Monday, November 9, 2015

Nov. 9-13

Specials
Monday - 3
Tuesday - 4
Wednesday - 5
Thursday - 6
Friday - 1

Upcoming Events/Dates
November 10th - PTA Family Night at Chick-Fil-A Fayette Mall
November 11 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast 6:30-7:15AM
November 13th - K/1 Awards Ceremony at 10AM in Cafeteria (I will notify you tonight if your child is receiving an award)
November 17 - Thanksgiving Luncheon in Cafeteria for 1st Grade
November 17 - SBDM 5pm and PTA Meeting 6:30pm
November 19 - ELL Thanksgiving Dinner 6pm
November 24 - Non-Rotation Day and Writing Contest Entries are due
November 25-27 - Thanksgiving Break

**Please continue sending in Art to Remember forms, Signed Report Cards, and Bottle Caps!**

If you haven't already, please consider joining PTA to help First Grade win the Membership Contest! The more members we have, the more likely we are to win a great prize that could help fund future field trips and events! You can print out the application here:  http://www.myvlink.org/wellingtonpta/


Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can identify, explain, and write possessive nouns.
I can identify the main idea in a text.
I can tell the difference between a fact and an opinion and write examples.
I can subtract fluently.
I can read and write words with double consonant endings.

Spelling List
List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs, Blue Dogs)
hill
well
buzz
pass
off
by
me
but
not
what

List B (Yellow Ducks)
small
grass
stuff
chill
class
off
into
time
has
look

**I will add the sight words to these lists tomorrow. Your student should have written his/her words in their agenda today.**

Week in Review!
We can add another successful week in our books! :)
Here are some of the ways we continued to grow as first graders this week.

We finished our Personal Narratives!!! One of the final steps was to peer edit with a partner. It was amazing the types of conversations that were happening in the classroom. These kids know what it takes to be great story tellers! Even better, we had an author party on Friday where every student had the option to share their story aloud in the "Teacher Chair." Talk about a captivated audience. :)




We also closed our unit on digraphs (2 letters that make 1 sound) and said goodbye to our H Brothers (Charles, Theo, Whit, and Sherman). 



We also practiced creating Mental Images in our minds as we listen to stories. One of the many stories we practiced our brain pictures with was The Gruffalo. In this story, a sneaky little mouse tricks many different forest animals into believing there is a gruffalo ready to snatch them and eat them at any moment! The mouse convinces the characters by giving great details (purple prickles on its back, a wart on its nose, etc.) We had fun drawing the picture we were creating in our brains.







We also continued to use our brain power to help us determine the meaning of unknown words by using context clues. By the end of the week, we were experts at decoding wild words that even the Minions use!


Thank you for all you do. I am excited for another week! 

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