September 17-21, 2018

Specials

Monday - PE

Tuesday - Art

Wednesday - STEM

Thursday - Technology

Friday - Library

Upcoming Events & Reminders
September 17-22 - Joseph Beth Book Fair Week!
*Our class will visit the Book Fair on the 18th**
September 17, 19 - MAP Tests
September 18 - Grandparents Lunch (10:45-11:10 is our lunch time)
September 27 - Field trip to Evan's Orchard
September 28 - Nonrotation Day for specials
October 4&5 - Fall Break NO SCHOOL!
October 19 - Nonrotation day for specials and PTA Fall Festival!
November 2 - Sprout Celebration (More details to come)
November 6 - NO SCHOOL
November 9 - 1st 9 Week Student Recognitions 10AM (I will e-mail you at least one week prior to let you know if your student is receiving an award for these 9 weeks)


Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with l blends.
I can ask and answer questions about details in a text.
I can write about an event.
I can correctly write capital letters.
I can write a complete sentence.
I can identify one or two less than a number.
I can solve subtraction story problems in many ways.

Spelling Words
clap
clip
flip
slip
flag
plan

Sight Words
be
come
good
pull

Week in Review
If you scroll through and wonder where your kiddo is in all of these pictures, please complete the form below:
Picture Permission for the Blog

We had a jam-packed week! We are still easing our way into procedures and are learning all about our classroom jobs (that we get to pick for the first time this week!)

We're also getting the hang of our Math Tubs! With our new Investigations program, we are learning new math games all of the time to help us master new skills.

We love to play Five-In-a-Row...

Roll and Record (We roll two dice and add up the sum!)

 Double Compare (Adding and comparing sums!)

 and One or Two Less :)

We've also been working hard to build our stamina during Writer's Workshop. Currently, we're learning about what to include in a story.

 We've also enjoyed sharing our writing with our class at the end of the day.

 The kiddos love giving compliments and suggestions for one another's writing!

The kid's LOVE learning about building their stamina so we are also building stamina for Reading! When I pull groups for Guided Reading, students will be completing many jobs and one of them is daily reading. Your child knows all about having books that are perfect for their level as well as just plain, FUN books!

During phonics, we focused on short i word families.

 We're also beginning to learn how to use the Wonders online resources! In this picture, we were working to sort short i words online!

Language was all about word order this week. We had fun unscrambling silly mixed up sentences by playing Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up!

Have a FABULOUS week!

September 10-14, 2018

Specials

Monday - Art

Tuesday - STEM

Wednesday - Technology

Thursday - Library

Friday - Music

Upcoming Events & Reminders
September 13 - Curriculum Night in Library 6pm
September 17-22 - Joseph Beth Book Fair Week!
September 17, 19 - MAP Tests
September 18 - Grandparents Lunch (10:45-11:10 is our lunch time)
September 27 - Field trip to Evan's Orchard
September 28 - Nonrotation Day for specials
October 4&5 - Fall Break NO SCHOOL!
October 19 - Nonrotation day for specials and PTA Fall Festival!
November 2 - Sprout Celebration (More details to come)
November 6 - NO SCHOOL
November 9 - 1st 9 Week Student Recognitions 10AM (I will e-mail you at least one week prior to let you know if your student is receiving an award for these 9 weeks)


Weekly Standards
I can read, write, and identify words with short i.
I can ask and answer questions about details in a text.
I can write about an event.
I can correctly write capital letters.
I can correctly put words in order to make a sentence.
I can add one and two more to a number.
I can solve story problems in many ways.

Spelling Words
pin
win
hit
sit
miss
kiss

*Our first spelling test is this Friday!*

Week in Review
I am SO glad to be at school with your first graders! This week was a blast getting to know everyone. :)

This section of the blog is a fun way for you to stay "in the loop" with what is happening in our classroom. It's fun to be able to see exactly what your kiddo has been up to even when they say, "We did nothing at school today."

If you scroll through and wonder where your kiddo is in all of these pictures, please complete the form below:
Picture Permission for the Blog

Another form I have sent out a time or two is our Optional Classroom Volunteer Form.

Finally, there are a few helpful links to the side of the blog ->. **Please note that your students are not yet uploaded to Raz-Kids. I will let you know when that is complete.**

OKAY! Now to the fun part!

We had fun with our friends outside. 

The class got to teach ME! They were already experts at our math tub games so they were itching to teach me the proper way to play.

 We're already experts at teamwork :)

We talked about ways to read books.

This book has NO WORDS. Weird, right? The class helped me to read the story by reading the pictures.

Then we practiced building our stamina. We know that stamina means working for a long time on something that's really hard...and reading can be HARD.

We made it up to 5 minutes this week! WOOHOO!

We are also becoming expert spellers. We worked together to brainstorm as many words as we could for different short a word families.

We ended the week by FINALLY making it to the end of this hilarious book:

 Your kiddos were challenged to play a few rounds of this fun game for their homework ;)

Here's to a great week!

Allow me to introduce myself!

I am SO happy to have your first grader in my class for the 2018-2019 school year! I will return to school on September 4. In the meantime...

This blog is going to be the central hub of EVERYTHING that goes on this school year! Now that your'e here, I wanted to take a few moments to introduce myself.

My name is Amanda Carney and this is my fifth year here at Wellington Elementary. I have taught Kindergarten for one year and this will be my fourth year as a 1st grade teacher. My family and I live in Versailles. 

My husband, James, and I welcomed our son Tucker this past June! Our dog, Max, is still getting used to the new guy :-P

We think they're just the cutest!

I graduated from Transylvania University (Go Pioneers!) and wrapped up my Masters from the University of the Cumberlands last fall.

Here's a little bit of "fun" information about me:

I honestly believe that first grade is the best because you will see your first grader TAKE OFF in reading, writing, and math this year...without them even knowing it because it's just so stinkin' FUN!

Our Schedule

Here's what you need to know:

1st grade lunch - 10:45-11:20 (*This is the window of time for all of first grade. I will let you know when I know OUR specific lunch time)

Specials -11:30-12:25

Recess - 9:00-9:15, 1:00-1:20

Language Arts is in the morning, Math is in the afternoon.

Specials Rotation
*These are our specials, however, it is possible this rotation will change prior to the first day of school*

1 - Library

2 - Music

3 - PE

4 - Art

5 - STEM

6 - Technology

Things to Know

Please use the links at the sidebar, or the links below, to complete 3 quick forms for me.

The Volunteer Application is a mandatory form that you must complete in order to volunteer in the building. Please complete this form ASAP!

The Picture Permission Slip is a quick form that lets me know whether I have your permission to take and post pictures of your child on the classroom blog. If you scroll through this blog, you'll see that I LOVE to post pictures of the fun things we do in class each week. 

The Classroom Volunteer Sign-Up Form is a form to let me know in what capacity you would like to help in the classroom. This is not a way for me to trick you into coming in every week! This is just for me to know who to call on if I find myself needing a helping hand at some point :)

Here's to a great school year!

May 29-31, 2018

Specials

Monday - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - Field Day

Wednesday - 2

Thursday - 3 (LAST DAY)

Friday - NO SCHOOL

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

Upcoming Events & Reminders
May 28 - Memorial Day, NO SCHOOL
May 29 - Field Day
May 31 - Last day!
We will have 1st grade awards in our classroom on this date and a picnic with our families immediately afterwards. Please join us at 10:15 :)

Week in Review
We're in our last 3 days! This time of year flies by because it is SO jam-packed with events in and out of school.

Thank you for your patience while my computer was on the fritz with uploading pictures. The good news is that all of those pictures will be displayed in our end of year video. Every year, I show a video on our last day of school to showcase all that your child has done in first grade. You are invited to attend our end of year awards ceremony this Thursday, May 31. We will meet in our classroom at 10:15 and begin awards around 10:20. Afterwards, we will go outside for a picnic until our specials begin at 11:35. 

Hope to see you there!

Here's a glimpse at some of our Teach the Teacher lessons! The kids had a blast with this :) 

 We also got to see the newly renovated Wellington garden this week!