This week in First grade...

March 26-29

Last week we had a fantastic week back together after Spring Break! The highlight of the week was sharing our poetry! These boys and girls have some powerful thoughts! 

This Thursday we are going to do a Poetry Reading! I would like for this to be a surprise to the kids! Please join us at 12:00pm for our poetry reading via Periscope.  Just download the app to your phone or tablet.  You can use your Twitter account to sign in! Find me @mrscaballero.  I will send a reminder on Bloomz! 

Reminders...

Monday 3/26- 

Tuesday 3/27- Tuesday folders go home. Please empty and return the next day!

Wednesday 3/28- Library checkout! Please remind your child to bring his/her books.

Thursday 3/29- Periscope Poetry Reading at 12:00pm (noon)

The reading calendar is due on April 2! Please keep it at home and track reading minutes until then!

This week in Writing Workshop...

We are wrapping up our poetry unit! This is one of my favorite units to teach because I love reading the students' unique feelings and thoughts written into a poem format. We have been working on writing a variety of poems!  We can't wait to read our favorite on Thursday!

This week in Reading Workshop...

We will continue to read poems written by a variety of authors. We will learn that readers think about the poems they read, have opinions about the poems they read and how to justify opinions. We will also talk about visualizing books or poems we are reading!

This week in Social Studies...

We will talk about culture! I love working at Caraway because of the diversity of our school. We will discuss and answer questions such as, why family and community beliefs, customs, languages and traditions are so important to our community. We will also talk about understanding and respecting different cultures.

This week in Math....

We will wrap up our relating addition and subtraction unit. IXL has great practice on these concepts. We will use problem solving to show our addition and subtraction skills, and how we can relate one another to solve a problem and still get the same correct answer. We will ask ourselves these questions while problem solving this week: 

How do I decide which strategy to use when adding or subtracting numbers?

How can I use numbers and symbols to represent real-life situations?

How can I use number sentences to solve problems?

This week in Science...

We will get our chick eggs on Wednesday!!! We will review what we learned about birds last week and talk more about what our classroom chick project will look like. We will start our Project Based Learning unit on Chickens when we come back from our three day weekend! The chicks take 21 days to hatch! This is one of my favorite times in first grade!

Have a great week! :)

March 2018

March 26 - Screenagers Viewing, 7:00-8:30 @ LME

March 28 - BOW WOW, Last Day!

March 28 - Spirit Night at Newks, 4-9pm

March 29 - Box Tops Due!

March 30th - No School/Spring Holiday

This week in First grade...

March 19-23

I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break! We went to visit my grandmother in Kansas then came home to recover from the stomach virus the kids picked up on our visit! We ended our week with some fun activities around town.  The Blue Hole in Georgetown was super fun for my big girls! Kids can explore, wade in the water and swim if you are up for the cold water!

We are in the home stretch of First grade! This week we will send home a reading calendar.  In second grade the students will be asked to track their reading minutes.  We want to help you and your children make this a habit! There will be a calendar in your child's Tuesday folder.

Reminders:
Monday (3/19): Welcome back!
Tuesday (3/20): Tuesday folders will come home.  Please return them on Wednesday.
                          We do not have Library this week
Wednesday (3/21): 
Thursday (3/22): Field Trip to Zach Scott Theatre.  Please have your child wear their Caraway First Grade T-shirt or a grey T-shirt (if they don't have a First grade shirt).  They will need a sack lunch this day.  We will eat in the classroom before we leave for our field trip. 
Friday (3/23): 

This week in Reading and Writing workshop...
We will continue our exploration of Poetry as readers and writers! We will begin to look for sensory language in Poetry.  We will listen for details make us think of something we see, hear, smell, touch or taste.  We will think about how this type of language engages us as readers.
As writers we will also think about the "ingredients" that poems need. When writing poetry we write about things we care a lot about! It helps us, as writers, think about the meaning of our poetry.  We will focus on "showing, not telling" to help the readers of our poetry feel our poems in their souls!

This week in Social Studies...
We will be wrapping up our unit on economics.  We will read about different ways citizens make choices to meet their needs in our community.

This week in Science...
We will be learning about Birds! This will help us prepare for our Project Based Learning activity! We will learn about the external characteristics of birds, movement, food and habitat as well as their life cycle! 
In First grade we hatch chicks!! Our eggs will arrive next week!! It will be a very exciting 21 days as we wait for our babies to join us! Our estimated hatch date is April 18th!

This week in Math...
We will continue relating Addition and Subtraction.  We will use objects and picture models to solve word problems that involve joining , separating and comparing sets of numbers.  

Coming Soon...

Mar. 22: Field Trip to ZACH Scott Theater

Mar. 28: Spirit Night

Mar. 30: No School

Apr. 6: Family Fun and Fit Night 6:30pm-7:30pm

Apr. 27: Field Day

               Skate Night

May 8: Spirit Night

May 28: Memorial Day Holiday

May 29: Last Day of School (Bad Weather Make-up Day)

Have a great week!

This week in First grade...

March 5-9

I can not believe that it is already March! We are quickly approaching the end of the year.  After Spring Break we will prepare for 2nd grade by adding a few new routines to our daily life.  One will be weekly spelling tests and the other will be keeping a reading calendar with a goal of reading 15 minutes each night.  Beginning to do both of these things will help ease the transition to 2nd grade.

Caraway City Limits was SO much FUN! I had a great time! It was so fun seeing those of you that came and running into parents from the past! It truly felt like a family reunion! I can't wait for next year!

Reminders:
Monday (3/5):
Tuesday (3/6): Tuesday folders will come home.  Please return them on Wednesday.
**Library check-out.  Please remind your child to return their books!** Day change due to Kinder Round up
Wednesday (3/7): Kinder Round up in the Library
Thursday (3/8):
Friday (3/9):

Spring Break: March 12-16

This week in Reading and Writing workshop...
We will be exploring Poetry as readers and writers! We will learn what poetry is and form our own ideas of what it can be. We will read poems and listen for the music in them.  We will discover rhythm and rhyme in poetry.  We will begin to write simple poems and discover that big thoughts can come in little packages!

This week in Social Studies...
We will be learning about jobs and community helpers.  We will learn about how different jobs are important to everyone in our community.

This week in Science...
We will be learning about the Life Cycle of a Frog.  We will discuss the similarities and differences in the life cycle of a frog to the life cycles of other animals we have studied.

This week in Math...
We will begin relating Addition and Subtraction.  We will learn about how the facts are related and all about Fact Families. We will practice with word problems and experiences with concrete objects in class.  Learning how addition and subtraction are related will help your child recall basic math facts quickly as their mental math strategies develop. 

Coming Soon...

Mar. 7: Kinder Round-Up

Mar. 12-16: Spring Break

Mar. 22: Field Trip to ZACH Scott Theater

Mar. 28: Spirit Night

Mar. 30: No School

Apr. 6: Family Fun and Fit Night 6:30pm-7:30pm

Apr. 27: Skate Night

May 8: Spirit Night

May 28: Memorial Day Holiday

May 29: Last Day of School (Bad Weather Make-up Day)

Have a great week!