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Scholfields First Grade April 25th, 2014

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Classroom News This week we are finishin o!r second "end in o!r writin re#iews !nit. $e worked on writin catch% "e innin s and we were re&inded that writin '!estions is so&ethin we !sed in infor&ational writin also. $e also talked a"o!t sa%in ood"%e and tellin the reader to do so&ethin . ( en)o% readin their re#iews so&e of the& ha#e s!ch a reat #oice that shows thro! h in all of their writin . The% ha#e a lot to "e pro!d of* Scholastic +ews, This week we learned a"o!t -arth .a% and how &an% people are concerned with sa#in o!r planet. The weekl% reader told !s a"o!t a &an and his #ol!nteers that ha#e cleaned !p refri erators and e#en pianos o!t of the waters in the /nited States. $e cant "elie#e an%one wo!ld p!t these thin s into the water, "!t if the% are findin the& then people reall% do this.

Final Field Trip of the 8ear, ( wanted to i#e %o! a heads !p that o!r final field trip to the Madison 3enr% 9illas :oo is sched!led for T!esda%, ;!ne rd 7 .(f %o! wo!ld "e interested in attendin &ark the date* ( a& oin to "e lookin for a"o!t fi#e parents to help !s o!t that da%*

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$hat $e Are <earnin Math, This week we ha#e worked wth s'!ares, rectan les, circles and trian les. $e learned that a s'!are is a special rectan le in that all its sides are the sa&e len th. $e also learned that trian les are like s'!ares and rectan les in that a trian le can ha#e a s'!are corner "!t it also can not ha#e s'!are corners. $e are contin!in to work on telin ti&e if %o! wanted to help at ho&e ha#e %o!r child tell %o! the ti&e when it is half past or the ho!r. Thanks*

.ail% 5, $e are contin!in to work on "!ildin sta&ina d!rin o!r independent readin ti&e. $e ha#e also started re'!irin one ro!nd on 0A:1kids. This is to help so&e of the st!dents as we et read% to start o!r end of the %ear testin on the co&p!ter. MA2S Testin , $e will "e testin for <an !a e Arts on Frida%, Ma% 4th and Math on T!esda%, Ma% 17th. 2A<S testin will start ne=t week. ( hope to co&plete this "efore we "e in o!r MA2S testin . After MA2S testin we will "e in "ench&ark testin for the end of the %ear*

$hat $e Are <earnin Science, $e ha#e contin!ed talkin a"o!t o!r -arth and how we can !se the 7 0s e#er% da%. $e learned that we &ake 4 po!nds of trash in a da%. $e also learned that the first earth da% was started "% a senator here in $isconsin. $e also learned that -arth .a% has "een officiall% cele"rated in the whole world for 20 pl!s %ears. >!r caterpillars are p!pas. $e are so e=cited. $e watched a accelerated "!tterfl% de#elop&ent on the s&art"oard and we now know that o!r p!pas will "eco&e "!tterflies in a"o!t ? da%s. $e are so e=cited to "e parents.