Conferences

Hello Families,

Your child is welcome to attend his/her conference. I would love to have the children there but will leave the choice to you. Please contact me if you need a reminder of your conference day and/or time.

I will try my best to post a weekly update, but with the snow day and conferences this week, I may not be able to get to it until Friday.  If that is the case I will update you on both weeks at that time.

I'm  looking forward to meeting with you this week.

Our Mystery Reader....

was Mrs. Schultz! She read Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch.

Thank you for taking time to read to us.

We loved the story!

 

 

Mystery Reader

In honor of I Love to Read month we have a second mystery reader coming on Tuesday! Here are the clues from this mysterious person:

1. I have a 16 year old son.

2. I love NASCAR Racing and driver #48.

3. I love to read! I read a lot of books!

Weekly Update

Hello Families,

Happy Valentine’s Day! We have had an exciting week of school! We kicked off Winter Fest and celebrated the 100^th day of school and Valentine’s Day. Next week will be filled with fun too. Winter Fest is on Tuesday and our Olympic Passport tour is on Thursday.

Math

We are counting groups of tens. If I say I have 5 groups of 10 pencils, your child should be able to say 50 pencils without counting by tens. They are multiplying and they don’t even know it! J We also found patterns on a hundred chart. We are skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. This is a great activity in the car. It’s good to start and stop in the middle too, instead of always starting at zero.

Reading Workshop

We are still working on asking questions before, during, and after reading with fiction and non-fiction text. This week we wrote questions independently about a city made of ice. We also read a fun story about the 100^th day of school and a cute Valentine story called Slugs in Love.

Writer’s Workshop

We are working on independent personal narratives. Each child will need to write three chronological events and a conclusion sentence about something they will always remember. These will be shared at conferences. First grade writing expectations at this time of the year are:

Proper spacing between letters, words, and sentences

Capital letters at the beginning of sentences

Capitals letters for proper nouns

End marks

Sight words spelled correctly

One syllable short vowel words spelled correctly

Words with beginning and/or ending blends and short vowels spelled correctly

Open vowel words spelled correctly

CVCe words spelled correctly. (cake, bake, snake, like, strike)

These skills are done in isolation beautifully! J Now we need to get it to transfer over to their writing.

 

This Week I Really Learned!

Thank you for writing to your child each week. We were not able to write out letters this week with all of the Valentine’s festivities. Feel free to have your child write a letter to you at home and/or write to your child anyway. J

Word Workshop

We learned the rule for when to use ck at the end of a word. Use ck at the end of a one syllable short vowel word. (tick, thick, track, lick, deck, duck)

Grammar

We practiced using have and has correctly.  

 

Enjoy your weekend!

 

Happy Valentine's Day from the Sweetest Class!

 

Candy Heart Graphing

 

 

Passing Out Valentines



Happy Half Birthdays!

(1/2 birthday)

Anna, Indy, and Hayden

 

 



The 100th Day of School

We've had a fabulous day of fun activities for the 100th Day of School!

 

We made Fruit Loop necklaces out of 100 Fruit Loops!

 

 

We dressed like we're 100 years old!

 

We counted our 100 objects from home by 25's, 20's and 10's

and then glued them into a picture or design.

 

Get to Day

We get to pick up a piece of garbage, stay on the path, and do our very best in all we do!!



Our Book Characters

Fancy Nancy, Cat in the Hat, and Hello Kitty

Our First February Mystery Reader Revealed

Thank you Merisa for reading to our class today! We loved the story, "Don't Eat the Teacher!"

 

 



Mystery Reader

 

 

 

 

Our first Mystery Reader for "I Love to Read" month will be here tomorrow. Here are the clues from this mysterious person:

 

 

1. I love flowers.
2. I enjoy walking and running on the luce line trail with my kids.
3. I have an outdoor cat that is always trying to sneak into the house to play with the kids.

Weekly Update

Hello Families,

February is off to a good start, and we have so many fun activities coming up with Winter Fest, Winter Olympics activities, the 100^th Day of School, and Valentine’s Day. Please check your February calendar for all a schedule of all of our special events. Please see the letters that were sent home about Valentine’s Day and the 100^th Day of School for special information about those fun days! J I’ll include them on the blog as well.

Math

We are working with numbers 11-20. We are practicing finding 1 and 2 more and less of numbers 11-20. Please practice this language at home too. J

Reading Workshop

GREAT readers ask questions about non-fiction text too! We will look deep into the difference of questioning when reading fiction and non-fiction. We are still working on asking questions using who, what, when, where, why, and how. Challenge your child to begin questions with these words at home too! J

Writer’s Workshop

Our opinion paragraphs have been finished and laminated. We are so proud of our work. They will be on display for conferences. We can’t wait for you to read them.

This Week I Really Learned!

Thank you for writing to your child each week. We love hearing the letter during snack break. We are working hard to write more of the letter on our own.

Word Workshop

Yay for long vowels! We learned another way long vowels can be spelled. We can spell them as open vowels like in the words me, he, she, buffalo, hello. Watch for words with open vowels and see if your child can tell you why the word says the long sound.  

Grammar

We practiced using was and were correctly this week.

 

Enjoy your weekend!

Our Valentine’s Day party is going to be on Friday, February 14^th.  Your student may choose to bring a valentine for his/her classmates. If your student chooses to bring valentines for the class he/she MUST bring one for every student in the class.  I have attached a class list.  Thank you so much for your support!

 

Thursday, February 13^th is our 100^th day of school.  Can you believe it?  For one of our activities we will need each child to bring in 100 of something. It should be small enough to fit into a baggie or small container and sturdy enough to be counted over and over. Your child should bring the items on Wednesday, February12^th.  Be as creative as you would like. The following is a list of possible ideas if you’re stuck.

 

Cereal                                               Rubber Bands

Chocolate Chips                              Band Aids

Ritz Bits                                           M&M’s

Paper Clips                                      Buttons

Marshmallows                                 Gummi Bears

 

If your child has any difficulty counting to 100 by 2’s or 5’s you could group the items by 2’s and 5’s to practice in a fun new way.