This week is Red Ribbon Week!
We began our discussion last week when we talked about keeping our bodies healthy! We watched a couple of BrainPopJr. Videos on exercise and Saying no to drugs! We also completed our "feet" that are posted on our door to help us remember to "Stomp Out Drugs"!
Monday: Sock it to drugs- Wear Crazy or Mismatched Socks
Tuesday: Drugs and I Do NOT Mix Day- Wear
mismatched clothes
Wednesday: Say Say NO to Drugs Day- Wear a
red shirt or clothing
Thursday: Boot Out Drugs Day- Wear boots or western wear
Friday: Say BOO to Drugs Day- Wear Halloween Colors or T-Shirt
Reminders:
Wednesday, October 24th Early Release @12:45pm
Thursday, October 25th Family Science Night
Saturday, November 3rd Harvest Festival
It was great to see everyone at the Give a Hoot Picnic! Thanks to the PTA for a fun evening! We are so grateful for all that they do for
our Caraway Community!
This week in First grade…
Reading Workshop
During our reading workshop time we will continue to focus
on Expository text but will transfer our focus to Procedural texts. We will read a variety of literature that
outlines “how to…” complete a task. We
will use our Reading Workshop time to focus on the study of Pumpkins. We will read The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons
and focus on the portion of the story that outlines how to grow a pumpkin. We will discuss the elements of “how to…”
writing as we examine different author’s work.
Writing Workshop
During Writing Workshop we will transfer what we’ve learned
from our reading experiences to our own writing. We practice writing the step of a “How to” as
a class. We will reflect on our
experience of making pancakes during our science investigation a couple of
weeks ago. Together we will illustrate
and write a How to make pancakes. The
students will choose a subject that they could explain how to do
something. These could include how to
make a basket (Basketball), how to ride a bike or how to make a necklace.
Word Work
First grade High Frequency words: when, who, your, them, be
Green Group: Beginning Consonants (K, J, L, W)
Blue Group: Digraphs (th, wh)
Red Group: Word Families (al, wa )
Math
This week during math we will explore data and graphing. The students will be expected to make graphs
with real objects, picture graphs and bar type graphs. We will explore how to collect data through
our “quick surveys”. The students will
ask each other questions like, “Do you like your ice cream in a cup, or in a
cone?” They will ask their classmates and record their data on a tally
chart. After the students collect their
data they will make a picture graph or a bar graph to display their results. We will answer questions such as, “are there
more of our friends who like ice cream on a cone?”
Science
This week during Science we will be exploring and
investigating magnets as part of our unit on Force, Motion and Energy. We will record what we may already know about
magnets on a KWL chart. We will ask
questions about the things we don’t know.
As we begin our investigation we will watch magnets in action on
BrainPopJr. We will explore what magnets
attract, what they repel and if they work in water.
Have a great week!!
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