Dear Family,
Your kids are published authors! If you ordered a copy of our class poetry book, it was sent home yesterday.
Hope to see all of you at our Historical Figures “Museum” this Friday from 10:45-11:45 AM in my classroom! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Volunteers are still needed for the carnival this Friday. Please volunteer an hour of your time.
Due To STAAR testing on April 9, our lunch time has been changed to 10:37-11:07AM. Please keep this in mind if you have to drop your child’s lunch off that day. The campus will be closed to all visitors on the 9th and 10th so please do not plan on eating lunch with your child either day.
Next Week…
Math: Students will review measurement concepts, using non-standard units (cubes, paperclips, etc.) Within measurement, students will apply subtraction concepts. We will also continue with comparing numbers using <, >, =.
Science: Students will start the week by comparing ways that organisms resemble their parents. Be sure to ask your child if he/she was able to match all of the 1st grade teachers’ adult and baby pictures! We will end the week by beginning to observe and record the life cycle of the frog. We even get to observe the life cycle of the frog daily in our classrooms as we watch our class froglets grow and change!
Reading/Writing: Students will be selecting their own research topic of study. Students will be coming up with their own questions about their topic to help guide their research. Then we will start researching our selected topic.
Balanced Literacy: In phonics, students will practice recognizing and using long vowel sounds in words with silent e and changing the ending sound to make and solve new words. We will also review reading and responding to informational text.
Campus News…
Ambassador Club Food Drive for Empty Bowls!
Round Rock Serving Center needs your help in our school food drive! This food drive is part of the Empty Bowl festival. We will be collecting food and other items through April 10th.We are hoping to collect over 1000 items this year!! There will be a collection bin outside the office.
Most Needed Items to Collect :
• Canned vegetables ~ corn and green beans are the most popular
• Canned fruit
• Canned soup
• Top Ramen
• Peanut Butter
• Macaroni ‘n cheese
• Canned meat and tuna
• Pasta ~ spaghetti, macaroni
• Rice and pinto beans
• Cereal
• Toilet paper
• Diapers
Career Day
As part of our college and career readiness standards, we will be having a Career Day for our students to learn about different jobs, occupations, and colleges. Career Day will be held on Thursday, May 2. We are in the process of finding speakers for this day and are asking for your assistance. Career Day becomes an even more exciting experience for our students when members of their own family and community speak to our classes. We are looking for a variety of careers: mechanics, managers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc. Each speaker will do several presentations that will last approximately 15 minutes, to share information about his/her occupation and hold a question and answer period. Speakers are encouraged to speak to more than 1 grade level. If you can assist us by participating in this activity as a guest speaker or know of someone who could, please fill out the Google Form at the link below or contact Iben Dyke at iben_dyke@roundrockisd.org or (512) 704-0631.
Please fill out this Google Form to sign up.
Important Dates…
- Apr. 5 Living Museum Historical Figures PBL presentations 10:45-11:45 AM in classrooms (parents invited)
- Apr. 5 Sommer Carnival 4:30-7:30 PM
- Apr.9-10 Campus CLOSED to all visitors due to STAAR testing
- Apr. 12 k-2 Assembly
- Apr. 12 PTA Movie Night
- April 13 RRISD Celebration of Families, Empty Bowls Festival & Choir Performance
- Apr. 19 No School/holiday
- May 2 Career Day
- May 3 Career Dress Up Day
- May 9 Luncheon for Our Sommer Volunteers
- May 10 All library books must be returned
- May 13-15 Campus Closed to all visitors due to STAAR testing
- May 20 Awards Ceremonies: Grades :1, 2,3,4
- May 22 End Of Year Parties-Sponsored by PTA
- May 23 Last Day of School
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