Thank you so much to everyone for making conferences run smoothly! I truly appreciate your flexibility if I had
to reschedule. I also appreciate
everyone’s promptness! Remember that we
can always sit down to talk any time throughout the year if you have any
concerns.
Thank you to everyone who purchased a 1st Grade
t-shirt for your child. Many of you gave
extra money, and due to this generosity, we have plenty of money to pay for
transportation for our 2nd field trip in the spring! Kudos to all of you!
Please leave everything in the homework bag when it is returned
on Friday morning. It makes changing
everything out much easier. Thank you!
Reminders:
Monday (10/16): Daily folders come home.
Return them daily.
Homework bags come home. Return
on Friday.
Tuesday (10/17): Tuesday folders come home.
Return on Wednesday.
Wednesday (10/18): No Library this week.
Thursday (10/19): International
Night @ 6 pm.
Friday (10/20): Caraway Academies- 7:55 am.
Homework bags due.
Skate
Night @ 6 pm.
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will begin learning about and reading Nonfiction texts. In this unit, students will learn about the
different nonfiction text features and they will explore different types of expository
and procedural texts in print and in digital format. We will be meeting in
small groups to discuss various reading strategies to increase accuracy,
comprehension and fluency.
You can help your child at home by having them read to you or to
themselves for 10-15 minutes per night and by reading to them. This can be a very
rewarding part of yours and your child's day. Ask them to recall events from the
story and to talk about the characters' feelings and actions. If they are reading a nonfiction book, ask
them to give you 3 facts from the book. Work on the 1st Grade sight word list. You can find this
list in the daily folder.
This week in Writing Workshop...
We will begin thinking like experts! In this unit, we will learn that sometimes
authors want to teach their reader about a topic. The students will think about what they are
an expert at, and they will write brief pieces that include facts about their
topic. We will continue to think about how we can organize our writing
so that it makes sense to the reader. We
will discuss how expository writing does not have a beginning, middle and end,
but that the facts we write still need to be organized in a way that makes it
easy to read and understand. Students will continue working on using capitalization at
the beginning of a sentence and when using the pronoun 'I'. Students will also continue
to think about when they should use end punctuation. In science and
social studies, we will record facts and observations in our various notebooks.
On Friday, we will reflect on our time in our Academy and then write about it.
This week in Math...
We will continue our unit on Length, Measurement & Time. We will continue to discuss what we could use
to measure different objects and the proper way to measure them. We will use different non-standard units
(cubes, paperclips, crayons, popsicle sticks) to measure objects in the
classroom. We will discuss all of the
different ways you can measure an object, such as its length, width, height,
and weight. This week, we will also
begin learning about time to the hour using an analog and digital clock. We will learn the different features of an
analog clock as well.
You can help your child at home by letting them measure objects
around the house. Let them use spoons,
beans, pennies or toothpicks! Let them
read the time for you. Talk about what time
it is when your family does important daily tasks (eat dinner, bath time, brush
teeth, bedtime). They will have so much
fun!
This week in Social Studies...
We will continue learning about how technology and inventions have
changed our lives and communities. We
will think about how technology has changed families, communication,
transportation, and work. We will also
learn about how different historical figures have helped to shape our
community, state and nation.
This week in Science...
We will continue learning about different forms of energy. The students have learned that there are 3
different forms of energy (heat, light & sound). This week, we will identify a variety of
sources of heat, light and sound in the classroom and around the school. We will record our findings and observations
in our science notebook.
Technology…
Thank you to everyone who has sent in headphones.
This week, we will use the laptops and ipads to read expository
texts in order to gain information about a topic. We will use websites such as PebbleGo and
Brainpop, Jr.
This week’s Life Skill is Problem Solving! We will think about how
we can create solutions for difficult situations and everyday problems. We have already started talking about this
during our Tribe time. We have talked
about how you can stand up for yourself in a kind way. We will discuss different options we can use
to solve our problems. Our Tribe Circle will focus on how we have been problem solvers
throughout the week!
That's all for now! Have a great week!
Dates to Remember:
Oct 19th- International Night
Oct 20th- Skate Night @ 6 pm
Oct 25th- K-2 Author Visit
Oct 27th- Sock Hop (School dance) @ 6 pm
Oct 23-27th- Red Ribbon Week
Oct 31st- Report Cards go home
Nov 20-24th- Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec. 15th- Field Trip to the Thinkery (more info to
come later!)
Dec 21st- Last day of classes
Dec 22-Jan 8th- Winter break
Jan 9th- Students return to School
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