STEAM trivia question of the week.
Week 7...Your heart gets a good workout during the Jog-a-thon. How many beats per minute does the average heart beat?
Week 6...Calcium is needed to keep bones strong.
Name a vegetable that has a lot of calcium.
Answer...broccolli, spinach,kale & collard greens
Week 5...How long do people need to vigorously rub their hands
with soap and water to remove germs?
Answer...20 seconds
Week 4...How much of your plate should you fill with fruits and veggies?
Answer...One-half of your plate should be filled with fruits and veggies.
Week 3... What is the hardest substance in the human body,
and how can you keep it healthy?
Answer...Tooth enamel-brush your teeth, floss, visit the dentist, avoid sugar.
Week 2.... Which is healthier to drink, apple juice or water,
and what is one reason why?
Answer...Water. It has no calories, no sugar and hydrates you.
Week 1......How many minutes a day should a kid be active?
Answer...60minutes
Purple passports came home in students homework folders last week. Kids can earn prizes by answering the question in the passport, delivering it to the STEAM box in the library each week
before Friday and it will come back home in your child's homework folder.
You spoil me rotten!! Thank you!!!
Room 11 Families!
Another wonderful week in Room 11! We had so much fun learning and talking about all we love. We will continue this week working on using kind words and actions. I always tell the kids, "Above all else, be kind."
This week in Reading we will be learning about farms and where food comes from. Students will read a some stories and hear read alouds about the ways we get food, how it's delivered to us, and also hear fun fictional stories about farm aninals. We also have some great reading strategies and skills we will be working on. Find more about what your child will learn in Reading Class HERE.
We started unit 5 in math, expanding our knowledge of ones, tens, teen numbers, decade numbers, adding and subtracting double digit numbers. Did you you know that our fast fact timed test are the highest in first grade? We have 88% of students already at the end of year benchmark! We started on level A and are working hard to pass level F. Any student who gets to level Z gets to have their picture put on the top of the minion city! ( see your local first grader for details)
Home Visits are back! We will offer just a few more home visits for the year. If you have not yet had one, please consider a time. It is a great way for all of us to connect in a super positive way outside of school. HOME VISITS.
Writing and science this week will be jammed with amazing projects on the Earth's layers, and its landforms. We also will read a great story called "My Mouth is a Volcano", that talks about blurting, label a volcano and set off a model volcano! (sssshhhh!)
SPRING CONFERENCES! We like to put a little fun in spring conferences and build some independence in your wonderful first grader. All of first grade will have an Open House for all families on Thursday, March 5 from 4PM to 6PM and Friday March 6 from 8AM to 10AM. Simply drop in during one of those times and let your first grader take you through a day and a life in first grade. You won't want to miss it!!! I will be right there to answer all of your questions and concerns! If you would like a private conference, I will be available Friday, March 6 from 10-1PM and am happy to meet with you.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me at 503-431-4541 or email rmarx@ttsd.k12.or.us.
Happy Birthday OREGON,
(February 14)
Mrs. Marx
