Two of our favorite activities were highlights of the week. One Tuesday we went to the Newmark Theater to see the play Dragons Love Tacos. This is one of our favorite books and it was so much fun to see the dinosaurs come to life. I was so proud of how everyone was a polite, enthusiastic audience.
On Friday we had our latest Art Infusion lesson. I am so appreciative of our parent volunteers who plan and lead these lessons. This week students learned about space and our galaxy, studying where they saw dark and where they saw light in the book Galaxies Galaxies! They also got to see photos from the Hubble telescope. Students used watercolors to create a piece inspired by what they saw. We continue our nonfiction reading and writing units. In reading we looked at two books on the same subject (snow) to talk about what information was the same in both books and facts that were different. We worked together to write a fact that was the same and then sentences for each book of what was different. Students then added more facts on their own. We will continue working on this skill during readers workshop. We finished our snow booklets during writers workshop and then went back to writing on a topic of our choice. We then started adding chapter headings to organize our pages and looked at how a table of contents is connected to these headings. Valentine's Day is coming up! A note went home with a list of student names. If you need another copy, please let me know. Remember, as an inclusive community, if your child would like to bring valentines - they need to bring one for each student in the class. Report cards came home on Friday. Please keep the card but sign and return the envelope. I will reuse this envelope in April when the next report card is sent home. I am excited about all the learning to come during the second half of first grade! Tuesday, February 11, 8:15 - 9:15 am PTA Meeting Wednesday, February 12 100th Day of School Friday, February 14 Valentine's Day Friday, February 14 Spirit Day - Favorite Color Monday, February 17 President's Day Tuesday, February 18, 6:30 - 8:00 pm Art Infusion Training Saturday, March 6, 5:00 - 9:00 pm Glencoe Auction
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MS. SCHIADAI teach first grade in southeast Portland where every day brings a new adventure!
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