March 27-31, 2017

Specials

Monday - 3

Tuesday - 4

Wednesday -5

Thursday - 6

Friday - 1

Upcoming Events & Reminders
April 3-7 - SPRING BREAK!
April 19 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast
April 24-28 Book Fair
April 27 - 1st grade to Cincinnati Zoo!
If you are interested in chaperoning, please make sure your background check and volunteer forms are complete! 
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

my
try
fly
shy
baby
lady
mommy
sleepy

LIST B

buy
why
sly
reply
crazy
navy
lazy
daddy

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
what
could
said
here

Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can read, write, and identify words with y as a vowel.
I can write to tell a fictional story.
I can partition shapes into halves and fourths.
I can use illustrations in a text to talk about characters, settings, and events.
I can read and correctly use prepositions in a sentence.

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 :)
-Dry Erase markers
-Stickers
-Post-its

Week in Review
We're starting out with math this week!
This week was all about attributes. To begin, we talked about the attributes of BUTTONS! We read a Frog and Toad book called The Lost Button.

 We sorted my buttons by their attributes.

 Then we wrote about it (I LOVE incorporating writing into mathematics).

 The next day, we sorted our pattern blocks by THEIR attributes.

 We had fun playing "Guess my Attribute." The kids selected 3 shapes and we had to use logic to figure out the attribute used to group those shapes together. Can you guess Apollo's attribute?

 This game creates such great conversation!

When we were finished, we got to compose shapes with our pattern blocks. One sneaky friend helped me make a person...then she insisted they dab. Oh dear.

 We composed shapes by playing Fill My Shape.

 We also problem solved to figure out how many triangles it takes to make a rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon, etc.

Check out that concentration!

 At the end of the week, we wrote about attributes again. This time, we were creating riddles!

 Friday, we used those riddles to help us construct shapes with popsicle sticks and velcro!

 Check out that hexagon!

 These kiddos got a kick out of their circles...if you couldn't tell.

We had great conversations about our comprehension skill: using the illustrations to give us details.

 We had a blast with compound construction this week. We constructed compound words by collaborating to complete puzzles, cup stacks, and matching Easter eggs. The kids had so much fun!

There are 239487 million more pictures that I am keeping in my pocket for our end of the year video. :)

I hope you have a great week!

March 21-25, 2016 (AKA Week before Spring Break!!)

Specials

Monday - 2

Tuesday - 3

Wednesday - 4

Thursday - 5

Friday - 6

Upcoming Events

March 28 - April 1 - Spring Break!
April 5 - PTA Family Night at Puccini's Boston Road

April 6 - Spring Pictures for all students

April 8 - Snow Makeup Day
April 8 - Report Cards go home

April 11-15 - Book Fair

April 11 - May 13 - FAST Testing Window (This just means we will be taking our final FAST Assessment sometime in this window)

April 13 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast

April 14 - Celebrate the Arts Night

April 15 - Student Recognition awards (10AM in the gym)
May 5 - 1st grade Field Trip to Cincinnati Zoo (Thanks to those who have sponsored so many kiddos!!! If you have not yet returned your permission slip, please do so ASAP!)
May 14 - PTA Spring Carnival 2-7pm
May 16 - 1st Grade Musical (1:00 and 5:30 in the gym)
May 17 - No school (Election Day)

May 26 - Last Day :( 

Kid Friendly Objectives

I can compare and contrast adventures and experiences of characters. (This week is all about Cinderella!)

I can identify and write contractions.

I can read, write, and identify words with or, our, and oar spelling patterns. (Use your oar to sail to shore).

I can compose shapes by using other familiar shapes. 

^ We will talk about why squares can't be used to make circles and how attributes of shapes can help us determine which shapes to use when composing new ones.

I can write a fictional narrative.

Spelling Lists

A

fork
corn
cord
North
horn
worn
tore
store
storm
snore

B

oar
orca
orange
horse
sports
storm
core
snore
sailor
decoration

Wish List

Chalk

Bandaids

Skinny Dry Erase Markers

Week in Review
As I sit here and write, we only have 43 more days of first grade. How on Earth is that possible? That explains how I ended up with so many photos of the work we've jam-packed into a single week. :)

We read all kinds of versions of the 3 Little Pigs.

We mastered those pirate letters!

We worked insanely hard on mastering compound words this week. We liked the idea that compound words were two words "built" together to make a new word and a new meaning. We went with it and did compound "construction" all week long.

First up: PUZZLES!

Some of us were REALLY motivated :)

 Sweet, sweet, victory!

Next: the Compound Word Egg Hunt!

Each first grader received half of an egg while I hid the other half around the room. They were responsible for finding the missing half and completing their compound word!

 So proud :)

 We recorded a list of the words our friends made.

Finally: the CUP STACK.
Each table worked together to complete 10 cup towers. They had to find the pairs of cups with words and then identify the matching picture to complete the tower. 

 Some reason, compound words really make us want to climb on tables...

We were able to begin conferences for our fictional narratives. Some of these stories have been cracking me up!

Our VIPs were in charge of teaching calendar.

To study attributes, we used BUTTONS! We read a story from Frog and Toad about a lost button. In the story, Frog and Toad use the attributes of the missing button to help them find it. SO...we spent a few days "playing" with buttons in class. On day one, we simply sorted our buttons into whatever attributes we could think of. On day 2, we described our own buttons' attributes and then compared them. 

On day 3, we played "Guess My Rule." We took turns making groups of shapes based on their attributes. It was then our job to "guess the rule" the shape master chose.

 Can you guess their rules? :)

 (shape - square)

(color - yellow!)

(color - blue!)

Have a great week!