Dear parents,
We had a lot of fun last week during the parade and at our party! If you were able to come and help at the party thank you! It was a success. The students had fun playing Jingo (Halloween Bingo), making a spider web, decorating a small pumpkin and having donuts and cider!
This week in First Grade, we are continuing to work on making text to self connections for our reading comprehension strategy. We read the book Waiting By Kevin Henkes today. We discussed the character trait impatient and patient. We discussed times when we are impatient or patient. We will read the book Best Friends Sleep Over By Jacqueline Rogers and make connections about a time when we were afraid to spend the night away from home.
Next week we will begin working on Retelling a story after reading.
In math this week, we are continuing our work with number stories. We learned today how to make a "change to less" or subtraction number story working with a ten frame. We played penny plate to practice making 10. There is a home link today to follow up on lesson 2.9. It is due Wednesday. On Wednesday and Thursday we will work on number models for subtraction and how to solve for an unknown. We will have a unit 2 assessment early next week.
In Social Studies, we have begun our unit on mapping. Last week we made a map of the playground. This week we will work on mapping the classroom. We have learned the following vocabulary for this unit: map key, compass rose, north, south, west and east. We observed how maps have a title and how the map key has to match the map in color and symbol.
An at home map project will be coming home soon!
In writing, we used precise words today in our small moment stories. We discussed how telling someone we got candy for Halloween is not as effective as saying a Kit Kat bar. We are still working on writing our stories using the words First, Next, Then and Last. We will continue with small moments this week.
Next week is Parent Teacher conferences on November 12th. If you were not able to schedule a time on Skyward, I will be assigning you a time to come see me that day. There is no school for students on November 3rd or 12th.
Our field trip is coming up on November 20th! If you have not sent in your permission slip and money, please send them to school by November 11th.
Thank you!
Mrs. Scheck
Monday, November 2, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
Halloween party!
We had a great time today at our party and parade!
Mark's tornado
Donuts and Cider!
Taking a bite!
Jonathan as Sponge Bob!
Spider Girl Kaylie
Avery in his costume!
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
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Week of September 28- October 2
Dear parents,
This week in First Grade we have begun Star of the Week! Torino is our star this week. He shared his poster and 8 pictures with the class. He is the line leader all week. Next week the star of the week is Brynlee!
In reading I have introduced the comprehension strategy Text to Self connections, we read the book When I was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis. We made connections to the book about when we were little. We wrote about our connections.
In writing we have learned how to say words slowly and write what we hear, then move on to the next words. We used letter charts to help us find the sounds in words. We shared our stories in class.
In math we have begun tally marks. We learned a poem to help us remember when to draw the line.
1,2,3,4 number 5 shuts the door. 6,7,8,9 number 10 draws the line. We had explorations today with get boards, pattern blocks and base 10 blocks.
In social studies we read the book Oliver Buttons. We discussed rules that are fair and unfair. We sorted things that are fair and unfair.
We will read the book Ruby Bridges later this week. It is a true story about a girl who was one of first children to begin integrating at an all white school in the 1950's. We will discuss that when laws are not fair they can be changed through peaceful ways.
We are beginning Math and reading testing on the computer this and next week!
Have a good day!
Mrs. Scheck
Pattern blocks
Read to someone
Read to someone
Read to someone
Pattern blocks
Bunny hop
Pattern blocks
Reading together
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