Week of November 3-7

Dear parents, 

This week in first grade we are preparing for our first grade feast on November 20th.  We have talked about the first Thanksgiving and about why we celebrate Thanksgiving.  Over the next two weeks we will be making turkey hats and placemats for the occasion.

In math, we have begun unit three by looking at patterns. We will be taking the first quarter benchmark this week.  

In reading we read the book Too Many Toys by David Shannon. We learned that readers look at the cover of a book and a few pages to think about the featured character. In this story Spencer had too many toys and he learns the best toy is a cardboard box!

We will read the book Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon.  In this story we will do a short character analysis of the outside and inside traits of Molly Lou Melon. We will also look for patterns in her behavior to get to know her character better.

In social studies, we are wrapping up our mapping unit with the at home project due on November 10th.  We also will read Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute.  We discussed how the environment can become polluted by humans and that it's our responsibility to care for the environment.

Next we will begin Science, our first unit is Solids and Liquids.  We will begin by sorting solids by their attributes and learning the words rigid and flexible.

In writing this week we will work on telling our story to our partners first then writing what we say.

We will reread our stories to make sure they make sense. Then we will look for popcorn words to be spelled correctly.  We will be getting ready to publish a small moment soon.

November 13th is parent teacher conferences.  We will not have school that day.

Popcorn words, the words this week are: she, ship, so, sit, us, up.  We practiced them with pipe cleaners, sandpaper, magnetic letters, and did invisible word rubbings. 

Have a good week!

Mrs. Scheck