Sept. 8 - Sept. 11, 2015

Specials

Monday - No school

Tuesday - 5

Wednesday - 6

Thursday - 1

Friday - 2

Upcoming Events

Sept. 9 - Picture Day

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

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can read, write, and identify short u words.

I can ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

I can stay on topic in conversations with my partner.

I can check my writing for COPS.

I can write to tell a story.

I can use different strategies to solve addition word problems.

I can write all uppercase letters (ongoing).

I can write all lowercase letters (ongoing).

Spelling Words

tug

sun

nut

fun

rug

snug

slug

***Reminder: Test every Friday. Homework began today so please complete and return each night.

Wish List

used chapter books that you are no longer reading at home

Skittles

The Week in Review

We introduced a new part of Daily 5 last week:

We learned a lot of different options for our Work on Writing Center. Many of you were able to enjoy the Family Message Journal that our First Graders will write in at the end of every week! It was so fun to see their excitement as they brought them back this morning. :)

We practiced writing fiction sticker stories.

We learned how to "Spin A Story"

And we practiced sharing our writing with our friends!

We had a dance party when we made it to 15 minutes of independent writing for the FIRST TIME! We are building stamina! :)

Last week, we focused on decomposing numbers less than 10.

This week, we will be focusing on different strategies to help us solve our word problems! Today, we focused on finding key words (in all, together) and highlighting the important information. Our strategies today were drawing pictures and making tallies. Ask your first grader about our strategies the rest of the week. :)

Have a great week!