November 27-Dec. 1, 2017

Specials

Monday - 3

Tuesday - 4

Wednesday - 5

Thursday - 6

Friday - 1

*Reference the brochure you received on Welcome to Wellington Night to know what each day is for specials!*

Upcoming Events & Reminders
December 4 - MAP testing window opens (We will most likely test in January)
December 20-January 2 - Winter Break - No school

We will begin our Holidays Around the World unit next week!
If you would like to donate supplies to this AMAZING unit, please click the link below:
Holidays Around the World Volunteer Spot!

Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with soft g and soft c. 
I can write verbs in the past and future tense.
I can write to tell how to do something.
I can solve subtraction word problems in many ways. 
I can talk about a number in expanded form.
I can identify the main idea and details in a story.

Spelling Words
age
page
rice
nice
wedge
ledge

Sight Words
any
from
happy
once
so
upon
done

Week in Review
The days before Thanksgiving are wild at school! Here's a look back at what we squeezed in.
We read this book:

and talked about what we were thankful for. We used that brainstorm list to help us complete our Thankful pies. :) I hope these made it home safely to you!

 
 
 
 
 
Of course, we had to also have some REAL pie. We incorporated our How To writing with Thanksgiving by making some Pumpkin Pie in a bag!
The kids wrote a class piece to explain how to make it...but yours truly forgot to take a picture.

Here's all you need:

• graham crackers
• whipped cream
• vanilla pudding
• canned pumpkin
• cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg
• milk

1. Put the vanilla pudding and milk in a bag (just enough milk to thicken it up)

2. Squeeze to mix the pudding!

3. Add a whole can of pumpkin - squeeze again!

4. Add spices - squeeze again!

5. Crumble  a graham cracker into the bottom of a cup. 

6. Cut the corner of your bag and pipe some pie into your cup. Top with whipped cream!

 


Due to the shortened week, that's all I have for you this time. 
Hope you had a MARVELOUS Thanksgiving!

November 20-21, 2017

Specials

Monday - 2

Tuesday - Non-Rotation Day

Wednesday - NO SCHOOL

Thursday - NO SCHOOL

Friday - NO SCHOOL

*Reference the brochure you received on Welcome to Wellington Night to know what each day is for specials!*

Upcoming Events & Reminders
November 22-24 - Thanksgiving Break - No school
December 4 - MAP testing window opens (We will most likely test in January)
December 20-January 2 - Winter Break - No school

Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with long i (silent e i_e)
I can write verbs in the present tense.
I can write to tell how to do something.
I can solve subtraction word problems in many ways. 
I can identify the main idea and details in a story.

Spelling Words
none :)

Sight Words
We will review words this week.

Week in Review
We had so much fun kicking off a new writing unit this week! We are talking all about "How-To" Writing in this unit. To get things started, we have been practicing the best way to explain how to do things - so we had the opportunity to be better teachers than Mrs. Carney. In this picture, you see one of our students teaching another how to do Read to Self. This was after Mrs. Carney had just failed hooooorribly in trying to explain it ;)

We also had the BEST time explaining how to make our special First Grade Trail Mix!

The kids helped me write this recipe (and insisted that we send it home to you guys so that you can make it at home, too!)

Later in the week, we read this hilarious book about a boy getting ready for Thanksgiving. He listed some pretty wild rules for us to have a successful day. 

So, we wrote our own versions!


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


We also spent some time talking about Crazy Grandma E. She is always bonking those vowels on the head and telling them to be polite and, "Say your name!"


In Language, we were introduced to Verbs with this fun song:

It's sure to wear your kiddo out during the break ;)

We also made sure to practice the difference between verbs and non-verbs with Angry Birds!

We also found verbs in a book!

In reading, we practiced retelling stories with these fun books:

(Test your kiddo's memory by asking about the surprise twist in this turkey book!)

We had a blast sequencing this book, too:

In math, we had a wild week by discussing subtraction AND fact families:



Fact families are a way to help us understand how addition and subtraction relate to one another.
For example, if I know 2+3=5 then I also know 5-3=2.


So we practiced moving those numbers around as life size math problems!
And also with some dominoes for easy practice :)



Have a great week!

November 13-17, 2017

Specials

Monday - 3

Tuesday - 4

Wednesday - 5

Thursday - 6

Friday - 1

*Reference the brochure you received on Welcome to Wellington Night to know what each day is for specials!*

Upcoming Events & Reminders
November 14, 15, 16 - Thanksgiving lunch dates (ours is the 15th)
*You are invited to join us in the classroom at 10:30 for a simple craft*
November 22-24 - Thanksgiving Break - No school
December 4 - MAP testing window opens (We will most likely test in January)
December 20-January 2 - Winter Break - No school

Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with long a (silent e a_e)
I can identify verbs.
I can write to tell how to do something.
I can solve subtraction problems in many ways.
I can use fact families to relate addition and subtraction.
I can identify the main idea and details in a story.

Spelling Words
came
game
make
late
gate
take

Sight Words
away
now
some
today
way
why
after

Week in Review

This week was all about wrapping up our second unit! 

In writing, we spent a LOT of time going back and revising our work. 

We know that we use COPS to check our handwriting:

C - Capital at the beginning but no funky capitals!

O - Organized and neat handwriting

P - Punctuation

S - spelling and making sense

The kids helped me edit my own writing, first.

 Then they edited their writing...

 and a partner's writing!

 Finally, we took our revisions and made a final draft.

We are so proud of our Opinion pieces about our favorite character! (Don't worry - all of their writing pieces will go home with you at the end of the year : ) ).

In Math, we had a blast kicking off our subtraction unit with the Cookie Monster Challenge.

We watched a video about a Cookie Monster and we talked about how we could figure out how many cookies the cookie monster ate.

 By the end of the challenge, the students had developed so many great problem solving strategies to relate addition and subtraction!

 We even got in front of the class and shared how we solved our problems with our partners.

In language, we focused on proper nouns! We made proper noun pizzas :)

 These will all hang in our hallway!

In math, we had a blast practicing subtraction with playdoh SMASH!

Have a fabulous week!