We are rockin' and rollin' in first grade! One thing I wanted to highlight this week is the positive behavior recognition system in our classroom. Brag Tags highlight all of the wonderful things individual students are doing in our classroom. Every child has a key chain on their backpack. A few are choosing to keep their brag tags in another safe spot. When the students are following our classroom and school expectations as well as setting a wonderful example for others, I celebrate their accomplishments by awarding them a brag tag! I hope your child has come home and talked about their brag tags!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Monday: This week we will start Reading Assessments
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please sign the folders and return the next day.
No library check out this week- You may still keep the books for one more week.
Wednesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: Optional Homework Due
Friday: Optional Homework Due
GROWTH MINDSET
We will continue to instill the character traits of "perseverance, embracing challenges, and giving our best effort", in our daily activities. When something is a little more challenging, the children naturally say, " This is too hard, I can't do this". We want the children to change their thinking and mindset: "I can't do this YET, but I will keep trying and give my best effort, until I can".
Here is what we will be doing this week:
READING
READING
This week in reading we will learn how strong readers get their minds ready before they start reading a book. Strong readers look at the title and the front cover of the book before reading it to predict what the book or story might be about. Readers also take a book walk/picture walk to get an idea of the story. They will activate their prior knowledge by making a connection between things that they already know or have read and the new information in the book. All these will help readers to have a better understanding of the book they are reading.
WRITING
We will continue working on our stories. The children have done a great job illustrating and writing about some real events in their lives. This week they will think of additional ways to get ideas. We will think about our writing lives. We will also reflect on our writing and think about ways we will become stronger writers. We are working toward learning the writing process. We will plan, draft, revise and publish in the weeks to come.
We will continue working on our stories. The children have done a great job illustrating and writing about some real events in their lives. This week they will think of additional ways to get ideas. We will think about our writing lives. We will also reflect on our writing and think about ways we will become stronger writers. We are working toward learning the writing process. We will plan, draft, revise and publish in the weeks to come.
MATH
This week we will work on counting patterns. Counting by 2's starting from 1 (1, 3, 5, ...), or 2( 2, 4, 6, ...)to 20, as well as to 100. We will use different tools such as a number track, a number line, or a hundred chart to look at any given number and find out one more/one less (more or less to 100). We will use 5 as a bench mark to count and add on. For example if we see 5 dots and 4 dots on a domino, we know automatically the total is 9, since we use 5 as a benchmark and we count up from 5: 5-6-7-8-9. We will work on math problem solving that involves addition using counting by 2's strategies.
This week we will work on counting patterns. Counting by 2's starting from 1 (1, 3, 5, ...), or 2( 2, 4, 6, ...)to 20, as well as to 100. We will use different tools such as a number track, a number line, or a hundred chart to look at any given number and find out one more/one less (more or less to 100). We will use 5 as a bench mark to count and add on. For example if we see 5 dots and 4 dots on a domino, we know automatically the total is 9, since we use 5 as a benchmark and we count up from 5: 5-6-7-8-9. We will work on math problem solving that involves addition using counting by 2's strategies.
SOCIAL STUDIES
September 17 is Constitution Day. We will review and discuss the importance of rules in our homes, schools, and communities and define the constitution as a set of rules for our country and states. We will travel back in time to learn why the Founding Fathers of the Unites States wrote the Constitution.
September 17 is Constitution Day. We will review and discuss the importance of rules in our homes, schools, and communities and define the constitution as a set of rules for our country and states. We will travel back in time to learn why the Founding Fathers of the Unites States wrote the Constitution.
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