End of the Year

 “Never say goodbye, because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”

-Peter Pan

Parents,

As we pack up and leave for the end of this school year, I want to thank each and every one of you for all of your support and encouragement you have provided.  You have helped this year become a success for each child.  Thank you for trusting me to have the honor to educate and care for your child this school year.  I am so proud of each child’s accomplishments, and I cannot wait to see what they do in the years to come. We have made many great memories for us to remember.

As many of you know, it’s not goodbye, it’s see you later.  I hope to see many of you within the next couple years again.  Have a fun, safe, and relaxing summer!

Sincerely,
Carrie Nagy

Summer Reading List

Here is a copy of a suggested reading list from Scholastic's Website.  Please know that this list contains a range of reading levels, so it you want your child to read independently, check out the Book Wizard and reading chart if needed!  It's also fun to read some of these together!

Click the following link to access the list: Summer Reading List

Summer Reading

Good morning!  In reading we have been learning a lot about reading with stamina in order to prepare for the summer and second grade.  I have provided a reading level chart for your convenience over the summer.  For a lot of my own books, I have been using Scholastic Book Wizard to level them by Fontas & Pinnell reading level.

I would highly suggest using the Scholastic Book Wizard to find 'just right books' for your child this summer.  All you do is enter the title of the book and look at 'Guided Reading Level' to help determine the reading level.  Sometimes that will not be provided, but a Lexile score will be, so you can use the reading level chart to help determine the guided reading level (Fontas & Pinnell).

Happy Reading!

Edible Botany

The Cheetahs were very adventurous eaters today!  Here are some of our pictures from Edible Botany.  Thank you for all who helped and volunteered!

Check out what happens during P.E. in first grade!

May 11-15

Our last full week of school was packed with fun and learning.  As school and curriculum are coming to an end, so are our blog posts.  Please know that this is the last weekly update before the end of the school year.  Take a look at how we ended our last full week of school...

Reading
In reading this week our focus shifted from nonfiction reading to reading with stamina.  Stamina will be extremely important over the summer.  Our focus was on:

• fluency
• accuracy
• expression
• comprehension

Question:  How is working on our stamina in reading going to help us become better readers over the summer?

Writing
We completed our Nonfiction Mentor unit this week in writing!  This week we focused on:

• editing
• revising
• publishing
• celebrating our published pieces

Question:  What was your published nonfiction piece about?  What is one way you revised your book?

Math
We finished our Geometry unit last week, so this week we reviewed important math concepts in first grade such as:

• word problems
• addition and subtraction
• place value

Question:  What has been your favorite math game this year and why?  What math concept did it help you learn?

Social Studies
We are working hard on our Location! Location! Location! unit in social studies.  Concepts we worked on this week include:

• map features
• cardinal directions
• creating symbols for a map key

Question:  Can you name the six map features maps should have?  How are they important?

Upcoming Dates

5/18 - Summer Reading Club Information

5/20 - Flip Day

5/ 21 - Last Day of School, 1:05 Dismissal

Surprise Visit!

We had out JA Day program this afternoon, and we has a surprise visit from the St. Louis Rams' mascot, Rampage!!