November 26-30, 2018

Specials

Monday - Music

Tuesday - PE

Wednesday - Art

Thursday - STEM

Friday - Technology

Upcoming Events & Reminders
November 30 - Awards (I will e-mail you if your child is receiving an award)

Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with long a and silent e.
I can describe a character, setting, and events in a story.
I can write to tell how to do something.
I can correctly identify and use verbs in a sentence.
I can use many strategies to add.

Spelling Words
came
game
gate
make
take
lake

Sight Words
away
now
today
some
way
why

Week in Review
*Due to the shortened week last week, I will be adding those pictures to next week's update.*

November 19-20, 2018

Specials

Monday - Technology

Tuesday - Library

Wednesday -NO SCHOOL

Thursday - NO SCHOOL

Friday - NO SCHOOL

Upcoming Events & Reminders
November 21-23 - NO SCHOOL
November 30 - Awards (I will e-mail you if your child is receiving an award)

Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with consonant digraphs.
I can use clues in a text to understand a new word.
I can write to tell my opinion.
I can correctly form lowercase letters.
I can correctly identify and use nouns.
I can correctly add more than two addends.

Spelling Words
none this week :)

Sight Words
review

Week in Review

Our Monday consisted of an AWESOME Veteran's Day program at school!

We had a guest speaker.

 And the choir sang so many wonderful songs! The kids had a blast waving their flags around.

 We also watched this video to learn a little more about our Veterans:

We also spent a lot of time learning about Thanksgiving this week! There are tons of great books on Epic! for you to enjoy at home:

www.getepic.com/students

our access code is ind3424

 We made our thankful pies with our families!

We practiced defining new words using Context Clues in our books.

(See if your first grader can remember what "bluster" means!)

We watched a video about life as a pilgrim kid and wrote our opinion about whether we would prefer to be a pilgrim kid or a modern kid.

A surprising number of students wanted to be Pilgrim kids. Sounds like they're ready for you to put them to work at home! ;)

We also read some fun Thanksgiving books.

That helped us generate our list of thankfulness!

One of their favorite activities this week was getting to write a persuasive letter to a special guest for Thanksgiving!

In math, we were doing some INTENSE work. Not only were we adding multiple addends, we were having to determine equal and unequal equations. WHOA.

 Of course, I had to pull out the addition machine to really bring the point home. Needless to say, it was an instant favorite.

 We had fun pulling random equations and "slashing" them if they were unequal.

The best part of the week? Taking time to slow down and just watch the snow.

Have a FANTASTIC week!

November 12-16, 2018

Specials

Monday - Library

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - PE

Thursday - Art

Friday - STEM

Upcoming Events & Reminders
November 13 - Thanksgiving Lunch at 10:45! You are invited into the classroom at 10:20 for a fun activity with your first grader.
November 21-23 - NO SCHOOL

Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with consonant digraphs.
I can use clues in a text to understand a new word.
I can write to tell my opinion.
I can correctly form lowercase letters.
I can correctly identify and use irregular plural nouns.
I can correctly add more than two addends.

Spelling Words
graph
whip
sang
phonics
when
rang

Sight Words
want
place
walk

Week in Review
Here's a quick look at how far we've come in our writing! We've had a blast working on our opinions lately. 
These are some great suggestions if you need some ideas for your Holiday shopping :-P

Have a great week!

November 5-9, 2018

Specials

Monday - PE

Tuesday - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday - Art

Thursday - STEM

Friday - Technology

Upcoming Events & Reminders
November 6 - NO SCHOOL (I will host conferences on this date. Click here to sign up! )
November 9 - Please Note - Student Recognitions have been postponed to a later date. I will let you know as soon as I have more information.
November 13 - Thanksgiving Lunch at 10:45! You are invited into the classroom at 10:20 for a fun activity with your first grader.

Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with consonant digraphs.
I can identify a story's main topic and key details.
I can write to tell my opinion.
I can correctly form lowercase letters.
I can correctly identify and use proper nouns.
I can make a number in many ways.

Spelling Words
fish
with
match
trash
catch
chick

Sight Words
all
call
day
her

Week in Review
We started our week with DONUTS! Our class did so well in our Sprout Challenge on the Friday before that we were gifted donuts! Check out the smiles on those faces :)

 Here's a look at our Book Character Day!