We are officially in our last week of school of 2019! I can't believe how fast this year has gone. We have been working so hard and I have seen everyone grow so much this year. I am so grateful to be part of your lives but more importantly helping your child grow each and every day!
We have a busy week ahead of us and a lot of fun activities planned! Math: We are starting unit 4 and will be working on place value. I will sending home an optional math packet to do over the holidays. It is not homework, buy if you would like to do it you may. I will collect them the first week back in January. Again, this is OPTIONAL. Reading: We will be finishing up our Word Detective unit this week. We will be finishing up going over the different strategies we have learned and celebrating with a read in with all the first graders on Thursday. Please bring a blanket and books from home if you choose to do so. We will be reading in the cafeteria. Writing: We will be wrapping up letter writing this week. Social Studies: We are continuing to learn about different holidays around the world. We will be learning about Dia De los Muertos and Diwali. Phonics: We are wrapping up the Case of the Magic E. We have been focusing on short vs. long vowels and adding more snap words to our word wall. Reminders:
Have a happy holiday and enjoy time with your loved ones. Ms. Weaver What a month it has been so far! We have learned so much and ave been really focusing on being kind to others. It makes my heart so happy to see this.
Reading: We are working on finding unusual words and smoothing out our reading. We have learned so many strategies and it is paying off! We are working so hard. Remember to keep switching out your KIND books. Our first graders need to be an F by the middle of January. We are working so hard at that goal, so keep up the good work. Writing: We will continue to explore letter writing and all the writing we have done up to this point. We are loving giving and receiving mail. I am very proud of the work they have done. Math: We will be having our unit test on Wednesday and Thursday this week on story problems. We will be starting Unit 4 by the end of the week. Phonics: We are looking at compound words, and words in disguise. Social Studies: We are going to working on Las Pasadas and Kwanzaa this week. Reminders:
Ms. Weaver Happy December!
I hope everyone had a safe and warm holiday break! We are ready for a fun-filled and busy December! Math: We are continuing to work with addition and subtraction problems. We will be having our unit test next week. Keep working at home! Reading: We are going to be working on our endings and vowel teams this week. Make sure you are switching out the take home books and if you need a reminder just put a post it note in your child's binder. I can really see who is working super hard at reading and am very proud! Writing: We will be starting letter writing this week. Shared Reading: We will be reading all about penguins this week. Science: We will be wrapping up our animal unit and having a test on Thursday. Social Studies: We will be learning about different holidays. This week we will focus on Christmas and Hanukkah. Phonics: We will be working on our new snap words and looking at double letters. Reminders:
Have a fantastic week! Ms. Weaver Happy Monday! I would like to start this week off by saying how grateful I am for all of you. You are truly wonderful and I am so lucky to have you in my life and have the opportunity to spend time with your child. I love watching them grow and learn each day. So thank you from the bottom of my heart! Social Studies: Holiday Lessons We focus on the theme of family in first grade social studies. So far we have explored how families are alike and different and how families change over time. For the holidays, we are going to learn about different family holiday traditions. We will explore fall and winter holidays from around the world and compare them to how our own families celebrate at this time of the year. All holidays tend to feature gatherings and food, and the use of lights as decorations and in ceremonies is another common thread. My goal is for our students for them to understand that there are a lot of different ways to celebrate. The social studies state standard address by these activities is “Use components of culture to describe diversity in family life.” With that in mind, please consider sharing with me if your family has unique or interesting traditions that we could learn about in class. I will never ask a student to act as a representative of a particular culture, but it is helpful for me to have an idea of what our students’ holiday traditions are. For example, if Santa does not come to your house, that is good for me to know, so that I can discreetly guide Santa discussions in a positive way for all kids. I have resources available to address Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, and the Lunar New Year. If there are other fall or winter holidays that we could include, please let me know. Again, the students don’t learn many details about each holiday, just by whom and why they are celebrated, what families do and eat at the celebrations, and if lights are used in the festivities. With this in mind, we will do projects, crafts, and games from a variety of cultures throughout December rather than focus our class celebration on one particular day. We have parent volunteers scheduled most days in December and this will allow us to try many interesting and fun activities. On the morning of December 20th we will get cozy with a movie and pajama party (details to come). Kindness Elf I wanted to share with you that we will have an elf in our classroom that will come to visit us on 12/3. He will be our kindness elf. Each day our elf will be hiding in a new spot and will have a new random act of kindness for students to do. I have sent home a note with this information as well. Please look for it in their Frog Binders. Math: We will continue to work on addition and subtraction story problems. We are learning to always show our work and label our answers. Reading: We will continue to work on looking at parts of the word we know. We can break apart words and look at all the parts until we know the word. We will continue to look at the following questions:
Science: We are continuing looking at animals and how they use their parts to survive. we have talked about Sea Turtles, Penguins, Pill Bugs and Whales. In order to celebrate this far we will be watching a movie tomorrow Tuesday November 26th. We will be watching Happy Feet Rated PG and having popcorn. If you would like to your child to not have popcorn or watch the movie, please let me know. Phonics: We are going to continue to look at long vowels with the magic e and start to look at vowel teams. Our Holiday party is on 12/20. We are in need of volunteers to bring in supplies. Click the link to check it out. www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4AACAA29A5F49-polar Have a relaxing and amazing Thanksgiving break! Ms. Weaver We survived a crazy week. Snow days and conferences and icy roads! I just want to express my gratitude for everyone being so flexible with conferences and attending them. I am so thankful for such a great group of parents and the support that you give us at school. Your children have been working so hard and you should all be so proud. I will send a sign up genius for the next conferences in March at a later date.
Math: We are working on story problems with missing addends. We are trying to find the missing number by counting on and drawing our math mountains. We will continue to work on this through the week. Writing: We are going to continue working on our how-to books. We are focusing on the ideas we have and how the share them with our reader. Reading: We are continuing working on our snap words and adding more snap words to our word wall so we can read more. Phonics: We are continuing to work on the magic e. Science: We are looking at the ways animals use their bodies to help them survive. Social Studies: We will be looking at life long ago. Reminders:
Have an amazing week, Ms. Weaver Happy Monday! I hope everyone had relaxing and family filled weekend. We have such a busy week in first grade.
Math: We are working on Unit 3 in math. We are solving equations with unknown partners. We did fantastic on the common assessment and unit 2 test. I will show the parents the common assessment scores at conferences this week. Reading: We are focusing on being word detectives. We are looking at snap words and using them in our reading. We will have a read in on Friday. Please bring a blanket and/or books from home. I will provide the stuffed animals. Writing: We are focusing on our introduction and conclusions for our How-to units. I have writing in the hallway so check them out! Phonics: We are looking at magic e words and working through our vowels. Science: We are beginning our animal unit. We will be talking about Turtles this week. Social Studies: We will be working on families long ago. Notes:
Ms. Weaver I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween! We had such a great party and such amazing costumes. Thank you to everyone for helping organize, plan and assist with the party! I really appreciate all you do! We have such a busy week to kick off November. Reading: We are still getting Missions for the SSDA (Super Secret Detective Agency) to see if we will be detectives. We have to make sure we are checking our reading and words for clues and paying close attention to our reading. We are really moving on up and making great progress in reading. Remember we don't sound out words in first grade, we use our strategies. I will send home a list of strategies with your child this week, so we are using the same language at home and in school. Writing: We are going to continue to work on our How To Books. This week we will focus on reading our writing, the closing and adding details to our how to. They are really doing such a fantastic job! Science: We are continuing to watch our plants grow in the window. We are talking about the parts of a plant and how it helps the plant survive. We will be taking our assessment on plants on Friday. Phonics: We are continuing to work on the CASE OF THE SILENT E. We will be working on words with the magic e, long vowels and oddball words like HAVE. Math: We are completing our common assessment on Monday and Tuesday this week. We then will start unit 3. We will be working on addition and subtraction problems will missing parts. Please check out their tests and class work in their bags. Reminders:
Ms. Weaver Happy Halloween Week! It's going a crazy week with the Halloween party and no school on Friday! Reminder: There is a half day on Halloween. If you are going to pick your child up or they have different transportation, please send a note in before TUESDAY. I want to make sure everything is organized, safe and runs smoothly. If you choose to bring in treats for the class remember it must be peanut, tree nut, dairy and cocoa free!
Reading: We are starting our Word Detective Unit. This is a very fun unit and the students will be doing a lot of investigating into their reading. The SSDA (Super Secret Detective Agency will be sending missions to help us solve our problems and become detectives (and better readers). Writing: Students are working on How-To books. So far, I am so proud of their hard work and how detailed they are being in their writing. We will be working on exact steps, directions and closure this week. Math: We will be wrapping up our addition and subtraction unit. Our Unit 2 math test will be on Wednesday. Our common assessment will be the following week on Monday and Tuesday. Phonics: We will be started the Case of the Missing E. We will looking at the ending of words and long vowels. Science: We will continue our investigation on what does a plant need to survive an grow? We are currently growing our own plants and will be investigating pumpkins an apple plants this week. Reminders:
Please have a very safe Halloween! Have an amazing week, Ms. Weaver Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and filled it with laughs, fall and memories. We have been doing that so far in class! We are exploring the changing seasons as we go out for recess. A lot of students have been forgetting a coat or losing their coats on the playground. Make sure you are labeling them so in case they are lost you can get them back. Also, a few pair of mittens have walked away from our classroom. If you find them accidentally in your child's backpack will you please send them back. Thank you! Reading: We are making so much progress in reading. We are talking about mistakes; when we make them how do we know? What can we do? We have been talking about does it look right, sound right and make sense? Thank you for reading at home! I am seeing a big difference in class! Writing: We have finished up our small moment stories. On Friday we sent home all the writing from this unit. Please look through to see all the hard work the students did so far. this week we will be starting a how to unit. We will be making lemonade in class. If you do not want your child to have a glass of lemonade please send me a note by MONDAY! Math: We have been working on addition and now we will be working on subtraction. We are noticing a difference and learning different strategies. Keep up the great work and thank you for looking at their math papers at home. Science: We are investigating what plants need to survive and grow. We will be planting this week and looking at the different seeds. Phonics: We will be looking at long and short vowels this week. Reminders:
Ms. Weaver I can't believe we are halfway through October! We are having so much fun talking about Halloween, football and the changing seasons. Last week we even made our own fall trees. They are hanging in the hallway. If you would like to see pictures click under the STUDENTS tab. I upload pictures of our classroom activities there. Reading: We are talking about how readers are resourceful. we are asking ourselves Does this make sense? What would work here? Make sure we are updating our take home books and reading at home. We also have Raz Kids we can be using at home. We are working very hard and want to keep up our good work! Writing: We are finishing up our small moment stories. All of these stories will be coming home soon. This week we will be focusing on editing and revising our stories so we can publish them. We are making a lot of progress in writing. Science: We will be observing plants this week. We will be planting our own plants and will be working on what we notice and what do plants need to survive. Math: We will be working on different addition strategies. We have been working on drawing pictures and counting on. Remember to look inside the FROG binders daily to see what we have been working on. Phonics: We are wrapping our unit on Snap words and reading hard words. We are talking about words and what we notice about them. Reminders:
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