First Grade News

Greetings, Parents!  I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend!  Here in first grade, we finished up our science unit on matter, mass, force, and motion last week.  For the the force and motion words in this unit, we used Vocabulary in Motion to help us visualize and remember important science words.  Here's a peek:

And here's the latest first grade news:

• We will not have a spelling list during the two weeks of Stanford testing.
• McDonald's night is tonight (Monday, April 4) from 4:00-8:00 pm.  Mrs. Eckhardt will be there from 6:00-6:30! 
• Please send in your first grader's March reading log if you have not already.  If you are needing extra copies of reading logs, please let me know and I'll send you what you need.
• April Scholastic book orders are due back Wednesday, April 6.
• Summer school enrollment forms are due Friday, April 8.
• Be sure to check out my previous post about Mrs. Maloney's wonderful test-taking tips.  Thank you for helping your first grader feel successful during Stanford testing!

***Important Dates***

• April 4 from 4-6:00 pm-McDonald's Night (Mrs. Eckhardt will be at McDonald's from 6:00-6:30. Come and see me!)
• April 5-8 and April 11-14-Stanford testing
• April 6-Book orders due
• April 8-Summer school enrollment forms due
• April 21-Talent show audition forms due
• April 22-No School
• April 25-Snow Day make-up-We will have school.
• April 28-Coffee House Poetry

Thank you for all the support at home.  Have a great week!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Eckhardt