Happy Fall Everyone,
Thank you all for the special birthday wishes and gifts. I felt very spoiled and loved being here on my birthday to celebrate with everyone!
Conferences: I look forward to meeting with all of you the week of Oct. 7th for
conferences to discuss your child and the progress he/she has made. See you at your appointed time here in our classroom.
Book Fair- During conference week, our library is turned into the Scholastic Book Fair so please so down and enjoyed purchasing some great books for your child and gifts for friends.
Field Trip- Thank you for sending in your child's permission slip and donation. We are looking forward to our first field trip of the year. Sadly, we still need drivers for the field trip so please take a look at your schedule and see if you are able to help.
Language Arts- RTI program started this week, was very successful and everyone enjoyed it!
We will read Pearl's First Prize Plant this week which will give us the opportunity to predict and infer while learning the naming parts of a sentence, words endings and short i words. Practicing these skills is something we highly recommend.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words
on our Word Wall. Here is the updated list of word wall words
that are on our
Word Wall now: a, and, are, about, as, at, an, all, because, be big, by, can,
did, down, do, for, first,
friend, from, find, go, have, he, here, his, had, him, her, has, how, I,
in, is, it, if, know, like, little, my, me,
made, many, most, make, more no, not, nice, of, on, one, once, play, said,
see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, when, where, why, was, want,
with, who, what, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a
huge support to
their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on
spelling
them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first
grade.
Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their
own word
walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and
add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... many, down, know, about, first
Math: We will be working in Chapter 6 which focuses on subtraction
fact strategies. We will be discussing all the different strategies to
use when taking some objects from a group of objects. We will give the
children time to verbalize what strategy they a prefer using and how
they use it. Completing Chapter 6 workbook pages in the Homework Book I gave you at Back to School Night
and working with your flashcards daily will help. Please continue to work on addition facts nightly as we will be doing the same here each day.
Science: Your child is bringing home his/her Science Journal this week to share with you all he/she learned about out insect study. Enjoy reading through it together, write a comment in the book if you wish, and help your child remember to bring it back to school. We will continue to add to the Science Journal throughout the year.
We are continuing our nutritional study learning about the food groups. Each week we will take a look at a different food group. Ask your child what groups we have learned about and how they are incorporating them into their diet. Thank you for completing and sending in your home nutrition survey. We had fun reviewing it.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Field Trip: Please look for the upcoming field trip permission slip, fill it out and return ASAP especially if you are planning on driving. Remember that those who have their current paperwork in the office are the only ones allowed to drive on field trips.
Star of the Week: Please take a minute to look at the schedule for our Star of the Week Program. You can see when your child is going to be Star of the Week and plan accordingly. The program is described here on the blog and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or stop by.
Classroom Needs: Please take a look at our Wish List as there are still things on it that we really would love to have. Thanks in advance
Conferences: I look forward to meeting with all of you the week of Oct. 7th for conferences to discuss your child and the progress he/she has made. If you signed up for a conference and would prefer a 7:30 am conference, or a conference at 10:40-11:00 am please let me know. Also, I'm also willing to have telephone conferences too. If you do not have a conference time yet or forgot when yours is, please contact me.
Language Arts- We had a practice run through with our RTI program this week and all the kids are excited to have it official kick off this Monday, September 30! Your child knows which class/teacher he/she reports to each Monday through Thursday and is looking forward to it.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the updated list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, an, all, because, be big, by, can, did, do, for, friend, from, find, go, have, he, here, his, had, him, her, has, how, I, in, is, it, if, like, little, my, me, made, most, make, more no, not, nice, of, on, one, once, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, when, where, why, was, want, with, who, what, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... made, make, most, more, nice
Math: We will be working in Chapter 5 which focuses on addition fact strategies. We will be discussing all the different strategies to use when adding two groups of objects together. We will give the children time to verbalize what strategy they a prefer using and how they use it. Completing Chapter 5 workbook pages in the Homework Book I gave you at Back to School Night and working with your flashcards daily will help.
Science: We finished up our unit on insects this week and put all of the work into our Science Journal. Look for it to come home with your child soon. Enjoy reading it and discussing all he/she learned. We will need them to come back to school soon so as soon as you are finished enjoying it, return it to Room 6.
Star of the Week: Please take a minute to look at the schedule for our Star of the Week Program. You can see when your child is going to be Star of the Week and plan accordingly. The program is described here on the blog and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or stop by.
Classroom Needs: Please take a look at our Wish List as there are still things on it that we really would love to have. Thanks in advance
Conferences: I look forward to meeting with all of you the week of Oct. 7th for conferences to discuss your child and the progress he/she has made. If you signed up for a conference and would prefer a 7:30 am conference, or a conference at 10:40-11:00 am please let me know. Also, I'm also willing to have telephone conferences too. If you do not have a conference time yet or forgot when yours is, please contact me.
Language Arts- We had a practice run through with our RTI program this week and all the kids are excited to have it official kick off this Monday, September 30! Your child knows which class/teacher he/she reports to each Monday through Thursday and is looking forward to it.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the updated list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, an, all, because, be big, by, can, did, do, for, friend, from, find, go, have, he, here, his, had, him, her, has, how, I, in, is, it, if, like, little, my, me, made, most, make, more no, not, nice, of, on, one, once, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, when, where, why, was, want, with, who, what, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... made, make, most, more, nice
Math: We will be working in Chapter 5 which focuses on addition fact strategies. We will be discussing all the different strategies to use when adding two groups of objects together. We will give the children time to verbalize what strategy they a prefer using and how they use it. Completing Chapter 5 workbook pages in the Homework Book I gave you at Back to School Night and working with your flashcards daily will help.
Science: We finished up our unit on insects this week and put all of the work into our Science Journal. Look for it to come home with your child soon. Enjoy reading it and discussing all he/she learned. We will need them to come back to school soon so as soon as you are finished enjoying it, return it to Room 6.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Happy Fall!! It was great to see all of you at Back to School Night last night! I enjoyed sharing our program with you.
Language Arts- We will enjoy stories from our HM Reading Series. Our strategy focus is summarizing a story and our comprehension focus is story structure. We will have fun this week extending stories based on what we think will happen next.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the updated list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, an, because, be big, can, did, for, friend, from, find, go, have, he, here, his, had, him, her, I, in, is, it, like, little, my, me, no, not, of, on, one, once, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, when, where, why, was, want, with, who, what, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... all, do, by, if, come
Handwriting: This week we will learn how to write capital letters. We will learn on a day since we have already learned how to write all of the lower case alphabet letters the "first grade way". Our “Magic C” letters all start with a c (starting at the top and going around and if needed, back down again without lifting the pencil). The straight-line letters, except for “e”, all start at the top and go down, and back up (if needed) without lifting the pencil. Practicing daily at home will really help your child. Thanks in advance.
Math: We will be working in Chapter 4 which focuses on addition number sentences. We will focus on ways to make 7, 8, 9 and 10. We will learn how to add in vertical form, add with zero and how to draw a picture to go along with a number sentence. Completing the Chapter 4 workbook pages in the homework book I gave you at Back to School Night and working with your new flashcards daily will help.
Science: We will finish up our unit on insects this week. Look for your child's science journal to come home. Enjoy reading it together for one night and please help your child remember to bring it back to school the next day. We look forward to reading your comments.
We will start on study of seasons starting with fall. What a wonderful time of year!
Language Arts- We will enjoy stories from our HM Reading Series. Our strategy focus is summarizing a story and our comprehension focus is story structure. We will have fun this week extending stories based on what we think will happen next.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the updated list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, an, because, be big, can, did, for, friend, from, find, go, have, he, here, his, had, him, her, I, in, is, it, like, little, my, me, no, not, of, on, one, once, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, when, where, why, was, want, with, who, what, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... all, do, by, if, come
Handwriting: This week we will learn how to write capital letters. We will learn on a day since we have already learned how to write all of the lower case alphabet letters the "first grade way". Our “Magic C” letters all start with a c (starting at the top and going around and if needed, back down again without lifting the pencil). The straight-line letters, except for “e”, all start at the top and go down, and back up (if needed) without lifting the pencil. Practicing daily at home will really help your child. Thanks in advance.
Math: We will be working in Chapter 4 which focuses on addition number sentences. We will focus on ways to make 7, 8, 9 and 10. We will learn how to add in vertical form, add with zero and how to draw a picture to go along with a number sentence. Completing the Chapter 4 workbook pages in the homework book I gave you at Back to School Night and working with your new flashcards daily will help.
Science: We will finish up our unit on insects this week. Look for your child's science journal to come home. Enjoy reading it together for one night and please help your child remember to bring it back to school the next day. We look forward to reading your comments.
We will start on study of seasons starting with fall. What a wonderful time of year!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Happy Friday!
We had a great time celebrating filling in the incentive chart! They are well on their way to filling up the next one! Following the rules and being a good citizen really pays off!
Reminder: Thursday, September 19, is Back to School Night and I look forward to seeing all of you here! It is a great night for you to learn more about your child's day and sign up to become a volunteer in our class.
Exciting News: Did you hear about our classrrom visitors? Yes, the ants arrived! We are having a great time being scientist predicting, observing and then recording our findings. We are learning a lot about the similarities between ants and us!
Field Trip: I'm looking for drivers for a field trip to Aptos High on October 17. We are going to see a play that morning. The first parents who have completed forms for the trip will be my drivers.
Language Arts- We will enjoy stories from our HM Reading Series. Our strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying parts of the stories we read. Our comprehension focus is fantasy and realism. We will have fun reading deciding what parts of the stories we read are real or make believe! Doing this at home too will really help your child.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the updated list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, an, because, be big, can, did, for, friend, from, find, go, have, he, here, his, had, him, her, I, in, is, it, like, my, me, no, not, of, on, one, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, when, where, why, was, want, with, who, what, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... do, because, little, one, once
Handwriting: We have learned how to write all of the lower case alphabet letters the "first grade way". Our “Magic C” letters all start with a c (starting at the top and going around and if needed, back down again without lifting the pencil). The straight-line letters, except for “e”, all start at the top and go down, and back up (if needed) without lifting the pencil. Practicing daily at home will really help your child and for please look in your Thanks in advance.
Math: We will be working in Chapter 3 which focuses on putting together two groups or increasing to add as well as learning that a number sentence can tell about real-world situations.
PE: Monday and Tuesdays so please make sure your child wears appropriate footwear and clothing on those days.
We had a great time celebrating filling in the incentive chart! They are well on their way to filling up the next one! Following the rules and being a good citizen really pays off!
Reminder: Thursday, September 19, is Back to School Night and I look forward to seeing all of you here! It is a great night for you to learn more about your child's day and sign up to become a volunteer in our class.
Exciting News: Did you hear about our classrrom visitors? Yes, the ants arrived! We are having a great time being scientist predicting, observing and then recording our findings. We are learning a lot about the similarities between ants and us!
Field Trip: I'm looking for drivers for a field trip to Aptos High on October 17. We are going to see a play that morning. The first parents who have completed forms for the trip will be my drivers.
Language Arts- We will enjoy stories from our HM Reading Series. Our strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying parts of the stories we read. Our comprehension focus is fantasy and realism. We will have fun reading deciding what parts of the stories we read are real or make believe! Doing this at home too will really help your child.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the updated list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, an, because, be big, can, did, for, friend, from, find, go, have, he, here, his, had, him, her, I, in, is, it, like, my, me, no, not, of, on, one, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, when, where, why, was, want, with, who, what, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... do, because, little, one, once
Handwriting: We have learned how to write all of the lower case alphabet letters the "first grade way". Our “Magic C” letters all start with a c (starting at the top and going around and if needed, back down again without lifting the pencil). The straight-line letters, except for “e”, all start at the top and go down, and back up (if needed) without lifting the pencil. Practicing daily at home will really help your child and for please look in your Thanks in advance.
Math: We will be working in Chapter 3 which focuses on putting together two groups or increasing to add as well as learning that a number sentence can tell about real-world situations.
PE: Monday and Tuesdays so please make sure your child wears appropriate footwear and clothing on those days.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Hi Room 6 Families,
Exciting News: These amazingly fabulous first graders in Room 6 filled up our Class Incentive
Chart! Can you believe it? I think they did it in world record time! The class took a vote and having a pj party was the celebration of choice. So please help your child remember to wear his/her pj to school on Wednesday, September 11. It is okay if your child doesn't want to wear pj's. He/she can still be part of the celebration.
Important: As you probably already know, all parents who wish to volunteer in the classroom at any point during the year, or drive on a field trip, must get fingerprinted and have a TB test on file. Please contact the school office for more information. I would love to schedule volunteers at Back to School Night but we need this completed first!
Morning Drop Off: Thank you for helping your child during this time. As a reminder, our school opens at 7:30, with supervision only on the lower playground. At 7:40, the supervisors will walk the children up to the upper playground to play until school starts at 7:55.
Daily Folders: Each day your child will bring home his/her Room 6 folder with the amazing work done that day. Please find a special time to sit with your child, go through the work asking him/her questions and enjoying hearing about all the learning and fun that is taking place during his/her day..
Here is a peek at next week.
Language Arts- We will enjoy stories from our HM Reading Series. Our strategy focus will be to question a story. Our comprehension focus is noting details in a story. Doing this at home too will really help your child.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, because, be big, can, did, for, friend, from, go, have, he, here, his, had, I, in, is, it, like, my, me, no, not, of, on, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, was, want, with, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... what, where, when, how why.
Handwriting: We will continue to learn how to write the alphabet the "first grade way". Our “Magic C” letters all start with a c (starting at the top and going around and if needed, back down again without lifting the pencil). The straight-line letters, except for “e”, all start at the top and go down, and back up (if needed) without lifting the pencil. Practicing daily at home will really help your child. Thanks in advance.
Math: We will be working in Chapter 3 which focuses on making patterns and sorting objects.
This is a fun activity to do at home together.
PE Monday and Tuesdays so please make sure your child wears appropriate footwear and clothing on those days.
Library: We will be going to our Rio del Mar School Library each Friday morning to hear a story and check out a library book. Your child can keep the book at home and bring it back the following Friday or before. We will have a Library Basket here in the classroom to store the books until the following Friday when we go to the Library again. If you would like to volunteer during our library time, Fridays 8:00-8:30, helping the students select books, we would love 2 or 3 helpers. Thanks in advance.
Exciting News: These amazingly fabulous first graders in Room 6 filled up our Class Incentive
Chart! Can you believe it? I think they did it in world record time! The class took a vote and having a pj party was the celebration of choice. So please help your child remember to wear his/her pj to school on Wednesday, September 11. It is okay if your child doesn't want to wear pj's. He/she can still be part of the celebration.
Important: As you probably already know, all parents who wish to volunteer in the classroom at any point during the year, or drive on a field trip, must get fingerprinted and have a TB test on file. Please contact the school office for more information. I would love to schedule volunteers at Back to School Night but we need this completed first!
Morning Drop Off: Thank you for helping your child during this time. As a reminder, our school opens at 7:30, with supervision only on the lower playground. At 7:40, the supervisors will walk the children up to the upper playground to play until school starts at 7:55.
Daily Folders: Each day your child will bring home his/her Room 6 folder with the amazing work done that day. Please find a special time to sit with your child, go through the work asking him/her questions and enjoying hearing about all the learning and fun that is taking place during his/her day..
Here is a peek at next week.
Language Arts- We will enjoy stories from our HM Reading Series. Our strategy focus will be to question a story. Our comprehension focus is noting details in a story. Doing this at home too will really help your child.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, because, be big, can, did, for, friend, from, go, have, he, here, his, had, I, in, is, it, like, my, me, no, not, of, on, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, was, want, with, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be.... what, where, when, how why.
Handwriting: We will continue to learn how to write the alphabet the "first grade way". Our “Magic C” letters all start with a c (starting at the top and going around and if needed, back down again without lifting the pencil). The straight-line letters, except for “e”, all start at the top and go down, and back up (if needed) without lifting the pencil. Practicing daily at home will really help your child. Thanks in advance.
Math: We will be working in Chapter 3 which focuses on making patterns and sorting objects.
This is a fun activity to do at home together.
PE Monday and Tuesdays so please make sure your child wears appropriate footwear and clothing on those days.
Library: We will be going to our Rio del Mar School Library each Friday morning to hear a story and check out a library book. Your child can keep the book at home and bring it back the following Friday or before. We will have a Library Basket here in the classroom to store the books until the following Friday when we go to the Library again. If you would like to volunteer during our library time, Fridays 8:00-8:30, helping the students select books, we would love 2 or 3 helpers. Thanks in advance.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Reminders: Monday is a school holiday so we will see you on Tuesday!
Tuesday, September 10th is picture day!
Morning Drop Off: Thank you for helping your child during this time. As a reminder, our school opens at 7:30, with supervision only on the lower playground. At 7:40, the supervisors will walk the children up to the upper playground to play until school starts at 7:55.
Daily Folders: Each day your child will bring home his/her Room 6 folder with the amazing work done that day. Please find a special time to sit with your child, go through the work asking him/her questions and enjoying hearing about all the learning and fun that is taking place during his/her day..
Here is a peek at next week.
Language Arts- We will enjoy 3 stories from our HM Reading Series, Charles the Tiger, The Big Hit and Big Pig. Our strategy focus will be to evaluate a story. Our comprehension focus is looking at cause and effect in a story. You can work with these skills in the stories that you all enjoy together at home this coming week.
Word Wall Words: Each Monday, we will put 5 new word wall words on our Word Wall. Here is the list of word wall words that are on our Word Wall now: a, and, are, as, at, because, be big, can, did, for, friend, from, go, have, he, here, his, had, I, in, is, it, like, my, me, no, not, of, on, play, said, see, she, that, the, they, this, to, up, was, want, with, you. Helping your child learn these words will be a huge support to their reading. Once they know these words by sight, they can work on spelling them on their own as they are the most frequently used words in first grade. Flash cards are a great way to practice. Some children even have their own word walls in their rooms. It is great to have a Word Wall at home too and add the five new word wall words to it each week. This week's word wall words are going to be find, one, who, him, her.
Handwriting: We will continue to learn how to write the alphabet the "first grade way". Our “Magic C” letters all start with a c (starting at the top and going around and if needed, back down again without lifting the pencil). The straight-line letters, except for “e”, all start at the top and go down, and back up (if needed) without lifting the pencil. Practicing daily at home will really help your child. Thanks in advance.
Math: We will be finished up learning how to write the numbers 1-9 the "purple/green" way and we will focus on place value with numbers to 30 using our Houghton Mifflin Math Book.
PE Monday and Tuesdays so please make sure your child wears appropriate footwear and clothing on those days.
Library: We will be going to our Rio del Mar School Library each Friday morning to hear a story and check out a library book. Your child can keep the book at home and bring it back the following Friday or before. We will have a Library Basket here in the classroom to store the books until the following Friday when we go to the Library again. If you would like to volunteer during our library time, Fridays 8:00-8:30, helping the students select books, we would love 2 or 3 helpers. Thanks in advance.
Have a great long weekend,
Mrs. Robinson
Friday, August 16, 2013
Welcome!
I am so excited to start my 14th year here at Rio del Mar teaching first grade in Room 6. It is going to be another fabulous year and I can't wait to meet everyone on Monday.
Welcome to my Room 6 blog too! My hope is that by reading this blog each week, you will get a peak into the upcoming fun and learning that will be happening. We love sharing what's going on and this is our way to do so since you all can't be here with us!
We will start off the school year with the Humpty Dumpty poem which will help us learn how to be safe, follow rules and make good choices while here at school. We will also enjoy The Cat Sat, our first story in our Houghton Mifflin reading series. This story will help us with the concept of beginning, middle and end in a story. In math, we will work with patterns, counting to 100 and writing numbers the first grade way. Ask your child about how to write our first grade "purple green" first grade number and learn for yourself.
Please look for the very important information packet from the office your child is bringing home. There are many forms to be filled out and returned.
Also please read our First Grade Information Sheet which will answer many of your questions about first grade procedures.
Looking forward to a great school year,
Mrs. Robinson
I am so excited to start my 14th year here at Rio del Mar teaching first grade in Room 6. It is going to be another fabulous year and I can't wait to meet everyone on Monday.
Welcome to my Room 6 blog too! My hope is that by reading this blog each week, you will get a peak into the upcoming fun and learning that will be happening. We love sharing what's going on and this is our way to do so since you all can't be here with us!
We will start off the school year with the Humpty Dumpty poem which will help us learn how to be safe, follow rules and make good choices while here at school. We will also enjoy The Cat Sat, our first story in our Houghton Mifflin reading series. This story will help us with the concept of beginning, middle and end in a story. In math, we will work with patterns, counting to 100 and writing numbers the first grade way. Ask your child about how to write our first grade "purple green" first grade number and learn for yourself.
Please look for the very important information packet from the office your child is bringing home. There are many forms to be filled out and returned.
Also please read our First Grade Information Sheet which will answer many of your questions about first grade procedures.
Looking forward to a great school year,
Mrs. Robinson
Friday, June 7, 2013
Well, can you believe it is the end of the year? It has been fabulous and I have enjoyed this year so much! The kids worked hard and gave 100%! You all should be so proud! I know I am!
I have been asked to let everyone know that summer school is open to all students. It will be held at Valencia. Please see the district website for more information.
Thank you for all your love and support,
Lea
I have been asked to let everyone know that summer school is open to all students. It will be held at Valencia. Please see the district website for more information.
Thank you for all your love and support,
Lea
Friday, May 10, 2013
Friday, May 10th
Happy Mother's Day to all you fabulous Moms out there! Enjoy your special day!
Language Arts: We will enjoy a story about a boy who spends some special time at his Grandparents' home remembering all the things his dad did there when he was a little guy. This story helps us practice the skills of sequencing and summarizing. We will spend time this week studying the /er/ sounds from er, ir, ur, wor, ear.
Science: We are start our study of matter this coming week.
Math: We will start Chapter 28 which deals with compare and order objects by length, height and weight. We will also work with estimating and measuring objects using non standard units. Have fun at home working on these concepts as well.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
REMINDER: Open House is this May 16th! Come to Room 6 and enjoy a private tour from a very special tour guide!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Thanks to all of you who supported your child in our school's jog a thon. It is a great school event that is always a hit!
Language Arts: For the next two weeks, the students in the upper grades are doing state testing so we will not be having RTI classes. We will not be reading any new stories from Houghton Mifflin for the next two weeks and instead will use other reading sources to continue work with grammar, phonics and other language arts skills.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and our performance will be the evening of May 23rd. When I know more details, I will pass them along.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
Language Arts: For the next two weeks, the students in the upper grades are doing state testing so we will not be having RTI classes. We will not be reading any new stories from Houghton Mifflin for the next two weeks and instead will use other reading sources to continue work with grammar, phonics and other language arts skills.
Science: We are continuing our habitat unit by exploring the ocean. We will
read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will
use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they
learned about each habitat. We will enjoy a directed drawing lesson with
the first graders in Room 7.
Math: We will continue work learning the concepts presented in Chapter 23 which focuses on sums to 30 and adding a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number. Please continue helping you child with telling time to the hour and half hour as telling time seems to be a difficult concept to grasp.
Math: We will continue work learning the concepts presented in Chapter 23 which focuses on sums to 30 and adding a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number. Please continue helping you child with telling time to the hour and half hour as telling time seems to be a difficult concept to grasp.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and our performance will be the evening of May 23rd. When I know more details, I will pass them along.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
Friday, April 19, 2013
Friday this week is our annual Jog a Thon so please help your child remember to wear the right shoes and clothes.
Language Arts: This week we will read a story called The Surprise Family. It is a fun story about a chick who is very surprised to find out who his family is. This story will open up lots of opportunities for us to talk about the sequencing of a story and how the author uses tons of details in telling the story. Our strategy focus is questioning along with compare and contrast.
Science: We are continuing our habitat unit by exploring the rain forest. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat. We will enjoy a directed drawing lesson with the first graders in Room 7.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 23 which focuses on sums to 30 and adding a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number. Please continue helping you child with telling time to the hour and half hour using those old fashioned wrist watches and round clocks.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
Language Arts: This week we will read a story called The Surprise Family. It is a fun story about a chick who is very surprised to find out who his family is. This story will open up lots of opportunities for us to talk about the sequencing of a story and how the author uses tons of details in telling the story. Our strategy focus is questioning along with compare and contrast.
Science: We are continuing our habitat unit by exploring the rain forest. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat. We will enjoy a directed drawing lesson with the first graders in Room 7.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 23 which focuses on sums to 30 and adding a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number. Please continue helping you child with telling time to the hour and half hour using those old fashioned wrist watches and round clocks.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
Friday, April 12, 2013
Encouraging Independence: Can you believe that you almost have a second grader?! We are so close to the end of first grade now that this is a perfect time for you to help your child to spread his/her wings and INDEPENDENTLY pack his/her school supplies. As a parent, you can help your child each night by making sure he/she has checked that his/her backpack, supplies, snack and lunch is all set for the following school day.
Language Arts: This week we will read a story called The New Friend. It is a darling story about a family from Japan that moves into the neighborhood. This story will open up lots of opportunities for us to talk about how to welcome others and make them feel included. Our strategy focus is evaluating and our comprehension strategy is story structure (plot, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and solution).
Science: We are continuing our habitat unit by exploring the forest. This week would be a great time to take a family walk in our local forest exploring all the plants and observing all animals. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat. We will enjoy a directed drawing lesson with the first graders in Room 7.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 22 which focuses on telling time to the hour and half hour. It is time to get out those old fashioned wrist watches and round clocks so your child will have many opportunities to tell time using the same kind of clocks that we will be using here at school.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY. Many students are coming to school each Friday and Monday without his/her Homework Log so more help in this area is needed.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
Monday, April 8, 2013
Welcome back to school. I hope you had a wonderful vacation and are ready the
third trimester. 44 days left of first grade! Crazy how fast this year went!
Language Arts: We are reading a charming story called When I Am Old With You. The strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying while the comprehension strategy is noting details. Please work with these strategies as you enjoy reading with your child nightly.
Language Arts: We are reading a charming story called When I Am Old With You. The strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying while the comprehension strategy is noting details. Please work with these strategies as you enjoy reading with your child nightly.
Science:We are starting our habitat unit by exploring the desert. We will read many non fiction books about habitats and your child will use expository writing at the end of each week to write about what they learned about each habitat.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 19 which focuses on inverse operations, fact families. The kids love working with fact families because we talk about not letting any "strangers into the family!"
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
Friday, March 22, 2013
Our field trip to AHS was fun and the students learned a lot about what they have to look forward to when they reach high school! It isn't that far off!
NEEDS: AA batteries, tissue boxes, decks of playing cards and a Dominoe Game,
Language Arts: This week's story is called Johnny Appleseed and is a non fiction story about the life of John Chapman. This story gives us the opportunity to learn about predicting, inferring and drawing conclusions. Please practice these stategies at home too.
Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 21 which focuses on the value of coins. Great opportunity to empty your coin jars and purses at home to practice adding coins.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
NEEDS: AA batteries, tissue boxes, decks of playing cards and a Dominoe Game,
Language Arts: This week's story is called Johnny Appleseed and is a non fiction story about the life of John Chapman. This story gives us the opportunity to learn about predicting, inferring and drawing conclusions. Please practice these stategies at home too.
Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 21 which focuses on the value of coins. Great opportunity to empty your coin jars and purses at home to practice adding coins.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities
Friday, March 8, 2013
Happy March! We are enjoying reading about St. Patrick's Day and are very excited to make our own leprechaun traps. We are hoping that maybe this will be the year we really CATCH ONE! Please help your child remember to bring his/her trap on Friday, March 15th. We will set them as we leave Friday in hopes of catching one of those wee little men!
Special Visitor: Author Matthew Beasley came to talk to us about writing books and shared his book, "Birds of a Different Feather". He was engaging and informative. Check him out at http://www.matthewbeasleywrites.com/
Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th, during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class.
Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 18 which focuses on subtraction strategies, subtracting doubles, doubles minus one and subtracting from 20.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Special Visitor: Author Matthew Beasley came to talk to us about writing books and shared his book, "Birds of a Different Feather". He was engaging and informative. Check him out at http://www.matthewbeasleywrites.com/
Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th, during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class.
Language Arts: This week's story is called The Butterfly and is a
non fiction story about the stages of a butterfly's life. This story gives
us the opportunity to learn about topic, main idea, details and summarizing a story.
Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 18 which focuses on subtraction strategies, subtracting doubles, doubles minus one and subtracting from 20.
Choir: We are enjoying our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we have a date for our upcoming upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Happy March! Can't wait to see all of you at our school auction!
Classroom Needs:
Paper towels
Large and small Zip lock baggies
Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th, during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class.
Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Social Studies: We finished our unit on Famous Americans and learned how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We put all of our writing into a book called Famous Americans and took it home. Enjoy hearing your child read his/her writing to you. Wait until you see who the last famous American is in the book!
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 17 which focuses on addition strategies, adding doubles, doubles plus one and adding on from 10.
Choir: We are looking forward to our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we do about the upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Classroom Needs:
Paper towels
Large and small Zip lock baggies
Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th, during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class.
Language Arts: This week's story is called The Forest and is a non fiction story about a class field trip to a forest. This story gives us the opportunity to learn about root words and their endings along with practicing summarizing.
Science: We are continue our weather study this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Social Studies: We finished our unit on Famous Americans and learned how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We put all of our writing into a book called Famous Americans and took it home. Enjoy hearing your child read his/her writing to you. Wait until you see who the last famous American is in the book!
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 17 which focuses on addition strategies, adding doubles, doubles plus one and adding on from 10.
Choir: We are looking forward to our second session with our choir teachers and will let you know when we do about the upcoming performance.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Friday, February 22, 2013
We had a great week! It was so exciting to have so many different types of weather! Four day weeks are great but we are very happy to get back to a full 5 day week! We miss our Monday routine!
Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th, during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class.
Centers: As you know, we started centers the week of February 17th, during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. We still have openings so If you would like to volunteer during this time, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class.
Language Arts: We are having so much fun reading all the stories by
Laura Numeroff. Thank you for sending in the ones your child had at home. We are getting really good at recognizing how she makes all of her stories circular stories and how she incorporates cause and effect! We will continue next week with more of her stories and try to write some of our own! The strategy focus is monitoring and
clarifying. The comprehension skill is being able to tell the
difference between reality and fantasy in a story.
Science: We are studying weather this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on Betsey Ross next week as a great follow up to our flag presentation from our friends at the Lion's Club. They gave an amazing overview on the origin of our flag. We will end this unit with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will review the concepts presented in Chapter 16. It focuses on subtraction and using a number line to subtract. Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.
Choir: We had a great time singing for our upper grade friends this week. It is fun to start a new session with Tanya and Jessica.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Friday, February 15, 2013
No School Monday, February 17
Valentine's Day: Thank you to our wonderful room moms and all their helpers who made our Valentine's Day so much fun! We had a blast and really appreciate all the work that went into the planning.
Centers: Starting the week of February 17th, we will have Workshops ( Centers) during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. If you would like to volunteer to help during Workshops, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class. Again, if you are interested, please email me with the days you would like to volunteer.
Valentine's Day: Thank you to our wonderful room moms and all their helpers who made our Valentine's Day so much fun! We had a blast and really appreciate all the work that went into the planning.
Centers: Starting the week of February 17th, we will have Workshops ( Centers) during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. If you would like to volunteer to help during Workshops, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or his/her RTI class. Again, if you are interested, please email me with the days you would like to volunteer.
Language Arts: We will be enjoying the story If You Give a Pancake by Laura Numeroff. There are several stories written by Ms. Numeroff that you might already have. If you do, please share with us as we will try to read all of her books this week. The strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying. The comprehension skill is being able to tell the difference between reality and fantasy in a story.
Science: We are studying weather this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on George Washington next week and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will continue with Chapter 16 that focuses on subtraction and using a number line to subtract. Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.
Choir: Congratulations to all our wonderful first graders for a fabulous concert! We are all so excited to start our next choir session!
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Friday, February 8, 2013
No School Monday, February 11.
Thursday, February 14: We will enjoy a day celebrating friendship! We will pass out Valentine cards too! Our room moms will be sending out a class list for your child to use when filling our his/her Valentines. If your child has his/her cards ready before Thursday, he/she can bring them in and we will keep them here in the classroom.
Centers: Starting the week of February 17th, we will have Workshops ( Centers) during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. If you would like to volunteer to help during Workshops, please email me and let me know. You will be signing up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS NOT his/her RTI class so it might turn out that your own child will not be here when you are volunteering. Again, if you are interested, please email me with the days you would like to volunteer.
Language Arts: We will be enjoying the story Lost! It is a story about a bear who gets lost in the city. The strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying. We will do this with all the stories we hear this week. We will look for all the proper nouns in the story and the words with multiple meanings.
Science: We are studying weather this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on George Washington next week and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will continue with Chapter 15 that focuses on sums to 12. Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.
Choir: Weekly choir practice continues and I wanted to let you know that on February 13th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Thursday, February 14: We will enjoy a day celebrating friendship! We will pass out Valentine cards too! Our room moms will be sending out a class list for your child to use when filling our his/her Valentines. If your child has his/her cards ready before Thursday, he/she can bring them in and we will keep them here in the classroom.
Centers: Starting the week of February 17th, we will have Workshops ( Centers) during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday. If you would like to volunteer to help during Workshops, please email me and let me know. You will be signing up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS NOT his/her RTI class so it might turn out that your own child will not be here when you are volunteering. Again, if you are interested, please email me with the days you would like to volunteer.
Language Arts: We will be enjoying the story Lost! It is a story about a bear who gets lost in the city. The strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying. We will do this with all the stories we hear this week. We will look for all the proper nouns in the story and the words with multiple meanings.
Science: We are studying weather this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on George Washington next week and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will continue with Chapter 15 that focuses on sums to 12. Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.
Choir: Weekly choir practice continues and I wanted to let you know that on February 13th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Language Arts: This week we will be reading That Toad is Mine which is a story about two boys that cannot share. We will talk about how they could solve their problem and brainstorm about how we can better solve our own problems here at school. The strategy focus is summarizing the story and I would like you to work with your child summarizing stories that you read at home please.
Science: We are studying weather this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on Abraham Lincoln next week and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will start Chapter 15 that focuses on sums to 12. Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.
Choir: Weekly choir practice continues and I wanted to let you know that on February 13th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Welcome to a new week and the last week of January! It is good to be getting back to class!
Language Arts: This week we will be reading a non fiction story about a Red Eyed Tree Frog. This story focuses us on predicting and inferring. Please enjoy reading non fiction books at home this week and working on the same strategy focus.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on Ruby Bridges this week and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will start Chapter 14 that focuses on greater than, less than, ten more, ten less, one more, one less. Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.
Choir: Weekly choir practice continues and I wanted to let you know that on February 13th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Language Arts: This week we will be reading a non fiction story about a Red Eyed Tree Frog. This story focuses us on predicting and inferring. Please enjoy reading non fiction books at home this week and working on the same strategy focus.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on Ruby Bridges this week and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will start Chapter 14 that focuses on greater than, less than, ten more, ten less, one more, one less. Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.
Choir: Weekly choir practice continues and I wanted to let you know that on February 13th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Welcome to a short week. I hope you all enjoyed a long weekend with our wonderful weather. I miss you all so much and am so happy to report that the doctor is releasing me to return back to work Monday. I will return wearing a protective boot on my right leg and walking with crutches but will be there with bells on!
Language Arts: This week we will be reading Eek! There's a Mouse the House. It is a fun story about a mouse and many other animals that get stuck together in a house. One thing leads to another. We will work to note the various details in this story and all the other stories that we read during the week.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will continue with Martin Luther King Jr. and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will be continue our work with place value and will start Chapter 13 on skip counting.
Choir: We are exciting to get back our weekly choir practice and I wanted to let you know that on January 30th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Reading Logs: Please complete your child's reading log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Reading Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Thursday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Friday.
Language Arts: This week we will be reading Eek! There's a Mouse the House. It is a fun story about a mouse and many other animals that get stuck together in a house. One thing leads to another. We will work to note the various details in this story and all the other stories that we read during the week.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will continue with Martin Luther King Jr. and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will be continue our work with place value and will start Chapter 13 on skip counting.
Choir: We are exciting to get back our weekly choir practice and I wanted to let you know that on January 30th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Reading Logs: Please complete your child's reading log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Reading Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Thursday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Friday.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Welcome back and happy 2013! I spent the vacation being well taken care of by my family and friends and am on the road to a speedy recovery!
Language Arts: This week we will be reading Sleeping Pig. It is a fun story about a pig that won't wake up! Our strategy focus is summering stories and our comprehension focus will be story structure. Use both of these strategies when enjoying books at home with you child this week.
Social Studies: We will start out unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will start with Martin Luther King Jr. and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)
Math: We will be learning about place value in Chapter 12 so please complete the at home pages from Chapter 12. This chapter also focuses on counting by 10's, one more, one less, ten more, ten less, writing numbers 1 to 100 and estimating.
Choir: We are exciting to get back our weekly choir practice and I wanted to let you know that on January 30th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.
Reading Logs: Please complete your child's reading log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Reading Log is due each FRIDAY.
PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.
Library: A reminder that each Thursday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Friday.
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