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the FIRST GRADE NEWS

MRS. MOHRS CLASS

As your child is reading, help them gure out clues that are in the story that arent told to them directly. For instance, if the sentence read, It was a warm, hot, day... they would know that it must be summer. By learning how to infer, your child is gaining a deeper level of understanding to the story.

Our reading strategy of the month is: Inferring

I am pleased to announce that our class was the top winner in the spring box top collection! I have seriously been trying to win this contest for years, and this is my rst time! I dont know who was more excited (me or the kids)! Pump it Up sponsors the contest and prizes, so we won an ice cream party for being the spring collection winners, which will be scheduled in the next few weeks. I will let you all know once that gets on the calendar. In addition,

BOX TOPS

because we collected the most overall for the whole school year, we also won a Pump it Up party! The only details I know regarding this, are that it will be scheduled after we have the ice cream party, and that it is usually during an off time. To me, that means during the week, and after school, so it will be more if you are able to make it or not. I will be sure to share any details once I nd out more. Thanks for helping support this great cause!

March:

Upcoming Dates and Announcements

13 Portfolio Conferences 17-21 Spring Break 27 Portfolio Conferences 31 Samantha Charles (Student Teacher) begins

10 Star of the Week: Mason 11 Portfolio Conferences

Portfolio Conferences Writing Math

Portfolio conferences begin next week! Please remember that your child does attend these with you. I am so excited to show off all of the great work they are doing this year!

We have continued to work really hard on our Jolly Postman books. We are looking forward to sharing them with you at conferences next week!

During math we worked on building two digit numbers and compared which was greater or less than. In addition, we spent more time building and looking at fact families.

Science and Author Fair

Thank you to all of you who participated in the Science and Author fair last night. The kids had a blast, and I have enjoyed hearing about their projects and stories. Also, thank you to those of you who purchased items from the book fair. I truly appreciate the book donations to the classroom, and all the money raised goes to such a good cause.

Have a fantastic weekend!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kaite Mohr at (608) 497-2176 or kaite.mohr@verona.k12.wi.us