Staying Connected - pictures of classmates

Have fun looking at the pictures of your classmates!!!!



Mrs. Armbrecht is playing cards with Mr. Armbrecht and Kyle :)

Max is playing Monopoly and building forts with his siblings.  He is also watching Top Gear :)

Brody is having fun with his siblings, drawing, and helping his dad with dinner :)

Daisy is learning to roller skate. :)

Arie is reading a book :)

Warner is reading Geronimo Stilton and The Enormous Pearl Heist. :)

Mallory is playing games at home and going for walks.  She even found a baby turtle! :)

Nora is making bunny hutches :)

Caleb is having fun with his sister! 

Jackson is having fun playing Monopoly :)

Julia had shamrock shakes on St. Patrick's Day, had a picnic lunch, and rode her scooter. :) 

Griffin is having fun playing ping pong!!!

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Guest Reader/ Week of March 9th

Thank you to our guest reader Mrs. Kline!!!

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  We will be reading “Henry and Mudge : The First Book”.  Students will be working on asking and answering questions about key details in a story. They will also identify the characters and describe how their feelings change in the story.  We will also review major events in the story.  As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

*No Guided Reading this week- I will be completing one on one assessments since this week is the end of the grading period.

Writing:  The first graders will be finishing the information writing unit.  During this unit, each child wrote information books about lots of different topics and they revisited his or her writing to self-assess and revise (they named a topic, gave facts, and provided a sense of closure).  The children chose one of their best pieces to revise, edit, and publish.  Also, the children have taken, or will be taking, a writing assessment to demonstrate everything they learned about writing an information book.  This is an opportunity for the children to write on their own without support from the teacher. 

Word Study/Spelling: 

REVIEW WEEK – No New Words This Week

Phonics: compound words

Grammar:  Introduce frequently occurring conjunctions (and, but, so, or, because)

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies.  Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10.  Our end-of-the-year goal is to have students complete 15 addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core.  This week we will continue to focus on adding and subtracting multiples of ten from multiples of ten.  We will also build numbers focusing on tens and ones – then adding the numbers together after building them.  For example, after building 23 and 42, add them together and be able to tell how many total tens and total ones.  Finally, we will do some work with time to the half hour.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies:  Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:

·    **The children are continuing to fill our bucket with acts of kindness- they are encouraged to write these kind acts of kindness on an index card and drop it in the bucket 😊

·    **The week of March 9th- no guided reading this week.  I will be doing one on one checks because this week is the last week of 3rd grading period.

·    ** March 13th- end of 3rd grading period

·    **Week of March 18^th : Conferences – I sent home conference slips.  If I checked that a conference is not needed, and you would still like a conference, please let me know.  I am happy to meet any time 😊

·    ** March 20th- I will send home another copy of how to log into Gather to view your child’s progress.

·    ** March 23^rd – March 27^th  : Spring break

Guest Reader/ Week of March 2nd

Thank you to Mr. Abbott for being our guest reader!

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  We will be reading two short passages called, “Tess the Turtle” and “Jack and Anna.”  Students will be working on asking and answering key details in a story. They will identify characters, setting and major events of the story in order.   We’ll be continuing guided reading and daily five/centers.  As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

*Please continue to read your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them.

Writing:  The first graders will continue their informational writing unit.  We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons.  During this unit, each child will write information books about lots of different topics and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise (they will name a topic, give facts, and provide a sense of closure).  This week, the students will pick their best informational piece to focus on revising, editing, and publishing.

Word Study/Spelling: 

Read and Write Words: eat, each, from, give

Feature/Pattern of the week: Review short vowel word families with beginning and ending consonant blends 

Ex: stand, grump, cost, 

Grammar:  Review common, proper and possessive nouns; using singular and plural nouns with matching verbs.

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies.  Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10.  Our end-of-the-year goal is to have students complete 15 addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core. This week, we will really focus on determining the missing number in an addition or subtraction problem.  We will also focus on adding & subtracting multiples of 10 from multiples of 10.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies: Science: Properties of Water
Social Studies:  Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:

·         Week of March 18^th : Conferences – I sent home conference slips.  If I checked that a conference is not needed, and you would still like a conference, please let me know.  I am happy to meet any time 😊
·          The week of March 9th- no guided reading this week.  I will be doing one on one checks because this week is the last week of 3rd grading period.
·         March 13th- end of 3rd grading period

Guest Reader/Week of February 24th

Thank you to Mrs. DiSanto for being our guest reader!!

What We’re Learning This Week:  

Reading: “Snowflake Bentley” by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Students will be working on asking and answering key details in a story. They will identify characters, setting and major events of the story in order. This will help to retell a story.  We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5 Centers. As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

Writing: We are continuing our non-fiction writing unit.  We will continue to review non-fiction books and discuss how they teach us about topics. Students are working on writing facts/information about a topic. After planning their writing using a table of contents, students write an introduction, 2-3 detailed chapters, and a conclusion. We have really been focusing on adding details to really teach our readers, as well as adding text features such as labels and captions. The students will soon choose one of their best nonfiction writings to revise, edit, and publish.

Word Study/Spelling:
• Spelling patterns: Review short vowel words with final blends 
 (jump, send, list)

• Read/Write words- what, didn't, don't

Phonics:

• Ending blends continued and 3 letter beginning blends (Ex. str, spr, spl)

Grammar:
• Review common, proper and possessive nouns; using singular and plural nouns with matching verbs.

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies. Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10. At the end of first grade, students will need to solve 15 addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core. We will be focusing on fact families and how addition and subtraction are related.

   3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Water (properties)
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions 

   Extras:

-Please make sure you are checking your child’s take home folder

-Snacks should be nut free.

-Week of Feb. 24^th – Book Fair : A flier was sent home about this. We view the book fair on Tuesday, Feb. 25^th to fill out a wish list to bring home.  Then the children will be able to purchase books on Thursday, Feb. 27^th during their library time 😊

-End of third grading period- March 13^th.

-Conference Week- Week of March 18^th- Information was sent home. Please let me know if you did not receive this. 

Week of February 18th

What We’re Learning This Week: 

Reading: “Melting and Freezing”  (Non Fiction)
Students will be working on text features in non-fiction books.  We will also focus on summarizing main ideas in informational books. We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5/centers.   Please keep in mind, depending on the guided reading schedule each day, your child may not bring home a NEW book to read every day. As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

Writing: We are continuing our non-fiction writing unit.  We will continue to review non-fiction books and discuss how they teach us about topics. Students are working on writing facts/information about a topic. After planning their writing using a table of contents, students write an introduction, 2-3 detailed chapters, and a conclusion. We have really been focusing on adding details to really teach our readers, as well as adding text features such as labels and captions.

Word Study/Spelling:
-Pattern of the week: short vowel words (a, e, i, o, u) with beginning blends

-Read and write words: then, them, was

Phonics: final blends

Grammar:
• Determiners (few, several, many)

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies. Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10. At the end of first grade, students will need to solve 15 addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core. We will  focus on fact families this week (3+5=8, 5+3=8, 8-3=5, 8-5=3). 

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Water
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:

-Please make sure you are checking your child’s take home folder.

-Snacks should be nut free.

-Feb. 13^th – No School: Professional Development Day for Teachers

-Feb. 14^th – No School

- Feb. 17^th – No school: President’s Day

Guest Reader/ Week of February 10th

Thank you to our guest reader Mr. Dray!!!

What We’re Learning This Week:  

Reading: “Childhood Stories of George Washington”  (Non Fiction)
Students will be working on asking and answering questions about key details in a text.  We will also read a passage about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. We’ll be continuing guided reading and Daily 5/centers.   Please keep in mind, depending on the guided reading schedule each day, your child may not bring home a NEW book to read every day. As always, we’ll be reading poetry weekly for fluency and expression practice.

Writing: We are continuing our non-fiction writing unit.  We will continue to review non-fiction books and discuss how they teach us about topics. Students are working on writing facts/information about a topic. After planning their writing using a table of contents, students write an introduction, 2-3 detailed chapters, and a conclusion. We have really been focusing on adding details to really teach our readers, as well as adding text features such as labels and captions.

Word Study/Spelling:
• Review Week - No new patterns or read/write words

Phonics: -ill, -ell, -all ; inflected endings

Grammar:
• Introduce determiners

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies. Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10. At the end of first grade, students will need to solve 15 addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core. We will continue to work on story problems, focusing on giving the correct number sentence with missing numbers in all positions, and then solving the number sentence.  We will also use our place value dice to record numbers, focusing on tens and ones, and even hundreds.

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Living and Non-Living Things (gummy worms and mealworms)
Social Studies: Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:

-Please make sure you are checking your child’s take home folder.

-Snacks should be nut free.

-Valentine’s Day parties- February 12^th  : student names were sent home so the kids can fill out their valentines. The kids will decorate bags in school to put their valentines in.

- Feb. 13^th- No school : Professional Development day for teachers
- Feb. 14th - No school

- Feb. 17^th – No school : President’s Day

Guest Reader/ Week of February 3rd

Thank you to Mrs. Abbott for being our guest reader!!

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading:  We will be reading the non-fiction book, “Penguins” by Anne Schreiber and comparing it with the story, “Little Penguin’s Tale” by Audrey Wood.  Students will work on retelling the stories (beginning, middle, and end) and explaining the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.

*Please continue to read your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them.

Writing:  The first graders will continue their informational writing unit.  We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons.  During this unit, each child will write information books about lots of different topics and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise (they will name a topic in an introduction, give facts, and provide a sense of closure).

Word Study/Spelling: 

Read and Write Words: now, one, some

Feature/Pattern of the week: Short a, e, and i with consonant digraphs   (chap, check, thin)

Grammar: Adjectives (continue to review)

Phonics: Consonant clusters: s family and possessives

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies.  Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10.  Our end-of-the-year goal is to have students complete 15 addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core.  We will continue to work on story problems where the students will write the correct number sentence and solve the unknown number. 

3rd grading period Science and Social Studies: 
Science: Living and Non-Living Things (gummy worms and mealworms)
Social Studies:  Geography/Places and Regions

Extras:
   - Feb. 3rd - Kindness Club Challenge starts

       - Feb. 4th: class group picture day

-Feb. 12^th: Valentine’s Day Party- I sent home a list of names for the kids to fill out their valentines :) Let me know if you need another copy.

-Feb. 13^th: Professional Development Day for teachers (No School)
-Feb. 14th: No School

-Feb. 17^th: Presidents’ Day (No School)