We had another great week in first grade! The children are learning many new skills each day. They are learning to be better writers, readers and problem solvers and I am so proud of each and every one of them. Please keep up with daily reminders and nightly talks. It is through these small conversations that our children are encouraged to do their best and make great choices each day! I thank you all for being such a wonderful and supportive group of parents.
School Pictures will be taken on Tuesday, September 30. Please send your payment by Tuesday morning if you are planning to purchase pictures. Thank you!
READING
This week we will learn a new comprehension strategy and that is making predictions. Reading is thinking. As we start to read a story, we will look at the picture on the front cover, read the title and try to guess what the story is about based on the title and the picture. When we read stories, we stop from time to time and predict what might happen next. Sometimes our predictions are correct and sometimes they are not. We will learn how to use all the clues in the story and things being said so far, to make the best prediction possible.
We will continue writing stories about our lives. Last week we learned how to "zoom in" on one thing and write about a small moment in time, something in our life that happened over a small few minutes. This week, we will practice stretching one small moment across several lines or several pages. We will read stories or part of stories that have those moments in them and see how famous authors stretch a small moment over few pages.
WORD STUDY
This week, we will begin talking about the sh, ch, th, and wh diagraphs.
MATH
Last week we explored the number line/number track and looked at specific numbers and pointed to "one more" or "one less". This week we will take that knowledge and move on to addition. The strategies that we work on is "Count On Addition Strategies for Basic Facts". It is essential that all students are able to successfully calculate both mentally and with paper and pencil their basic facts. Count On strategies include Count On 1 (+1 facts), Count on 2 (+2 facts) and Count on 0 (+0 facts). This week we will focus on Count On 1 and turn around strategy. If 12+1=13 then 1+12 is also 13. We will apply this Count On 1 strategy in problem solving.
This week in science we will learn about weather. Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere at a certain time. Temperature ,wind and precipitation are all parts of weather. There would be no weather without the sun. The sun's heat causes clouds, winds, and precipitation to form. We will learn about different kinds of weather such as sunny, warm, cold, calm,windy,rainy,icy and learn how to use a thermometer to measure temperature.
Last week we explored the number line/number track and looked at specific numbers and pointed to "one more" or "one less". This week we will take that knowledge and move on to addition. The strategies that we work on is "Count On Addition Strategies for Basic Facts". It is essential that all students are able to successfully calculate both mentally and with paper and pencil their basic facts. Count On strategies include Count On 1 (+1 facts), Count on 2 (+2 facts) and Count on 0 (+0 facts). This week we will focus on Count On 1 and turn around strategy. If 12+1=13 then 1+12 is also 13. We will apply this Count On 1 strategy in problem solving.
This week in science we will learn about weather. Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere at a certain time. Temperature ,wind and precipitation are all parts of weather. There would be no weather without the sun. The sun's heat causes clouds, winds, and precipitation to form. We will learn about different kinds of weather such as sunny, warm, cold, calm,windy,rainy,icy and learn how to use a thermometer to measure temperature.
Habit #3: Put First Things First
I spend my time on the that are the most important. I set priorities.
Reminders:
*Specials- A Group: PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
B Group: PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day. We will eat snack at 10:30
Dates to Remember:
September 30: School Pictures will be taken
*Specials- A Group: PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
B Group: PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day. We will eat snack at 10:30
Dates to Remember:
September 30: School Pictures will be taken
October 4: Bike Rodeo
October 8: Family Spirit Night @ Catfish Parlour
October 13: No School
October 16: Science Night
October 25: Harvest Festival
October 29: Early Release Day dismissal @12:45
November 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
December 3: Early Release Day dismissal @12:45
December 8-12: Book Fair
December 19: Winter Break begins
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