This newsletter is to provide parents with the latest First Grade Happenings!

1. FIRST GRADE HAPPENINGS
YOUR FIRST GRADERS ARE ROCKIN’ RECYCLERS
Your students are hard at work tackling one of the biggest projects of the year. Students
are divided into four different groups and each group is in charge of recycling a certain
product: aluminum, plastic, paper, and glass. They must plan how they will publicize their
recycling event and get people from the community involved. By the end of the unit, the
students will have better developed their computer, math, and social skills through this one
particular project.
Things to think about… What can YOU do? So what’s this PBL Method?
1. How can we make a difference in Encourage recycling within Project Based Learning is a method of
our community? your home. teaching that engages the students through
2.What can our school do to help hands on learning. It is teaching through the
clean up our community? Discuss ways you might can use of activities that keep the students
3. What are some products that are get your neighborhood interested and motivated. It allows them to
able to be recycled? involved. learn through expressing their own ideas and
4. Where are some places you can take opinions. Project Based Learning groups
these products to recycle them? Questions/Comments?? students together to complete a task or find
Email your child’s teacher  a solution. Through Project Based Learning
students develop teamwork and leadership
skills as well as a love of learning.