Dear Parents,
I am so happy to be back and look forward to seeing all my fabulous first graders on Monday! Mrs. Herr, our substitute teacher, left
a great report on our class and plans ran smoothly!
Our Halloween party is scheduled for this coming Friday, October 26 @ 3:00. Students will bring their costumes to school that day in a bag and will be given time to put them on before the party. Please send no pretend weapons, blood, gore or masks. I am contacting parents to help organize the party and they will be reaching out to all of you to help with treats, games and paper goods.
This past week we started a unit on the classic folk tale, "The Three Billy Goats Gruff". The students heard the traditional tale and this next week we will be comparing with alternate versions. They are learning about story elements (characters, setting, problem/solution and moral of the story). They enjoyed coloring, cutting and glueing the traditional tale in sequential order. We will have the opportunity to act the story out this next week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Joanie Smith
jesmith@dcsdk12.org
Social Studies / Science Social Studies: maps and globes, 7 Continents, Australian culture Social Studies Vocabulary: Science: Australian Animals Science Vocabulary: habitat, marsupial, shelter, prey, predator, survive, offspring The Big Cheese The Big Cheese Our Big Cheese before fall break was Maya Telles! She wants to be a marine biologist when she grows up. Maya loves the color pink and her favorite food is chocolate! It was fun getting to know Maya better! Our Big Cheese this past week was Christy Tai! She wants to be a doctor when she grows up! Christy loves the color purple and dogs are her favorite animal! It was fun getting to know Christy better last week! | `Literacy Our Upcoming Week At A Glance... For the week of October 22-26 Favorite Stories-The Three Billy Goats Gruff Theme: Australia!! Phonics: Fundations: Bonus letters f,l,s Phonemic Awareness: Distinguishing the beginning, middle and end sounds in CVC words-blend and read three sound words with a middle short vowel and a digraph.
High Frequency Words: the, and, a, is, his, of, as, has, to, into, they, you, I Comprehension: Readers build good habits-story elements-characters, setting, problem, solution Fluency: sight word automaticity Grammar: punctuation in reading and writing Vocabulary: habitat, survive, marsupial, offspring, shelter, prey, predator
Writing: All About Koalas, Literature responses, 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 Kian! Froggy loved being at Kian's house and even joined him for a soccer game! Froggy came back to school wearing his Rockies jersey!! Go Rockies!! | Math This week we did topic G, subtraction as the unknown addend problem. We learned how to write a subtraction sentence and how to use a number path to subtract. We will be practicing subtraction word problems next week. 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 October 22-26  Music/Art Art-Yes PE-No-Wear your gym shoes! Music-Yes Technology-No- Library-Weds at 3:10 |
