TCAP Schedule Changes for First Grade

• April 15-16-17 (Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday)
• April 22-23-24 (Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday)
• Lunch: 10:55-11:25am
• Recess: 11:25-11:55am
• Specials: 12:00-12:30pm
• Tiger Time: 2:10-2:55pm

Dates To Remember…

• April 13: Alumni Gathering (See PPE Newsletter)
• April 13: Nashville Sounds Game Fundraiser (See PPE Newsletter)
• April 18: No School/Spring Holiday
• May 5: Field Day/K-1-2 grades 9:30-11:00am
• May 10: Field Day Rain Date
• May 16: Mr. Bond Science Guy

There is no library check out for the remainder of the school year. Please check at home for any library books and return those to school as soon as possible. There will be no spelling words or homework the week of April 14. Students should continue to read daily at home.

What We Are Learning:

Social Studies: Studies Weekly #23 “Multicultural Party”

Spelling words: No spelling words this week.

Phonics: Blending, segmenting, tricky words, and decodable texts

Skills: Review and Practice, Building Sentences with Adjectives and Prepositions,

Spelling Alternative ‘kn’ for /n/

Focusing Question #1: Why do people admire Perrault’s Cinderella?Focusing Question #2: Why do people admire Rough-Faced Girl and Ella?

Texts: Cinderella, Marcia Brown; Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Robert D. San Souci; The Rouch-Faced Girl, Rafe Martin

Math: Fractions

Science: The structures of plants and their life cycles