Happy Thanksgiving 1st grade families! It is such a privilege to partner with you in your child's education. Thank you for sharing your amazing scholars with me!
I will be out of the classroom on Monday for some family events, but will be back Tuesday. We don't have homework this week so you can fully enjoy your vacation with your scholar. Make sure you're still reading over break though :)
Remember our holiday music program is coming up on Thursday, December 5 from 6pm-7pm. It's going to be a fantastic performance so please make every effort to attend! Attendance is also included in your scholar's grade, so it's important that your child is there, plus it will be a great show :)
Enjoy your holidays with friends and family!
Sunday, November 24, 2013
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Friday, November 8, 2013
1st Grade Updates
It's going to be another great week in 1st grade. This week we are thinking a lot about WHY we are in school and how the goals we set in 1st grade help us achieve our dreams later on. Ask your scholars how they helped their brains grow at school.
FAST Phonics: We are continuing to work with the hungry rule to learn about long consonant spellings. We know that when a word has one syllable (one tap word) with a short vowel sound in the middle, we use the long consonant spelling. Ex: cuff, will
Writing: We are writing informational books that can TEACH our readers. It's so exciting to be non-fiction authors writing about topics we are experts about.
Reading: We are starting our non-fiction unit this week and learning all about books that are written to teach us. Our reading and writing workshops work together so well and will help your scholars learn how to make strong connections between reading and writing.
Math: We are continuing to practice addition and subtraction strategies this week. We are working on determining the best strategies to use and defending our decisions with logical reasons.
Thank you so much for your support! As always, if you have ANY questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at any time. Have a fantastic week!
FAST Phonics: We are continuing to work with the hungry rule to learn about long consonant spellings. We know that when a word has one syllable (one tap word) with a short vowel sound in the middle, we use the long consonant spelling. Ex: cuff, will
Writing: We are writing informational books that can TEACH our readers. It's so exciting to be non-fiction authors writing about topics we are experts about.
Reading: We are starting our non-fiction unit this week and learning all about books that are written to teach us. Our reading and writing workshops work together so well and will help your scholars learn how to make strong connections between reading and writing.
Math: We are continuing to practice addition and subtraction strategies this week. We are working on determining the best strategies to use and defending our decisions with logical reasons.
Thank you so much for your support! As always, if you have ANY questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at any time. Have a fantastic week!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Happy November!
We had SO much fun in 1st grade this past week :)
We celebrated Halloween by dressing up, and spending the day doing autumn crafts and eating delicious (and sugary!) treats.
We celebrated Halloween by dressing up, and spending the day doing autumn crafts and eating delicious (and sugary!) treats.
On Friday, we had a pumpkin taste test. We tasted pumpkin pie, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin puree, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin butter. YUM! Pumpkin ice cream was our class favorite :)
I will be at a conference Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I will miss our scholars SO much, but will be learning new things to bring back to our classroom next Monday. As always, please feel free to contact me with ANY questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!