As you can imagine, our first grade classroom is filled with energy and excitement! The next three days will be spent reviewing and practicing reading, writing, and math skills. We will also be finishing up our unit on Holidays Around the World!
Monday: We have been learning all about holidays and traditions around the world. Please join us at 2:15 in our classroom. The children will sing some songs and share the projects that we have been working on. I will have a 'sign out' sheet for anyone who will be taking their child home at the end of the day.
Wednesday: Pajama Day! Please have your child wear comfy pajamas and bring in one stuffed animal that is able to fit in his/her backpack. We will celebrate our last day of 2015 together!
I hope that you all have a terrific break with your families and friends. Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Sunday, December 6, 2015
December 7th - December 11th!
We are very busy learning about different Holidays Around the World! Be sure to ask your child all about Globe Trot Scott! He has been traveling to different parts of the world and helping us to learn about different traditions and holidays. So far, Globe Trot Scott has taught us about Italy, France, and Germany. He brought us some books and left some tasty treats too! We can't wait to see where he will travel next!
Word Wall & Spelling: We will add six new words this week: went, if, had, friend, very, & care. Each morning we practice reading and writing our Word Wall Words using white boards and markers. They are doing a great job using our Word Wall throughout the day when needed. We will continue working on the long a sound this week during spelling. Last week we practiced reading and writing words with 'a' silent 'e'. This week will learn that 'ay' and 'ai' can also make the long a sound. Ex: day, play, stay, spray, rain, pail, air... We will practice some of our first grade priority words as well!
Reading: We are back into the groove of working in our guided reading groups and Daily Five rotations each day. Thank you for returning any books sent home in the reading bags! The books in the reading bags are typically 'just right' levels for independent reading. Remind your child to use all the different decoding strategies to help them figure out unknown words during reading. We are working on this each day first grade readers.
Writing: We are currently using first grade checklists to help us with our nonfiction all about writing pieces. This week we will work on editing our writing. We will also begin to add 'table of contents' and 'chapters' too! We are super excited to about adding these features to our stories. :)
Math: This week, we will continue using what we know about addition to help us solve subtraction problems. If we know 6+6=12, then we can quickly solve 12-6=6! This works for other problems too. Ex: 8+4=12 so 12-8=4. We are going to work really hard with 'related facts' this week. Please practice this skill at home too! Solving addition and subtraction problems is an extremely important skill in first grade.
Traditions Project: Please send in all completed projects anytime before December 18th. Remember, the tradition does not need to be anything fancy! Perhaps your family goes apple picking or pumpkin picking every fall. Maybe your family has a special plate that is used for birthday celebrations each year. Does someone in your family have a special family recipe that they make? Have fun with it and thank you for sharing. :)
December Celebration: Please join us on Monday, December 21st at 2:15. We will sing some songs and share some of what we have learned about Holidays Around the World. We will have some snacks too! We look forward to seeing you.
Have a great week! :)
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
Word Wall & Spelling: We will add six new words this week: went, if, had, friend, very, & care. Each morning we practice reading and writing our Word Wall Words using white boards and markers. They are doing a great job using our Word Wall throughout the day when needed. We will continue working on the long a sound this week during spelling. Last week we practiced reading and writing words with 'a' silent 'e'. This week will learn that 'ay' and 'ai' can also make the long a sound. Ex: day, play, stay, spray, rain, pail, air... We will practice some of our first grade priority words as well!
Reading: We are back into the groove of working in our guided reading groups and Daily Five rotations each day. Thank you for returning any books sent home in the reading bags! The books in the reading bags are typically 'just right' levels for independent reading. Remind your child to use all the different decoding strategies to help them figure out unknown words during reading. We are working on this each day first grade readers.
Writing: We are currently using first grade checklists to help us with our nonfiction all about writing pieces. This week we will work on editing our writing. We will also begin to add 'table of contents' and 'chapters' too! We are super excited to about adding these features to our stories. :)
Math: This week, we will continue using what we know about addition to help us solve subtraction problems. If we know 6+6=12, then we can quickly solve 12-6=6! This works for other problems too. Ex: 8+4=12 so 12-8=4. We are going to work really hard with 'related facts' this week. Please practice this skill at home too! Solving addition and subtraction problems is an extremely important skill in first grade.
Traditions Project: Please send in all completed projects anytime before December 18th. Remember, the tradition does not need to be anything fancy! Perhaps your family goes apple picking or pumpkin picking every fall. Maybe your family has a special plate that is used for birthday celebrations each year. Does someone in your family have a special family recipe that they make? Have fun with it and thank you for sharing. :)
December Celebration: Please join us on Monday, December 21st at 2:15. We will sing some songs and share some of what we have learned about Holidays Around the World. We will have some snacks too! We look forward to seeing you.
Have a great week! :)
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
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