October 24-28, 2016

Specials
(Refer to your flipbook for a reference of what each day is)

Monday - 5 

Tuesday - 6 (Color My World Drug-Free) Wear multi-colored outfits!

Wednesday -1 (Sock it to Drugs Day) Crazy Sock Day!

Thursday - 2 (Don't Slip into drugs) Slipper Day!

Friday - 3 (Wear Red Day) ***First Grade will celebrate Character Day. Dress as your favorite Book Character!**

Upcoming Events & Reminders
Homework needs to come back in the blue folder every day.
October 24 - 28 - Red Ribbon Week
October 28 - Report Cards go home AND Character Day
November 3 - PTA Family Night @ Sky Zone
November 8 - NO SCHOOL **CONFERENCE DAY**
November 9 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast
November 10 - PTA Meeting 6:30PM
November 23-25 Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL
December 2nd - PTA Winter Dance 6-8pm
December 3 - PTA 5K

Conference Sign-Ups!

Junie B. Jamboree Volunteer Spot!

Spelling List

We will begin differentiating spelling lists this week. Your student will know which list he/she is on.

LIST A

neck

luck

pick

sock

pack

LIST B

crack

trick

snack

check

quick

stick

Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can support my opinion with two reasons.
I can read, write, and identify words with ck.
I can use context clues to help me understand a word.
I can use the commutative property of addition.
I can determine if two number sentences are equal or unequal.
I can identify words and phrases that describe a character's feelings.

Week in Review
Hi everyone! Thanks for your continued patience as I get everything sent to you regarding our Junie B. Jamboree and our Conferences! We are SO excited to have visitors help us with our Jamboree this Friday. :) Here is a peek back at our week:

We are studying how to support our opinion with reasons in our writing. We got a CRAZY letter from the president:

We obviously had some very strong opinions about this. ;-)

We read this HILARIOUS book and debated whether we would trust the Pigeon to drive the bus.

David Shannon is a great author to provoke conversations in the classroom. This week, we used one of his books to debate: Can a kid ever have too many toys?

We ended the week with some VERY important opinions. Everyone identified "The Best Part of Me." I can't wait to share these pieces with you during our conferences. Here are some sneak peeks at the best parts of us.

We used our context clues to help us understand unfamiliar words:

We use picture clues:

Helper words and definitions:

And we can make a connection to an experience similar to the character in the text. Making a connection helps us imagine what the word might mean.

We also use our imagination to help us visualize a story. We can create mental images to understand the text.

We read this book, but Mrs. Carney was so mean she didn't share the pictures. We had to create our own images in our brains and illustrate them!

We also read a hilarious poem by Jack Prelutsky. We made "visualizing" sunglasses. Around the frames, we wrote the words that helped us create our image on the left. The image on the left is what we imagined BEFORE Mrs. Carney read the end of the poem. After the end of the poem was read, we made our new mental image.

In Math, we worked on the Commutative Property (Flip-Flop Facts)

We know that Mrs. Carney aaaaaaaaalways makes us prove our thinking with some evidence. 

By the end of the week, we made our own balancing scales and were able to WRITE to explain our thinking. How impressive is that? 

Thanks for letting me spend every day with your wonderful first graders!