This week in First grade...

February already! We've been hard at work learning new things and having fun!



Reminders...

PE Program - Tuesday, February 2nd at 7pm.

101st day of school- February 4th *please send 101 of something in a baggie on this day! Have your child post a comment on the blog of things they could bring to share with the class!


Early Release day: February 10th


Chocolate Fever/ Valentine party: Friday, February 12th 1:45pm-2:45pm


Family Dinner Night: March 7th


Early Release Day: March 10th


Spring Break: March 15th-19th

http://www.learning.com/ This website has been set up by our district to improve technology skills for our students. I will send home a letter with more details. I will put your child's login ID and password on an index card so that they can access the website at home.

In Reader's Workshop...


We are studying Texas Literature. Fiction and Non-Fiction to learn about Texas's heritage and culture. We had a RAN (Reading and Analyzing Non-Fiction) chart up in our room so that we can keep track of our learning and investigate things we are wondering about. We will also delve into different genres like Fairy Tales and Folktales and discuss how authors use information in many ways.


Take home readers will go home each day (Mon-Wed) and will be on an increasingly more difficult level each night.


In Writer's Workshop...


We are working with our partners on our small moments stories. We are also reviewing concepts that we have previously learned to prepare us for our next unit, Revision.

In word work this week, we will be learning words with the aw/au sound and also words with the ell/all sound.

Spelling words: saw, awful, small, shell, hall, auto

Challenge words: money, America

In math...


We will continue our collaborative unit on Money this week. Each of the students are in differentiated groups working on different aspects of money.


On the 101st day of school, we will have a variety of stations that have to do with 101. We will use the 101 items that are brought from home and sort them using a tens chart. Some other centers include guessing how many M&M's are in a jar, solving 101 math problems with a group, finding 101 words around the room, filling in 101 missing numbers, making a class book with 101 pages, and many more. At the conclusion of our centers, we will be watching 101 Dalmatians! This will be a fun-filled day!


In social studies...
We will continue our unit on Texas learning about the flag, pledge, state motto, and some famous Texans. On Thursday, we will have a chili tasteoff! If you would like to volunteer to make some chili to bring for our tasteoff, please e-mail me. Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will be dressing like cowboys and cowgirls. Please bring tennis shoes for PE!!!!

Have a great week!!