February 13-17
I hope everyone enjoyed the First Grade PE Program as much as I did! You could see the pride on their faces as they performed. They worked so hard to show off their skills. Coach Cavazos and Coach Madland are the best PE teachers around! Thanks for dancing with them at the end! It's their favorite part!
Please feel free to begin sending Valentine cards in tomorrow! We will be decorating bags at school and will begin passing them out!
Reminders:
Monday (2/13): Reading Homework will come home in the blue Take Home Folders. Time for Kids and a Tic Tac Toe
Tuesday (2/14): Pinkalicious Day- Wear Red or Pink!
Library Check out. Please remind your child to bring their books.
Valentine's Day Party 1:40pm-2:40pm
We look forward to seeing you there!
Wednesday (2/15): Tuesday Folders will come home on Wednesday this week.
Thursday (2/16):
Friday (2/17): Jump Rope for Heart
Monday (2/20): Student Holiday
This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
I am so proud of the hard work the students have been doing on their Research Projects! A huge Thank you to Mr. Bymark and Mrs. McDonald for coming in to help with research and writing as we work on our projects. We will finish up our Research Project and present to the class on Thursday and Friday. I'm going to try to Live Stream our presentations. We will do a dry run on Wednesday and I will send out the information on how to follow us!
This week in Math...
We will be working on Making 10. This can be a hard skill for kids. We will practice with manipulatives and ten frames. This skill can be extended when we think about numbers that make 100. These mental math strategies will help students solve problems and give them a "short cut" to their thinking.
This week in Social Studies...
This week we will think about Goods and Services that are in our community. We will think about how families meet their basic needs. We will also think about the roles that producers and consumers play in our community.
This week will be full of fun and excitement!
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Friday, February 3, 2017
This week in First grade...
February 6-10
We just can't believe it is already February. We started discussing expectations as we are growing into second graders a little every day. We think about being responsible so we are prepared for next year.
Next Tuesday will be a very exciting day! It is our 101st day of school! In First grade we celebrate on the 101st day of school with activities during our day. We also have our PE Program in the evening. Please refer to the schedule below for your child's time. This is such a fun event to watch! They have worked so hard to prepare! Wear comfortable clothes so you can move too!
Please note there are two different attached letters for the program next Tuesday. Below is a list of students in each group.
Reminders:
Monday (2/6): Reading Homework will come home- Time for Kids
Tuesday (2/7): No Library this week.
Tuesday folders will come home. Please unload and return on Wednesday.
PE Program in the evening
Wednesday (2/8): Skate Night
Thursday (2/9):
Friday (2/10): Reading Homework Due
Looking Forward:
This week in Reading and Writing Workshop we will be working on our Class Research Project. We chose Animal Habitats as our topic then we all voted on animals we wanted to learn about in each habitat. After that we generated some questions we had about those animals. We found sources such as books, search engines like Explora and websites like Epic and PebbleGo to help us find the answers to our questions. We will continue this as we wrap up our research and begin our presentation product this week.
This week in Math we will revisit the idea of equality and begin learning a new strategy, Making 10. Students have worked with the Count On Addition Strategy and the Use Doubles Addition Strategy. Another addition strategy, Make Ten, includes sums of addends that are close to 10 already - facts where 7, 8, or 9 are one of the addends. For example, 8 + 6 is the same as 8 + (2 + 4) is the same as (8 + 2) + 4 is the same as 10 + 4 which is 14. We will continue solving word problems and applying our learning to everyday situations.
This week in Social Studies we will begin our unit on Interdependence in our Community. We will begin by discussing what people in our community need to live. Then we will discuss our wants. These discussions will lead into how people in our community provide services for each other.
Have a great week!
We just can't believe it is already February. We started discussing expectations as we are growing into second graders a little every day. We think about being responsible so we are prepared for next year.
Next Tuesday will be a very exciting day! It is our 101st day of school! In First grade we celebrate on the 101st day of school with activities during our day. We also have our PE Program in the evening. Please refer to the schedule below for your child's time. This is such a fun event to watch! They have worked so hard to prepare! Wear comfortable clothes so you can move too!
Please note there are two different attached letters for the program next Tuesday. Below is a list of students in each group.
Groups 1,2,3: Arrive at 5:45pm, Tuesday, Feb 7th.
Naomi, Andrew, Audrey, Caleb, Everleigh, Jamison, Norah, Jace, Cara, Jack, Brooklyn
Groups 4,5,6: Arrive at 6:20pm, Tuesday, Feb 7th
Kevin, Jasmeen, Selene, Aiden, Hersh, Myra, Henry, Beck, Tarun, Esha
Reminders:
Monday (2/6): Reading Homework will come home- Time for Kids
Tuesday (2/7): No Library this week.
Tuesday folders will come home. Please unload and return on Wednesday.
PE Program in the evening
Wednesday (2/8): Skate Night
Thursday (2/9):
Friday (2/10): Reading Homework Due
Looking Forward:
2/14 Valentine’s Day Party 1:40-2:40
2/20 President’s Day- No School for Students
2/24 Engineering DayThis week in Reading and Writing Workshop we will be working on our Class Research Project. We chose Animal Habitats as our topic then we all voted on animals we wanted to learn about in each habitat. After that we generated some questions we had about those animals. We found sources such as books, search engines like Explora and websites like Epic and PebbleGo to help us find the answers to our questions. We will continue this as we wrap up our research and begin our presentation product this week.
This week in Math we will revisit the idea of equality and begin learning a new strategy, Making 10. Students have worked with the Count On Addition Strategy and the Use Doubles Addition Strategy. Another addition strategy, Make Ten, includes sums of addends that are close to 10 already - facts where 7, 8, or 9 are one of the addends. For example, 8 + 6 is the same as 8 + (2 + 4) is the same as (8 + 2) + 4 is the same as 10 + 4 which is 14. We will continue solving word problems and applying our learning to everyday situations.
This week in Social Studies we will begin our unit on Interdependence in our Community. We will begin by discussing what people in our community need to live. Then we will discuss our wants. These discussions will lead into how people in our community provide services for each other.
Have a great week!
Sunday, January 29, 2017
This week in First grade...
January 30- February 3
We had a great week last week! We enjoyed beautiful weather at the beginning of the week and a nice cool down at the end!
Reminders:
Monday (1/30): Reading Homework will come home
Tuesday (1/31): Library Check-out
Tuesday folders will come home. Please unload and return them on Wednesday.
Wednesday (2/1): Counseling Lesson with Ms. Amiri
Thursday (2/2):
Friday (2/3): Reading Homework is DUE
This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We are learning that a Researchers job involves reading information from sources and recording new things we learn. So our Reading and Writing Workshops will flow together for the next two weeks. We will be investigating a topic as a class. We will find sources to read from such as books, PebbleGo, Explora, Epic and many more. We will jot down things we are learning so we can teach someone about our topic. Last week our class choose to investigate Animal Habitats.
*Just a note...
We will begin our mid year Reading Assessments soon. Reading Homework will be a bit different during this time because I will not be meeting with the students as groups. I will include more information next week!
This week in Math...
We will be reviewing place value, comparing numbers with words and symbols and finding patterns in numbers. We will also be completing some quick assessments during the week before we wrap up this unit.
This week in Science...
We will be learning about Weather. We will record the weather daily. We will learn all about why we have different types of weather and how wind changes our weather.
Have a great week!
We had a great week last week! We enjoyed beautiful weather at the beginning of the week and a nice cool down at the end!
Reminders:
Monday (1/30): Reading Homework will come home
Tuesday (1/31): Library Check-out
Tuesday folders will come home. Please unload and return them on Wednesday.
Wednesday (2/1): Counseling Lesson with Ms. Amiri
Thursday (2/2):
Friday (2/3): Reading Homework is DUE
This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We are learning that a Researchers job involves reading information from sources and recording new things we learn. So our Reading and Writing Workshops will flow together for the next two weeks. We will be investigating a topic as a class. We will find sources to read from such as books, PebbleGo, Explora, Epic and many more. We will jot down things we are learning so we can teach someone about our topic. Last week our class choose to investigate Animal Habitats.
*Just a note...
We will begin our mid year Reading Assessments soon. Reading Homework will be a bit different during this time because I will not be meeting with the students as groups. I will include more information next week!
This week in Math...
We will be reviewing place value, comparing numbers with words and symbols and finding patterns in numbers. We will also be completing some quick assessments during the week before we wrap up this unit.
This week in Science...
We will be learning about Weather. We will record the weather daily. We will learn all about why we have different types of weather and how wind changes our weather.
Have a great week!
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