Monday, September 12, 2011

This week in First grade...

September 12th-16th

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for a wonderful birthday surprise! My flowers were beautiful! I can't wait to go to Chuy's and enjoy my gift card! I am also choosing the perfect pictures to put in frames with the Aaron's Brothers gift card!

Reminders
*Early Release Day on September 14th Dismissal will be at 12:45
*Please send a healthy snack with your child EACH day to eat during recess.
*Tuesday Folders (September)- Susan Duan (Hanyu's mom)
*Classroom Chores: Susan Bates

*First Grade will be collecting non-perishable individually wrapped snacks for the Fire Relief Effort. Please help!! There is a box outside of my room for donations.

Our first Principal's Pride winner is Sam C.!!


In Word Study this week we will continue Words Their Way. This is a spelling, phonics, and word study program designed to meet the needs of individual learners.

In Writer’s Workshop we will focus on two concepts: Drawing Hard-To-Make Ideas, and Stretching and Writing Words. I will emphasize drawing the best you can when planning writing and to keep going no matter how good or not so good your drawings are. I will also teach the kids how to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out the sounds of words when writing. Writing stories takes practice and patience!

We will continue with Reading Workshop and “Read to Self” time. This week, the kids will get to experience “Reading to Someone” which is always a treat!

In Math we will begin learning about place value. This unit will last two weeks. We will continue to solve problems that incorporate the processes of understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness.


In Social Studies this week we are learning about Celebrate Freedom Week. We will learn all about freedom and what freedom means to us. We will also learn about the Constitution. We will explore the Constitution and discuss why it is so important to the United States. At the end of the week, the class will make a banner depicting what freedom means to us!

Have a great week!!

Mrs. Caballero

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