Sept. 14 - Sept. 18, 2015

Specials

Monday - 3

Tuesday - 4

Wednesday - 5

Thursday - 6

Friday - 1

Upcoming Events

Sept. 15 - PTA Meeting at 6:30

Sept. 16 - 30th - Read-a-thon PTA fundraiser (more info soon)

Sept. 21 - 25th - Joseph Beth Book Fair

Sept. 22 - Kindergarten, 1st Grade's, and 5th grade's Grandparents' Day. We will meet in the classroom with our grandparents at 10:45 before heading to lunch!

Sept. 24 - we will be eating in the classroom while other grades celebrate Grandparents' Day. Please let me know if your child will be packing lunch or buying by tomorrow morning!

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can name, identify, and use text features.

I can identify short vowel sounds in a single syllable word.

I can fluently read stories that contain CVC and sight words.

I can write about a small moment.

I can name and use correct end punctuation.

I can use my strategies to solve change unknown math problems. 

I can write all uppercase letters (ongoing).

I can write all lowercase letters (ongoing). 

Spelling Words

bed

pen

ten

leg

wet

net

nest

bend

Wish List

Treasure Box Items

Used books that you are no longer reading at home

Skittles

Stickers

Bingo Dobbers (these can be found at the dollar store!)

Recap of the Week

Ellie is always a great example during our Writer's Workshop!

We continued working on our Writing Stamina. This week, we started to talk about specifically checking our work for correct capitals (we don't want any of those fUnKy capitals around here!). We made a chart similar to the one above to keep our writing "fresh!" 

Henry and Zeyad were excellent examples during our "Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up!" time during our Comprehension lessons. This is such a great strategy to teach our first graders how to ask and answer questions with peers in the classroom. It's also a perfect chance for us to practice simple greetings and saying, "Thank you!" for sharing one's thinking.

Shade building his sight words!

Using our stamps to practice spelling sight words.

We also had a lot of fun as we began to feel what it's like to be in a small group with Mrs. Carney! This week's groups were learning different activities they can do during their Word Work rotations. 

Looking forward to a great week of punctuation and MATH GROUPS!!! 

Your first graders will get their hands on the iPads this week. I can't wait! :)

Have a great week!