It has been a busy week of showing what we know in first grade.
We have been working on comparison writings. This week, we compared ourselves to Pete the Cat! The kids did a great job showing how they were alike and different. Our February monthly homework will move over to IXL. We use IXL for about 15-20 minutes daily within the classroom. I have assigned each child review skills on this platform. We will work on these review skills during our daily IXL time, but the kids are also welcome to work on them from home. To access these skills, they will need the password card that was sent home earlier in the year. If you need me to resend this, please reach out. The children should first be going to the PRACTICE Section and working on the Yellow STAR items, that are Suggestions from your TEACHER. These are the skills that I have assigned. If your child completes all of these, your child is then welcome to work on the RECOMMENDATIONS from IXL. For the month of February, I will not be assigning any work on SEESAW, but I would encourage families that are looking for some additional homework to access IXL. Next week we begin a new unit in both Reading and Math. We will be back to our Thursday Spelling Check In routine too. Also, a reminder from the library...our library day is Friday. In order for children to check out a new book, they must have their book with them on Friday. Next Thursday is our 100th Day of School! We will be having a 100th Day Museum. Your child is encouraged to bring in a collection of 100 things. These should be small, easy to control (i.e. round objects that roll will frustrate your child...) non-breakable, and not valuable. Your child's collection should be able to fit on a desk. Some things to consider...100 cotton balls, 100 toothpicks, 100 marshmallows, 100 sugar cubes, 100 elastics...) Looking forward to seeing their collections. We will be wrapping up our third reading unit and our fifth math unit. Next week will be a week of showing what we know through our reading, math, and writing assessments.
We will NOT have any new spelling words or a spelling test this week. In science we will be learning about why we see stars at night. We will have a fun book study on the Pete the Cat series too! We had 100 percent participation on our reading homework! Way to go Teamwork Tigers! This week we will be reading and learning about where our food comes from. We will be learning the words: goods, services, producers, and consumers. Our spelling test will be on FRIDAY of this week. This week, we will begin to have a homework assignment each Thursday. This is a READ to a grown up assignment. Your child will be bringing a book home that your child has practiced and is familiar with. The job is to share that book with a grown up. Be on the look out for this weekly assignment on Thursday. In math we are learning to add 3 numbers. We are practicing this by measuring and adding sides of objects. We continue to work on our addition and subtraction facts. Automatic recognition of a math fact to ten builds fluency and strength! Our supply of disinfectant wipes and soft tissues is dwindling. If you would like to donate to our class, we would appreciate these. Snowy weather is upon us. Please have your child bring appropriate gear for outdoor play. Friday Forest School is always in the plan. If the temperature and weather is reasonable, we will go out each Friday to apply our learned concepts. Last week's chilly temperatures provided an opportunity to create ice sculptures from natural objects. Be sure to ask your child what temperature water freezes at.
In the upcoming week, we will be learning about life long ago. We will be comparing it to life today, We will continue to work with place value, and we will be comparing numbers. The kids have done a good job with their first week of this. Next week, they will begin to produce greater than and less than number sentences. Please be sure to have your child place the completed Snow Day 1 Blizzard Bag materials in his/her folder. This work is due on Monday. Enjoy the snow. Welcome 2022!
This week we will be learning about Folk Tales. Our spelling will look a bit different this week, as we will have a different spelling pattern than a reading/phonics pattern. For spelling, we will be reviewing long a and long i. For reading, we will be working on reading words with a -dge ending pattern. In math, we are beginning a new unit. We will be working on understanding place value and comparing numbers up to 100. We will continue to work on adding and subtracting to 20. I would encourage you to use our EveryDay Math and IXL platforms for additional addition and subtraction practice. EveryDay math will provide game style format, and your child can access lessons and practice through IXL. I will also put a few addition and subtraction practice lessons up in SEESAW for the month of January. We will start off the new year by deciding on what our "ONE WORD" will be. I will be asking the kids to think about what word they would choose to help them have their BEST year ever. Would it be brave...kind...love...share...help...thank...smile? We will be brainstorming words on Monday and choosing our words too. Please feel free to discuss this with your child prior to Monday, this may help your child to have some prior knowledge. Looking forward to a fabulous 2022! |
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