Monday, April 23, 2012
This week in First grade {April 23-27}...
Word Work: (Bossy R)= ar, or, er, ir
Red: forget, quarter, sport, short, sparkle, scar, sister, first, vampire, tiger
Blue: farm, bark, yard, smart, star, fork, corn, sort, short, horse
Green: fort, port, sort, for, horn, cart, tar, bar, park, hard
*Bossy R words are R controlled vowels. The r make the vowel (vowel+R) say a different sound
Language Arts:
This week in writing workshop, we will review small moments and introduce “Tiny Moments”. Your child will continue to share published papers on Friday in our Author’s Chair and take them home in the Tuesday folder. Please remember that each child will complete the process at different levels and speed so there may be some weeks you won’t see a completed piece of writing in your child’s Tuesday folder and other weeks you may see more than one. For reading workshop we will focus on the comprehension skills of inferring and visualizing as we read poetry. My goals for this week are for your child to understand what is means to infer, infer the meaning of poems by merging their background knowledge with clues from the text, and grow to cherish the sound of words and the rhythm of language in poetry.
Silkworms:
It looks like we may have silkworms who are bums! We are still in need of Mulberry leaves for our little guys. We started with about 40 worms and I believe we are down to 7-9. We don't have any that have spun their cocoon yet so we'll go observe other classes to see the change.
MATH:
We are continuing our unit on subtraction strategies. This unit introduces the “THINK ADDITION” strategy for the Count On Subtraction facts. The facts covered in this strategy are related to their partner facts covered in the Count On Addition strategy. Each Count On Subtraction fact and its Turnaround subtraction fact form a fact family with their addition partner fact. This unit also reinforces the Addition Count On strategy and the Addition Use Doubles strategies that the children have already learned. For example: Addition has turnaround facts such as 2+6=8 and 6+2=8, subtraction has partner facts such as 8-6=2 and 8-2=6. Addition facts and subtraction facts that involve the same parts in total form fact families. This unit will continue for several more weeks as we dive into more complex thinking strategies and problem solving associated with subtraction strategies.
SCIENCE:
This week we will study birds, mammals, reptiles and fish. We will discuss their body parts, what they eat, how they move, their life cycles, and how they are dependent on their environment. All work will be recorded in their science notebooks in class.
IMPORTANT DATES AND REMINDERS:
Tuesday: Library day. Please remind your child to return their library books so your child can check out a new book.*
· April 26th – Field Trip (please bring an all disposable lunch to school)
· April 24th – 26th – STAAR Testing – No visitors allowed in the building
· April 27th - 6-7pm Family Fun Night
· May 2nd - Early Release Day 12:45pm
· May 7-11th - National Teacher Appreciation Week
· May 9th - Natl. Walk & Bike to School Day
· May 11th - Field Day
Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero
Friday, April 20, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
This week in First grade...
April 16-20
Word Work:
them, then, there, these, they, this, to two, up, us, very, was, we, went, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, would, you, your
*This is our last week for High Frequency words.
Language Arts:
This week in writing workshop, we will continue The Writing Process with personal narrative writing. All the students are on different levels of The Writing Process and as they complete the publishing stage, each child will have the opportunity to sit in the Author’s Chair and read their personal narrative. For reading workshop we will continue to build on some of the reading strategies already taught such as: talk to a partner that has already read the book, make a sketch (for mental pictures), and using clues from the book (relationships and characters)
Hatching Chicks and Silkworms:
It was very exciting to watch the chicks hatch from their eggs last week! We had 26 baby chicks hatch in all the first grade classes. Friday night, after our class left one more chick started hatching. Most of the baby chicks were picked up Friday by Farmer Jackson, Mrs. Hadden's Father, who took them to his ranch. He will send us pictures periodically and we will continue to monitor their growth until the end of school. We have enjoyed watching the various molting stages the silkworms have experienced and we are looking forward to observing the next stage in the life cycle, making the silk cocoons! Mrs. Christofferson’s class has already had one silkworm make its cocoon, so we are hopeful to see more cocoons this week.
MATH:
We are starting a new unit on subtraction and fact families. This unit introduces the “THINK ADDITION” strategy for the Count On Subtraction facts. The facts covered in this strategy are related to their partner facts covered in the Count On Addition strategy. Each Count On Subtraction fact and its Turnaround subtraction fact form a fact family with their addition partner fact. This unit also reinforces the Addition Count On strategy and the Addition Use Doubles strategies that the children have already learned. For example: Addition has turnaround facts such as 2+6=8 and 6+2=8, subtraction has partner facts such as 8-6=2 and 8-2=6. Addition facts and subtraction facts that involve the same parts in total form fact families.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week in science we will be studying living and non-living things. Important questions: Does it have basic needs? Does it have offspring? How do animals depend on other living things to survive? How are animal body parts related to where it lives? How it eats and how it moves?
IMPORTANT DATES AND REMINDERS:
Tuesday. Please return the library books so your child can check out a new book.*
April 19 6-8pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center
April 27 6-7pm Family Fun Night
May 2 Early Release Day 12:45pm
May 7-11 National Teacher Appreciation Week
May 9 Natl. Walk & Bike to School Day
May 11 Field Day
Thank you!
Tuesday Folders: The Score Family
Have a great week!
Mrs. C
Word Work:
them, then, there, these, they, this, to two, up, us, very, was, we, went, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, would, you, your
*This is our last week for High Frequency words.
Language Arts:
This week in writing workshop, we will continue The Writing Process with personal narrative writing. All the students are on different levels of The Writing Process and as they complete the publishing stage, each child will have the opportunity to sit in the Author’s Chair and read their personal narrative. For reading workshop we will continue to build on some of the reading strategies already taught such as: talk to a partner that has already read the book, make a sketch (for mental pictures), and using clues from the book (relationships and characters)
Hatching Chicks and Silkworms:
It was very exciting to watch the chicks hatch from their eggs last week! We had 26 baby chicks hatch in all the first grade classes. Friday night, after our class left one more chick started hatching. Most of the baby chicks were picked up Friday by Farmer Jackson, Mrs. Hadden's Father, who took them to his ranch. He will send us pictures periodically and we will continue to monitor their growth until the end of school. We have enjoyed watching the various molting stages the silkworms have experienced and we are looking forward to observing the next stage in the life cycle, making the silk cocoons! Mrs. Christofferson’s class has already had one silkworm make its cocoon, so we are hopeful to see more cocoons this week.
MATH:
We are starting a new unit on subtraction and fact families. This unit introduces the “THINK ADDITION” strategy for the Count On Subtraction facts. The facts covered in this strategy are related to their partner facts covered in the Count On Addition strategy. Each Count On Subtraction fact and its Turnaround subtraction fact form a fact family with their addition partner fact. This unit also reinforces the Addition Count On strategy and the Addition Use Doubles strategies that the children have already learned. For example: Addition has turnaround facts such as 2+6=8 and 6+2=8, subtraction has partner facts such as 8-6=2 and 8-2=6. Addition facts and subtraction facts that involve the same parts in total form fact families.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week in science we will be studying living and non-living things. Important questions: Does it have basic needs? Does it have offspring? How do animals depend on other living things to survive? How are animal body parts related to where it lives? How it eats and how it moves?
IMPORTANT DATES AND REMINDERS:
Tuesday. Please return the library books so your child can check out a new book.*
April 19 6-8pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center
April 27 6-7pm Family Fun Night
May 2 Early Release Day 12:45pm
May 7-11 National Teacher Appreciation Week
May 9 Natl. Walk & Bike to School Day
May 11 Field Day
Thank you!
Tuesday Folders: The Score Family
Have a great week!
Mrs. C
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