Happy end of February. The month may be short, but it sure is always packed with learning and events. This week is no different. Before we get to all that, a quick reminder that students are not allowed down the halls and in the classrooms before the 8:35 bell rings. They are to take their backpacks outside with them to morning recess, which begins at 8:20. Those that eat breakfast must go to breakfast at 8:15 and then out to the playground (please remind your children who eat they must go eat first, and then go outside - not vice versa). Our morning time is used to prepare for our day. With Miss Teller taking over, this is even more important because we are often talking about her lessons, making sure she is prepared and ready. If you arrive with your child early you may sit with them on the couches in the lobby until the bell rings. However, if there is an important matter which you need to discuss with us, we do understand and our door is always open to parents for these types of situations. Thank you for your understanding in this, and for taking time to discuss the above with your children. Now a look at our week ahead...
Math: We will spend a few day's on learning how to make quick tens (leading to understanding of ten rods and their value) and using them to understand how to identify 10 and 1 more and less than a given number. After that we will stray for a while to learn about identifying coins and their values.
ELA: Our Hartcourt story next week is "My Robot." This was supposed to go with our engineering project of building robots, see note below. We will also be focusing on a few Daily 5 CAFE strategies.
Please note - our Wednesday Robot building may possibly be postponed. This is for several reasons. First, our robots are having difficulty running with consistency. Out of a number of times being built only twice have they ran, and only for a short amount of time. We need this to work 88 times without stopping or we have 88 sad first graders on our hands. Therefore, we are in the process of remodeling our robot so that we have 100% success 100% of the time. Second, we believe there may be weather on the way, which would cancel our robot day anyway (no guarantees - it is Flagstaff, just going on weatherman rumors). With that being said, this is where we stand. we are going to make some type of robot with the children. We are hoping to have them built either on Wednesday the 28th or possibly make up date of Monday the 5th. I will notify all parents who have volunteered via the agenda tomorrow of final plans. Thank you for your patience and understanding. We just really want to make sure the kids have a working robot and walk away happy and excited.
Science: We finished our class science fair project. Thank goodness it snowed and I was able to collect a jar full of snow! The kids all had a hand in measuring and writing up our board, and in gluing and putting it all together. They also did a great job remembering the scientific process and in using their brilliant little brains to conclude why our results were what they were. We asked "What has more water in it, snow or ice?" Ask your kiddos about our results. Our board will be on display at the Science Fair Family Night this Wednesday from 5-6:30. Special shout out to Lovely who did an individual science fair project! She shared her project with us on Friday and we loved seeing all the hard work she put into it!
Social Studies: Ms. Reger will be wrapping up her unit on American Symbols with the Liberty Bell.
Parent Teacher Conferences:
Science Fair Family Night is this Wednesday, the 28th. This is a chance for families to come check out all the amazing science fair projects from our Marshall students.
Our spring conferences are just around the corner. There will be early release all three days, and I will send a paper sign up soon. These conferences are optional. More information to come.
Save the Dates:
- Wednesday, February 28 - Kindergarten Registration
- Wednesday, February 28 - Science Fair Family Night
- Wednesday, March 5 - STEM Night @NAU Dome
- March 14 - 16 Optional Parent/Teacher Conferences
- March 19 - 23 Spring Break
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