Dear parents,
I can't believe it is already December tomorrow! The time seems to be flying by here in First Grade!
This week we will work on the following popcorn words: me, make, they, there, this, will.
We noticed this morning how close the word the is to the words they and there. We will practice making these words all week in class, please practice tonight when the new words come home!
In math, we are in the middle of unit 3, working with addition and subtraction. We have been practicing hopping up and down on the number line. Today we noticed how counting by 2's, 5's or 10's is much faster than counting by 1's. We will have a home link tomorrow night to reinforce using the number line at home.
In writing this week we are continuing on with the "Authors as Mentors" unit of writing. Last week we learned how to use a repeating phrase in our small moment stories. Today we practiced adding details to our stories. We discussed how authors do "research" when they write, they think and remember the details in the story. For example, instead of writing "We watched a movie" we talked about saying "we watched Cars 2". These details make our stories more interesting to read.
I read the book Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon today for reading workshop. We discussed the author's purpose and worked on retelling the story with pictures. We will discuss the character trait cruel with the story.
Our Holiday Party is coming up on December 22nd. I will send a detailed note tomorrow, asking for help! Our party will be in the morning at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
I hope you all enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving with your family. I traveled to Wisconsin to visit my brother and his family. While we were there Brad coached two of his Cross Country runners from Walled Lake Western. The two boys competed in Kenosha, WI at the Midwest National Cross Country Finals. While I visited the Jelly Belly Factory with Kyle and Ben just a few miles away too...It was an exciting and busy trip!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Scheck
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