Week 6 - October 11, 2019

Curriculum

Reading:
This week, we learned about our last few stations of our reading workshop.  Next week, we will be learning about decoding strategies to help us when we read.

Book Baggies:
We will be starting book baggies next week Thursday.  Students will bring home six books.  Two books will be below their level so that they can practice fluency, two books will be on level to help them practice decoding strategies and other skills we're learning in class, and two books will be above level to help students push themselves as readers.  Books will be taken home and returned every Thursday.

Writing:
This week, we have been writing personal narratives, building our writing stamina and learning about writing workshop.   Next week, we will begin our revision unit.  Students will be learning how to make all the writing they've been doing better.  We'll learn to add transition words, ways to elaborate and add more details.

Math:
Students have been practicing counting in many different ways this week.  We also began practicing making 10.  Next week, we will continue our counting collections as well as begin solving word problems and explaining our thinking.  

Science/Social Studies:
In science, students have continued to learn about air and wind.  They've used parachutes and bubbles to help them understand different ideas such as, air takes up space, air can move things, and air resistance is the reason that parachutes fall down slowly.  Next week, we will begin tracking the weather in order to help us better predict weather patterns.  We will also begin looking at the moon and moon phases.  If you notice the moon at home, please talk with your child about what he/she is seeing and observing!

Purposeful Play
Please see the Purposeful Play tab on the blog to learn more about our weekly Play Time and donation items we could use for it!

Homework

• Read every night
• Work on a math skill (i.e. counting forwards and backwards within 120, adding and subtracting to 20 - play a board game for this, telling time, counting coins, measuring - length and volume -  have your child cook with you to practice this, talk about shapes - 2D and 3D - find items around your house, etc.) 

Specials Schedule

Monday: P.E. (Wear tennis shoes)
Tuesday: Art (Bring an Art shirt labeled with your child's name)
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Media/Library
Friday: Rotates (See the back of your child's OWL folder (everyday folder) for a schedule.)

Important Dates

October 18: Color Fun Run - https://app.99pledges.com/fund/colorrun2019 (Please send in white shirts if you haven't already)
            1st Grade Schedule:
                 2:10-2:40 - Warm up, Color Run, Playtime
                 2:40-2:50 - Clean up/shirt removal
                 2:50-3:05 - Refreshments outside
October 25: Trunk or Treat (5pm)
November 5: No School - Election Day
November 12: Conferences
November 13: Picture Retakes
November 15: Bagels with Buddies (8:15 AM-8:45 AM)