaving Brookline before the last day of school, please let us know. We want to be sure to have your child’s materials ready for his or her last day

FAMILY BREAKFAST

We are planning our end of the year family breakfast for Friday June 7^th. Due to the schedule and other events at Devotion, that is the day that will work. We hope you’ll be able to join us from 8-8:45 am to celebrate your child’s great progress in first grade. Parents, siblings, and other special people are very welcome to join.  More information and sign-up to follow.

HOMEWORK

This week students will reflect on the things we learned from our visit from the Museum of Science. We learned about different types of Life Cycles and even met a frog and a tortoise!

MATH

We continued to practice the Doubles Plus 1 Strategy: “If I know 3+3=6, then I know 3+4=7”.

We also learned about odd (1, 3, 5, 7...) and even (0,2,4,6,8...) numbers. Even numbers have a partner, and odd numbers have one left over.

SCIENCE

It continues to be exciting to observe our mealworms. This week, we were able to watch a darkling beetle break out of its pupa shell. It was incredible for the kids to see. Many more beetles will emerge in the coming weeks.

Next week we will get caterpillars in our classroom. We will observe these caterpillars turn into Painted Lady Butterflies.

Our Enrichment and Challenge Support teacher, Mrs. Miller, will be coming into our class on Wednesday afternoons for the remainder of the school year. She will be leading our class in some experiments with air.

Word Wall Words

out        our        down      house

In these words the ou and ow make the same sound, like in plow or out. It’s a little tricky with English, because ow also makes a long o sound like in snow and grow.

Next Week’s Words:

can’t      don’t      won’t      didn’t

We will study contractions next week. In these words, we squish two words together and the apostrophe takes the place of a letter or letters (do not becomes don’t).

CONVERSATION STARTERS

·       What was your favorite part of our visit from the museum of Science?

·       What did you learn about Life Cycles from the Museum of Science presentation?

·       How do you know if a number is odd or even?

·       What are some words that have the ow sound? (made with ou or ow )

·       What is your favorite song that we’ve sung in Music class?

·       How has your mealworm changed?

·       What did we talk about when Mrs. Miller came to our class?

1MC WISH LIST

• Tissues
• Clorox wipes
• Potatoes