Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

Monday, April 25 – Music
Tuesday, April 26 – Gym (Mrs. Cooley gone, Mrs. Jagger to sub)
- - Hudsonville Art Show ends
Wednesday, April 27 – Art, LIBRARY, send in BAGGIE BOOKS
- - Zoo permission slip due
Thursday, April 28 – Steam
Friday, April 29 – Music
- Saturday, April 30 – Sweetheart Swirl

Later Dates:

Friday, May 6 – Early Release
Tuesday, May 17 – John Ball Zoo Field Trip

Notes for Parents:

A yellow permission slip for our John Ball Zoo field trip came home in your child’s folder today. Please complete the permission slip and return it to school by Wednesday, April 27. A big thank you to all the parents/family members who volunteered to chaperone. Due to the overwhelming number of volunteers, not everyone was able to be selected. However, we are so excited that ALL parents who want to attend can come along as guests to walk alongside your child and participate in his/her group. Looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it on May 17!
Scholastic Book Order Due
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  - Class Code: QQJNN
  - Submit your online order. Secure checkout – – – pay with card
  Class Order Due Date: Apr 29, 2022

Celebrations:

Earth Day – We had a great time celebrating Earth Day! The kiddos shared ideas on how they can show the Earth love which tied in with a fun craft. We used shaving cream and food coloring to make an Earth design on paper… it was messy, but fun! We then got to enjoy some dirt cups for a snack while we watched the original Lorax. Thank you for sending in supplies to help with this day!

Star Students – Ethan, Kaiya, Kat, Kenzie,, and Sohpia enjoyed lunch with Mrs. Cooley this week.

Mystery Reader – Ally loved having her mom and dad in to read to us! Mr. Van Andel read There’s No Place Like Space.

First Grade Family Time – At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.

This week the quote was- “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax. We celebrated lost teeth from Kat and Cammy. Nora joined the shoe-tying club this week.

OUR LEARNING:

Writing – This week was the end of opinion writing. The kids had the opportunity to create their own persuasive letters. We saw many great ideas ranging from “We should get to bring pets to school, We should get more recess, I should get a dog/bunny, to we should get to pick our own seats.” The students came up with many great reasons and showed how convincing they can really be.

Math – This week we took the Unit 6 test all about comparing data. You should have seen this come earlier this week or today. We also started our next unit which covers time, shapes and equal shares, and measurement. The two lessons we did this week focused on time and how we progress from the morning to afternoon to night. We learned about digital vs. analog clocks and how to tell when it is an “o’clock” time on both.

Reading – This week we focused on paying attention to the characters in our books to see how their feelings change, how they talk, and what they like. We learned how authors leave clues to help us understand what a character is feeling or how they say something.

Word Study – We started a new unit all about BLOOPERS! Bloopers are common mistakes that writers (and even adults) make. We are learning to be extra-careful writers by thinking about the spelling patterns we already know when we spell words. We also started learning about Bossy R and the sounds that r-controlled vowels make (ar, er, or).

Social Studies- We created a flipbook called based on the book, Me on the Map. Students talked about their planet, continent, country, state, city, and their home. We ended the week practicing our address. We’ll be quizzing students and when they can write their complete addresses they’ll be able to share their houses on Google Maps.