Specials
Monday - 5
Tuesday - 6
Wednesday - 1
Thursday - 2
Friday - 3
Upcoming Events & Reminders
March 17th - Weather Makeup Day School is in Session
March 24 - Report Cards go home
April 3-7 - SPRING BREAK!
April 21 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast
April 24-28 Book Fair
April 27 - 1st grade to Cincinnati Zoo! We were very persuasive in our writing to convince Mrs. Strange to let us go!
April 27 - Celebrate the Arts Night
April 29 - PTA Carnival 2-7pm
May 2-19 - K-PREP Testing Window. This means our schedule will be different during this time.
thorn
storm
porch
sport
court
four
pour
Sight Words
Beginning this week, I will begin identifying five sight words for you to practice reading and writing at home each week. I will be choosing 2 of these words to put on our spelling test.
number
no
way
could
people
Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can read, write, and identify words with -or, -oar, -our.
I can write to tell a fictional story.
I can correctly subtract a multiple of 10 from a two-digit number.
I can make comparisons about the events a character experiences in two texts.
I can correctly use commas in lists and dates.
Classroom Donations
Do you have any gently used books at home (any level) that you are no longer using?
We would LOVE to add some more to our library. We are always looking for more chapter books and picture books :)
Week in Review
We became experts at comparing two texts as a class this week. All year long, we practice making connections between the books we read and other experiences we've had. This week, we wanted to see how stories can be full of similarities to other stories we have read but can also include some MAJOR differences.
Our Fairy Tale focus this week was: The Three Little Pigs. We started out with the classic tale and identified its characters, evil characters, setting, problem, and solution.
The next version we read was:
It certainly painted a very different picture of our beloved pigs!
So, we compared it to the original.
You could have heard a pen drop after this lesson. They were SO focused on their pre-writing.
We played this trading game to give us a concrete understanding and experience to help us when we are ready to work on regrouping.
We put our VIP in charge of a number talk.
And we used a big, fancy (somehow glowing) board to play a double digit adding game.
We had a SUPER quick, SUPER sunny, SUPER windy lunch right before the play!
March 17th - Weather Makeup Day School is in Session
March 24 - Report Cards go home
April 3-7 - SPRING BREAK!
April 21 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast
April 24-28 Book Fair
April 27 - 1st grade to Cincinnati Zoo! We were very persuasive in our writing to convince Mrs. Strange to let us go!
April 27 - Celebrate the Arts Night
April 29 - PTA Carnival 2-7pm
May 2-19 - K-PREP Testing Window. This means our schedule will be different during this time.
Spelling List
LIST A
for
cord
worn
form
soar
roar
your
tour
cord
worn
form
soar
roar
your
tour
LIST B
boardthorn
storm
porch
sport
court
four
pour
Sight Words
Beginning this week, I will begin identifying five sight words for you to practice reading and writing at home each week. I will be choosing 2 of these words to put on our spelling test.
number
no
way
could
people
I can read, write, and identify words with -or, -oar, -our.
I can write to tell a fictional story.
I can correctly subtract a multiple of 10 from a two-digit number.
I can make comparisons about the events a character experiences in two texts.
I can correctly use commas in lists and dates.
Classroom Donations
Do you have any gently used books at home (any level) that you are no longer using?
We would LOVE to add some more to our library. We are always looking for more chapter books and picture books :)
Week in Review
We became experts at comparing two texts as a class this week. All year long, we practice making connections between the books we read and other experiences we've had. This week, we wanted to see how stories can be full of similarities to other stories we have read but can also include some MAJOR differences.
Our Fairy Tale focus this week was: The Three Little Pigs. We started out with the classic tale and identified its characters, evil characters, setting, problem, and solution.
The next version we read was:
So, we compared it to the original.
As the week went on, we filled up this poster with comparisons of these hilarious books:
(We had a very tough time keeping our giggles in check with this last version. Some of the sounds in this book are hysterical!)
We were able to use our reading brains to help us apply new information to our fictional narratives we have worked so hard on! We read the first page of several fairy tales and noticed how authors create STRONG beginnings. Can you believe your kids came up with all of this? At this point in the year, I get to just sit back and watch the magic. :)
We talked about how we can make our stories POP, just like a real illustrator.
They were THRILLED to finally be writing inside of their books this week, too! I can't wait to share updates with you as they plow through it!
In Language, we got to talk about karate words...I mean, contractions.
We know that there are some rule breakers like didn't, can't, and I'd, but for the most part, we mastered these tricky words!
You might have heard/seen the silly trick to remember how to build a contraction:
2 words
CRASH
"Ahh!! There goes the vowel!"
apostrophe
If you aren't aware by now, I am the queen of coming up with some of the oddest looking phrases/gestures to help the new information stick!
We also worked on DOUBLE DIGIT addition this week!
In first grade, we are expected to master adding a double digit with a single digit AND a double digit with a multiple of 10. However, I typically expose them to double digit plus double digit when they are ready. We do not use the traditional algorithm (stacking the numbers, carrying the ones, etc.) We focus on strategies to gain understanding of number relationships.
Click any of the links above to watch a video of how to use certain strategies. They're brought to you straight from my In-Kitchen Studio! :-P
Here are some of the ways we practiced this week:
These friends were playing a trading game called 5-town with my super fancy coins. (Please be on the lookout for these at home! Many of mine have gone missing!)
Here are some of the fun events from the week!
We had a SUPER quick, SUPER sunny, SUPER windy lunch right before the play!
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