I hope you had a fun and relaxing weekend! In our Literacy block this week we will be sharing a few great stories, be sure to ask your child about Buddy and Earl, and the Elephant and Piggy characters! As we share fun stories about friendship we are getting to know each other, building our sense for stories, enjoying stories together, and developing or maintaining the love of reading we all want our kids to have! This time of our day is called Interactive Read Aloud, and we sit together on the rug, so that when we discuss different parts of the book we can all see and hear each other. This is a critical piece to building the kind classroom environment where students feel comfortable taking risks and learning about and respecting one another. We will also be working on Community Writing this week, which is where we work together to create labels, messages, and anchor charts that help solidify our understandings of new concepts and stories. Stay tuned for more components of our literacy block in upcoming blog posts!
In math this week we will...
- Continue recognizing, describing, and extending number patterns (counting by 2's, 5's and 10's) using the popsicle chart we made last week.
- Begin working on the Number Rack to make combinations of 5 and 10. Students will make their own Number Racks and play a game called "Show Me".
- Use Number Racks to find missing addends in equations within 10 (7+___= 10).
- Play a game called "Ten-Frame Flash," during which students will look at a ten frame quickly, then make their Number Rack to match what they see.
- Learn and practice procedures for Math Work Places. This week, students will work with Geo Boards, Polydrons and play a game called, "Flip & Write".
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| This is an example of a Number Rack. On this Number Rack, the students can see that 5 on top and 1 on the bottom make 6. |
In Social Studies we are focusing on our classroom community and classroom/school rules. We will play a "Find a Friend" game as well as a few other community building games. We will also watch a video click based on the book Officer Buckle and Gloria, by Peggy Rathmann.
Many items will come home in your child's red folder (take home folder), please help your child become responsible for bringing their red take home folder to and from school each day. If you have a note with a change of going home plan, please feel free to send it to school in your child's red folder.
Homework in First Grade consists of nightly reading and weekly Math Home Connections. Take Home Book bags will be end home towards the end of September. Math Home Connections will be sent home on Mondays and are due on Fridays.
Reminders and Upcoming Events:
- September 9- PTO Meeting
- September 12- MAP Begin Reading
- September 17- MAP Finish Reading
- September 19- MAP Begin Math, Dining for Dollars- Hefner's
- September 23- MAP Finish Math
- September 24- Picture Day
- October 2- Walking School Bus
- October 4- No School- Professional Development
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