10/15 to 10/19

Hello,

Wow! We have some busy weeks ahead for first grade! Thank you for your organization with paperwork that has come home.

Specials Schedule:
Monday: Gym and Music
Tuesday: Gym and Music
Wednesday: Gym and Music
Thursday: Library Check-Out and STEAM
Friday: Library Skills and Gym

Here are a few links if you are able to volunteer for Fall Conferences:

Fall 2018 Teacher Conference Meals

Fall 2018 Book Fair

Upcoming Events:
10/16: Field Trip Slip Due
10/19: Grandparent Event from 2-3 PM
10/23: Field Trip
10/23: Family Night: Goodies, Games, and Grandparents
10/24: Scholastic Orders Due
10/25-10/26: No School
11/1: Veteran’s Day RSVP Due

Reading: Have you heard?  We have been receiving notes from the Secret Service Detective Agency.  They need our help to become word detectives.  We have received missions each day to help with our word solving strategies. This week we will use snap words to help us in our books. Students will ask themselves, “Does this mystery word remind me of another word I know?” and then think of similar snap word to help figure out the word.

Writing: This week we are finishing up our small moment books.  We are revising and using checklists.  We will make our books ready for the library at the end of the week by adding covers and coloring our pictures.

Word Study: This week in word study we are working on the high frequency words: so, we, it, and, and up. We are also learning how to tap out CVC words and keep building our letter sound knowledge.

Math: Teachers had some wonderful math professional development last week that we can’t wait to incorporate into our rooms. This week in math we will be talking about efficient strategies for solving addition problems, learn a few ways to solve subtraction problems, and find an efficient way to solve those problems.

Social Studies: It is our last week of studying families. This week we will be studying how to interview someone.  We will be practicing and compiling the questions that we will be using during our interviews with family members on Friday.

If you would like your child to share some specific things they are working on in school this week, here are a few questions you could ask!

• What small moment story are you going to publish? Is that the one you are hanging in the hall?
• What missions did you get in reading this week? Did you get your word detective badges yet? (We will get them on Wednesday!)
• What strategy do you use to solve addition/subtraction problems? Can you show me?
• Miss Wittmann said you are learning to tap out words! How do you tap out the word red?
• What interview questions are you going to ask grandma or grandpa on Friday?

Let me know if you find this helpful! And let me know if you have any questions for me.

Thanks,

Miss Wittmann