All About Pumpkins!

I hope you all had a terrific weekend!  Below is a sneak peak at some of our learning that will happen this week in our first grade classroom.

Word Wall:  We will add six new words:  dog, he, she, out, at, & they.  The children are doing a terrific job reading our Word Wall words and finding them in everything we read.  Keep looking for these words at home too! :)

Reading: We are in a good groove of working in guided reading groups and daily five literacy stations each day.  The children will continue bringing home 'just right' books in their reading bags during the week.  They should be able to read these books fluently.  Practice retelling the stories and talking about the main idea, the main character, the setting, the problem, and the solution in the books the children are reading.  We are also working on reading with expression and paying attention to punctuation within the stories.

Writing:  We are currently working on editing, revising, making our stories easy to read, and practicing craft moves in our personal narratives.  We sure are busy, but writing workshop has become a favorite time of the day for many children!  Our writing folders are filling up with many wonderful small moment stories and we just love sharing them :)

Math:  We are wrapping up Topic 2 on subtraction numbers.  This week we are working on problem solving as well as fact families.  We will use manipulatives and writing number sentences to notice how numbers go together.  Ex:  2+3=5; 3+2=5; 5-2=3; 5-3=2 ~ We can write four number sentences using the same three numbers, but the number sentences must make sense and 'tell the truth'!

Science: We will read, write, and learn all about pumpkins and pumpkin seeds this week.  We will also create a fun pumpkin craft that we will hang in our classroom.  We are having a blast with our seed unit.

Extras:
~We will continue to have homework this week. Our spelling focus will be short 'o' sounds this week. Thank you for supporting your children at home.  Each week we will have spelling, math, and reading logs to complete.  The children are so proud to bring their completed work back to the classroom each day.  Keep up the great work!
~October Scholastic Book Orders are due this Wednesday!  I will place the order Wednesday night.  This will allow enough time for any Halloween books to get to us in time!  You can browse the flyers online.  Email me if you need our class activation code.
~Haunted House Decorating:  We will build our Haunted House projects with our 5th grade buddies, but will definitely need help decorating them!  We will be decorating our houses on Thursday, October 29th at 2:15.  We hope that you can join us!
~First Grade T-Shirts:  We are working on ordering orange tie dye "Eagle's First Graders Rock"
t-shirts for our three first grade classrooms.  An order form will be coming home soon!

We are looking forward to another great week of learning in our First Grade Classroom!

Sincerely,
Eileen Browne