First News

READING
Our CAFÉ strategy this week has
been on expanding our vocabulary using
pictures, illustrations and diagrams. We
talked about how we can use the pictures in a
book to help us figure out the meaning of
words that we might not be familiar with. As
you’re reading with your child, be sure to talk
about these unfamilar words and how the
pictures in a book can help us expand our
vocabulary!

Mrs. Brinkman – jody.brinkman@thompson.k12.co.us

Social Studies/Writing
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We continued learning about opinions
Mr. Frawley – david.frawley@thompsonschools.org
this week by discussing elements that make a
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details of why you should read our favorite
Mrs. Saya – janelle.saya@thompson.k12.co.us
books! We will be filming commercials to
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days! We can’t wait to see what the kids
Specials Schedule
come up with! Please see the bright, green
Monday.................PE/Library filming schedule note in the VIP folder to
see when your child will be taping his/her
Tuesday.................Music/PE advertisement. Thanks for your help!

Wednesday...........Computer

Thursday...............Music/ART
STAR OF THE WEEK
Friday...................Library/Computer
1Saya….Jade Rodriquez
(Library books need to be returned on
Friday) 1Brinkman/Frawley..Conner Bousquet
 MATH March Homework
We’ve been building our “Math Keep up the great work on your March
homework! Don’t forget that
Fact Fluency” this week by
homework is due APRIL 5th!!!!!!
completing a few timed tests on
Thanks again for your support at home
addition and subtraction facts.
with monthly homework!
We stressed that these tests are
just for fun, practice and for us to
gauge where we are with knowing
our math facts quickly and
accurately! Keep practicing those
math facts at home with your
child!
We also started a fun math
activity book called, “Drops in the
Bucket” this week. These
activities focus on first grade UPCOMING EVENTS!!!!!
standards around the concepts of
time, money, measurement, March 11th
similarities and differences, and 3rd Quarter Ends
skip counting.
March 18th
Report cards home!
R.A.P BAGS Read And
March 28th – April 1st
Practice
SPRING BREAK!
Be sure you child is returning the RAP
Bag daily. We use them everyday for
April 4th
our Guided Reading. RAP Bags will
WELCOME BACK
come home on TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY!
MRS. BRINKMAN!
Reading
 Celebration! We wrapped up reading Flat Stanley:
The Mount Rushmore Calamity this
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
week! We worked together on
Don’t forget to have your child bring a
completing a chart to recap all of the
book that he/she can read fluently
AMAZING things we learned about
each week on his/her designated day.
Mount Rushmore!
Thanks for your help!

We’re continuing our worldwide

travels with Flat Stanley next week as
we jet off to Egypt to visit the Great
Pyramids!

Health and Wellness

May Walk-A-Thon
Let the countdown begin!!! We’re
On Tuesday, May 10th Ponderosa will
down to less than one month left to
be holding a fundraiser walk-a-thon
continue working on our Schools On
for students to participate in. More
The Move Calendars! Calendars are
details will be coming, but in the
due April 6th! Our goal is to have
meantime if you would like your
100% participation in 1st grade!
business to sponsor this event be sure
LET’S GO PANDAS!!
to let us know so we can get your
information to the PTA!
Let’s work together to make this a
GREAT EVENT for our school!!

Flat Stanley