Have a good week!
Mrs. Caballero
Monday, March 28, 2011
This week in First grade...
March 28-April 1 Reminders: Tuesday Folders: Yan Zuo Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler Important dates: Report Cards go home- Tuesday, March 29th March 31st- Family Science Night April 5th and 6th- 5th grade TAKS- No Parents in the Building April 13th- Family Night at California Pizza Kitchen April 22nd - No School April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building May 4th - Family Night at Catfish Parlour This week in Reading workshop we are learning about Retelling. We will practice retelling familiar stories and then practice retelling stories we read. This week in Writing Workshop we are focusing on completing the writing process. We will write stories Monday-Wednesday, on Thursday we will Edit and Revise. Then on Friday we share our published stories during Author's Chair. In Word Work this week we are working with the soft c sound. Regular words: city, cent, race, ice, face, nice Enrichment words: recess, decide, grocery, excited, advice, replace Challenge words: process, fraction Sight word vocabulary: may, because, about, of, off In Math this week we are learning about Fractions. Today we made a folding Fractions book to show whole, halves and quarters. We will learn about making fractions and describing sets of objects with fractions. In Science we are working on our Research/Habitat project. To extend the research idea from the at home project we are researching animals in different habitats and drawing pictures of animals and plants to make our habitat murals. **Notes about the at home project: Your child checked out a book from the library last week. I recommended that the students bring their book home. The book they choose is the animal they will complete their project on. Some students have printed information from Searchasaurus (a search engine on the library resource webpage) about their animal. The students have been working on taking notes from their library book. This will be the research they bring home tomorrow (Tuesday) in their folders. Please note, some students choose a different animal to research at school and will not have information for their at home project.
Monday, March 21, 2011
This week in First Grade...
March 21st- 25th
Reminders:
Tuesday Folders: Yan Zuo
Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler
Important dates:
Report Cards go home- Tuesday, March 29th
March 31st- Family Science Night
April 13th- Family Night at Catfish Parlour
April 22nd - No School
April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building
In Reading workshop we will be learning how to use books to learn information and how to research. We will be sending home an Animal Research Project in the Tuesday folder. This will be in leiu of Take Home Readers. We will practice researching and taking notes in class and the students will check out a book to bring home.
In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our class newspaper. The students have done a magnificent job of writing about the things that have happened in our classroom. Our newspaper will be posted on the wall outside of our classroom later this week! Come by and see it!
In Word Work we are focusing on the (kw) sound spelled qu.
Regular Words: quit, queen, quilt, quiet, squid, equal
Enrichment words: conquest, liquid, quarter, banquet, equality, qualify
Challenge words: leprechaun, shamrock
In Math this week we are learning about Fact Families. For example 2, 3 and 5 make the fact family 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-2=3 and 5-3=2. This will help the students learn math facts that are related to each other. We will work on solving problems with fact families later this week.
In Science we are wrapping up our unit on Animals. Next we will learn and research Animal Habitats. The students will split up into groups and be responsible for making a habitat which will include animals native to a region, their adaptations and surroundings!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero
Reminders:
Tuesday Folders: Yan Zuo
Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler
Important dates:
Report Cards go home- Tuesday, March 29th
March 31st- Family Science Night
April 13th- Family Night at Catfish Parlour
April 22nd - No School
April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building
In Reading workshop we will be learning how to use books to learn information and how to research. We will be sending home an Animal Research Project in the Tuesday folder. This will be in leiu of Take Home Readers. We will practice researching and taking notes in class and the students will check out a book to bring home.
In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our class newspaper. The students have done a magnificent job of writing about the things that have happened in our classroom. Our newspaper will be posted on the wall outside of our classroom later this week! Come by and see it!
In Word Work we are focusing on the (kw) sound spelled qu.
Regular Words: quit, queen, quilt, quiet, squid, equal
Enrichment words: conquest, liquid, quarter, banquet, equality, qualify
Challenge words: leprechaun, shamrock
In Math this week we are learning about Fact Families. For example 2, 3 and 5 make the fact family 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-2=3 and 5-3=2. This will help the students learn math facts that are related to each other. We will work on solving problems with fact families later this week.
In Science we are wrapping up our unit on Animals. Next we will learn and research Animal Habitats. The students will split up into groups and be responsible for making a habitat which will include animals native to a region, their adaptations and surroundings!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero
Friday, March 4, 2011
This week in First grade...
March 7th -11th
Reminders:
Tuesday Folder stuffer: Yan Zuo
Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler
Important dates:
March 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am
March 14-17 Spring Break
***Many thanks to ALL the Art Angel's who reframed!!!! From, Mrs. Conti***
In Reading Workshop this week we will begin discussing our Animal Research project. We will begin learning researching skills and practice with texts in our classroom. This will continue after Spring Break.
In Writer's Workshop we will begin to learn about Peer Editing! We will practice helping our partner with spelling, punctuation and capitalization. We will continue to write independantly focusing on "writing more and more clearly".
In Word Work our sound is the (g) spelled as g or ge.
The (j) sound sound before e, i, or y is spelled g as in gem.
The final (j) sound after a consonant, long vowel, or vowel pair is spelled ge as in hinge.
Regular word list: germ, gym, giant, cage, large, huge
Enrichment list: gigantic, digest, engage, revenge, strange, gentle
Word Wall Words: all, end, then, house, oil
In Math we are working on solving Subtraction problems. We are working with our problem solving skills and using two strategies to show how we solve problems. Please begin reviewing addition and subtraction facts at home.
In Science we are learning about animals. This week we are studying birds and insects.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero
Reminders:
Tuesday Folder stuffer: Yan Zuo
Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler
Important dates:
March 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am
March 14-17 Spring Break
***Many thanks to ALL the Art Angel's who reframed!!!! From, Mrs. Conti***
In Reading Workshop this week we will begin discussing our Animal Research project. We will begin learning researching skills and practice with texts in our classroom. This will continue after Spring Break.
In Writer's Workshop we will begin to learn about Peer Editing! We will practice helping our partner with spelling, punctuation and capitalization. We will continue to write independantly focusing on "writing more and more clearly".
In Word Work our sound is the (g) spelled as g or ge.
The (j) sound sound before e, i, or y is spelled g as in gem.
The final (j) sound after a consonant, long vowel, or vowel pair is spelled ge as in hinge.
Regular word list: germ, gym, giant, cage, large, huge
Enrichment list: gigantic, digest, engage, revenge, strange, gentle
Word Wall Words: all, end, then, house, oil
In Math we are working on solving Subtraction problems. We are working with our problem solving skills and using two strategies to show how we solve problems. Please begin reviewing addition and subtraction facts at home.
In Science we are learning about animals. This week we are studying birds and insects.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero
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