Starfish Gazette- March 30, 2018

Upcoming Starfish of the Week:

Week of April 2- Teagan
Week of April 9- Cole G.
Week of April 16- Jordan

Upcoming Dates:

• Field Trip April 3rd to Portsmouth Music Hall
• Conferences/Early release April 4th & 11th
• First Grade presents...
• FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD HELPERS on Tuesday, May 8th at 6:30 pm.  Stay tuned more details in the next few weeks

Here are some of the learning activities from our week...

- Practiced telling time to the hour and half hour

- Played Collect the Most- A place value game

- Completed I Ready Lessons about telling time

-Played Four Corner War- A game to practice sight word spelling

-Read the book Zero and had a class talk about the main message

- Watched a video how Macaroni is made

- Learning how to use Typing Pal in Maker Space

-Learned four songs in music class for our upcoming Grade 1 musical

-Played 4 square in P.E.

-Used Post-it notes to help retell important part of our series books

- Painted Easter Eggs with Pastel Colors

-Watched our third grade buddies perform a Folk Tale, Peco's Bill

-Wrote Persuasive Letters to our parents

-Made Spring Cards for our families

- We had a visit from the Mad Scientist to learn about sound


Here are some questions to promote School Talk...

1. Can you tell me about the Play that your third grade buddies put on?  What was it about?

2. Can you tell me about the persuasive letter that you wrote during writer's workshop?

3. What did you choose to do for Free Choice Friday?

4.  Can you tell me about the have to centers and choice centers- How do they work?

5. What series books are you enjoying?  Why do you like them?

6. Can you tell me about the mad scientist?  What experiments did you like?

7.  Who was the Starfish of the Week?  What did you learn about her?

8.  Who's birthday did you celebrate on Friday?

9. Can you tell me what you know about telling time?  Can you draw me a clock and show me what 4:00 looks like?  How about 2:30?  What does PM and AM mean?

10.  Can you tell me how you painted your Easter egg? What designs did you choose?



Happy Easter! I hope you have a wonderful weekend with family and friends.

Warmly,
Megan Murphy