I hope you all had a terrific weekend. I have to be honest, I'm a bit envious of my some of my family members who are buried in snow in the New York City and NJ area. Our first graders are also hoping that we get some snow soon!
Below are some highlights regarding our learning for this week.
Word Wall & Spelling: We have close to 100 words on our Word Wall! This week we will add five new words: want, oh, saw, has, & because. During spelling, we will be working on the 'oo' pattern. 'oo' makes different sounds depending on the words. Ex: soon, noon, spoon...book, look, shook, good, hood... We will practice reading and writing these words all week.
Reading: We are back in the routine of working in our guided reading groups and Daily Five Literacy rotations each day. Please be sure to send back any books that your child brings home to read. These books are shared by many different students and teachers in our building. We have been reading a lot of nonfiction books and have been working on retelling facts and answering questions to check our comprehension. You can try this at home too! Though we will continue reading nonfiction texts as part of our science unit, we will also begin learning about character traits when reading fictional stories.
Writing: We have just wrapped up our nonfiction 'all about' teaching books. The children did a terrific job during this unit. We will begin our next unit this week ~ opinions and writing reviews. Please read the letter that is sent home regarding 'collections'. We will be using collections to help us with this writing unit. Thank you for your support! :)
Math: We just wrapped up topic 5 and are now beginning topic 6 ~ strategies for subtraction facts to 20. Knowing addition facts will help the children work through subtraction problems more successfully. We will practice related facts and fact families throughout this unit. Ex: 7+5=12 and 5+7=12 so 12-7=5 and 12-5=7!
Science: We are working on our weather unit. This week we will learn about wind and temperature as we track the weather each day. We will talk about the tools used to measure these concepts and conduct some of our own experiments. We are really hoping for some snow!!!
I am looking forward to a fun week in our first grade classroom. As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Welcome 2016!
I hope you all had a terrific break with family and friends! I had a wonderful time catching up with family and friends, but I'm happy to be back into a routine with my first grade friends :) Below are some sneak peeks at our learning.
Word Wall & Spelling: Our new words for this week are: could, every, got, home, see, & some. During spelling we will work on 'long o' 'silent e' spelling patterns. We can see the sneaky e, but we can't hear it make any sounds! We have many different spelling words in our classroom, but most of our words all have the long o silent e pattern.
Reading: This week while the children are rotating through different Daily Five Stations, I am working with children individually. We are working on reading 'just right' books and showing what we know about our 'heart' word lists. I am hoping to pick up with our guided reading groups again next week.
Writing: We are working on adding great beginnings, endings, diagrams, pictures, and table of contents to our nonfiction stories. Using nonfiction mentor texts in our classroom is a great way for us to get some good ideas. We are spending a lot of time studying nonfiction books and the different strategies the authors use to teach readers about a topic. Try reading some nonfiction books at home or at the library too. National Geographic for Kids have great stories!
Math: We are adding doubles, doubles + 1, and doubles +2! We learned that knowing our doubles facts helps us to solve 'near doubles' addition problems quickly. Continue to practice math facts at home. :)
Science: We are just beginning a new science unit ~ All About Weather! We will read many books, create some fun experiments and projects, and track the weather each day. So far we have learned that meteorologists are not 'always' right with their predictions.
Reminders: February Conferences will take place Friday, Feb. 5th & Thursday, Feb. 12th. These days have early dismissal at 11:45. More information will be sent home soon!
Thank you for your support & Happy New Year!
Eileen Browne
Word Wall & Spelling: Our new words for this week are: could, every, got, home, see, & some. During spelling we will work on 'long o' 'silent e' spelling patterns. We can see the sneaky e, but we can't hear it make any sounds! We have many different spelling words in our classroom, but most of our words all have the long o silent e pattern.
Reading: This week while the children are rotating through different Daily Five Stations, I am working with children individually. We are working on reading 'just right' books and showing what we know about our 'heart' word lists. I am hoping to pick up with our guided reading groups again next week.
Writing: We are working on adding great beginnings, endings, diagrams, pictures, and table of contents to our nonfiction stories. Using nonfiction mentor texts in our classroom is a great way for us to get some good ideas. We are spending a lot of time studying nonfiction books and the different strategies the authors use to teach readers about a topic. Try reading some nonfiction books at home or at the library too. National Geographic for Kids have great stories!
Math: We are adding doubles, doubles + 1, and doubles +2! We learned that knowing our doubles facts helps us to solve 'near doubles' addition problems quickly. Continue to practice math facts at home. :)
Science: We are just beginning a new science unit ~ All About Weather! We will read many books, create some fun experiments and projects, and track the weather each day. So far we have learned that meteorologists are not 'always' right with their predictions.
Reminders: February Conferences will take place Friday, Feb. 5th & Thursday, Feb. 12th. These days have early dismissal at 11:45. More information will be sent home soon!
Thank you for your support & Happy New Year!
Eileen Browne
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