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Scholfields First Grade April 11th, 2014

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Classroom News Writi !" #oetr$, #oetr$, #oetr$. A d %e&iews" We are co ti 'i ! o'r poetr$ a d re&iews ' it to!ether. (his wee) we had a few frie ds share what the$ ha&e *ee wor)i ! o . +t is ice to see them ta)e o se&eral of the strate!ies eeded to write a pers'asi&e re&iew. We will co ti 'e wor)i ! o these. ,'r e-t *e d will lead 's to *oo) re&iews where we will spe d a little time with the app Good %eads. We ha&e writte two more poems this wee). , e was a ci .'ai a d the other was a topic poem. /oth poems followed a eas$ patter for 's to tr$. We are reall$ e 0o$i ! o'r *rea) from *ei ! re&iewers .

%o ald Mc1o ald 7esterda$ we we t to a assem*l$ with %o ald Mc1o ald. 8e was tal)i ! to 's a*o't *oo) time. (his is the time whe we sit dow with a *oo) a d we co ce trate o the *oo) a d reall$ read. %o ald had a lot of !reat thi !s to tell 's a*o't *oo)s s'ch as" *oo)s are o'r frie ds, we sho'ld read with e-citeme t a d *oo)s ta)e 's places.

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What We Are 9ear i ! Math" (his wee) we ha&e wor)ed o telli ! time to the ho'r. We created o'r ow M$ /'s$ 1a$ to tal) a*o't the thi !s that we do d'ri ! a da$ a d how time )eeps !oi !. Ne-t wee) we will i trod'ce the term half ho'r a d *e!i o'r wor) o showi ! those t$pes of times o the cloc).

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+ am pla i ! to se d home spelli ! pac)ets earl$ for the e-t two wee)s. With o l$ fo'r da$s these e-t co'ple wee)s + wa t to !i&e the st'de ts e o'!h time to practice these words. 7o' will also see that e-t wee)s wor) will *e d'e o (h'rsda$ i stead of Frida$ a d we will also test o this da$. (ha )s for all $o'r co ti 'ed s'pport at home.

Caterpillars" We ha&e ordered li&e caterpillars from + sect 9ore i CA. (hese are !oi ! to arri&e o Mo da$. We will *e watchi ! these caterpillars as the$ t'r i to *'tterflies a d the we will let them !o. We are all &er$ e-cited a d ca t wait ' til the$ !et here. Scholastic News" (his wee) we tal)ed a*o't s' flower seeds a d pla ted o'r &er$ ow . (his was a co ti 'atio from last wee) whe we loo)ed at the Natio al Geo!raphic tal)i ! a*o't roots. (he childre lear ed that roots ha&e a &er$ importa t 0o* for the pla t. A d that as spri ! comes aro' d it is importa t ot to ta)e the lea&es off the trees *eca'se it is their o l$ food so'rce for s'mmer.