Mr.

Masons
So often you find that the students youre trying to
inspire are the ones that end up inspiring you- Sean
Junkins
Dear First Grade Families,
This week, I want to talk about persistence. With three
weeks left, we are in the home stretch toward summer
vacation and grade 2. With that said, these are special
weeks for deep learning. Our little learners know the
routines and can take control of their own learning. I
find that I can push them so much further at this time of
the year.
With that said, I know we are all feeling a little burnt
out, but we need to push on. There is still time for your
children to move up reading levels, improve math
fluency, and become better writers, inquirers and
explorers. We need to model the attitude that the
everyday is important right down to the last day of
school, because it is. We will be learning right to the end
in first grade!

May 25th Early dismissal 12:15

This is the last week of afterschool activities

Monday: Comparing Fractions

Tuesday/Wednesday: IXL M.1, M.4
Thursday: Solving Fraction Problems

Week of May 23rd.

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Math:
Topics Covered: Equivalent fractions, time
to the 5 minute mark, elapsed time
How You Can Help: Talk about what time
you will be doing things like going to bed,
eating dinner, or doing homework. Ask
your child how many minutes until you do
these things. Ex. If your child goes to bed
at 8:00, ask them at 7:50 how much time
they have until they go to bed.
English Language Arts:
Topics Covered: Root words, suffixes,
inflectional endings, verb tenses
How You Can Help: When reading at night,
discuss the tense used in the stories. Look
at the verbs and their endings to see how
they show the tense.
UOI: Explorers
Topics Covered: Changes in land from
wind, water, plates and glaciers
How You Can Help: At the end of the
week, ask your child how wind, water and
glaciers change
the shape of
land.
Consult
our
website if
they have
difficulty.

Daily: reading on Kids A-Z (one story/night with

expression and fluency)

Mr. Mason