This week in First grade...

Sept 26th-30th

Reminders:
*Tuesday Folders (September)- Susan Duan
*Picture day- September 29th (Thursday)
*Give A HOOT Picnic- September 30th at 5:45pm

The Principal's Pride award went to Isaiah J. this week!

Language Arts/Reading:
We are continuing with Words Their Way. The kids are doing great sorting their words and sounds. They have enjoyed doing a specific activity with their word cards each day.
In Writer’s Workshop we will continue learning how to edit our stories. This week, we will focus on capital letters at the beginning of a sentence as well as punctuation at the end of a sentence. We will learn how to publish a story. During Writer’s Workshop, the children work at their own pace. Some have several stories that are finished, while others are still working on one. That is OK! When they publish a story, they will learn how to re-write it to make it “fancy” by using their neatest handwriting, colorful illustrations, and no mistakes.
In Reading workshop we focused on make connections in our reading last week. This comprehension skill helps students think while they read and become more involved in the total reading experience. This week we are thinking about the elements of Fiction. We read Skippyjon Jones and Mummy Trouble today to talk about what Fiction is. We will continue with “Read to Self” time and build our stamina for "Read to Someone".
Take home readers will come home this week. For the yellow, green and blue groups (the color group your child is in is the color of their book bag) they will bring home one book on Monday and Tuesday. Then they will get a new book on Wednesday, along with their comprehension homework and will bring the same book home again on Thursday. Please help your child remember to pack their book bag back in their backpack to bring to school each day! We use these books in our small groups everyday!!

Math:
This week we will finish our unit of place value. The focus will be on creating sets of tens and ones, reading and writing numbers to 99, matching written numbers with a set constructed, and expressing numbers in terms of tens and ones through 99. Place value is ongoing throughout the year and we pick it back up again when we start addition and subtraction. We will continue problem solving in our math notebooks!

Science:
This week begins our first Science Unit. We will begin by brainstorming “What is a Scientist.” The kids will write in their Science Journals about what they think a scientist is and draw a picture of what they think a scientist looks like. We will spend the rest of the week getting our Science Journals set up and discussing safety protocols during Science. Each child will sign a safety contract to be glued in their Science Notebook.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero