Mark's tornado
Donuts and Cider!
Taking a bite!
Jonathan as Sponge Bob!
Spider Girl Kaylie
Avery in his costume!
Friday, October 30, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
Week of October 19-23
Dear parents,
Sorry for the late blog post! I was not able to get onto the blog and make an entry earlier this week!
We are excited for Halloween next week, we read the poem Five Little Pumpkins and made a book of it to read in class. We also read MuDuff and the Baby and practiced writing text to self connections about a time when we felt left out. We worked on the popcorn words. We learned a new strategy, how to check the end of a word.
In writing we learned how to write our small moments in "Itty Bitty Steps" and to put these transitional words into our stories: first, next, then and last.
In math, we focused all week on using 10 frames and making ten. We worked in partners to make a combination of ten apples with some red and some green. Another homelink is coming home today to practice at home.
In Social Studies we are beginning a new unit on Mapping, we read the book Goodness Gorillas. We will begin working on making maps next week. We will explore the playground and discuss man made and nature made objects.
Friday is our Halloween parade and party. The parade is at 2:45 and our party will follow after the parade. Please send your child's costume to school in a bag, we will get dressed after lunch. Please do not put your child's costume on before school.
Field trip notes went home Thursday. If you need a new note, please email me!
Have a good weekend,
Mrs. Scheck
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Week of October 12-16
Dear Parents,
This week in First Grade we have been busy learning and working!
We learned a little about Columbus on Monday. We learned over 600 years ago he sailed for two months and bumped into the Americas! We read a book together and colored the book to read in school.
In reading we read the book Matthew and Tilly. We read this story to discuss how reader's make text to self connections when they read. We will read it again tomorrow and write about our connections to the book. We have new popcorn words: go, get, got, be, but, can and cat. We played a game today to practice segmenting the beginning and ends of words like this plate "pl - ate."
This helps students hear word parts when they write and read.
In math, we have begun a unit 2. We learned a new rule called the "turn around rule" for adding. We learned the rule means you can add 2 + 1 = 3 and turn the numbers around so that 1+2 also will equal 3. We also worked with all the ways to make 10. A home link will come home today to work on addition. It is due Thursday. Today I introduced 10 frames. We will be using ten frames for counting, adding and subtracting. Students were familiar with them from Kindergarten. We will play 10 frame top it tomorrow.
In Social Studies we are wrapping up Rules and have been discussing the concept of Fairness. Tomorrow we will finish reading Happy Birthday Martin Luther King! We will discuss how unfair laws can be changed and how Dr. King was able to change laws when he was a leader during the civil rights movement.
In writing, we have begun a new unit call Small Moments. This unit focuses on taking one small moment and zooming in on it. We will work on Small Moments for the next several weeks. Our class loves to write! I am seeing great work from all the children.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Scheck
This week in First Grade we have been busy learning and working!
We learned a little about Columbus on Monday. We learned over 600 years ago he sailed for two months and bumped into the Americas! We read a book together and colored the book to read in school.
In reading we read the book Matthew and Tilly. We read this story to discuss how reader's make text to self connections when they read. We will read it again tomorrow and write about our connections to the book. We have new popcorn words: go, get, got, be, but, can and cat. We played a game today to practice segmenting the beginning and ends of words like this plate "pl - ate."
This helps students hear word parts when they write and read.
In math, we have begun a unit 2. We learned a new rule called the "turn around rule" for adding. We learned the rule means you can add 2 + 1 = 3 and turn the numbers around so that 1+2 also will equal 3. We also worked with all the ways to make 10. A home link will come home today to work on addition. It is due Thursday. Today I introduced 10 frames. We will be using ten frames for counting, adding and subtracting. Students were familiar with them from Kindergarten. We will play 10 frame top it tomorrow.
In Social Studies we are wrapping up Rules and have been discussing the concept of Fairness. Tomorrow we will finish reading Happy Birthday Martin Luther King! We will discuss how unfair laws can be changed and how Dr. King was able to change laws when he was a leader during the civil rights movement.
In writing, we have begun a new unit call Small Moments. This unit focuses on taking one small moment and zooming in on it. We will work on Small Moments for the next several weeks. Our class loves to write! I am seeing great work from all the children.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Scheck
Friday, October 9, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Week of October 5-9
Dear parents,
This week in First Grade...
In reading we have learned all five components of the Daily 5: read to self, read to someone, word work, work on writing and listen to reading.
The class has been working on using a task board to know which part of the Daily Five they are doing. Today we learned the final component, Listening to reading.
Next we will begin Reading Groups. Soon students will be bringing home a reading bag. Each book needs to be read at home and returned the next day to school. Students will read the book twice in their reading group before bringing home a book.
We read the book Owen by Kevin Henkes. We talked about the story and what connections we could make to the book. We will focus on these new vocabulary words this week from the story: essential, vinegar and handkerchief.
In writing, we have chosen a piece of writing to "fancy up" for publishing. We are getting close to wrapping up our visit writing unit. We have learned this week that there are different purposes for writing. We can write to tell stories, write letters to send a message or we can make lists!
In math, we are reaching the end of Unit 1. A homelink will come home Thursday night. We will begin a two day written assessment tomorrow. The assessment will be kept at school.
Friday is the Walkathon! You are welcome to come and walk with us at 2:30 p.m.
Have a great night,
Mrs. Scheck
This week in First Grade...
In reading we have learned all five components of the Daily 5: read to self, read to someone, word work, work on writing and listen to reading.
The class has been working on using a task board to know which part of the Daily Five they are doing. Today we learned the final component, Listening to reading.
Next we will begin Reading Groups. Soon students will be bringing home a reading bag. Each book needs to be read at home and returned the next day to school. Students will read the book twice in their reading group before bringing home a book.
We read the book Owen by Kevin Henkes. We talked about the story and what connections we could make to the book. We will focus on these new vocabulary words this week from the story: essential, vinegar and handkerchief.
In writing, we have chosen a piece of writing to "fancy up" for publishing. We are getting close to wrapping up our visit writing unit. We have learned this week that there are different purposes for writing. We can write to tell stories, write letters to send a message or we can make lists!
In math, we are reaching the end of Unit 1. A homelink will come home Thursday night. We will begin a two day written assessment tomorrow. The assessment will be kept at school.
Friday is the Walkathon! You are welcome to come and walk with us at 2:30 p.m.
Have a great night,
Mrs. Scheck
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