This week in First grade...

December 12th- 16th

Reminders:
**Dec. 15 Family Art Night 6:30-7:30 p.m.**
Dec. 15 Winter party 12:30pm-1:30pm- Please see email for donation opportunities
Dec. 16 Polar Express Day- Children will wear their pajamas
December 19-30 No School-Winter Break
Dec. 29 Family Ice Skating Event, Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall
Jan. 3 School resumes
Jan. 31, 2012 Science Fair

Tuesday Folders December: Chunhong Li (Athena's mom)
Homeroom moms: Lisa Mayo and Gina Johnston

This week in Reading Workshop we are exploring reading just for fun!! That's right, we are reading for enjoyment! I am reading aloud to the students. They are reading to themselves and we are reading to partners! We are sharing our favorite stories and talking/telling friends about what we've read.

This week in Writer's Workshop we are going to write a How to... (Procedural writing) on How to Make Hot Chocolate! It's going to make us all want Hot Chocolate!

This week in Word work we will continue to review/assess sight word vocabulary on each child's level.

This week in Math we will work on Comparing and Ordering numbers as well as problem solving activities this incorporate skill. We will play games to reinforce the comparing and ordering skill.

This week in Social Studies we will finish our unit on Celebrations around the world. We will end our unit with Polar Express Day. Your child may wear weather appropriate pajamas on Friday. We will read The Polar Express and then watch the movie. We will do different activities during the day that compare the movie and the book!

Have a great Winter break!
Mrs. Caballero

This week in First grade...

December 5th-9th

Reminders:
Dec. 7 Early Release 12:45 p.m.
Dec. 15 Family Art Night 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Dec. 15 Winter party 12:30pm-1:30pm
Dec. 16 Polar Express Day- Children will wear their pajamas
December 19-30 No School-Winter Break
Dec. 29 Family Ice Skating Event, Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall
Jan. 3 School resumes
Jan. 31, 2012 Science Fair

Tuesday Folder stuffer- December: Chunhong Li (Athena's mom)
Homeroom Moms: Lisa Mayo (Rylie's mom) and Gina Johnston (Isaiah's mom)

This week in Reader's Workshop we will wrap up our Giving Unit. Today we read a story called Something From Nothing about a little boy and his special blanket. We wrote about a special item or a special memory!

This week in Writer's Workshop we will begin Gingerbread Writing! We will explore different versions of The Gingerbread Man by various Authors. We will plan our story using a story map and write our own Gingerbread Man story. We will share our Gingerbread Writing on Friday in the Author's chair.

This week in Word Work we will review First grade Sight words. I will assess the students ability to read and write the sight words. We will play games and practice spotting our sight words in our writing.

This week in Math we will begin a unit on Compairing Numbers. We will focus on numbers to 99. We will use vocabulary like greater than, less than and equal to.

This week in Social Studies we will begin our unit on Celebrations Around the World. Today we will learn about Hanukkah by reading The Eight Nights of Hanukkah by Michael J. Rosen. We will learn about different celebrations from all around the world. We will wrap our unit up with Polar Express Day. We will wear our pajamas to school, make hot cocoa and read the Polar Express. We will watch the movie also and complete a venn diagram about the differences between the movie and the book.

Have a warm week!
Mrs. Caballero