Feb. 22-26
REMINDERS
REMINDERS
Monday: Reading Folders will come home. There will be no math homework due to lack of copies this week! I will send a problem solving activity and reading log via email that you can print out. Sorry for the inconvenience. Tuesday:Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday:Engineering Day. **We need Newspapers for our project**Please send some if you have them!**
Counselor's LessonThursday: Talent Show at Canyon Vista Middle School: 6:00 PM.
Friday: Reading folders are due.
Friday: Reading folders are due.
READING and WRITING
This week we will begin a new genre, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in a different, fresh and unusual way. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
This week we will begin a new genre, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in a different, fresh and unusual way. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
MATH
This week we will start learning about geometry. We will identify two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares as special rectangles, rhombuses, and hexagons, and describe their attributes/characteristics (sides, vertices, curves). We will also construct two-dimensional shapes with different manipulatives such as coffee stirrers, plastic drinking straws and other materials.
SOCIAL STUDIES
This week in social studies we will continue learning about physical characteristics of places learn about bodies of water and the characteristics of each such as river, lake and ocean. We will identify natural resources in our community, state and nation and ways they are used. We will also identify how human characteristics of places such as food, shelter, and clothing depends on geographic location of those places.
This week we will start learning about geometry. We will identify two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares as special rectangles, rhombuses, and hexagons, and describe their attributes/characteristics (sides, vertices, curves). We will also construct two-dimensional shapes with different manipulatives such as coffee stirrers, plastic drinking straws and other materials.
This week in social studies we will continue learning about physical characteristics of places learn about bodies of water and the characteristics of each such as river, lake and ocean. We will identify natural resources in our community, state and nation and ways they are used. We will also identify how human characteristics of places such as food, shelter, and clothing depends on geographic location of those places.
Parent Corner...
Many times, we as parents, are confused and concerned about our child's learning at school and want to know how best to help our child at home! Over the next month the First grade teachers be including a section on our blog to hopefully help enlighten parents on how and why we teach things the way we do!
First off...Differentiation!
Differentiation can mean so many things! In my eyes, as a teacher, it means I strive to meet all learners at the point where they need instruction. For example, if I have a student who is solving 3 digit plus three digit math problems I would not have that students sit for a lesson on adding doubles (4 + 4=8). That particular students mastered his/her single digit facts long ago. The first step as the educator is to assess the student's knowledge so I can make sure there are no learning gaps. Once the student has achieved a skill level he/she moves on to another skill taught in a small group or one-on-one. Dr. Bertie Kingore is a renowned educator that wrote a book called Differentiating Instruction.
"Differentiated instruction recognizes and acts upon the reality that children learn differently. It is not a question of good or bad classrooms; it is not a question of which teachers are working harder. It is doing what is instructionally the right thing to do--beginning where students are and trying to take them as far as they can go in their learning."
You can read more about this subject from this website: http://www.bertiekingore.com/diffinstruct.htm
The following website is also a good resource that breaks down the classroom elements of differentiated instruction. http://www.readingrockets.org/article/what-differentiated-instruction
Lastly, keeping up with new instructional practices is a goal of teachers at our school and around the district. Edutopia on Facebook is a great way to read about new instructional practices happening around the US. They post a variety of resources that are interesting and educational for teachers and parents!! Enjoy!
THANK YOU!
Thank you for the lovely Valentine Treats! My family was so excited to share the goodies!
Last week:
Feb. 16-19
REMINDERS
Monday:President Day/ Student Holiday.
REMINDERS
Monday:President Day/ Student Holiday.
Tuesday:Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning. Library books are due
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: TFK/Reading folders are due.
Thursday:
Friday: TFK/Reading folders are due.
READING and WRITING
This week we will be using our research skills and learn about two important presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We will ask open-ended questions and develop a plan for answering these questions. Our plan includes exploring a variety of sources such as books, digital books, Pebble Go, and Brain pop Jr, recording the information we gather, and organizing our ideas and information in our writings.
This week we will be using our research skills and learn about two important presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We will ask open-ended questions and develop a plan for answering these questions. Our plan includes exploring a variety of sources such as books, digital books, Pebble Go, and Brain pop Jr, recording the information we gather, and organizing our ideas and information in our writings.
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
This week in social studies we will learn about physical characteristics of places and different landforms such as plains, valleys, mountains and hills. We will also learn about different bodies of water and the characteristics of each such as river, lake and ocean.
This week in math we will continue working on solving word problems with objects and pictorial models that involve joining, separating, and comparing sets within 20 and represent those problems with number sentences. Think addition” is a powerful way to think of subtraction facts. But we also want students to think of subtraction when they are to find a missing part or unknown addend. We will also review patterns and determine a number that is 10 more or 10 less than a number through 99.
This week in social studies we will learn about physical characteristics of places and different landforms such as plains, valleys, mountains and hills. We will also learn about different bodies of water and the characteristics of each such as river, lake and ocean.
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