Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Friday, December 18, 2015
Week of December 14-18
Dear parents,
This week in first grade we were very busy! I cannot believe it is almost the end of 2015 and a new year will be starting soon.
In reading this week we read The Snowy Day and practiced retelling the story. We also read the book Too Many Toys by David Shannon. The character in the story had A LOT of toys and had to give some away. We learned these vocabulary words: catastrophe and inconsiderate. We wrote about how Spencer was inconsiderate when he left his toys all over the house.
In math, we took a Unit 3 test. The test was given over two days. We began unit 4. A family letter will come home tonight. Unit 4 is all about Measurement. We practiced today measuring with paper strips and unifix cubes. We will continue Monday using different objects to measure length.
In writing, we have learned how to put sound words in our story and we practiced adding flaps after reading The Gingerbread Baby By Jan Brett. We will wrap up this unit on Monday and begin a new unit in January called "Writing for Readers."
In Science we have worked with Solid objects of varying size and we put them into bottles using a funnel. We observed how some objects moved slowly and some moved fast. We talked about how the size of an object can vary. A bottle could hold more smaller pieces than larger pieces. We also saw how the rice in the bottle stuck to the size with static electricity.
We are looking forward to our Winter Holiday Party on Tuesday at 11:00-12:30. Students will have fun playing games, making a craft and we will eat some yummy pancakes.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mrs. Scheck
This week in first grade we were very busy! I cannot believe it is almost the end of 2015 and a new year will be starting soon.
In reading this week we read The Snowy Day and practiced retelling the story. We also read the book Too Many Toys by David Shannon. The character in the story had A LOT of toys and had to give some away. We learned these vocabulary words: catastrophe and inconsiderate. We wrote about how Spencer was inconsiderate when he left his toys all over the house.
In math, we took a Unit 3 test. The test was given over two days. We began unit 4. A family letter will come home tonight. Unit 4 is all about Measurement. We practiced today measuring with paper strips and unifix cubes. We will continue Monday using different objects to measure length.
In writing, we have learned how to put sound words in our story and we practiced adding flaps after reading The Gingerbread Baby By Jan Brett. We will wrap up this unit on Monday and begin a new unit in January called "Writing for Readers."
In Science we have worked with Solid objects of varying size and we put them into bottles using a funnel. We observed how some objects moved slowly and some moved fast. We talked about how the size of an object can vary. A bottle could hold more smaller pieces than larger pieces. We also saw how the rice in the bottle stuck to the size with static electricity.
We are looking forward to our Winter Holiday Party on Tuesday at 11:00-12:30. Students will have fun playing games, making a craft and we will eat some yummy pancakes.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mrs. Scheck
Thursday, December 10, 2015
week of December 7-11
Hello Parents,
This week in First Grade we are working hard on learning how to retell a story including the Beginning, Middle and Ending. Please practice at home having your child retell a story after reading. Most students are able to retell and include the characters, setting, problem and solution in a story.
We read the book Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. We worked on written retellings after reading the story. We learned a new character trait: calm. The main characters had to be calm in the story when they went "owling."
In writing this week we have been reading and discussing how to write a Many Moments story like an author. We have worked on adding details and using precise words. We noticed sound words in books and tried adding them to our own writing.
In math, we learned this week how to use a rule to complete a frames and arrow page. We also learned how to use the frames to find the rule! We will have a homelink Friday that is due Monday. Please help your child when working on it at home. We practiced adding and subtracting on the number grid and played Rolling for 50. We are completing Unit 3 and beginning Unit 4 early next week. Look for the family letter to come home. Students will have a unit 3 assessment on Monday of next week.
In science, we have worked with solids and with liquids. last week we were introduced these terms to describe a liquid: foamy, bubbly, viscous, transparent and translucent. Today we will work again with solids and put them into different sized containers. We tried sinking and floating objects in water. We noticed some objects that were light weight floated. Other objects that were metal sank. We will observe a wooden cylinder and a wooden craft stick over the weekend and see on Monday if they were still floating after being in water a long time.
Family trees were due on December 3. If your child still has not turned in a family tree, please send it in next week. I have re-sent directions to students that have not yet turned in a family tree.
Thanks!
Mrs. Scheck
This week in First Grade we are working hard on learning how to retell a story including the Beginning, Middle and Ending. Please practice at home having your child retell a story after reading. Most students are able to retell and include the characters, setting, problem and solution in a story.
We read the book Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. We worked on written retellings after reading the story. We learned a new character trait: calm. The main characters had to be calm in the story when they went "owling."
In writing this week we have been reading and discussing how to write a Many Moments story like an author. We have worked on adding details and using precise words. We noticed sound words in books and tried adding them to our own writing.
In math, we learned this week how to use a rule to complete a frames and arrow page. We also learned how to use the frames to find the rule! We will have a homelink Friday that is due Monday. Please help your child when working on it at home. We practiced adding and subtracting on the number grid and played Rolling for 50. We are completing Unit 3 and beginning Unit 4 early next week. Look for the family letter to come home. Students will have a unit 3 assessment on Monday of next week.
In science, we have worked with solids and with liquids. last week we were introduced these terms to describe a liquid: foamy, bubbly, viscous, transparent and translucent. Today we will work again with solids and put them into different sized containers. We tried sinking and floating objects in water. We noticed some objects that were light weight floated. Other objects that were metal sank. We will observe a wooden cylinder and a wooden craft stick over the weekend and see on Monday if they were still floating after being in water a long time.
Family trees were due on December 3. If your child still has not turned in a family tree, please send it in next week. I have re-sent directions to students that have not yet turned in a family tree.
Thanks!
Mrs. Scheck
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