October 10-14, 2016

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

Monday - 2

Tuesday - 3

Wednesday - 4

Thursday - 5

Friday - NON ROTATION

Upcoming Events & Reminders
Homework needs to come back in the blue folder every day.
October 13 - PTA Meeting 6:30 PM
October 24 - 28 - Red Ribbon Week
October 28 - Report Cards go home
November 3 - PTA Family Night @ Sky Zone
November 8 - NO SCHOOL
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

Spelling List

whip

when

what

quit

quiz

Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can write to tell my opinion.
I can write a reason to support my opinion.
I can read, write, and identify words with the wh digraph.
I can read, write, and identify words with the qu spelling pattern.
I can use common spelling patterns to help me read and write.
I can retell a familiar text with key details.
I can solve missing addend number sentences.
I can solve missing addend word problems.

Week in Review
This was our first week moving away from personal narratives and into opinion writing. EVERY first grader has their own opinion (as I am sure you are well aware) and we loved sharing them with our friends.
To start, we practiced explaining the difference between a fact and an opinion.

We learned some simple ways to begin telling our opinion.

 We also practiced telling our opinion (and understanding that our friends might not share the same opinion as us!) We needed to practice some of our conversational skills again so we did some fun Would You Rather questions with Quiz, Quiz, Trade.

By Wednesday, we were ready to start giving some reasons for our opinions.

We taste tested 3 different types of candy and reviewed adjectives by describing each piece of candy.

 After we tasted all of them, we chose our favorite and used the adjectives as our reasons for liking that type of candy best! Our friends had some silly conversations about their favorites.

We love adjectives so we had a blast continuing to practice describing with them this week.
The week started out with us reading about our five senses as a way to experience and describe the world around us. Here are some of the ways we described big, fluffy marshmallows!

 Next, we described all sorts of wacky pumpkins!

 Then it was finally time for our Pumpkin Investigation!
Everyone knows investigators have to carry around important files. So, we made our very own pumpkin files.

 We explored the outside and inside of our class pumpkin.

(gotta love tying in those adjectives!)

We visited different stations to explore our pumpkins circumference, height..

We decorated our pumpkins!

 We tested its ability to sink or float!

 We sorted our pumpkin seed into groups of ten for better counting technique. We had fun making predictions about how many were inside...here's a hint: our mat held 240 and we STILL had more seeds to count! Regardless...check out that hands-on teamwork below!

Hope you were able to rest up over Fall Break! 

Here's to another great week :)

October 19-23

Specials

Monday - 1

Tuesday - 2

Wednesday - 3

Thursday - 4

Friday - 5

Upcoming Events

October 18 - PTA 5K

October 20 - SBDM @ 5pm & PTA Meeting at 6:30

October 26-30 - Red Ribbon Week

October 30 - Report Cards Go Home/Dress up like a book Character/Junie B. Jamboree/Great Pumpkin Investigation (more info soon!!!!)

It's that time for Parent-Teacher Conferences!

• In an effort to save you time (and paperwork), I am using Volunteer Spot. Click the link and select a time that works best for you!
• You do not have to register/create an account to sign up. 
• Even though VolunteerSpot does not store e-mail addresses, if you would prefer to not input your e-mail address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually. 
• If you would like to invite an interpreter to our conference, please let me know ASAP!

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can write about a small moment.
I can use spelling patterns.
I can identify and write words with the ch digraph.
I can retell a story using its characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end.
I can subtract by relating it to addition.

Reminders

Book Orders are due by October 25!
Spelling Tests will be every Friday.
Homework comes back each day to be graded!

Wish List

Stickers
Candy Corn
Skittles
used books for our library
treasure box items
hand sanitizer

Spelling List

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs, Blue Dogs)
chop
lunch
chill
such
bunch
watch
match
on
it
are

List B (Yellow Ducks)
hatch
watch
bench
match
chop
stretch
kitchen
will
up
about

What did we do last week?

This past week was so much fun! From rapping, to pumpkins, to guest readers...we did it all!

We had so much fun focusing on adjectives. 
To begin, we looked at our fancy adjective anchor chart and brainstormed a huge list of ways to describe objects.

We tested our skills by writing adjectives to describe a silly picture on the board.

Next, we got to test our adjective word bank by investigating pumpkins!

Ellie was thinking of a way to describe this pumpkin's weight. 

 Some of us wondered what our pumpkin smelled and sounded like.

Was our pumpkin bumpy or smooth? Or GREEN!

 Some pumpkins were....

 a little heavier than others. :)

Then we made our own pumpkin posters full of adjectives.

Finally, we made some fun Adjective Riddles!

We started to practice retelling stories. We began the week by reading Stellaluna. We mapped our batty book as a group.

 Then we got to retell the story independently on our own Stellaluna bats!

In math, we learned a pretty awesome rap to help us memorize our Doubles Facts!

 We ended our week with an 8th grade guest reader! It was so fun for our first graders to listen to a big kid read aloud. :) 

Thank you for letting me spend another great week with your first grader!