Newsletter

April 13, 2013

Dear First Grade Families,

Thank you for your work on the labels for Race for Education! Going along with the fitness theme of Field Day this year, our classroom was assigned the vegetable food group. There is a contest among the classrooms - to create a comic hero that represents your food group. Our comic hero is Lieutenant Leafy Green. As we learned about how vegetables aid in our health, students came up with some very creative and fitting super powers that our comic hero has. You can see Lieutenant Leafy Green outside our room, and wish us luck on the contest! Here are some things we are doing this trimester: Students continue to advance with their Rocket Math facts. They are self-evaluating, and identifying facts that they want/need to work on, and will continue to bring them home to practice. They are also adding with money, and will learn more about measurement and geometry this trimester. Students will also write opinions, persuasive pieces, and responses to literature. They continue to listen to and read poetry, and other genres such as narrative nonfiction. Students are being assessed on their knowledge of formal prayers, but we are also doing some guided "heart" prayers where students get a chance to talk to God from their hearts and listen to Him. We continue to learn about His gifts (the gift of life; sacraments), scripture stories, and loving presence in our lives.

There are some upcoming events on the calendar:
 * 1) First, our next __class mass__ (with Kindergarten) at the school is **Tuesday, April 23rd**.
 * 2) Our __field trip__ to the Strand for the Performing Arts for Children production is **Thursday, April 25th**.
 * 3) The __Spring Concert__ for grades 1, 2, & 3 is at 1:15PM and at 6:30PM on **May 7th**.

Thanks for all of the help and support that you give us! Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions or to express any concerns.

God Bless,

Natalie Rizzuto

nrizzuto@stroseschoolpa.org

(717) 792-0889 x136