IMPORTANT DATESImportant Dates: NO SCHOOLS- Friday, February 15th is a teacher work day.
HOLIDAY- There will be no school on Monday, February 18th.
EARTH BALLOON FIELD TRIP- The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is coming to first grade with “The Earth Balloon” program. The students will explore a one-of-a-kind look at the Earth from inside our 26-foot Earth Balloon. Students will gain an understanding of continents, countries, rivers, mountains, and oceans in this interactive trip around the globe. The special date is Thursday, February 21st. You can pay online through myschoolbucks.com The cost for this program is $5.65. Once you login, click on School Store and select the product from there. We are NOT accepting cash or checks.
DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE- Friday, February 22nd 7-9pm in the SCE gym. Tickets are $40 per couple and $12 per additional girl.
RESTAURANT NIGHT- On Monday, February 25th, PTO will be having another restaurant fundraiser night at Wahoo's from 4pm-close.
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES- Tuesday, March 12th & Thursday, March 14th. More information coming soon.
SPRING BREAK- Monday, March 18th- Friday, March 22nd FIRST GRADE SYMBALOO- This is where students can find links for i-ready, Teach Your Monster to Read, Prodigy and much more!
RESOURCES Reading- Please continue to have your child read daily. This will help them remember everything from this year. I have sent a leveled book list to help students pick just right books (level 12 is a G, level 14 is a H, level 16 is an I, etc). Here are some additional resources:
Book Wizard- This is a website where you can look the book titles to find out what level they are.
Social Studies / ScienceSocial Studies: North America- American Symbols-maps and globes, 7 Continents, Holidays Around The World
Social Studies Vocabulary: symbol, patriotic, monument, respect, national
Science: solids and liquids, Antarctica, penguins Science Vocabulary: climate, harsh, regurgitate, toboggan, rookery
The Big Cheese
The Big Cheese Our Big Cheese last week was Annelise Twist! Annelise loves animals and wants to be a vet when she grows up. Her favorite color is purple! It was nice getting to know Annelise better last week! | Reading BagsPlease return reading bags each day even if you have not been able to read the book This enables your child to bring home a new book from that days guided reading lesson. Sight word rings are added to every few days. These are to be reinforced each night at home to improve fluency. After reading the book, ask your child comprehension questions about the story. - Who are the main characters?
- What happened in the beginning, middle and the end?
- What connections can you make with the story?
- What does the story remind you about?
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`Literacy Our Upcoming Week At A Glance... For the week of February 19-22
Theme: American Symbols
Phonics: Fundations: closed syllables Phonemic Awareness: identifying syllables in words- onset/rime using blends, digraphs and short vowels
High Frequency Words: the, and, a, is, his, of, as, has, to, into, they, you, your, I, said, was, one, from, have, were, are, who, what, when, where, here, there, my, why, by, try, two, put, very, also, would, could, should, come, some, over, her, number, say, says Comprehension: using text features to help when reading non-fiction texts Fluency: sight word automaticity Grammar: identifying nouns and verbs, distinguishing base words and suffix (s), nouns Vocabulary: symbol, respect, national, monument, patriotic
Writing: Small Moments, Literature responses, American Symbols research writing, Squiggle Books, personal journals, birthday pages Mondays the students will have the opportunity to write in their journals. It can be helpful to discuss with your student what they may want to write about.
First Grade Froggy First Grade Froggy
First Grade Froggy spent the weekend with Amani! Froggy and Amani had a sleepover at her grandmother's house!
| HomeworkYellow Homework Folders: Homework folders went home last Monday and should have been returned with completed homework Friday. Your child will take home this yellow folder each Monday and keep it at home for the week, returning it on Friday. Their iReady and Zearn online passcodes are stapled into their homework folder. Please be sure they spend some time during the week on iReady reading and math. Reading Bags: Read the books each night and return the following day. The sight word rings are to stay in the bags so that new words can be added. Please go over these words nightly with your student. Homework should not exceed more than 30 minutes a night. Our purpose is to build responsibility and practice skills. Read nightly for 10-15 minutes from their reading bags. Word work skills- Fundations: Please see parent resources in Fundations box for ways to practice with your child. We are finishing up unit 6 this week. Be sure to check on our newest trick words for this unit.
Math- 1-2 pages per week. Sent home Monday & returned on Friday in yellow folder. Here are the parent letters for all modules. i-ready- online lessons (one reading & one math per week) Friday Folders- Please review items and return folder on Monday.
MathMath- This week we continued Module 3; Ordering and comparing length measurements as numbers. We finished topic A: indirect comparison in length measurement by learning to measure distance by using blocks on a map. We started topic B: standard measurement. Students were introduced to centimeter cubes. They practiced measuring things by making sure to start at an endpoint and not leaving any gaps between the blocks. We continued to compare objects to see which was longer or shorter.
Here are the parent letters for Module 1.
Sprint/ Fluency Builders- We practice our fluency with timed tests. At the end of the test, the students circle the number they got to and then we correct our work with a different color crayon. If you wish to practice at home here are sprints and fluency builders for all of the modules.
Problem Set- Students practice independently in class. Teacher is there for support and then we go over it. Students explain their thinking and correct as needed.
Exit Tickets- Students complete exit ticket on their own and turn into teacher. Teacher uses this to inform instruction. This is not sent home. Math homework will be going home in the yellow homework folders Monday and can be turned in on Fridays.
Specials ScheduleSpecials for the week of Feb. 11-14
PE/Technology Art-No PE-Yes-Wear your gym shoes! Music-No Technology-Yes Library-Weds at 3:10 |