Week of October 26-30

Happy Halloween!

Please be sure to let us know if you would not like your child to participate in one of our Halloween center activities.

If you are available to come in Friday around 1:15 to help put on costumes, that would be greatly appreciated!

The Halloween Parade starts at 2:00 on Friday!

This Week in First Grade:

Math: We continue our math groups, focusing on five and ten relationships. We should be finishing up our third topic this week!

Reading: Reading centers are going great! Children working in my group are finishing their fist books and beginning to work on shorter more challenging reads.

Writing: We are working on writing well rounded paragraphs, that explain the reasons behind our statements.

Spelling: This week students will have ten words to practice. We will be working on spelling activities throughout the next two weeks to help students get more practice with their words. Please be studying them at home too!

Social Studies: Mr. Stultz is leading us on a great adventure about our school community!

Interviews!

Today we interviewed two of Simonds School's community members. Ask us what we learned from them!

Week of October 19-23

Happy Monday!

Reminders:

The Halloween Parade is Friday, October 30th at 2:00 PM.
PTO Movie Night is Friday at 6:30. They will be playing Hocus Pocus!

This Week in First Grade:

Math: We have completed Topic 2 and will be beginning our third topic on Understanding Five and Ten Relationships. We will be splitting up our classes into smaller work groups during our math time.

Reading: We continue to work in small groups doing centers and reading lessons. The students who stay in my class are working on sentence structure, addition and subtraction games, and reading short books. If your student brings a book home, please be sure that they return it the following day, we have to share.

Writing: Our How-To books are coming to an end. We will begin discussing formatting of our writing and using proper grammar and parts of speech.

Spelling: We begin discussing digraphs and how we read and spell words that have the ch, th, sh, wh, and ck sounds. Please be studying the list of words that are sent home.

Read Aloud: We are still reading stories by Mo Willems.

Social Studies: Mr. Stultz has been sharing about school communities with us. We will take a short break from communities during the next week to discuss Halloween.

Insects Galore!

Week of October 13th-16th

Welcome Back!

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and had a chance to enjoy the Fall Foliage Festival!

This Week:

Math: We will be taking our Topic 2: Understanding Subtraction Test this week!

Reading: Reading centers are in full swing! All students are working on different skills, be sure to ask your child about their group.

Writing: We will be working on a new How- To about the seasons. We have completed and published our How-To's from the last two weeks. Students should be very proud of their work!

Spelling/ Fundations: We continue to work on tapping out to spell and to read sentences. For extra practice have your child tap to read at home.

Author of the Month: This month we will be focusing on books by Mo Willems.

Reminders:

Scholastic Book Orders are due on Friday, October 16th!
Sight words should be studied each night!

Week of October 5-9

Happy Four Day Week!

We do not have school this Friday (Oct. 9) or Monday (Oct. 12). 

There is a PTO meeting Wednesday, October 7th at 7:00.

This Week:

Math: We continue to work on Understanding Subtraction. We will be completing Topic 2 at the beginning of next week. 

Reading: We have officially started our reading groups and centers. Please be on the look out for reading group books coming home. Students will be asked to practice reading them at home. 

Writing: We have written and published our first How-To Book using an app on the iPads. I will be printing and binding the books this week for students to enjoy at home. 

Fundations: We have been working on tapping out the sounds in words to help us spell and read. 

Science: We have created our own insect this week. We will be putting them out on display in the hallway, but they will come home shortly!