Good Afternoon First Grade Families!
I am so glad to have the opportunity to share another week of learning and growing together! As you all know, last year at this time school had just closed and we all lost so much. I feel each new day is a gift and I treasure each one.
Looks like another week that boots and snow-pants/extra layer will be helpful :)
Thank you so much for making this happen last week!
Most students had everything they needed :)
Our class filled the 'gumball machine' again and they chose 'stuffed animal' day for a reward :) Friday, March 19 is the day! We will be doing lots of fun activities with these little treasures throughout the day.
Next week is the SCA Mountainfilm Festival. Although we will not be attending the theater this year, the SCA has provided us with the films to use this week. I would like to make this special for our class even though we can not take the field trip. *If you would like to donate some individual packaged popcorn for the kids I would love the help! We will being watching the films at three different times during the week.
CURRICULUM NEWS
Language Arts Treasures Unit 4.5
Story: Peter's Chair ~ Ezra Jack Keats
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Strategy: Understanding the Characters, Setting and Plot
Phonics: Compound words, -kn and -wr, vowel digraphs -ue, -ew and -ui
Words to Read and Spell:
lunchbox, baseball, suitcase, inside, flashlight, backpack, picture, myself, goodbye,
they, was, what
Writing/Grammar:
Handwriting strategies, using complete sentences and learning to write informational (non-fiction) books.
Math: Continuing with Place Value Knowledge and Understanding, Addition and Subtraction Fluency Within 10 and solving Addition and Subtraction word problems using the DEAL (drawing, equation, answer and label) strategy.
Social Studies:
Absolute Location and Parts of an Address.
The kids will need to know their own address to explore this, using google earth.
Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!
Lisa Vanden Berg
I am so glad to have the opportunity to share another week of learning and growing together! As you all know, last year at this time school had just closed and we all lost so much. I feel each new day is a gift and I treasure each one.
Looks like another week that boots and snow-pants/extra layer will be helpful :)
Thank you so much for making this happen last week!
Most students had everything they needed :)
Our class filled the 'gumball machine' again and they chose 'stuffed animal' day for a reward :) Friday, March 19 is the day! We will be doing lots of fun activities with these little treasures throughout the day.
Next week is the SCA Mountainfilm Festival. Although we will not be attending the theater this year, the SCA has provided us with the films to use this week. I would like to make this special for our class even though we can not take the field trip. *If you would like to donate some individual packaged popcorn for the kids I would love the help! We will being watching the films at three different times during the week.
CURRICULUM NEWS
Language Arts Treasures Unit 4.5
Story: Peter's Chair ~ Ezra Jack Keats
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Strategy: Understanding the Characters, Setting and Plot
Phonics: Compound words, -kn and -wr, vowel digraphs -ue, -ew and -ui
Words to Read and Spell:
lunchbox, baseball, suitcase, inside, flashlight, backpack, picture, myself, goodbye,
they, was, what
Writing/Grammar:
Handwriting strategies, using complete sentences and learning to write informational (non-fiction) books.
Math: Continuing with Place Value Knowledge and Understanding, Addition and Subtraction Fluency Within 10 and solving Addition and Subtraction word problems using the DEAL (drawing, equation, answer and label) strategy.
Social Studies:
Absolute Location and Parts of an Address.
The kids will need to know their own address to explore this, using google earth.
Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!
Lisa Vanden Berg