Upcoming Events for October 31st- November 4th

Here’s a Sneak Peek at Next Week:

THANK YOU!

Thank you for meeting with me for parent teacher conferences! It was great to discuss your child's progress in first grade. Please keep up the hard work!

Learning Objectives

• Reading: We will be continue  the practice of retelling a fictional story. Students will describe what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
• Writing: We will write fictional stories about silly things that happen to our class.  We are working on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. I encourage students to be fearless spellers. This means they sound out unknown words or look to the Word Wall for assistance. 
• Math: We will finish up Unit 3 and take the assessment on Thursday. This unit covers story problems, addition, and subtraction. 
• Social Studies: Our class will finish rotating to each first grade teacher to learn about different fall topics (spiders, bats, scarecrows, pumpkins, and skeletons). We will discuss elections and what a local government does for the remainder of the week.
• Character:  Anti-Bullying lessons

1.) Math Homework: Workbook pages 97-98

2.) Reading Comprehension Worksheet (Ian's Pumpkin)

3.) Have your child read the leveled books that are sent home (please return these the NEXT day because we need them for our reading group)

-OPTIONAL: 

**Any Unit 3 math workbook pages as a review 

**Practice spelling words sent home

Learning Websites:

Reflex Math has been added to the Math websites! The username is green123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

Mega Math has also been added to the Math websites. Mega Math offers games that are organized by different math skills.

Tumble Books has been added to the Reading websites. The students LOVE this website. Simply click on the e-book link. 

Classroom News

Next week in Guidance students will be learning about different careers!

On Friday, October 28th students are invited to dress as their career choice!

 

Fall Harvest Party

On Monday, October 31st, we will be having a Fall Harvest Party from 1:30-2:30 PM. Families are welcome to join us!  At the party students will rotate through fall-themed stations. We are asking for food donations for the snack table. There are 19 students total. Please refer to the orange sign up paper sent home.

AES News

• 3rd and 4th Grade Music Program, Nov. 17th @ 6:30PM

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• Fall Harvest class party, October 31st (1:30-2:30 PM)
• No School (Teacher Workday), November 8th
• Early Release, November 15th
• Thanksgiving Break, November 23-25

Upcoming Events for October 24th-28th

Here’s a Sneak Peek at Next Week:

THANK YOU!

Thank you for meeting with me for parent teacher conferences! It was great to discuss your child's progress in first grade. Please keep up the hard work!

Learning Objectives

• Reading: We will be practicing retelling a fiction story. Students will describe what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
• Writing: We will be researching facts about pumpkins and bats. We will write informational "teaching books" about pumpkins and bats.  We are working on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. I encourage students to be fearless spellers. This means they sound out unknown words or look to the Word Wall for assistance. 
• Math: We will continue working on addition and subtraction story problems. We will have some with missing totals and some with missing addends. 
• Science: Our class will rotate through to each first grade teacher to learn about different fall topics (spiders, bats, scarecrows, pumpkins, and skeletons).
• Character:  Anti-Bullying lessons

1.) Math Homework: Workbook pages 87-88

2.) Fire Safety Sentence Correction

3.) Have your child read the leveled books that are sent home (please return these the NEXT day because we need them for our reading group)

4.) Make 2nd Nine Weeks Sight Word flash cards

-OPTIONAL: 

**math workbook pages 85-86 and 89-94

**Practice spelling words sent home.

Learning Websites:

Reflex Math has been added to the Math websites! The username is green123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

Mega Math has also been added to the Math websites. Mega Math offers games that are organized by different math skills.

Tumble Books has been added to the Reading websites. The students LOVE this website. Simply click on the e-book link. 

Classroom News

Next week in Guidance students will be learning about different careers!

On Friday, October 28th students are invited to dress as their career choice!

 

Fall Harvest Party

On Monday, October 31st, we will be having a Fall Harvest Party from 1:30-2:30 PM. Families are welcome to join us!  At the party students will rotate through fall-themed stations. We are asking for food donations for the snack table. There are 19 students total. Please refer to the orange sign up paper sent home.

AES News

• Fall Festival, October 22nd (10AM-1 PM) at AES. Students are invited to wear a costume!

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• Early Release, October 26th (1:05 car riders, 1:15 bus riders)
• Fall Harvest class party, October 31st (1:30-2:30 PM)

Upcoming Events for October 17th-21st

Here’s a Sneak Peek at Next Week:

Learning Objectives

• Reading: What are the habits of a  good reader? We will learn about the Skippy Frog strategy (Skip the tricky word. Read to the end of the sentence. Go back and try it again.)
• Writing: We will write stories about a time in our life when we felt sad or mad. Students will be encouraged to use speech bubbles. We will work on adding more details to our illustrations and sentences. We are working on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. I encourage students to be fearless spellers. This means they sound out unknown words or look to the Word Wall for assistance. 
• Math: We will continue to find unknown partners of numbers using story problems and math mountains. We will discuss the term "greater than" and "less than" and add nickels and pennies. 
• Science: We will learn about force and motion. ***On Friday students are allowed to bring in a toy and explain how it moves (ex: a toy car is pushed to move, a wagon is pulled)
• Character:  Anti-Bullying lessons

1.) Math Homework: Workbook pages 75-76

2.) Fire Safety Worksheet (Illustrating STOP, DROP, & ROLL)

3.) Have your child read the leveled books that are sent home (please return these the NEXT day because we need them for our reading group) 

-OPTIONAL: 

**math workbook pages 77-82

**Practice spelling words sent home.

Learning Websites:

Reflex Math has been added to the Math websites! The username isgreen123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

Mega Math has also been added to the Math websites. Mega Math offers games that are organized by different math skills.

Tumble Books has been added to the Reading websites. The students LOVE this website. Simply click on the e-book link. 

Classroom News

Students did a great job thinking like engineers and building Columbus Day sailboats! Pictures will be emailed soon!

AES News

• Make Up Pictures/ Class Picture Day, Friday, October 14th
• Fall Festival, October 22nd (10AM-1 PM)

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• Report Cards Go Home, October 18th
• Early Release, October 20th (1:05 car riders, 1:15 bus riders)
• Early Release, October 26th (1:05 car riders, 1:15 bus riders)
• Conferences will be scheduled for the week of October 17-21st. Please come down to room B-15