11/28-12/2

Hello families! I hope you enjoyed the wonderful Thanksgiving break! We had an amazing time celebrating with everyone on Tuesday. Thank you parents for preparing and serving the students and the teachers. We are so fortunate to have a supportive group like you!


I also hope is was very restful because the next few weeks is busy busy and we are on a full sprint to the holidays! This week is Healthy Choices and each day the students are encouraged to wear different things! Tuesday- red shirt and crazy socks; Wednesday-wear a jersey from any sport; Thursday- Campus School shirt and jeans! Also at the Family Gathering on Friday there is a Confucius Classroom Dedication. In the classroom this week we are....

In reading we'll share the story Honeybees. It's a nonfiction piece about how honeybees live and work together. Our comprehension focus is compare and contrast. Our spelling skill is the long e sound spelled with an e and ee. For grammar we'll continue to practice with singular and plural nouns.

In unit study students are learning about matter. This week we will explore gases, mixtures and how matter changes states.

In math we'll apply place value skills to number concepts to 100. Students will compare numbers to identify greater and less than values, identify numbers that come before, between, and after given numbers and order numbers according to value. These are fundamental number sense skills.

It is going to be a great and cold week! Stay warm!

11/21-11/22

Happy Thanksgiving! This week the first grade is going to explore the wonderful adventures of the first Thanksgiving. Monday, we are going to welcome a special speaker to talk about events that took place almost 400 years ago. These events help shape and mold what Thanksgiving is today! Tuesday, we are going to enjoy a TURKEYlicious feast the wonderful first grade parents are preparing. Finally, we are going to end the adventures by inviting Charlie Brown to join our classroom and share his Thanksgiving experience! 

Enjoy the break and don't forget to think about all the things you are thankful for!!!! 

11/14-11/18

This week in the classroom students will practice working in literacy workstations. In reading students will read the story Life in the Forest. Our spelling skill is the long u spelled with the amazing, the stupendous, silent e. Listen carefully for the two sounds the long u makes. In grammar students will continue to learn about contractions and plural nouns. 

In unit study the students have been learning about objects in the day and night sky and exploring the earth/sun relationship too.  This week we will move onto matter.  What is matter?  Let's find out this week!!!

In math we will begin place value. Students will learn to regroup ones into tens and identify how many tens and ones are in 2 digit numbers. 

11/7-11/11

Hello families, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and rested after last week excitement! We had Halloween fun and watched Dr. Copeland on a horse! This week is going to be exciting also. We are going back in time and learning about creatures who are extinct, exploring plant parts, and making patterns!

In reading this week students will read the selection The Big Circle. Our comprehension focus is sequence. In spelling we'll focus on the long o spelled with the silent E. In grammar we'll assess proper nouns and begin learning about contractions.


In unit study we are going to continue to pretend to be botanists. The students will learn to label and name the functions of each plant part.

In math we begin our chapter on patterns. Students will learn to identify the pattern unit (what repeats), name and extend a pattern, and create their own pattern.