This week in Principal's Pride:
Dana Mewhinney: Dana has been so sweet to help our new student learn more about our school!
and
Cyrus Soleimani: Cyrus is working hard toward achieving his goals! I'm very proud of you Cyrus!
Reminders:
Wednesday is a HALF-DAY. Students will be released at 12:45.
Thursday is Pajama Day! Your child may come to school dressed in their pajamas for our Chocolate Fever Celebration.
Friday is Chocolate Fever/Valentine's Party! 1:45 to 2:45. We sent a note home last week about what is needed for the Valentine's Party. Please bring your assigned item and shoe box to decorate by Wednesday.
I will be taking over book orders for the time that I will be here. Book orders will go home Monday and need to be returned no later than February 19. Orders can also be placed online.
Our user name is: firstgradecowpokes
Our password is: caballero
In Reader's Workshop...
Take home readers will go home each night and need to be brought back every day. I will send home the harder book (frustrational level) on Monday and the books will get easier (to their independent level) as the week progresses.
In Writer's Workshop...
We will be learning about sketching instead of drawing and adding details into our writing. Sketching will allow us to spend more time actually writing instead of drawing. Adding details will help make our stories more interesting for the reader.
In word work this week we will learn about words with the ou/ow sound.
Spelling words: ouch, house, loud, how, clown, down
Vocab: father, where, into, home, after
Challenge words: Valentine, heart
In math...
We will wrap up our unit on Money and talk about doubles facts before beginning our next unit on length and measuring.
In Social Studies...
We wrapped up our Texas Unit last week and will begin our unit on USA. We will learn about many different USA symbols.
Have a great week!
Ms. Ham
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
This week in First grade...
February already! We've been hard at work learning new things and having fun!
Reminders...
Early Release day: February 10th
Chocolate Fever/ Valentine party: Friday, February 12th 1:45pm-2:45pm
Family Dinner Night: March 7th
Early Release Day: March 10th
Spring Break: March 15th-19th
In Reader's Workshop...
We are studying Texas Literature. Fiction and Non-Fiction to learn about Texas's heritage and culture. We had a RAN (Reading and Analyzing Non-Fiction) chart up in our room so that we can keep track of our learning and investigate things we are wondering about. We will also delve into different genres like Fairy Tales and Folktales and discuss how authors use information in many ways.
Take home readers will go home each day (Mon-Wed) and will be on an increasingly more difficult level each night.
In Writer's Workshop...
We are working with our partners on our small moments stories. We are also reviewing concepts that we have previously learned to prepare us for our next unit, Revision.
We will continue our collaborative unit on Money this week. Each of the students are in differentiated groups working on different aspects of money.
On the 101st day of school, we will have a variety of stations that have to do with 101. We will use the 101 items that are brought from home and sort them using a tens chart. Some other centers include guessing how many M&M's are in a jar, solving 101 math problems with a group, finding 101 words around the room, filling in 101 missing numbers, making a class book with 101 pages, and many more. At the conclusion of our centers, we will be watching 101 Dalmatians! This will be a fun-filled day!
In social studies...
We will continue our unit on Texas learning about the flag, pledge, state motto, and some famous Texans. On Thursday, we will have a chili tasteoff! If you would like to volunteer to make some chili to bring for our tasteoff, please e-mail me. Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will be dressing like cowboys and cowgirls. Please bring tennis shoes for PE!!!!
Have a great week!!
Reminders...
PE Program - Tuesday, February 2nd at 7pm.
Early Release day: February 10th
Chocolate Fever/ Valentine party: Friday, February 12th 1:45pm-2:45pm
Family Dinner Night: March 7th
Early Release Day: March 10th
Spring Break: March 15th-19th
http://www.learning.com/ This website has been set up by our district to improve technology skills for our students. I will send home a letter with more details. I will put your child's login ID and password on an index card so that they can access the website at home.
In Reader's Workshop...
We are studying Texas Literature. Fiction and Non-Fiction to learn about Texas's heritage and culture. We had a RAN (Reading and Analyzing Non-Fiction) chart up in our room so that we can keep track of our learning and investigate things we are wondering about. We will also delve into different genres like Fairy Tales and Folktales and discuss how authors use information in many ways.
Take home readers will go home each day (Mon-Wed) and will be on an increasingly more difficult level each night.
In Writer's Workshop...
We are working with our partners on our small moments stories. We are also reviewing concepts that we have previously learned to prepare us for our next unit, Revision.
In word work this week, we will be learning words with the aw/au sound and also words with the ell/all sound.
Spelling words: saw, awful, small, shell, hall, auto
Challenge words: money, America
We will continue our collaborative unit on Money this week. Each of the students are in differentiated groups working on different aspects of money.
On the 101st day of school, we will have a variety of stations that have to do with 101. We will use the 101 items that are brought from home and sort them using a tens chart. Some other centers include guessing how many M&M's are in a jar, solving 101 math problems with a group, finding 101 words around the room, filling in 101 missing numbers, making a class book with 101 pages, and many more. At the conclusion of our centers, we will be watching 101 Dalmatians! This will be a fun-filled day!
In social studies...
We will continue our unit on Texas learning about the flag, pledge, state motto, and some famous Texans. On Thursday, we will have a chili tasteoff! If you would like to volunteer to make some chili to bring for our tasteoff, please e-mail me. Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will be dressing like cowboys and cowgirls. Please bring tennis shoes for PE!!!!
Have a great week!!
Monday, January 25, 2010
This week in First grade...
What beautiful weather we are having. Don't worry, for all of you cold weather lovers it's coming back on Friday!! Bundle those kiddos up because the high is 47!!!
This week for Principal's Pride...
Hibiki G.
For being a good friend, a great classmate and a smiling, happy student! We will miss you!
I will have a subsitute, Mrs. Lieurance, on Wednesday. My daycare will be closed so I will be spending the day with my sweet girl!
In Reader's Workshop...
We will be learning to synthesize texts this week. I will post a "how to..." next week so that you can practice this reading strategy at home.
Take home readers are packed and ready to come home today. Please send them back each day. The students are working on comprehension strategies and will have three different books each week to read. The books will be on an independant level, instructional level and frustrational level.
In Word Work...
We will be working on Vowel-r syllables or bossy r's. These are syllables where the vowel is controlled by the r and makes an unexpected sound.
Word Work words: church, turn, first, girl, summer, her, were, very, play, walk, stop
Vocabulary words: your, down, friend, who, them
Challenge words: Texas, picture
In Writer's Workshop...
We will be working with our partners on developing ideas for Small Moments stories and getting them down on paper! We will also begin stretching our words to help us spell things more correctly. This is a very difficult skill for first graders so I do not expect them to be spelling every work correctly by the end of the year. The students will be chosing a story to publish at the end of this week and they will be hanging outside our classroom! They are becoming wonderful authors!
In math...
We will be working on learning about coins and counting small amounts of money. We will be dividing the students into groups according to a pre-assessment and the students will go to various 1st grade classroom to work with another teacher and other students.
In Social Studies...
We will begin our Texas unit this week. We will learn all about Texas!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero
This week for Principal's Pride...
Hibiki G.
For being a good friend, a great classmate and a smiling, happy student! We will miss you!
I will have a subsitute, Mrs. Lieurance, on Wednesday. My daycare will be closed so I will be spending the day with my sweet girl!
In Reader's Workshop...
We will be learning to synthesize texts this week. I will post a "how to..." next week so that you can practice this reading strategy at home.
Take home readers are packed and ready to come home today. Please send them back each day. The students are working on comprehension strategies and will have three different books each week to read. The books will be on an independant level, instructional level and frustrational level.
In Word Work...
We will be working on Vowel-r syllables or bossy r's. These are syllables where the vowel is controlled by the r and makes an unexpected sound.
Word Work words: church, turn, first, girl, summer, her, were, very, play, walk, stop
Vocabulary words: your, down, friend, who, them
Challenge words: Texas, picture
In Writer's Workshop...
We will be working with our partners on developing ideas for Small Moments stories and getting them down on paper! We will also begin stretching our words to help us spell things more correctly. This is a very difficult skill for first graders so I do not expect them to be spelling every work correctly by the end of the year. The students will be chosing a story to publish at the end of this week and they will be hanging outside our classroom! They are becoming wonderful authors!
In math...
We will be working on learning about coins and counting small amounts of money. We will be dividing the students into groups according to a pre-assessment and the students will go to various 1st grade classroom to work with another teacher and other students.
In Social Studies...
We will begin our Texas unit this week. We will learn all about Texas!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero
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