April 15-19, 2019

Specials

Monday - Art

Tuesday - STEM

Wednesday - Technology

Thursday - Library

Friday - Music

Upcoming Events & Reminders

April 17 - Cincinnati Zoo Trip!
April 18 - PTA Elections 6:30 PM
April 25 - Celebrate the Arts
April 26 - Student Recognition Awards at 1:30 (I will contact you if your child is receiving an award)
April 27 - Spring Carnival
April 30 - MAP Math
May 3 - MAP Reading
May 9 - PTA Meeting
May 21 - NO SCHOOL
May - tentative date for student lead conferences (more info coming later)
May 31 - Last Day for Students, pending Board approval

Weekly Standards

I can read, write, and identify words with long u (oo, u_e, ui, ue, ew).
I can use text features.
I can use context clues to help me understand words in a text.
I can write to teach.
I can correctly add multiples of ten within 100.

Spelling Words

moon
tune
soup
flew
blue
fruit
true
broom

Sight Words

answer
brought
busy
door
enough
eyes

Week in Review
Your kiddos had a blast learning about money this past week! We practiced counting coins, comparing values, and creating equivalent values. I was so impressed by how much they already knew about counting money!






We also started work on our upcoming research project. Your first grader will be helping design a safe zoo that no animals can escape from! Part of their assignment when they attend the zoo this Wednesday is to observe what the zoo has put in place to keep all of the animals safe.

To get us started, we practiced researching sharks! The kids are going to use their new skills in using text features to research their own animal!

We practiced using text features to learn about habitats, too!

Glossaries are tough but your kiddos did beautifully.





Your kiddos also requested that I share this fun song with you to practice their language skill at home:

Have a great week!

April 8-12, 2019

Specials

Monday - STEM

Tuesday - Technology

Wednesday - Library

Thursday - Music

Friday - PE

Upcoming Events & Reminders

April 9 - Mathnasium Night 6-7:30 in the Cafeteria
April 17 - Cincinnati Zoo Trip! (More updates coming soon)
April 18 - PTA Elections 6:30 PM
April 25 - Celebrate the Arts
April 26 - Student Recognition Awards at 1:30 (I will contact you if your child is receiving an award)
April 27 - Spring Carnival
April 30 - MAP Math
May 3 - MAP Reading
May 9 - PTA Meeting
May 21 - NO SCHOOL
May - tentative date for student lead conferences (more info coming later)
May 31 - Last Day for Students, pending Board approval

Weekly Standards

I can read, write, and identify words with the oi and oy spelling patterns.
I can correctly use and identify prepositions in a sentence.
I can correctly identify and use text features in informational texts.
I can make connections between topics in an informational text.
I can write to teach.
I can correctly identify and count coins.

Spelling Words

spoil
boy
coin
join
joy
toy
cowboy
choice

Sight Words

above
build
fall
knew
money
toward

Week in Review

I hope this week's post finds you refreshed and ready to tackle the last few weeks of school! We are nearing the finish line and I am so excited for your first graders to show you all of their progress as they make their way towards second grade.
Here's a look back at all your child was able to accomplish before our break!

This week was all about bringing together what we have learned about fairy tales throughout this unit. Your first grader was given a role in a specific fairy tale and worked with a group to design a setting, rehearse lines the way characters would say them, and design characters! They did such a great job that our principal even stopped by for our performances!








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March 25-29, 2019

Specials

Monday - Technology

Tuesday - Library

Wednesday - Music (I will be out on Wednesday, just FYI).

Thursday - PE

Friday - Art

Upcoming Events & Reminders

April 1-5 - Spring Break NO SCHOOL
April 9- Mathnasium Night 6-7:30 PM
April 17 - Cincinnati Zoo Trip!

Weekly Standards

I can read, write, and identify words with ow and ou.
I can fluently read a grade level text.
I can identify and describe the characters, settings, and events in a story.
I can explain why an event happened in a story.
I can correctly use determiners in my writing.
I can tell plus or minus 10 of a given number within 100.

Spelling Words

cow
mouth
town
mouse
how
out
cloud
crowd

Sight Words

color
early
instead
oh
nothing
thought

Week in Review

We have had so much fun learning about Fairy Tales with this unit!

We've been able to apply so many comprehension strategies - one of them being cause and effect. To help us get a better understanding of what that means, the kids were challenged to determine causes and effects for real life events in our classroom.

We've also been using these new strategies to help us design and write our own fictional narratives. We've spent a lot of time in the pre-writing phase, sharing our ideas and "reading" our pictures to our friends.

In math, we started exploring place value with double digit numbers up to 100.

On Friday, we had a spontaneous decision to learn more about the patterns of the seasons! The kids were all very curious about how we "know" when the first day of spring is each year, so we did a MysteryScience lesson on the topic.

To end our week, the kids had fun celebrating Arty Party Day!

Have a great week!