March 25-29, 2019

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fun, relaxing spring break. I got to spend time with friends and family, and I got to catch up on laundry and chores. Not very exciting, but it felt good to be productive!

This week’s homework will be reading on RAZ kids and working in Dreambox Math. Please have your kiddo do the comprehension quiz after reading the books! Homework bags will begin going home again next Monday.

We will have our spring field trip to the Thinkery on May 9, 2019.  We will need 4 parent chaperones in order to comply with the Thinkery’s adult to student ratio. There are still 2 spots available!  Please email me if you are able and willing to attend.  I will send out information to the chaperones once all spots are filled.

This week…

Monday (3/25):  Daily folder comes home.  Return daily!

                     Homework- RAZ kids & Dreambox

Tuesday (3/26):  Library- Lesson only, No check out!

     Tuesday folders come home           

Wednesday (3/27): Author Visit

Thursday (3/28):

Friday (3/29): Family Fit & Fun Night- 6:30-7:30

This week in Reading…

We will review what we learned about Poetry. We will also be reading different books by Liz Scanlon, the author coming to our school on Wednesday, March 27.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will be writing small moment stories about our spring break adventures. We will be reviewing the writing process, and working on organizing our stories with a beginning, middle and end.

This week in Math workshop…

We will finish up our addition and subtraction unit.  We will continue to think about how addition and subtraction are related.  We are learning about fact families, missing addends, and how we can think about addition to solve a subtraction problem and vice versa. This week, we will be applying this knowledge to problem solving situations and assessing for mastery.

This week in Science…

We will review and finish up learning about Mammals.  After this, we will learn about the characteristics of a bird, their body parts, life cycle and how they depend on their environment around them to survive.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be talking about goods and services. We will discuss the difference between a good and a service, and we will think about different jobs in our community that produce goods and/or provide services, and begin thinking about earning and saving money.

Our Life Skill of the week is Patience!

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Mar. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Mar. 29- Family Fit & Fun Night 6:30-7:30

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors on Campus

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 9- Field Trip to the Thinkery

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors on Campus

May 23- Last Day of School

March 11-15, 2019

We will have our spring field trip to the Thinkery on May 9, 2019.  We will need 4 parent chaperones in order to comply with the Thinkery’s adult to student ratio. There are still 3 spots available!  Please email me if you are able and willing to attend.  I will send out information to the chaperones once all spots are filled.

This next week will be STEAM week! 1^st Grade’s challenge is called the Humpty Dumpty Challenge. In this challenge, students will work cooperatively to construct the tallest wall possible so that Humpty Dumpty will crack open when he falls. We will use our OWL time to think, design, create, test and redesign if needed. It should be a lot of fun!

This week…

Monday (3/11):  Daily folder comes home.  Return daily!

                     Homework bags home.

Tuesday (3/12):  Library- Check out only

     Tuesday folders come home           

Wednesday (3/13):

Thursday (3/14):

 Friday (3/15): Spring Break begins

This week in Reading…

We will finish up our Poetry Unit. This week we will think about author’s purpose for writing a poem. We will read poems with Alliteration. We will also continue to critique poems, thinking about sensory details, and making mental pictures of poems.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will finish up our Poetry Unit.  We have written free verse poems, Acrostic Poems, and we are working on our Sensory Poems. We will also write poems using alliteration and rhyme.

This week in Math workshop…

We will continue our addition and subtraction unit.  We will continue to think about how addition and subtraction are related.  We are learning about fact families, missing addends, and how we can think about addition to solve a subtraction problem and vice versa.

This week in Science…

We will be learning about Mammals.  We will learn about the characteristics of a mammal, their body parts, life cycle and how they depend on their environment around them to survive.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be talking about goods and services. We will discuss the difference between a good and a service, and we will think about different jobs in our community that produce goods and/or provide services.

Our Life Skill of the week is Responsibility!

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Mar. 11-15- STEAM week

Mar. 18-22- Spring Break

Mar. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 9- Field Trip to the Thinkery

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors

May 23- Last Day of School

March 4-8, 2019

Caraway City Limits was a huge success!  Some of the paintings sold for thousands of dollars!  Isn’t that amazing?!

We will have our spring field trip to the Thinkery on May 9, 2019.  We will need 4 parent chaperones from our class.  These 4 spots will be first come, first served.  Please email me if you are able and willing to attend. 

This week…

Monday (3/4):  Daily folder comes home.  Return daily!

Tuesday (3/5):  Tuesday folders come home

                    Homework bags home.

Wednesday (3/6):

Thursday (3/7): Ms. Smith Out- Mrs. Barnes will be my Sub

 Friday (3/8): Last day of Caraway Academies

This week in Reading…

We will continue reading and analyzing poetry.  We will think like a poet and use our senses to create a picture of the poem in our mind.  We will listen for rhythm and rhyme, alliteration. We will begin to critique poems.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will begin our poetry unit.  We will talk about how to think like a poet and listen for rhythm, rhyme and line breaks.  We will try to apply this to our writing.  We will talk about how poems are different from stories with a beginning, middle and end.

This week in Math workshop…

We will revisit addition and subtraction.  In this unit we will think about how addition and subtraction are related.  We will learn about fact families, missing addends, and how we can think about addition to solve a subtraction problem and vise versa.

This week in Science…

We will begin learning about animals.  This week, we will be learning about fish.  We will learn about the characteristics of a fish, their body parts, life cycle and how they depend on their environment around them to survive.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be talking about needs and wants. We will think about the basic needs we have to have to survive and the fun things we want. 

Our Life Skill of the week is Responsibility!

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Mar. 8- Last Spring Academy

Mar. 11-15- STEAM week

Mar. 18-22- Spring Break

Mar. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 9- Field Trip to the Thinkery

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors

May 23- Last Day of School

February 25-March 1, 2019

March is quickly approaching!  This semester seems to be flying by!

If you are ordering Scholastic books for your child.  Please make sure to order and pay online at www.scholastic.com.  Our classroom code is HL96Y.  This is super easy!

This week…

Monday (2/25):  Daily folder comes home.  Return daily!

                       Homework bags went home.

Tuesday (2/26):  Tuesday folders come home

Wednesday (2/27):

Thursday (2/28):

 Friday (3/1): Caraway Academies

This week in Reading…

We will begin reading and analyzing poetry.  We will think like a poet and use our senses to create a picture of the poem in our mind.  We will listen for rhythm and rhyme.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will begin our poetry unit.  We will talk about how to think like a poet and listen for rhythm, rhyme and line breaks.  We will try to apply this to our writing.  We will talk about how poems are different from stories with a beginning, middle and end.

This week in Math workshop…

We will wrap up our unit on place value.  We will be assessing what we have learned about numbers up to 99, using base 10 blocks to build the numbers, and using the expanded form of a number to compose and decompose numbers.

This week in Science…

We will begin learning about animals.  This week, we will be learning about frogs and their life cycle. We will record facts in our science notebook.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be thinking about how the weather can affect our choices and decisions about what clothes we wear, what we eat & drink, shelter we seek, and our activities.

Our Life Skill of the week is Sense of Humor! Having a sense of humor means that you are able to laugh and be playful without hurting others.

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Mar. 2- Caraway City Limits

Mar. 8- Last Spring Academy

Mar. 11-15- STEAM week

Mar. 18-22- Spring Break

Mar. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors

May 23- Last Day of School

February 11-15, 2019

Please continue to speak with your child at home about the importance of being a respectful learner in the classroom community, listening to and following teacher instructions, and using a calm body in the classroom. Thank you so much for your support!

This week…

Monday (2/11):  Daily folder comes home.  Return daily!

Tuesday (2/12):  Tuesday folders come home

                      Homework Bags come home

Wednesday (2/13): Spirit Night @ Newk’s

Thursday (2/14): Valentine’s Day Party @ 10:00-10:45

 Friday (2/15): Caraway Academies

This week in Reading…

We will continue researching.  Last week, we learned about Sloths.  This week, we will be learning about Dinosaurs!  We will read different types of nonfiction texts to find information.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will continue writing information we collect from nonfiction books on sticky notes.  We will use the sticky notes to publish the information we collect.  We will also choose topics we already know about and write facts about that topic.

This week in Math workshop…

We will continue learning about place value.  We are learning about and exploring numbers up to 99. We are using base 10 blocks to build the numbers, and using the expanded form of a number to compose and decompose numbers.

This week in Science…

We will begin learning about living and nonliving things.  We will use this knowledge when we begin our unit about animals.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be finishing up the unit about the characteristics of the world around us. We will learn about the different landforms and bodies of water.  After this, we will learn about natural resources.

Our Life Skill of the week is Sense of Humor! Having a sense of humor means that you are able to laugh and be playful without hurting others.

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Feb. 13- Spirit Night @ Newk’s

Feb. 14- Valentine’s Day Party @ 10-10:45

Feb. 18-19- No School

Feb. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Mar. 2- Caraway City Limits

Mar. 8- Last Spring Academy

Mar. 11-15- STEAM week

Mar. 18-22- Spring Break

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors

May 23- Last Day of School

January 28-February 1, 2019

Parents,

Mr. Terrell and I need your help.  We have been having to sign many, many folders lately due to disruptive behaviors throughout the day.  We are having to give a lot of reminders about following directions, talking at inappropriate times, and having a calm body in the classroom.  It is very hard for us to do our job when the classroom community is disrupted so many times throughout the day. Please speak with your child at home about the importance of being a respectful learner in the classroom community, listening to and following teacher instructions, and using a calm body in the classroom. Thank you so much for your support!

This week…

Monday (1/28):  Homework Bags come home

                      Daily folder comes home.  Return daily!

Tuesday (1/29):  Tuesday folders come home

Wednesday (1/30):  

Thursday (1/31):

 Friday (2/01): Caraway Academies

This week in Reading…

We will begin learning about research.  What does research mean?  We will learn that we can use what we have learned about nonfiction books to find information about a specific topic.  As a class, we chose to research volcanoes!

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will begin learning how to write information we collect from nonfiction books on sticky notes.  We will use the sticky notes to publish the information we collect.  We will also choose topics we already know about and write facts about that topic.

This week in Math workshop…

We will dive back into place value.  A few months ago, we learned about numbers up to 20.  For the next few weeks, we will be learning about and exploring numbers up to 99. We will be using base 10 blocks to build the numbers, compare and order numbers, and write numbers in expanded form.

This week in Science…

We will be learning about the seasons.  We will discuss characteristics of each season and how they change.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be learning about the characteristics of the world around us. We will learn about the different landforms and bodies of water.

Our Life Skill of the week is Initiative! Showing initiative means that you do something because you know it needs to be done.

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Feb. 14- Valentine’s Day Party @ 10-10:45

Feb. 18-19- No School

Feb. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Mar. 2- Caraway City Limits

Mar. 8- Last Spring Academy

Mar. 11-15- STEAM week

Mar. 18-22- Spring Break

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors

May 23- Last Day of School

January 14-18, 2019

We are getting back into the swing of things!  We have discussed how we learned to be 1^st Graders last semester, but now, this semester, we are practicing to be 2^nd Graders.  Please remind your child at home of the importance of attentive listening during instruction times, staying on task during work times, and following expectations.  There has been a lot of off task behaviors during instruction and work times.  As always, thank you for your support from home in this matter.

Friday will be the start of our spring Caraway Academies!  This is an enrichment program at Caraway. It is always an exciting time for the kiddos!  I will let you know what your kiddo’s academy is by Thursday.

Fairy Tale Parade-

Thank you so much for your participation in our Fairy Tale Parade.  The costumes were awesome, and the kiddos were so excited to all of the smiling faces.

This week…

Monday (1/14):  Homework Bags come home

                      Daily folder comes home.  Return daily!

Tuesday (1/15):  Library Lesson only

Wednesday (1/16):  Tuesday (Wednesday) Folders come home

Thursday (1/17):

 Friday (1/18): Caraway Academies

This week in Reading…

We will begin learning about how we can use the words in a text to make inferences about what an author is trying to tell the reader.  The reader can use this strategy to better comprehend the text.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will begin learning how to write friendly letters.  We will discuss the parts of a letter and why we might want to write a letter.  We will even write some friendly letters to our classmates and 4^th Grade buddies!

This week in Math workshop…

We will continue to explore and work with the Make 10 Addition fact strategy.  We will use our prior knowledge of facts that equal 10 to help us solve other facts.  (9+3.  We know 9+1=10, so 10 and 2 more is 12.)

This week in Science…

We will continue learning about weather and the air around us.  We will discuss different types of weather (sunny, cloudy, rainy, hot, cold) and explore the air around us.  We will also discuss and explore different tools that are used to measure weather.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be learning about maps and directions.

Our Life Skill of the week is Courage! Showing courage means that you face challenges and show bravery or strength even when it is hard. We will talk as a class about everyone can be courageous in different ways.

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Jan. 18- Spring Academy Launch

Jan. 21- No School- MLK day

Jan. 23- Science Fair

Feb. 14- Valentine’s Day Party

Feb. 18-19- No School

Feb. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Mar. 2- Caraway City Limits

Mar. 8- Last Spring Academy

Mar. 11-15- STEAM week

Mar. 18-22- Spring Break

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors

May 23- Last Day of School