October 25th Newsletter

                                                     

Week of October 25, 2021

Our school-wide Halloween celebration will be on Friday, October 29th. Students will have the opportunity to wear their costumes, but please be mindful of the following:

• Your child must be able to put on his/her costume independently in the classroom

• Costumes must fit over your child’s clothing

As mentioned in Thorson's Thursday Folder, all 3 elementary schools will be celebrating veterans as they drive past in a procession on Thursday, November 11. They're due to drive past Thorson at 9:30 and we'll be outside wearing red, white & blue, cheering, maybe singing, waving flags or signs to show our appreciation for their service. If you have a veteran you would like to participate in the processional, they are welcome. 

This week in literacy, we will…

• Hear and identify long vowel sounds

• Recognize and use consonant clusters at the end of words

• Read Little Bear and the Three Campers. We will read words with the initial digraphs th- and ch-, self-monitor using recognition of high-frequency words, and use features of print to track words when reading with others.

• Read a poem titled, Pumpkin Orange 

• Read books about Halloween, including Creepy Carrots and Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

In writing this week, we will…

• Share our opinions about different topics with others

• Use convincing statements to support our ideas

• Write to persuade others 

• Review and edit our work 

• Make comparisons in our writing to make our piece more convincing and interesting

In math this week, we will…

• Take our Unit 2 assessment

• Learn and practice our doubles facts 

• Count by 5s

• Look for patterns and make use of structure

In Science this week, we will…

• Learn about rocks and minerals

• Learn how people use Earth’s water

• Know the importance of water

Important Dates to Remember!

10/22- Early Release 1:45

10/25-Pumpkin Days-Decorate a pumpkin for the IMC

10/29- Outdoor Halloween Parade

11/3- Picture Retake Day

11/5- No School- Professional Development and Records Day

October 18th Newsletter

                                                

Week of October 18th, 2021

This week in literacy, we will…

• Understand that some letters represent vowel sounds

• Recognize and use consonant clusters at the beginning of words

• Read In a Dark, Dark Wood by Joy Cowley. We will adjust our voice to reflect aspects of the text (suspense, humor) and notice a repeating pattern of text on each page

• Read a poem titled, Bat, Bat 

• Read books about bats and Halloween, including Stellaluna by Jannel Cannon, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colondro, Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and Where’s my Mummy by Carolyn Crimi

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

In writing this week, we will…

• Continue our unit on opinion writing and writing reviews

• Share our opinions about different topics with others

• Use convincing statements to support our details

• Understand the components of writing an opinion piece and analyze whether or not our opinion pieces have them

In math this week, we will…

• - Solve addition problems by counting on

• - Add within 12 and use strategies to add

• - Use >, <, = symbols to record and compare 1 and 2 digit numbers

• - Apply commutative property

• - Solve subtraction problem by finding an unknown addend

• - Add and subtract within 10

• - Demonstrate the understanding of the equal sign to determine if addition or subtraction problems are true

• Recognize doubles facts such as 3+3=6 

• Learn a new work place called “Spin and Add”

In Science this week, we will…

• Learn about soil and how we use Earth’s land

• Learn about different types of landforms including mountains, plateaus, plains, and islands

Important Dates to Remember!

10/22- Early Release 1:45

10/25-Pumpkin Days-Decorate a pumpkin for the IMC

10/29- Outdoor Halloween Parade

11/3- Picture Retake Day

11/5- No School- Professional Development and Records Day

Book Orders Due This Friday - October 15th

  

Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub
One-Time Class Activation Code: JBVLX

Dear Families,

Although our first book order is delayed, I will still be placing an order this Friday, October 15th.  Your child will be bringing home flyers today.  Sorry for the delay!

You can shop and submit your order online or return the order form with payment directly to me. No matter how you order, every purchase you make earns FREE Books and educational supplies for our classroom.

The arrival of the book box is always a highlight - thanks for making it happen!

Happy reading,

Mrs. Majinski

Ordering online is fast and easy:

• REGISTER at scholastic.com/readingclub
• ENTER the Class Activation Code at the top of this letter
• CHOOSE from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia eBooks
• SUBMIT the order to me by the due date at the top of this letter
• EARN FREE Books for our classroom too!

October 11th Newsletter

 

Week of October 11th, 2021

Our class is growing so much already in first grade! Take home books will be sent home starting this week! Please read the information that comes in the bag with the book! Thank you for reading daily with your child! 

This week in literacy, we will…

• Understand that some letters represent vowel sounds

• Hear and identify short vowel sounds in words

• Read Jumping into the Leaves by Winnie Tucker. We will use and recognize long vowel sounds in words and notice periods, commas, question marks and exclamation marks. We will also talk about how the character changed or learned a lesson in the story. 

• Read a poem titled, Autumn Leaves 

• Read books about fall including, 

• Participate in Heggerty Phonological Awareness Lessons

• Learn proper letter formation for the Magic C letter s. We will also add “s” to the end of words to make them plural

In writing this week, we will…

• Start our unit on opinion writing and writing reviews

• Share our opinions about different topics with others

• Explain our reasoning/evidence behind our opinions 

• Understand the components of writing an opinion piece 

In math this week, we will…

• - Recognize the number of objects in a collection of 6 or fewer

• - Solve addition problems by counting on

• - Use >, <, and = symbols to compare

• - Reason abstractly and quantitatively

• - Count up to 20 objects to answer "how many?" questions.

• - Add within 20

In Science this week, we will…

• Continue to learn about animals we see in the fall.

• Use the online resource PebbleGo to learn even more about the fall animals.

• Begin a new science unit about land and water!  We will begin learning about different types of landforms.

Important Dates to Remember!

10/16-All School Open House 9:00 am-3:00 pm

10/19-4K Field Trip-Cedar Creek Farm

10/19-5th Grade Riveredge-Sommerfeld

10/20-5th Grade Riveredge-Kahn

10/21-5th Grade Riveredge-VanSluys

10/22- Early Release 1:45

10/25-Pumpkin Days

10/26-5th Grade Riveredge-Mr. Hartling 

10/29- Outdoor Halloween Parade

Scholastic Delays

If you placed a book order last month- Scholastic is experiencing longer than usual processing times. They have our order and will be getting our books picked and shipped as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!

October 4th Newsletter

 

Week of October 4th, 2021

I am looking forward to a great week ahead! Thanks for your continued support at home! A reminder that library books are due back every Monday. 

Important Information- This week Thursday, October 7th we will be celebrating your students' hard work in writing with a Hollywood themed party! We will have a snack, read our stories, walk the red carpet, and celebrate our hard work and dedication! Your student is invited to dress up to impress for this day! 

This week in literacy, we will…

• Understand that some letters represent vowel sounds

• Hear and identify short vowel sounds in words

• Read The Elephant by Cordelia S. Finn. We will recognize and reflect bold print with our voices, understand the meaning of new words with context and picture support and discuss how photographs provide information in nonfiction books

• Read a poem titled, The Vowel Song 

• Read, I am Invited to a Party, by Mo Willems, One Tiny Turtle, by Nicola Davies and The Relatives Came, by Cynthia Rylant

• Participate in Heggerty Phonological Awareness Lessons

• Learn proper letter formation for the Magic C letters c and o

In writing this week, we will…

• Edit/revise our Small Moment stories by checking for end marks, capital letters, and detail

• Celebrate the completion of our Personal Narratives Unit by sharing our Small Moment stories with the class  

In math this week, we will…

• Addition with counting on

• Count objects by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s

• Add within 20

• Represent a number of objects with a written numeral up to 120

• Take Unit 1 Assessment 

• Start Unit 2 learning about dominos

• Use Dominos to play a new work place called “Domino Top Draw”

• Compare numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to signs

In Social Studies this week, we will…

• Learn about what animals need to survive

• Learn about animals we see in the fall. 

Important Dates to Remember!

• October 8- No School (Professional Development Day)

• October 16- CSD Community Open House

• October 22- Early Release Day

• October 25- Pumpkin Days

• October 29- Outdoor Halloween Parade

• November 3- Picture Retake Day