Does this week really take us to May? Wow-ee! Here's what we are up to this week:
MATH: This week, we began studying Measurement. We are working on comparing lengths of objects by aligning their endpoints. We are using words like longer/est, shorter/est, and taller/est to describe length. We will also notice the difference between lengths.
WRITING: This week, we are working on fixing and fancying up our craft writing pieces. We are also working on a district writing prompt that will be used for assessment purposes.
WORD STUDY: No Words Their Way sorts this week! We are assessing and re-grouping students. But in our classroom, we have begun discussing contractions! Click here to play online games at home!
READING WORKSHOP: This week we began an Author's Meaning unit. We are practicing noticing important things the author is trying to show us and tell us throughout the story. We are digging deeper to discover and understand the underlying message of the story. Today we read Little By Little by Amber Stewart & Layn Marlow and decided that author's message was that when you learn something new, sometimes you need to take small steps to get there.
Looking for positive messages to learn through reading at home? Click here to see 50 Inspiring Children's Books!
SCIENCE: This week we are exploring the properties of liquids. Today we spent some time observing how different liquids are the same and different and how they move. We generated some great words to describe their properties: clear, blurry, thick, watery, fast, slow, sticky, bubbly, and many more! We will also observe how liquids take the shape of the container they are in - they do not have their own shape!
Important Dates & Announcements:
* Tomorrow, April 29th is a LATE START! School begins at 10:19 am.
* We are in need of some supplies to get us through the end of the school year: glue sticks and handsanitzer. Any donations would be appreciated!
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
4/20 - 4/24
Welcome to a new week! Here's what we will be up to:
MATH: We will be working on understanding and telling time to the half-hour, using both the language two-thirty (2:30) and half past 2 o'clock. Please practice both ways at home. We build our understanding upon the minute-hand moving half-way around the clock to point to the 6, and today we counted the minutes it took to do that (30 minutes). As the minute-hand does that, the hour-hand also moves half-way between the hours. We will also work on elapsed time, or understanding how much time passes from one point to another.
WRITING WORKSHOP: We are wrapping up our unit of Author's Craft. This week, we work on adding ellipsis (or "dot, dot, dot") into our pieces to build suspense. We will also work on crafting interesting leads and endings. Then, it's on to "fixing and fancying" up! With this piece, we will place a lot of emphasis on editing for proper capitalization and punctuation.
READING WORKSHOP: We are finishing up our study of characters this week! Today we spent some time noticing how character's feelings change throughout the story. We will also explore how characters encounter problems in the story and the solutions they use to solve them. Bring these topics into your discussions as you read at home this week! :)
WORD STUDY: A new sort came home today. Keep practicing! :) This week in our classroom we will also learn the difference between common and proper nouns. We will practice writing proper nouns with a beginning capital letter.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: This week, we will build upon our understanding of the 3 Rs and do a few Earth Day projects. Check out the bulletin board outside our room later this week :) We will also begin to explore our next science unit - States of Matter.
Important Dates/Announcements:
*EARTH WEEK! See email flyer from last week for details.
*We are in need of Dolch Word Volunteers this week! If you can help out, please click here to sign up. Thank you for your support!
*Wednesday, April 29th: DELAYED START - School begins at 10:19 am.
MATH: We will be working on understanding and telling time to the half-hour, using both the language two-thirty (2:30) and half past 2 o'clock. Please practice both ways at home. We build our understanding upon the minute-hand moving half-way around the clock to point to the 6, and today we counted the minutes it took to do that (30 minutes). As the minute-hand does that, the hour-hand also moves half-way between the hours. We will also work on elapsed time, or understanding how much time passes from one point to another.
WRITING WORKSHOP: We are wrapping up our unit of Author's Craft. This week, we work on adding ellipsis (or "dot, dot, dot") into our pieces to build suspense. We will also work on crafting interesting leads and endings. Then, it's on to "fixing and fancying" up! With this piece, we will place a lot of emphasis on editing for proper capitalization and punctuation.
READING WORKSHOP: We are finishing up our study of characters this week! Today we spent some time noticing how character's feelings change throughout the story. We will also explore how characters encounter problems in the story and the solutions they use to solve them. Bring these topics into your discussions as you read at home this week! :)
WORD STUDY: A new sort came home today. Keep practicing! :) This week in our classroom we will also learn the difference between common and proper nouns. We will practice writing proper nouns with a beginning capital letter.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: This week, we will build upon our understanding of the 3 Rs and do a few Earth Day projects. Check out the bulletin board outside our room later this week :) We will also begin to explore our next science unit - States of Matter.
Important Dates/Announcements:
*EARTH WEEK! See email flyer from last week for details.
*We are in need of Dolch Word Volunteers this week! If you can help out, please click here to sign up. Thank you for your support!
*Wednesday, April 29th: DELAYED START - School begins at 10:19 am.
Monday, April 13, 2015
4/13-4/17
Welcome back, and I hope everyone had wonderful a Spring Break!
Here's what we are up to this week:
MATH: This week, we are wrapping up our study of fractions and beginning our study of telling time. As a part of the Common Core, First Graders need to be able to tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. This week, we will focus on learning about the clock (hour hand and minute hand) and learn to tell and write time to the hour.
WRITING: We will continue our Author's Craft unit. We will practice using our 5 senses, dialogue, and temporal words in our narrative stories.
WORD STUDY: A new Words Their Way sort came home today for your child to practice throughout the week. On the backside of the homework log, I added a description of each task your child should be doing with the sort at home. You can also find that information here: Literacy. It is important that your child practice writing the words from the sort each week.
We will also learn about nouns this week. We will learn that a noun is a person, place, or thing and we will sort words by these categories.
READING WORKSHOP: We will continue to learn how readers think about characters. This week we learn to identify character traits. We will pay attention to what our character does and says in order to name these traits. As your child reads at home this week, use this character trait list as a part of your discussions! Look for things the characters says and does that may match these traits.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: Earth Day is next week! This week, we will learn about our important planet and how we can take care of it by practicing the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle.
Announcements & Important Dates:
*Thursday, April 16th: All Yearbook Orders due!
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Enter pay code 74118
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*District Attendance Policy
FYI click here to view this important district policy regarding attendance.
*Dolch Word Volunteers: We have volunteers for this week :) But there are many open slots from now through the end of May. Please sign-up here to volunteer!
Let's have a great week!
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