Below is the Newsletter to help preview the upcoming week!
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Daily Five
"Daily 5 is a structure that helps students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and working independently that will lead to a lifetime of literacy independence." -The Daily Café
This week the students practiced Read to Self! During Read to Self the students choose their own books, a spot to read, and independently read. We read Dex: The Heart of a Hero and the discussed STAMINA! The goal for the week was 4 minutes! They went beyond the goal to 5 minutes. For five minutes the students followed the expectations of staying in one spot, reading the whole time, keeping their eyes on their book, and demonstrating IPICK. The goal for the year is thirty-five minutes. We will celebrate each step! 
IPICK is a strategy to help students choose a book!
Olly, Captain Capital, and Paul Period!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Problem Solving!
The students are doing a great job transition into first grade. Thank you for all of the support and encouragement you give to your children daily. Your love gets them through the (sometimes) long days at school. This week the life skill is problem solving. We will be discussing ways to solve problems socially, emotionally, and academically. Below is chart I will introduce to the students. I will also read a few books that pertain to problem solving. We will discuss two a day and then review on Friday. A choice that is not on the chart but something the students can always do is Talk to an Adult!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
The Week Ahead!
Hello First Grade Families, Friday was a big day in our classroom!!! We enjoyed a Mystery Reader with Pete the Cat, celebrated a birthday, and Zero the Hero came. He brought everyone two chocolate chip cookies! It was a great energy-filled day.
This week in the classroom the students will be reading a great story about a BIG BLUE OX! The past few weeks the students have been learning about characters and this week we will focus on both character and setting.
In spelling we will continue learning about short vowels. Addie and Iggy have been a great help learning about short -a and short -i and a new friend will join our class to help us with short o!! In addition to our letter friends sentence friends will also join our classroom.
In math the students will be introduced to the ten frame. This is one of many, math strategies to help learn the basic math facts. This week we will use it for making ten.
It is going to be a great week!!!
Thursday, August 22, 2013
The pig without the wig!
Mr. Puckett and I were taking a nice walk at Shelby Farms and look what we found!! We ran into an old friend and her pet pig, Penelope! I told her about our study of pigs this week and Pig in a Wig!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)