Upcoming Dates:
- Monday, Sept. 27 – STEAM
- Tuesday, Sept. 28 – Music
- Wednesday, Sept. 29 – Gym
- Thursday, Sept. 30 – Art, Picture Day
- Scholastic Orders Due
- Friday, Oct. 1 – STEAM, Library
- Walkathon Donations due by midnight
Notes for Parents:
- Now that we are a little over a month into the school year, I will sending home progress notes throughout this upcoming week. I have had the opportunity to get to know your child better socially, emotionally, and academically, so I am excited to share with you all how they are doing so far in first grade!
- I will also be sending out a volunteer sign-up within the next couple of days, so be on the lookout for that!
- I would love to have you, or another person who is special to your first grader, sign up to be a mystery reader this year! We will keep them a SURPRISE for students so please don’t tell your child you’ll be in! You may read any book you like. Click on the link here and sign up for a time to come into our class. We can’t wait to have you! There are limited slots so please leave opportunities for everyone to sign up. Thank you for understanding! Feel free to contact me if you are unable to come in for one of those slots or would like to do it virtually and special arrangements can be made.
CELEBRATIONS
10 Stars: We earned all 10 of our stars this week, so we will be celebrating with extra recess on Monday!
Walkathon: Thank you for coming out and supporting our kiddos during the Walkathon. If you were not able to make it, we took lots of pictures for you! It was a great way for our students to get out and moving while helping support our school. We appreciate all of your donations and the time you dedicated to this fundraiser! All donations are due October 1st.
Star Students: We had five new start students this week – Caroline, Cecily, Kinsley, Rowan, and Alex. It was fun getting to learn more about them!
First Grade Family Time: At the assembly, we celebrated our learning and birthdays from the week. We also give awards for the quote of the week, lost teeth, and shoe tying.
This week the quote was- “ It is okay not to know, but it is not okay not to try.” Kole was the student who showed us what this quote means this week. She keeps going if she’s not sure how to do something, she just tries her best! We also celebrated lost teeth from Kade and Chase. Harper joined the shoe-tying club this week. Congratulations to all of these friends!
Birthday: We celebrated Paige’s 7th birthday this week. Happy Birthday, Paige!
OUR LEARNING
Mystery Science: We started our first week of Mystery Science Monday. We learned all about sharks this week! The focus question was – Do sharks really mean to eat people? The video taught us that sharks mistake humans for other food. We also learned lots of other fun facts about sharks!
Writing: This week we worked on bringing our stories to life. We unfroze our people (showed their movements and talking) and told our stories bit by bit. We started working with a writing partner and practiced TAGging our partner. (T-tell the writer something you like, A- ask the writer a question, G- give the writer a positive suggestion.)
Math: This was a big week in math because we took our first math test. The tests can take a long time for our first graders, so we are SO proud of their hard work! To help us prepare for our test, we took a practice test together and we played a fun review game, Kahoot, on our computers. It was such a fun way for them to practice!
Word Study: We spent this week learning all about blends. Blends are two or three letters that “blend” together smoothly. We practiced reading and writing words with S blends (sl, st, sp), L blends (pl, cl, bl), and R blends (dr, tr, fr).
Reading: We added some more good habits to our reading tool boxes this week! First graders learned how to reread to make their reading voices smoother, scoop up words in phrases, reread to see more, and take a sneak peek at the pictures to figure out the words.
Social-Emotional: This week our focus question was- What can I do to help my classmates and myself feel our desired emotions at school? We talked about promises we make and started writing a class charter that will build and foster the culture of our classroom this year.
PICTURES
Here are all our pictures from this week!