What's Up Next Week...
In Language Arts we will continue to study Narrative Texts and also start studying the theme of Cooperation in Reading Workshop. We will build on this theme which will culminate in a district-wide writing assessment in a few weeks. We are learning to identify themes within narrative and supply evidence to prove those themes.
We will start to learn about different "Vowel Teams" in Phonics. This goes with the old rule, "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking." We will study this throughout April.
In Writing workshop, we are continuing to use different text structures to write narrative stories. We've studied fairy tales, sequential stories and cumulative stories this week. Punctuation and Capitalization for beginning of sentences and names of people and things are a focus area for us at this time of the year.
In Math, we will start Unit 7 which focuses on Time and Measurement. Unit 6 was challenging for many students, especially with comparison story problems and representing them with the comparison bars, so we used a few extra days on working on those strategies in small groups. As I am learning this new math curriculum too, I am hoping to be able to revisit these concepts later in the year to work on mastery!
In Science, we are hoping to finish our Weather Watchers unit! Unforutnately, we've had so much "Weather" this week that we haven't had a good chance to get outside and continue our observations! Crossing our fingers for next week!
Classroom Donations:
Thank you to parents who have continued to donate snack, kleenex and hand sanitizer! We never seem to have enough of any of those items and any time they are donated, it is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Dates to Remember:
April 16: Spring Book Fair!! Our Book Fair time is 9:45 - 10:27 on Tuesday, but you are welcome to come in anytime!
April 17: Donuts with a Special Person at 8:00am in the Multi-Purpose room!
*Have a lovely weekend!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Celebrating Self-Publishing!
Today we celebrated working through the writing process by sharing our self-published versions of "Cookie's Week" in sharing circles. Your child should be bringing their published piece home tonight to enjoy with you!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Safari Room Sentinel - April 8, 2013
Safari Room Sentinel
Dear families,
Welcome back! I hope your child had a great week of rest, relaxation and is recharged and ready to rock for our final two months of school!
Language Arts
This week we will be diving into the genre of narrative texts in both reading and writing. We will learn and identify problems and solutions that common fairy tales have and will try to change the characters or settings in writing our own fairy tales.
We will be learning that Flippy Dolphin also flips the sound of many consonant letters such as c making /k/ and /s/ , etc. This is a concept we will spiral back to many times.
We will continue to learn about synonyms, homophones and antonyms as parts of speech.
Math
We will revisit those complicated comparison story problems this week. I will do a ShowMe Lesson for you to review with your child if you feel its necessary and I will do a re-test this Wednesday or Thursday, after we spend some time reviewing the concepts from the Unit we tested on before Spring Break. These comparison story problems are a new concept to first grade and so I am working through how to best teach and re-teach them, right along with your child learning them :)
Our next unit will focus on time and measurement and data. More on that in the future!
Science
We are continuing our unit on Weather Watchers and will learn about more tools that scientists use to measure weather. Hopefully your child's wind sock made it home before spring break okay! :)
Social Studies
We will be studying Earth Day and how to be a good citizen to our Earth and environment in the next few weeks as well as how humans adapt and change the Earth for their wants and needs. This will continue throughout April and May as we balance learning about Science and Social Studies.
I believe that about does it for our first week back! We will be doing a lot of review and then picking up and continuing to soar through the month of April!
Dear families,
Welcome back! I hope your child had a great week of rest, relaxation and is recharged and ready to rock for our final two months of school!
Language Arts
This week we will be diving into the genre of narrative texts in both reading and writing. We will learn and identify problems and solutions that common fairy tales have and will try to change the characters or settings in writing our own fairy tales.
We will be learning that Flippy Dolphin also flips the sound of many consonant letters such as c making /k/ and /s/ , etc. This is a concept we will spiral back to many times.
We will continue to learn about synonyms, homophones and antonyms as parts of speech.
Math
We will revisit those complicated comparison story problems this week. I will do a ShowMe Lesson for you to review with your child if you feel its necessary and I will do a re-test this Wednesday or Thursday, after we spend some time reviewing the concepts from the Unit we tested on before Spring Break. These comparison story problems are a new concept to first grade and so I am working through how to best teach and re-teach them, right along with your child learning them :)
Our next unit will focus on time and measurement and data. More on that in the future!
Science
We are continuing our unit on Weather Watchers and will learn about more tools that scientists use to measure weather. Hopefully your child's wind sock made it home before spring break okay! :)
Social Studies
We will be studying Earth Day and how to be a good citizen to our Earth and environment in the next few weeks as well as how humans adapt and change the Earth for their wants and needs. This will continue throughout April and May as we balance learning about Science and Social Studies.
I believe that about does it for our first week back! We will be doing a lot of review and then picking up and continuing to soar through the month of April!
Monday, March 25, 2013
Safari Room Happenings
Enjoy this last week before our vacation!
In Language Arts this week we are finishing up studying Small Moments and will be studying Fictional Narrative after Spring Break.
We are learning to apply inferencing in our reading both independently and whole group.
We are studying spelling patterns with bossy e at the end as well as double letter making one sound patterns. We are almost finished studying the Sitton 100 list. From here on out, your child is free to make their own lists of words they want to learn based on their independent reading, science, social studies etc.
We are still working through our Sitton Spelling Units. I've noticed that with all of our studying of the "wh" blends, many children are spelling "with" as "whith." We will be working on that as necessary! :)
In Math, we may finish Unit 6 on organizing and representing data before Spring Break, but if not, we will finish right after. We are working on using those comparison words of more, fewer, most, fewest independently as we graph and compare during math investigations.
In Science, we are continuing our study of Weather and will be learning about different weather tools this week. Your child will be bringing home their very own "Wind Sock" that can be planted in the ground outside your home for them to further study wind, if you'd like. We've learned science descriptive words such as "windy, breezy and calm."
Just a reminder, we will be on Spring Break from March 29-April 7. Enjoy your break!
For homework over spring break, your child may choose to journal about their break and bring it in to share with the class! There will not be much "formal" homework as I know many families will be traveling all over the place. Anytime your child can read with your or anyone else or independently, is a great way to keep up their reading growth ---- reading on the beach is a very relaxing pasttime for anyone heading south! :)
Have a wonderful week ahead!
Enjoy this last week before our vacation!
In Language Arts this week we are finishing up studying Small Moments and will be studying Fictional Narrative after Spring Break.
We are learning to apply inferencing in our reading both independently and whole group.
We are studying spelling patterns with bossy e at the end as well as double letter making one sound patterns. We are almost finished studying the Sitton 100 list. From here on out, your child is free to make their own lists of words they want to learn based on their independent reading, science, social studies etc.
We are still working through our Sitton Spelling Units. I've noticed that with all of our studying of the "wh" blends, many children are spelling "with" as "whith." We will be working on that as necessary! :)
In Math, we may finish Unit 6 on organizing and representing data before Spring Break, but if not, we will finish right after. We are working on using those comparison words of more, fewer, most, fewest independently as we graph and compare during math investigations.
In Science, we are continuing our study of Weather and will be learning about different weather tools this week. Your child will be bringing home their very own "Wind Sock" that can be planted in the ground outside your home for them to further study wind, if you'd like. We've learned science descriptive words such as "windy, breezy and calm."
Just a reminder, we will be on Spring Break from March 29-April 7. Enjoy your break!
For homework over spring break, your child may choose to journal about their break and bring it in to share with the class! There will not be much "formal" homework as I know many families will be traveling all over the place. Anytime your child can read with your or anyone else or independently, is a great way to keep up their reading growth ---- reading on the beach is a very relaxing pasttime for anyone heading south! :)
Have a wonderful week ahead!
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Safari Room Sentinel
Safari Room Sentinel:
Language Arts
We are continuing to study the different sounds letters can make in combination with each other, specifically focusing on vowel teams and bossy e word parts.
We are studying the comprehension strategy of inferring and learning how to infer and provide evidence of why we infer what we infer.
Writing
We are learning how to write a small moment with lots of detail by 'exploding' the moment for the reader.
Math
We just finished Unit 5. It is extremely important for your child to understand the difference between adding tens and adding ones. We've learned how to add tens by drawing out the tens and ones sticks and then counting all. This helps your child develop an understanding for place value. If they can recognize patterns when counting on by tens (for example 27, 37, 47, 57, etc.) they can add quickly in their heads, but for now, if they are not confident in that strategy yet, I encourage them to draw the tens and ones out and then count all. We will be learning how to sort and graph data in Unit 6, starting this week.
Science
We are continuing to study the weather and compare temperature and learn ways to measure weather such as with a rain gauge, a wind sock, etc.
Have a great week!
Language Arts
We are continuing to study the different sounds letters can make in combination with each other, specifically focusing on vowel teams and bossy e word parts.
We are studying the comprehension strategy of inferring and learning how to infer and provide evidence of why we infer what we infer.
Writing
We are learning how to write a small moment with lots of detail by 'exploding' the moment for the reader.
Math
We just finished Unit 5. It is extremely important for your child to understand the difference between adding tens and adding ones. We've learned how to add tens by drawing out the tens and ones sticks and then counting all. This helps your child develop an understanding for place value. If they can recognize patterns when counting on by tens (for example 27, 37, 47, 57, etc.) they can add quickly in their heads, but for now, if they are not confident in that strategy yet, I encourage them to draw the tens and ones out and then count all. We will be learning how to sort and graph data in Unit 6, starting this week.
Science
We are continuing to study the weather and compare temperature and learn ways to measure weather such as with a rain gauge, a wind sock, etc.
Have a great week!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Safari Room Sentinel March 4, 2013
Safari Room Sentinel
Language Arts
We are studying and analyzing mentor texts on the genre of personal narrative (we call them 'small moments).
We are applying knowledge about bossy -e to the end of words as well as learning that some consonants make more than one sound, too ( for example: g can say /g/ and /j/).
We are learning how readers infer meaning from text and applying that knowledge to our own reading.
Math
We are learning to add 3 addends (6+4+7) by making a ten out of the partners of ten and then adding extra ones. So for the example, we would know 6+4 = 10 and then 10+7 = 17.
I will have a show me lesson for homework due on Wednesday diving deeper into adding and subtracting teen and larger totals as well as place value.
Science
We are learning about weather patterns, instruments scientists use to measure weather precipitation and how to use evidence to write conclusions.
Dates to Remember:
March 4: No School - Conferences
March 8: 9:00 - 11:30 : Field Trip to DeGraaf Nature Center
March 15: Adams Fun Night!
March 29 - April 5: Spring Break!
Language Arts
We are studying and analyzing mentor texts on the genre of personal narrative (we call them 'small moments).
We are applying knowledge about bossy -e to the end of words as well as learning that some consonants make more than one sound, too ( for example: g can say /g/ and /j/).
We are learning how readers infer meaning from text and applying that knowledge to our own reading.
Math
We are learning to add 3 addends (6+4+7) by making a ten out of the partners of ten and then adding extra ones. So for the example, we would know 6+4 = 10 and then 10+7 = 17.
I will have a show me lesson for homework due on Wednesday diving deeper into adding and subtracting teen and larger totals as well as place value.
Science
We are learning about weather patterns, instruments scientists use to measure weather precipitation and how to use evidence to write conclusions.
Dates to Remember:
March 4: No School - Conferences
March 8: 9:00 - 11:30 : Field Trip to DeGraaf Nature Center
March 15: Adams Fun Night!
March 29 - April 5: Spring Break!
Podcasts Day 3
All About Luke
All About Deaglan
All About Keyland
All About Kinsey
All About Meeka
All About Riley
All About Martin
All About Mason
All About Haylee
All About Jasmine
All About Brylee
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