Feb. 8-12
Please join me in welcoming the newest addition to our first grade team, Mrs. Tricia Knight. Mrs. Knight is joining us from San Antonio with 27 years of experience in teaching first grade. Since her arrival, Mrs. Knight has been working with whole group, small groups or individual students in different first grade classrooms. Welcome to Caraway, Mrs. Knight! We are thrilled to have you with us!
Chocolate Fever is spreading...
Please join me in welcoming the newest addition to our first grade team, Mrs. Tricia Knight. Mrs. Knight is joining us from San Antonio with 27 years of experience in teaching first grade. Since her arrival, Mrs. Knight has been working with whole group, small groups or individual students in different first grade classrooms. Welcome to Caraway, Mrs. Knight! We are thrilled to have you with us!
Chocolate Fever is spreading...
This Thursday, February 11th, we will be celebrating "Chocolate Fever Day". On this day we ask the students to wear their pajamas as we all pretend we have chocolate fever. We will read the first few chapters of the book, Chocolate Fever. We will begin reading Chapter 1 on Wednesday afternoon! We will also put "chocolate spots" on our faces or hands! This is a fun day for First graders. We have fun activities planned that involve chocolate. We will bring our items home so you can monitor the consumption of chocolate!
VALENTINES PARTY
The Valentines party will be on Friday, February 12th (1:30-2:20). If your child has made his/her valentines, please feel free to send them in starting Monday, Feb. 8th. The children have done a great job decorating their Valentine's bags, so we are ready to go! Hope you can all join us on the 12th for the party!
REMINDERS
The Valentines party will be on Friday, February 12th (1:30-2:20). If your child has made his/her valentines, please feel free to send them in starting Monday, Feb. 8th. The children have done a great job decorating their Valentine's bags, so we are ready to go! Hope you can all join us on the 12th for the party!
REMINDERS
Tuesday: Happy 101 day of school!
Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday:Counseling Lesson
Thursday: Chocolate Fever Day
Friday: Valentine's Party in our classroom (1:30-2:30)
Reading folders are due.
Thursday: Chocolate Fever Day
Friday: Valentine's Party in our classroom (1:30-2:30)
Reading folders are due.
READING and WRITING
This week we will wrap up our guided research unit. As a class, we have been researching about the objects in the sky such as the sun, the moon, and the planets. This week we will continue our research and learn more information about the stars and the clouds. We now know the research process. We start with questions in mind, go to the right sources to find out the answers to our questions, and records the new information in our own words and in an organized form so others can learn from our research too.
This week we will wrap up our guided research unit. As a class, we have been researching about the objects in the sky such as the sun, the moon, and the planets. This week we will continue our research and learn more information about the stars and the clouds. We now know the research process. We start with questions in mind, go to the right sources to find out the answers to our questions, and records the new information in our own words and in an organized form so others can learn from our research too.
MATH
We will continue working on part, part, whole. Part, part, whole is the foundation for algebra and algebraic thinking. How can we find a missing part by knowing the whole and another part? What are the relationships between the parts? Some children may still think addition. For example, if Ms. Amiri wants to buy a book that is 12 dollars and she only has 7 dollars, how much more does she need to buy the book? Some might add on 7 and say 7+5=12, therefore she needs 5 more dollars. But we also want children to see the whole amount, and one part and think subtraction to find the missing part: 12-7=5
SOCIAL STUDIES
This week we will start our geography unit. We will learn about four cardinal directions and learn to locate places on the map using cardinal directions. We will create and use simple maps to describe the location of objects relative to other objects in the classroom and school. We will also locate RoundRock, Austin, Texas and United States on the map.
We will continue working on part, part, whole. Part, part, whole is the foundation for algebra and algebraic thinking. How can we find a missing part by knowing the whole and another part? What are the relationships between the parts? Some children may still think addition. For example, if Ms. Amiri wants to buy a book that is 12 dollars and she only has 7 dollars, how much more does she need to buy the book? Some might add on 7 and say 7+5=12, therefore she needs 5 more dollars. But we also want children to see the whole amount, and one part and think subtraction to find the missing part: 12-7=5
This week we will start our geography unit. We will learn about four cardinal directions and learn to locate places on the map using cardinal directions. We will create and use simple maps to describe the location of objects relative to other objects in the classroom and school. We will also locate RoundRock, Austin, Texas and United States on the map.
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