This weekend was a recovery weekend at our house! When I got home Friday I felt tired. The allergens in the air were high so I always assume my tender throat issues are allergy based. Well, I was wrong. Strep strikes again! So, please let me know, when your child is out, if they have a contagious illness. I will begin disinfecting the classroom daily to get all of these yucky germs out! We are diligent about washing our hands but it may take a little bit more effort. I got a great (strong) antibiotic and am no longer contagious!
Reminders:
Saturday, October 25: Harvest Festival 12-3
Wednesday, October 29: Early Release
Field Trip to the Zach Scott Theater coming soon!
Math: This week we
will be learning about length and measurement.
We will talk about longest and shortest and longer and shorter. We will not use rulers to measure in First
Grade. We will use non-standard units of
measurement. We will use pencils, cubes,
paper clips, and other non-standard objects to measure. We will even have a small history lesson to
learn about an ancient form of measurement called a cubit. You can help your
child with this skill at home by letting them measure different objects around
the house. How many steps is it from the
front door to the couch? How many
pennies long is a fork? Have fun!
Reading
Workshop: We have been learning about Nonfiction and this
week, we will actually begin doing teacher guided research! In the spirit of the month of October and Halloween,
we will be researching Spiders. The kids
love this unit! We will become experts
on Spiders by the end of the week, and your child should be able to tell you
some very interesting facts about Spiders.
Writing
Workshop: We are continuing our Nonfiction unit from
Reading. We will begin by learning the difference
between fact and opinion since Expository writing is only facts. We will talk about how authors who write
Expository texts are experts on the topics they write about. We will pick topics that we are interested in
and that we already know a lot about to practice writing facts. At the end of the week, we will write facts
that we have learned during our Spider research.
Word Study: We've reviewed the concepts of syllables, consonants and vowels. Last week we learned what sorting means and we even learned the expectations for cutting our sorts out.
This week we
will begin working with small group sorts in Words Their Way as we become familiar
with the procedures. These sorts will be
how we supplement our spelling instruction, and this work will be done in the
Word Study Notebooks. Each student will bring a copy of their sort home in their homework folder. They can cut it apart and practice sorting multiple times and different ways as well as attempting to spell the words. They do not need to turn in their sort.
Science: This week we will be continuing our
discussion on physical changes to materials.
We learned this past week that adding heat and removing heat cause
materials to change. We will be doing
more experiments this week to observe those changes first hand!
Habit #4 Think Win-Win: I balance the courage of getting what I want
with consideration of what others want.
Have a great week!!
Mrs. Caballero
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