Nov. 16-20

Specials

Monday - 2

Tuesday - 3

Wednesday - 4

Thursday - 5

Friday - 6

Upcoming Events
Nov. 17 - 1st Grade's Thanksgiving Luncheon
Nov. 19 - Other grades' Thanksgiving Luncheon (We will be eating in our classroom this day. Please remember to send your child's lunch if you signed up to do so).
Nov. 19 - ELL Thanksgiving Dinner 6pm
Nov. 23 - Field Trip Permission Slips due
Nov. 24 - Non-Rotation Day (Global Arts and Cultures Day)
Nov. 25-27 - No School

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can write to tell my opinion.
I can correctly read, write, and identify words with silent e.
I can read, write, and identify possessive nouns.
I can read to find the main idea in a text.
I can correctly use the equals sign.
I can explain subtraction problems as part, part, whole number bonds.
I can compare the lengths of objects.

Spelling List

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs, Blue Dogs)

kite
cane
robe
hate
ride
tape
cube

List B (Yellow Ducks)

quite
bathe
spine
plane
grade
Jane
slate

Wish List
Paper Towels
Post-Its

Week in Review!
Last week, we refreshed our brains about telling the difference between facts and opinions. We reminded ourselves that facts can be proven and opinions cannot be proven. 

Next, we went to our seats to brainstorm a few facts and opinions independently. When we got back to the carpet, we had to put our post-it on our heart if it was an opinion and our brain if it was a fact!

Finally, we read our Post-Its aloud and placed them in the appropriate spot on our poster!

We added the "FLSZ" rule to our spelling brains this week. Our phonics dance helps us to remember it by rapping!
"When you floss a word, you do 3 things: clap it, hear it, double its ending! Ff, ll, ss, zz! Ff, ll, ss, zz!"
This rap helps us to remember that you double the consonants F, L, S, and Z if your word has 1 syllable (clap it) and a short vowel (hear it). If you do both of those things, then you double the ending.
It is so fun to let your first graders take over and teach...especially when we use our fun poems!

 Sometimes we even go on Write the Room Hunts to practice our new skills!

We wrapped up our Subtraction Unit in Math last week, too! (We crushed that test, by the way :) ). 

Your first grader worked so hard to master their fact families. You've probably heard your first grader talk about the "Big Daddy, the Momma, and the tiny little baby." These are some of the phrases we've been using to help us remember where to place things in our number bonds, our addition sentences, and their matching subtraction sentences! 

At the end of the week, we celebrated our hard work with the awards ceremony! 

Seriously, these kiddos could not be as successful as they are without parents like you who work tirelessly to support them at home. You're life savers and so appreciated!

Here's to another great week :)