March 2-6
This week's forecast shows a lot of rain! Just in case you were wondering what we do on an inside recess day, here it is. We begin by discussing expectations, no yelling, no running, find a game or an activity to do. I have an "Inside Recess Bin" with games and activities. We enjoy this free choice play for about 15 minutes. Then we choose an "Inside Recess" mix from GoNoodle! We move our body in many different ways for at least 10 minutes! I have a feeling we will be doing this routine a lot this week!
FAMILY DINNER NIGHT
Family Dinner Night is on Saturday, March 7th at Canyon Vista Middle School. This event is one of the biggest fundraising events that our PTA organizes every year. We will be attending the 5:30 sitting and would love to have some familiar faces to sit with, have fun and show our support. Most importantly come and see who is the lucky teacher that is going to kiss a pig! This year the five nominees are: Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Bailey, Mr. Cook, Mrs. Schultze and our librarians (Mrs. Letendre and Mrs. Hendrickson). Good luck Teachers! **Please send spare change to add to the luckiest contestants jar!**
This week's forecast shows a lot of rain! Just in case you were wondering what we do on an inside recess day, here it is. We begin by discussing expectations, no yelling, no running, find a game or an activity to do. I have an "Inside Recess Bin" with games and activities. We enjoy this free choice play for about 15 minutes. Then we choose an "Inside Recess" mix from GoNoodle! We move our body in many different ways for at least 10 minutes! I have a feeling we will be doing this routine a lot this week!
FAMILY DINNER NIGHT
Family Dinner Night is on Saturday, March 7th at Canyon Vista Middle School. This event is one of the biggest fundraising events that our PTA organizes every year. We will be attending the 5:30 sitting and would love to have some familiar faces to sit with, have fun and show our support. Most importantly come and see who is the lucky teacher that is going to kiss a pig! This year the five nominees are: Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Bailey, Mr. Cook, Mrs. Schultze and our librarians (Mrs. Letendre and Mrs. Hendrickson). Good luck Teachers! **Please send spare change to add to the luckiest contestants jar!**
REMINDERS
Monday: reading folders come home.
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return the signed Tuesday folder the next day.
Wednesday: Return Tuesday folders
Thursday:
Friday: Homework is due. Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Saturday: Family Dinner Night starting at 5:30
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return the signed Tuesday folder the next day.
Wednesday: Return Tuesday folders
Thursday:
Friday: Homework is due. Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Saturday: Family Dinner Night starting at 5:30
READING
This week we will work on a few comprehension strategies that help us to understand the stories better. We will work on visualizing a story and making a mental picture in our mind. As we read the author's description about the characters look, their action and the setting of the story, we will try to picture them in our mind so we can have a better understanding of the story. Authors often use sensory language such as words describing the sound, look, smell, taste or feel of something. Sensory words help the readers to create a better picture in their mind as they read the stories. We will also work on re-reading the parts of the story that we didn't understand. If we are confused about a part or couldn't make sense of it, we need to go back and re-read again.
WRITING
We will continue writing our stories that could be part true and part not real and based on our imagination. The children are having so much fun with these stories! As we are writing our stories, we will keep in mind to revise and edit as we go. We will add to parts of our stories that need more details and take off the parts that are repeated and not needed. We will also watch for capital letters at the beginning of the sentences, correct punctuation and sentence structure and spelling the first grade sight words correctly.
This week we will work on a few comprehension strategies that help us to understand the stories better. We will work on visualizing a story and making a mental picture in our mind. As we read the author's description about the characters look, their action and the setting of the story, we will try to picture them in our mind so we can have a better understanding of the story. Authors often use sensory language such as words describing the sound, look, smell, taste or feel of something. Sensory words help the readers to create a better picture in their mind as they read the stories. We will also work on re-reading the parts of the story that we didn't understand. If we are confused about a part or couldn't make sense of it, we need to go back and re-read again.
WRITING
We will continue writing our stories that could be part true and part not real and based on our imagination. The children are having so much fun with these stories! As we are writing our stories, we will keep in mind to revise and edit as we go. We will add to parts of our stories that need more details and take off the parts that are repeated and not needed. We will also watch for capital letters at the beginning of the sentences, correct punctuation and sentence structure and spelling the first grade sight words correctly.
MATH
This week in math we will spiral back to subtraction and reinforce count on strategies. The students are encouraged to use a variety of strategies to solve subtraction problems. In first grade we want to make sure they have a wide range of strategies to choose from. Count on strategies are basically "think addition" strategies in subtraction problems. We will apply our subtraction strategies to solve math problems.
SCIENCE
This week in science we will learn about living and non-living, ecosystem and the inter-dependency of animals and plants in their ecosystem. We will learn about the external characteristics of animals and how these external characteristics such as body parts and body coverings determine what the animals eat, how they move and where they live.
This week in math we will spiral back to subtraction and reinforce count on strategies. The students are encouraged to use a variety of strategies to solve subtraction problems. In first grade we want to make sure they have a wide range of strategies to choose from. Count on strategies are basically "think addition" strategies in subtraction problems. We will apply our subtraction strategies to solve math problems.
SCIENCE
This week in science we will learn about living and non-living, ecosystem and the inter-dependency of animals and plants in their ecosystem. We will learn about the external characteristics of animals and how these external characteristics such as body parts and body coverings determine what the animals eat, how they move and where they live.
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