Friday was the first day of our Caraway Academies and we all had so much fun! We will be doing Academies every Friday morning (7:55-8:55) for the next 7 weeks. Please talk with your child about what they did in their Academy. Trust me, they are excited to share!
I am also excited to tell you that we found a Long Term sub! Her name is Rebecca Jackson! Mrs. Jackson has a lot of experience teaching small children and she has a heart of gold! She was able to come in and meet the students on Friday while she was teaching in another classroom on campus. In the next few weeks Mrs. Jackson and I will plan an Ice Cream Social/Meet up at Amy's Ice Cream on 183. The tentative date for that is Sunday, October 22nd. This will be a time for you to come meet her and get to know her!
Thank you for finding a time and signing up for a Parent/Teacher Conference. During our conference we will discuss your child's current performance then we will write goals together to help your child succeed in First grade! The sign up is on Bloomz! Let me know if you didn't get the previous email with directions for signing up for Bloomz.
Reminders:
Monday (9/25): Daily folders come home. Remember to send them back every day! Reading Homework bags will come home.
Tuesday (9/26): Tuesday folder
Wednesday (9/27): No Library This week.
Thursday (9/28):
Friday (9/29): Caraway Academies- 7:55 am. Homework bag due back!
This week in Writing Workshop...
We will continue working on our small moment stories. We will discuss how writers narrow their topic to make our stories more interesting. We will continue to think about how we can organize our stories so that it makes sense to the reader by using a beginning, middle and end. Students will begin using capitalization at the beginning of a sentence and when using the pronoun 'I'. Students will also begin to recognize when they should use end punctuation. In science and social studies, we will record facts and observations in our various notebooks. On Friday, we will reflect on our time in our Academy and then write about it.
This week in Math...
We will continue learning how to solve addition problems using the count on strategy. We will apply the count on strategy in problem solving situations. We will work with many different math tools to help us, such as a number track, a hundred chart, manipulatives and pictures. The students will create their own math story problem!
You can help your child at home by having them practice counting on and counting backward from a given number. Practice skip counting by 2's. Let your child use household objects to build numbers up to 20. A very important part of math in 1st Grade is learning to justify how a problem is solved. Ask them to explain how they got to their answer and how they know it is correct.
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will continue thinking about different elements of fiction. We will discuss the plot, setting and characters in a fiction story. The students will learn that making connections to themselves, other texts, and events in the world around them can help them to understand the story better. We will continue to respond orally during partner reading, and will continue to build stamina during independent reading time. We will be meeting in small groups to discuss various reading strategies to increase accuracy, comprehension and fluency.
You can help your child at home by having them read to you or to themselves for 10-15 minutes per night and by reading to them. This can be a very rewarding part of yours and your child's day. Ask them to recall events from the story and to talk about the characters' feelings and actions. Work on the 1st Grade sight word list. You can find this list in the daily folder.
This week in Social Studies...
We will finish up our unit about Texas! We will read legends and other fiction books to help us learn about the different state symbols, such as the Bluebonnet, state flag, state pledge, Mockingbird and the Alamo. We have all really been enjoying the fun fiction books that are about Texas. We are having fun and learning about the Texas symbols at the same time!
This week in Science...
We will finish up our unit about Changes from Heat. We will reflect on the changes that we witnessed in our experiments. We will observe chocolate as heat is applied, and then we will record our observations in our science notebook. The students will continue to think like a scientist by asking questions, making predictions, and conducting age appropriate experiments in the classroom.
We will also do a growth mind-set lesson. In this lesson the students will recognize that even though we might not all be awesome at something, if we put forth effort and keep trying, we will get there!
Technology…
The students are really loving the technology time we are getting in the classroom. I do have a request though! If every student could bring in a set of headphones to keep in the classroom, it would help out so much. It gets pretty loud when we all have the sound on. Please make sure the headphones are not the small ear buds. They do not properly fit in the kiddos’ ears and they fall out frequently causing a lot of frustration for the kiddo. Please send the headphones to school with your child by next Wednesday (Oct. 11). Thank you so much!
This week’s Life Skill is Perseverance! We will think about all of the things we can accomplish if we just keep trying and never give up. Our Tribe Circle will focus on how we have used perseverance throughout the week!
That's all for now! Have a great week!
Dates to Remember:
Oct 4th- International Bike and Walk to school Day
Oct 9th- No school for students -Parent Teacher conferences
Oct 10th- No school for students
Oct 11th- Picture Day
Oct 19th- International Night
Oct 20th- Skate Night @ 6 pm
Oct 23-27th- Red Ribbon Week
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