Sept. 19-23, 2016

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

Monday - 2

Tuesday - 3

Wednesday - 4

Thursday - 5

Friday - 6

Upcoming Events & Reminders
Homework needs to come back in the blue folder every day.
September 9-26 - PTA Bumblebee Fundraiser
September 19-23 - Book Fair - Our class will be going on Wednesday, September 20.
September 20 - Teddy Bear Picnic! Please send a teddy bear with your child to school on this date. :) 
September 21 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast 6:30-7:15am
September 22 - Grandparents Day Lunch. Grandparents are invited to join us in the classroom at 10:30 and we will have lunch at 10:55. Grandparents are welcome to go to the Book Fair with your first grader on this date, too!
October 4 - PTA family Night @ Burger - Fi!

Spelling List

bath

the

thin

that

path

Teacher's App of the Week

Here is a "teacher recommended" app that will help your first grader practice a skill that we are working on.

ABC Magnetic Alphabet Lite is a free app that you and your first grader can use when practicing those spelling words this week! There is a paid version of the app that provides more features but I am always excited to find free alternatives! Use any magnetic alphabet app (or the real things!) to make practicing spelling words or sight words a little more fun. Concrete/tactile practice is always the way to go with our little learners! 

Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can write about a small moment.
I can read, write, and identify words with the th digraph.
I can identify proper nouns.
I can describe the characters and setting in the story. 
I can solve addition word problems with sums within 10.

Week in Review
I hope this post finds you well! Writing this post was so much fun because I got to dig through some of the best pictures from our field trip this past week!

First things first...because of amazing parents like YOU, look at what you helped our class receive just because you placed Scholastic book orders!

You provided us with SO many new books! That classroom reading Kit is a $5 coupon for EVERY STUDENT to use towards their next book order purchase. HOW COOL!!!! Be on the lookout for the October book order soon AND get excited about the Book Fair going on this week!

Because we had so much fun at Evan's Orchard, all of our photos this week are dedicated to that trip. :)

**Don't forget, if you'd like to see pictures of your child on the blog, please complete the picture permission slip on the righthand side of the blog! :) **

Corban loved the "bumpy" slide! 

Tasting apple cider after our tour of the apple fridge!

Wagon ride around the orchard! 

Lunch on the picnic tables!

This little guy was eager for some yummy food. :) Don't worry - his head fits back through the gaps! 

We were SO lucky to have some thoughtful parents who were willing to give us a yummy apple cider treat at the end of the day (complete with pumpkin muffins when we got back to school)! Thanks again!

We were also visited by a very cool praying mantis!

You can clearly tell by our tired faces that the heat definitely beat us by the end of the day! Haha!

Here were some of our favorite parts! 

Have a great week!

September 6-9, 2016

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

Monday - NO SCHOOL!

Tuesday - 5

Wednesday - 6

Thursday - 1

Friday - 2

Upcoming Events & Reminders
Homework and Spelling Tests start this week. Homework needs to come back in the blue folder every day.
September 5 - NO SCHOOL!
September 6 - PTA Family Night @ Chick Fil A in the mall
**Please return your field trip permission slips on this date!**
September 8 - Jon Agee Author Visit 
September 9-26 - PTA Bumblebee Fundraiser
September 14 - Field Trip to Evan's Orchard
September 19-23 - Bookfair. 
September 21 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast 6:30-7:15am
September 22 - Tentative Grandparents Day Lunch
October 4 - PTA family Night @ Burger - Fi!

Wish List items:

*magnetic tape (it looks like a tape dispenser but the tape is magnetic!)

Spelling Lists

tug

sun

nut

fun

rug

*snug

*slug

* signifies bonus words.

Teacher's App of the Week

Here is a "teacher recommended" app that will help your first grader practice a skill that we are working on this week. 

Kids A-Z is an app that we use constantly in the classroom. Download this app for a simple way to see on-level texts for your child.

The teacher username you will need is: acarney8

Find your child's account in our class page and their password is the picture of the bunny.

Kid-Friendly Objectives
I can write about a small moment.
I can read, write, and identify short u words.
I can identify common nouns in a sentence.
I can identify a story's central message.
I can solve an addition problem using different strategies.

Week in Review
We made it through another full week of school! I hope you are able to relax and celebrate by spending time with your family over this long, holiday weekend. :) Your first grader worked so hard this week they absolutely deserve that extra time outdoors!

Here is a fun look back at our week.
We learned the entire phonics dance!! We are able to get some of our wiggles out before starting phonics each day by saying the chants for all of the letters. Soon we will be adding chants and dances in for other common spellings. This week, our focus was on short i.

For Language, we talked about MINTS.

We even enjoyed some mints while checking some "brain-burp" sentences to fix those funky capitals.

These girls are using "COPS" to fix their sentences.

 Sadie was fixing some of our sentences on the board!

We continued building our reading stamina for Daily 5.

We started using Book Buddies.

 We learned how to do READ TO BUDDY!!! (and how to lounge in the Big Joe chairs in our class library!)

Probably the most exciting of all...We learned how to use IPADs!! We love to use iPads to help us during Daily 5 and during math groups. This group was checking out Sight Words Ninja

We were able to work so hard on Daily 5 that we actually made it to all of our small groups on Friday! 

The last rotation we have left to learn is Word Work. After that, Daily 5 will be in full swing!

Our focus during Comprehension was on Retelling. 

We used strategies like the 5-Finger Retell

and the retelling rope.

Here are some of the stories we focused on this week:

By the end of the week, we were able to make our own Stellaluna bats to tell the BME (Beginning, Middle, End)

Math was JAMPACKED. We are working to become fluent on ways to make 10.

One of our favorite ways is playing "Shake and Spill."

At the end of the week, we started our Rainbows to 10 Addition Facts. We will finish this up on Tuesday. :)

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