Ms. Rogers and Mrs. Chandler
“Monkey Business”
June 1-5, 2009
Dates and Reminders:
June 1: All books have to be turned in to the Media Center, or paid for if lost.
*Thank you for the animal cookies sent in. You are marvelous!
June 4: FUN DAY
First Graders will go out to the fields a little before 9:00 am. Parents are welcome
to join us as we move from station to station.
June 5: model of Zoo Inquiry animal due
June 12: Last day of school
**June 5: This is the last day to charge in the cafeteria and all charges need to be
paid by this date
***Please help your child succeed by helping them get enough sleep this week!
Please come to our End of the Year Celebration
and
Zoo Inquiry
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
10:30-12:00
Reading- a realistic fiction story titled, “Fireflies for Nathan”
Phonic Skills: words with the ar sound, prefixes dis and re
Comprehension Skills: sequence of events
Spelling Words: hard, barn, start, farm, shark, scarf, jars, large, card, park
Challenge: marching
Writing- observational story about their inquiry animal telling what it eats, where it lives (habitat), and what it looks like
Math- We will assess the children on all math objectives this week – representing
numbers in various ways, reading and writing numbers, comparing umbers, estimating quantities to 100, single digit addition and subtraction, time to the hour and half-hour,
calendar questions, identifying geometric shapes, line plots, tallies, adding multiple combinations of coins to $1.00.
Science- studying organisms and animals of the zoo