Mrs. Long's First Graders: April 2018

Hi families!

Here are our spelling words for the week:

bear

careful

scare

wear

care

tear (rip)

pear

spare

rare

I cannot tell you all how proud of your students I am! Our end of the year is quickly approaching and I am so excited about all of the growth every student has made in our class this year! We took our MAP reading and MAP math last week, and WOW! I was so incredibly proud of this class. They all took the test seriously and really tried their best, which is all I ask them to do every day!

We are beginning a project where we will build a habitat for an animal they have chosen to research. Today, we started brainstorming ideas for each groups "zoo" and what they would need to make their zoo.

In math, we are working on money. We've been discussing how much each coin is worth and beginning to use the money to make different amounts. (ex. how can you make $.31 - students would show the different ways to make that amount).

The first grade PLAY is coming up next week!!! May 10 will be our performance at 6:30 pm. If you know you are not able to attend please let me know as soon as possible. Our class will be wearing GREEN shirts (these can be plain or have a small design) if your student does not have one, let me know and I can get one for your student. The play is all about animals and students have been practicing the songs with Mrs. Bossworth in music. We're beginning to practice on the risers this week to prepare for the performance. We hope you can attend!

There are some dates coming up for Wellington Events I want to let you know about:

* First Grade play May 10 at 6:30
* May 14 the chorus will be singing at the Legends game!
* No School for Election day May 22
* May 24 - Talent show at 6:30 pm
* No school for Memorial Day May 28
* Wellington FUN day May 29!!
* First Grade End of the Year Awards program (ALL PARENTS INVITED) on May 31 at 10:15 in our classroom. We have an end of the year picnic immediately following awards.

Thank you all! Have a wonderful week!

Here are some Zoo pictures!!! Enjoy!