This week in First grade...

December 13th-17th

Reminders:
-Winter Party- Thursday, December 16th - time to be announced.
-Winter Holiday- December 20th-January 3rd. Classes resume Tuesday, January 4th.

In Reading and Writing Workshop...
We are reading and writing about holidays around the world this week. Today we learned about Kwanzaa. We will also learn about Hanukkah, Diwali, Las Posadas and Christmas.

There will be no Word Work or Spelling this week!

In math we are finishing our unit on compairing and ordering numbers.

In Science this week we are finishing our unit on matter.

Have a jolly week!
Mrs. Caballero

This week in First Grade...

December 6th-10th

This weeks Principal's Pride friend is Riona B. Happy Birthday! Riona is a superstar new student in our class. We love having her and look forward to learning more about her.

Reminders:
-Early Release- Wednesday, December 8th at 12:45pm.
-Winter Party- Thursday, December 16th at 12:45pm-1:30pm.
-Winter Holiday- December 20th-January 3rd. Classes resume Tuesday, January 4th.

In Reading workshop we are working on reading stories and learning new comprehension strategies. Later this week we will begin learning about holidays around the world.

In Writer's Workshop we are working on completing the writing process.

In Word work this week we are working on the long a sound spelled -ay and -ai.
Spelling words: day, say, play, rain, mail, pair
Sight word vocab: us, there, come, nice, from
Challenge: Penguin, holiday

Sentence dictation: 1) There is a nice dog. 2) The presents come from us.

In Math this week we are working on solving problems in which we have to order and compare numbers.

In Science this week we are continuing our unit on Matter. We will learn about using a hand lens and we will observe things with it. We will also compare mass with different objects using a balance.

Have a warm week!
Mrs. C