Wednesday, February 18, 2015

February 17-20, 2015

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK
Since this week is a short week, I will not be sending homework home.  However, please encourage your child to read books from RAZ-kids and practice math concepts on IXL.  I sent an email with the links for both sites but I will see about putting them on the blog as well.
Here are the links you will need:
raz-kids.com/main/Login
https://www.ixl.com/signin/caraway
READING and WRITING
This week we will be using our research skills and learn about two important presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  We will ask open-ended questions and develop a plan for answering these questions.  Our plan includes exploring a variety of sources such as books, digital books, Pebble Go, and Brain pop Jr, recording the information we gather, and organizing our ideas and information in our writings.   
MATH
We will continue working on place value.  We will work on number lines or number track and locate and place numbers on a number line based on their value.  We will use the place value to compare whole numbers up to 99 using comparative language such is bigger than or less than. We will use symbols such as >, < or = to compare the numbers to 99. We will work on problem solving involving ordering the numbers from least to greatest or greatest to least.

SOCIAL STUDIES
This week we will learn about a few historical figures such as Alexander graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Garrett Morgan, and Richards Allen who influenced our nation by their individualism and inventiveness. We will learn about their inventions and the contributions that these important people made to our lives.

HABIT #1:  Be Proactive:  I am a responsible person.  I am in charge of me.  I choose my actions, attitude, and mood.
THANK YOU!
Claudia Aguilar for stuffing our Tuesday folders. 
To any parents that showed up to help set up for the Valentine’s day party!

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 and homework bags back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day.  We will eat snack at 10:30

DATES to REMEMBER:
February 27:  Jump Rope for Heart
March 7:  Family Dinner Night
March 11:  Early Release @ 12:45
March 16-20:  Spring Break
March 25:  Eggs get here!
April 2:  Science Night
April 3:  No School
April 10:  Family Fun Night
April 15:  Chicks start to hatch!!!!!!!
May 1:  Field Day
May 4-8:  Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7:  Field Trip to Austin Nature Center
May 11-15:  Book Fair
May 14:  Caraway Fine Arts Night
May 21:  Volunteer Breakfast
May 25:  No School, Memorial Day

June 4:  Last Day of School, End of the Year Party
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

February 9-13, 2015

We have a couple of exciting events planned for this week.  We will be celebrating 101 day of school on Tuesday and Valentine's/Chocolate Fever Day on Friday.  The class list for valentine exchange was sent home in Tuesday Folders last week.  The kiddos can start passing out Valentines on Thursday.  

VALENTINE'S PARTY and CHOCOLATE FEVER DAY
Our Valentine's  Day Party will be on Friday from 1:15-2:15.  Friday is also Chocolate Fever day!  We will come to school in our pajamas and by the end of the day, we just might have Chocolate Fever, just like the main character in the book!  (I will have a brown make-up pencil to draw spots on your child’s face if it is ok.  I will also be bringing make-up remover wipes so the kiddos can wipe the spots off before leaving school.)
READING and WRITING
This week due to the special events, we have some fun reading and writing activities.  On the 101 day of school, we will imagine ourselves being 101 years old! We will write about how we think we will look like, do, or not do. I can't wait to see what the children will come up with. It should be lots of fun to read their writing. In relation to Valentine's Day, we will write an imaginative story about a time that we ate too much chocolate! We will also craft a sweet, heartwarming writing about "love".

MATH
This week we will go back and review "Place Value".  We will use concrete and pictorial models and compose and decompose numbers to 99 in more than one way as so many ten blocks and so many ones.  For instance, the number 45 can be shown with 4 ten blocks and 5 ones.  But it could also be represented as 3 ten blocks and 15 ones. We will use the place value to compare whole numbers up to 99 using comparative language such is bigger than or less than. We will use symbols such as >, < or = to compare the numbers to 99.

SCIENCES
Last week in science we learned about natural resources.  This week we will discuss how important natural resources are to us and why we need to conserve natural resources, reuse, recycle or reduce. The students will think about why it is important to conserve fresh water, recycle materials and not to pollute the environment.

HABIT #1:  Be Proactive:  I am a responsible person.  I am in charge of me.  I choose my actions, attitude, and mood.
THANK YOU!
Thank you all for coming to the First Grade P.E. performance.  The children did such a fantastic job! I am so proud of them!

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 and homework bags back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day.  We will eat snack at 10:30

DATES to REMEMBER:
February 12:  Spirit night @ Jason’s Deli 5-9pm
February 16:  No School, President’s Day
February 27:  Jump Rope for Heart
March 7:  Family Dinner Night
March 11:  Early Release @ 12:45
March 16-20:  Spring Break
March 25:  Eggs get here!
April 2:  Science Night
April 3:  No School
April 10:  Family Fun Night
April 15:  Chicks start to hatch!!!!!!!
May 1:  Field Day
May 4-8:  Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7:  Field Trip to Austin Nature Center
May 11-15:  Book Fair
May 14:  Caraway Fine Arts Night
May 21:  Volunteer Breakfast
May 25:  No School, Memorial Day

June 4:  Last Day of School, End of the Year Party
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 2-6, 2015

PE PROGRAM
Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 3rd.  Our P.E coaches along with our fantastic first graders have planned a great performance for all of us!  Please be here at 6:15.  If possible, girls wear red shirts and boys wear white shirts.  All children must wear tennis shoes.  I hope to see you there!

VALENTINES PARTY
Our Valentines Party will be on Friday, February 13th (1:15-2:15).  Please check your child's Tuesday Folder for a class list and have your child make a small valentine for each classmate.  You may choose to buy these from stores or have your child make their own valentines. We have almost two weeks, so there should be plenty of time for the kiddos to write their classmates' names on their valentines. The students can start bringing their valentines to school starting the week of Feb 9th.

READING and WRITING
This week we will still continue our unit on research. As we ask questions about a topic and find out some information in books, magazines and internet, we realize that sometimes we come up with more questions.  We record things that we learn and questions that we still wonder about.  We are also learning about the importance of recording the information in our own words.  In other word we are learning how to paraphrase.  We will also learn what information are important.  Sometimes authors add some interesting facts, but not all are important for us to remember.
MATH
This week we will wrap up our unit on 2-D shapes. We have learned so much about different shapes such as squares, rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, circles, ovals diamonds and rhombuses.  We have learned about their attributes such as the number of straight sides, corners, curves and so on.  This week, we will learn about dividing our two-dimensional figures into two and four and decide whether or not the parts are equal or fair share.  We will use vocabularies such as equal parts, fair, not fair, same size pieces, half, fourth, fourths, quarters or a quarter of.

SCIENCES
This week we will learn about the natural world including rocks, soil and water.  We will learn about the physical properties of soil and sort different types of soil based on particle size, color and texture.  We will explore and discover about some useful products that we can make using rocks, soil, and water.

HABIT #1: Be Proactive:  I am a responsible person.  I am in charge of me.  I choose my actions, attitude, and mood.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for remembering to send your children to school with warm clothes and coats.  Sometimes, even on cold days, we will still go outside and run around just for 10 minutes.  The kiddos do well with inside recess most of the time, but there are days that they need to get outside and run out some of that energy!

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 and homework bags back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day.  We will eat snack at 10:30

DATES to REMEMBER:
February 3:  1st Grade PE Program
February 4:  Early Release @ 12:45
February 12:  Spirit night @ Jason’s Deli 5-9pm
February 16:  No School, President’s Day
February 27:  Jump Rope for Heart
March 7:  Family Dinner Night
March 11:  Early Release @ 12:45
March 16-20:  Spring Break
March 25:  Eggs get here!
April 2:  Science Night
April 3:  No School
April 10:  Family Fun Night
April 15:  Chicks start to hatch!!!!!!!
May 1:  Field Day
May 4-8:  Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7:  Field Trip to Austin Nature Center
May 11-15:  Book Fair
May 14:  Caraway Fine Arts Night
May 21:  Volunteer Breakfast
May 25:  No School, Memorial Day

June 4:  Last Day of School, End of the Year Party
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