This week in First grade...

September 20th-24th

Reminders
- No Fuss PTA fundraiser Picnic 6:00pm-7:30pm
- School picture day- September 29th
- Fall Conferences start next week


September Monday folder stuffer: Alex Loukas- Kristiana's mom
September 21st Tuesday parent:

In Language Arts

In Reader's workshop we will begin small groups! Assessments are complete and it's almost time for fall conferences. If you have not come by to sign up or e-mailed me with a time you would like please do so at your earliest convience.
Your child will bring home a "Take home Reader" starting Monday. Your child will bring home the same book, in a heavy duty ziploc, until they have mastered the vocabulary and comprehension assessment for each title. The "Take home Reader" is a book on your child's level of which they are expected to read during our small group instruction time, during One-on-one Reading Conferences and at home, to a parent. Your child will need to bring the book to school each day. The assessment process for moving on is self-paced and some students may have the opportunity to read a different title each night, Monday through Thursday. I impress upon my students the importance of responsibility. Please remind your child that it is their responsibility to bring their book back to school each day.

In Writer's Workshop we are learning to write sentences with our picture stories and stretch out hard-to-spell words as we write. Writer's workshop is made up of a minilesson/teaching time, a student discussion opportunity, a think, pair, share time to orally rehearse our thoughts and writing time. Each portion of writer's workshop allows the students to develop autonomy as writers.

In Word Study we will begin working on individualized instruction during small groups for word sorting and phonics skills. During our fall conference I will share an assessment with you from Words our Way, a spelling, word study and phonics curriculum that is based on the needs of individuals according to where they score developmentally.

The sound this week is Short e.
The Rule is: The (e) sound at the begining or middle of a word is spelled e as in echo.

Spelling words: get, ten, red, let, men, yes

Sight word Vocabulary: said, was, she, for, his

Challenge words: change, scientist

In Math we will begin working on Place Value. We will explore the concept of Place Value, grouping numbers in an organized fashion, by working with manipulatives and solving problems related to real life situations. Your child will be encouraged to work with the manipulatives and construct their own knowledge about the concept. We will later apply the concept to paper with our pencils. There will be a lot of student discussion on our thinking and learning!

In Science this week we will begin investigating the world around us during our unit on Earth and Space: Rocks, Soil and Water. We will begin with a discussion on where we find rocks. We will take a nature walk and explore the area around our school looking for rocks. We will then use scientific tools to investigate and observe the rocks we collect! All of our thinking and learning will be recorded in our Science Notebooks!

Have a great week! We're going to have beautiful weather!

Mrs. Caballero