Specials
Monday - 1
Tuesday - 2
Wednesday -3
Thursday - 4
Friday - 5
*Reference the brochure you received on Welcome to Wellington Night to know what each day is for specials!*
*Reference the brochure you received on Welcome to Wellington Night to know what each day is for specials!*
Upcoming Events & Reminders
August 28 - September 29 - window for MAP testing
August 29 - 1st grade Curriculum Night 6pm in my classroom
September 4 - Labor Day. No School.
September 7 - PTA Ice Cream Social at Shillito Park 6-8pm!
September 14 - Evan's Orchard Field Trip!
September 18-22 - Book Fair and Grandparents Lunches (more info soon)
September 26 - KY Kids Day
October 5-6 - Fall Break
October 27 - School is now IN session
Library books are now due on the day of Library. That is always Day 1 for our Specials.
Weekly Standards
I can identify letter sounds.
I can blend onsets and rimes.
I can make 6, 7, 8, and 9 in different ways.
I can stretch words to make a sentence.
I can organize information into categories.
I can recall details in a story to answer questions.
Week in Review
We made it through a 4 day week! I hope you were able to enjoy the Solar Eclipse with your family this week.
Mr. Carney and I were able to enjoy it outside with Max! Max definitely made the glasses look cooler than we did :-P
We had a blast this week as we eased our way into our regular routines. The beginning of the year is a fun time but also a highly repetitive time. We are always working hard to remind our bodies of the procedures we have in place in a new room and a new grade.
In first grade, we do Daily 5 (don't worry - I'll be able to update you on more of this at Curriculum Night this Tuesday, August 29 at 6pm in my classroom!)
Part of Daily 5 is being able to work independently for up to 15 minutes at a time. One of the choices students can make is Read to Self. We have built our stamina all the way to 9 minutes already!!!
Another option during Daily 5 is "Work on Writing." During this time, kids get to choose from a huge variety of writing options to become better writers! We've also gotten our writing stamina up to 9 minutes :)
These authors take their writing SO seriously! I am so very proud :)
During Reading this week, we read some GREAT books:
We had a great conversation about what kindness is and how we can fix it when we make unkind choices.
We used this book:
to talk about rules and WHY we have them at school!
Each student came up with their own rule that was the "most important."
We read:
and had great discussions about how we can be a friend, even when someone else isn't acting like one.
In Math, we worked hard on talking about how to SUBITIZE numbers. We want to become more fluent in recognizing numbers and breaking them apart. We played games with partners and even started to learn about our Math Tubs!
August 28 - September 29 - window for MAP testing
August 29 - 1st grade Curriculum Night 6pm in my classroom
September 4 - Labor Day. No School.
September 7 - PTA Ice Cream Social at Shillito Park 6-8pm!
September 14 - Evan's Orchard Field Trip!
September 18-22 - Book Fair and Grandparents Lunches (more info soon)
September 26 - KY Kids Day
October 5-6 - Fall Break
October 27 - School is now IN session
Library books are now due on the day of Library. That is always Day 1 for our Specials.
Weekly Standards
I can identify letter sounds.
I can blend onsets and rimes.
I can make 6, 7, 8, and 9 in different ways.
I can stretch words to make a sentence.
I can organize information into categories.
I can recall details in a story to answer questions.
Week in Review
We made it through a 4 day week! I hope you were able to enjoy the Solar Eclipse with your family this week.
We had a blast this week as we eased our way into our regular routines. The beginning of the year is a fun time but also a highly repetitive time. We are always working hard to remind our bodies of the procedures we have in place in a new room and a new grade.
In first grade, we do Daily 5 (don't worry - I'll be able to update you on more of this at Curriculum Night this Tuesday, August 29 at 6pm in my classroom!)
Part of Daily 5 is being able to work independently for up to 15 minutes at a time. One of the choices students can make is Read to Self. We have built our stamina all the way to 9 minutes already!!!
Another option during Daily 5 is "Work on Writing." During this time, kids get to choose from a huge variety of writing options to become better writers! We've also gotten our writing stamina up to 9 minutes :)
These authors take their writing SO seriously! I am so very proud :)
During Reading this week, we read some GREAT books:
We used this book:
Each student came up with their own rule that was the "most important."
We read:
In Math, we worked hard on talking about how to SUBITIZE numbers. We want to become more fluent in recognizing numbers and breaking them apart. We played games with partners and even started to learn about our Math Tubs!
Sometimes - we also just have fun in first grade! We had a blast sharing our items with groups of friends. This helped us identify key details to make a word bank for every single friend. Our word bank was then used to help us write about our friend's item! Pretty soon - we'll be ready to take these skills into narrative writing!
Here's to another great week!
