Dear First Grade Families,
Our class has continued forging bonds with each other as well as developing healthy routines and skills at school. Circle time has been a source of merriment and challenge to First Grade! In addition to our daily morning verse and song, the class has been engaging in rhythmic beanbag passing and singing and dancing to “Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me.” Form Drawing has captured the children’s imaginations with spiral forms that they have walked with their bodies and delighted in drawing with their crayons, round and round all the way to the center and outwards again!
The week also included many opportunities for open-ended play in the forest, especially with the class swings and loose parts. On Tuesday, First Grade was once more joined by Seventh Grade at the end of the day, this time in search of natural objects for our nature table.
We celebrated Jay’s seventh birthday. Happy birthday, Jay!
This week, the class begins their first Language Arts block, which focuses on Consonants. Fairy tales will provide imagery as a springboard for learning to form capital letters, and they will explore phonics through verses and tongue twisters. Farm visits will also start. Donkeys, goats, and chickens, here we come!
Announcements and Reminders for First Grade:
Please send rainboots and sunhats with your child to school, as they are required for farm visits.
The children are using their bug spray daily, and some bottles are running low, so please check to see if your child needs a new one.
Warmly,
Michelle
