Quarter 2 -- Week 9

We are down to the last 4 days of school before Winter Break!  We can see and feel all of the “hustle and bustle” of the holidays! This week we will be finishing up assessments so report cards will be sent home shortly after we return from Christmas break.

December 22

  Our last day of school before break will be Thursday, December 22. All first and second graders will be participating in Christmas Around the World activities on this day. The first and second grade teachers have been busy planning fun learning and craft activities for this fun day. Also on this day students DO NOT have to wear their uniforms to school. Instead they can wear holiday related clothing.

 

Last Week in First Grade We...

• continued learning about sound, vibrations, and pitch.  Students made cup-a-phones and wrote about how they worked and watched and listened to glasses filled with water made different sounds.
• reviewed nonfiction text features.
• reviewed identifying nouns and verbs in sentences.
• began writing appreciations for individual students for Christmas gifts to each other.

This Week in First Grade We Will...

• review nonfiction text features and begin assessing who can find and use the table of contents, index, and glossary of a book.
• continue our Science project on Sound and Light and learn about pitch and how light is illuminated.
• not have spelling words this week.  Instead we will begin completing report card assessments.
• Due to assessments students will not have a regular reading book to read each night.  Please have your child read a book of their choice and complete the reading log. 

Thank you to all the families that came to enjoy our drama play. The first graders worked hard on this play and did a wonderful job.  Here are a few pictures of this fun event. 

News from Miss Garcia

Last week the 1st grades student completed an assessment on shapes and their defining attributes.  Both classes did a fantastic job overall, I am very proud of you!  Our classes focused on place value and comparing 2 - two-digit numbers last week.  Students worked hard telling how many “tens” and “ones” are used to make a 2 digit number, while also drawing a pictorial model to match.  They completed a mini - assessment Thursday on these two objectives.   This week we review gathering data in order to create tally charts, bar graphs and pictographs.  We will also work on problem solving; What information we need to know?  Do we add or subtract?  How can we restate the question?  This week is also the last 4 days of the 2nd quarter.  Part of our week will be spent completing report card assessments.  The second quarter report cards will go home in January, after the students have returned to school.

Week 18 Homework

Dec. 19th- 20th

Monday	O.1 Record data with tally charts, picture graphs and tables
Tuesday	O.2 Interpret data with tally charts, picture graphs and tables
Wednesday	E.12 Add 3 numbers - word problems
Thursday	No Homework - Merry Christmas!

Enjoy the Christmas Season and Winter Break with your families. Miss Garcia and I look forward to seeing all of you on Monday, January 9th 2017!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia

Quarter 2 -- Week 8 -- Slideshow and information

Dear First Grade Parents,

Happy Monday!  There are only two weeks left until Christmas Break.  It will go by quickly and we will continue to read, write and work on math everyday.  Please make sure that your child is at school everyday so they do not miss out on any learning and special projects.  

Thursday, December 22nd, Oasis Academy will be having a “Celebration Day” for ALL of the hard work and dedication that the 3rd through 8th grade students who had to take the “Smarter Balance” and End of Course exams last spring.  Our students did a fantastic job on the assessments and Mrs. Mackedon granted us a special holiday activity day.  Students can dress in “Holiday Attire,” they do NOT have to wear their Oasis Uniforms that day.  All first and second graders will be participating in Christmas Around the World lessons and activities on December 22.  More information will be sent out about that day soon.  All first and second grade teachers are planning some fun activities to learn more about new places and their traditions. 

Snow Day Slide Show!!!

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Drama Performance

Thursday, December 15 at 1:30 in Mrs. Rowlett's room -- first graders will be preforming their drama play. They have worked so hard all quarter practicing this fun play to preform for you. We hope you will be able to join us for this fun event. Please  note the time change.

Last week in first grade we...

• began our sound and light science project.  Students went on a listening walk around the school, learned about our 5 senses, and made a kazoo to demonstrate sound vibrating.
• wrote a final draft using our graphic organizer that we completed about our favorite toy and giving reasons why it is our favorite.
• practiced identifying characters, setting, problem, and solution of a story read aloud.
• decorated a paper Christmas tree and wrote a declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentence about the tree.
• completed a directed drawing of a reindeer that are proudly hanging in the hallway. The kids did such a good job on their drawings!!

This week we will...

• review the 4 types of sentences, especially imperative sentences which seem to be the most confusing.
• review nonfiction text features and begin assessing who can find and use the table of contents, index, and glossary of a book.
• review verbs and nouns and complete a verb assessment.
• continue practicing putting words into ABC order.
• continue our Science project on Sound and Light and learn about pitch and how light is illuminated.
• not have spelling words this week.  Instead we will begin completing report card assessments.

Math News

Last week our 1st grade class continued to work with shapes.  Your child should be able to distinguish between and open vs. closed shape, count edges (sides) and vertices (corners) of a shape and compare shapes to everyday objects.  For example: a tissue box could be a cube or a rectangular prism and it could either have a “face” that is a square or a rectangle.  We planned on assessing last Thursday however, Mrs. Bloomfield and I didn’t feel that the kids were ready so they will complete their assessment on Monday.

We played “I’m Thinking of a Shape,” which is an activity you can play at home.  You give the “rule” of the shape and the kids draw that given shape.  

Examples:

I am thinking of a shape with zero sides and zero vertices…(circle/oval).

I am thinking of a shape with 3 edges and 3 vertices…(triangle).

Week 17 Homework

Dec. 12th- 15th

Monday	Workbook pages 107 & 108
Tuesday	Workbook pages 111 & 112
Wednesday	Workbook pages 117 & 118
Thursday	IXL A.6 Counting by 10’s up to 100

Have a Great Week!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia

 

          

Quarter 2 Week 7

Dear First Grade Families, 

We had a fun week of learning last week.  I was excited to see how many students choose to read over Thanksgiving break. The kids loved getting a surprise when they returned to school on Monday. 

Last week in first grade...

• The Kiwanis visited all the kindergarden and first grades to gift them a book.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• We finished our "Me on the Map & Who is in charge"  flip books. They are hanging in the hallway for the week. Students will be bringing them home soon.
• We began learning about the 4 types of sentences -- declarative, exclamatory, interrogative, and imperative.
• We reviewed common, proper and possessive nouns and completed an assessment to show our understanding of each type of noun.
• We explored facts from opinions. Students completed a graphic organizer to write their opinion on the toy everybody should get for Christmas. 

This week we will...

• begin a project on sound and vibrations.
• write a final draft about the best toy for Christmas using our graphic organizers. 
• identify the characters, setting, problem and solution of a story read aloud. 

SAVE THE DATE

What:   Our Drama Performance

When:  December 15 at 1:00

Where:  Room 2 (Mrs. Rowlett's Class room)

When the drama performance is over you may take your child home with you.

Math news from Miss Garcia

This week the first graders focused on both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes.  As a class we named 2-dimensional shapes, drew and discussed open vs. closed shapes and counted sides and vertices of shapes.  The students were also able to compose a new shape using a set of 2-dimensional shapes such as triangles, squares, trapezoids and parallelograms.

2-dimensional shapes 3-dimensional shapes

Week 16 Homework

Dec. 5th - Dec. 8th

Monday	IXL - V.2 Select the 2-Dimensional shape
Tuesday	IXL - V.4 Compare sides and vertices
Wednesday	IXL - W.10 Shapes of everyday objects part 2
Thursday	No Homework - due to Shape Assessment

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garica

Quarter 2 -- Week 5 - SLIDESHOW

 

Dear First Grade Families,

     Time sure does fly when you are having fun!!! We had a great week in first grade. This week we continued our Where in The World project and used Google Maps to look at where we go to school, our town, county, state and country.  We learned who the leaders are of these wonderful places. First graders wrote about all the great and fun things we have and can do in our community.  In language we learned about common and proper nouns. 

     On Thursday Mrs.  Beebe came in and we became scientist. We walked through the scientific method to conduct some really fun science experiments.  Ask your child to share some of the great learning that happened in our classroom. Below you will find a slide show of these fun experiments. 

This week in First Grade:

• We will not have any spelling words due to the short week.
• We will begin some report card assessments instead of having reading groups.  There will not be assigned books this week.
• We will learn about our continent (North America) and learn about the the three countries that are part of that continent (Canada, United States, and Mexico)
• We will complete an ABC order assessment
• We will listen to a Thanksgiving story and write the beginning, middle, and end of the story
• We will practice writing 5 word sentences in nice handwriting about different pictures that have to do with Thanksgiving.

   This week is we will only be in school on Monday and Tuesday.  We will not have normal reading homework this week. Mrs. Loop and I will be assessing first graders -- with our mid - quarter assessments.  It is always good to stay in the routine of reading daily. I will be sending home a reading log for your child to complete, if they choose to read over the Holiday. Remember this is optional.  

Science Experiment Slideshow.

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Math News from Miss Garcia

Happy Monday!  Mrs. Bloomfield and I will be busy squeezing in ALL of the learning that we need on Monday and Tuesday before our Thanksgiving Break!  

We noticed that the 1st graders are really struggling with graphing.  They are having trouble distinguishing between fewer and most.  Which goes back to finding the difference between two pieces of data.  Also, we have focused on addition and combining groups of however, this concept also crosses over into graphing because the students must combine certain groups to find a sum of how many students collected data.  We are noticing a gap in some of the academic vocabulary and how the students are unable to “link” it to reading the information on a graph.  1st grade will re-visit graphing before winter break.  For the next two days they will name/recognize coins and count on a given amount of money.

The students continue to work within their high numbers and activities that help them academically achieve mastery in order to work towards the next “high number.”

Week 14

Homework for Nov. 21st & 22nd

Monday	IXL Q.1 - Names and values of coins
Tuesday	No Homework!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Upon returning from Thanksgiving Break, the 1st graders will be learning about defining attributes of shapes.  Such as a triangle has 3 edges (sides) and 3 vertices (corners) The first graders will also partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares….getting us ready for fractions!

Week 15

Homework for Nov. 28th - Dec. 1st

Monday	IXL - V.1 Name the 2-dimensional shapes
Tuesday	IXL - V.5 Open and closed shapes
Wednesday	IXL - V.3 Count sides and vertices
Thursday	IXL - W.9 Shapes of Everyday objects

We wish you the happiest and safest travels as you go and spend time with family and friends during this holiday!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia

Quarter 2-Week 4

Hello First Grade Families,

Congratulations to our October Students of the Month at Oasis Academy!  You worked hard to display the Tribe Agreements, being a good friend, working hard, completing your homework and being a dedicated student!

Last week was a fun week in first grade!  The first Graders were busy, busy, busy! 
Last week the class...

• learned about different community types (urban, rural, suburban). The first graders drew a picture of one of the community types and wrote clues about that community type.
•  read a story "Me on the Map"  and started to make our own little flip books about where we go to school and who is in charge. 
• We drew Oasis Academy and wrote about who is in charge
• learned all about nouns by watching a short video with a very catchy tune. We will be learning more about nouns in the week to follow. 

This week we will ...

• begin adding nouns to our Noun Town that will include common, proper and possessive nouns. 
• add to our Me On The Map books. We will learn about our town, state and country and who is in charge of each of these wonderful places.  
• Our spelling pattern this week will be ump words (bump, dump, lump, clump etc.

Math News

Our first grade class has been working on graphing.  We have been very busy gathering and counting amounts of data.  The students have been displaying it as a pictograph, bar graph or tally chart.  The first grade standard states that your child must be able to organize, represent and interpret data with up to 3 categories AND ask/answer questions about the data in each category.  The 1st graders have really enjoyed creating their own ideas on gathering data and have had a fun time asking classmates and their teachers!  Mrs. Bloomfield and I hope to assess the 1st graders on graphing this week!

Pictograph Tally Chart     Bar Graph

Homework for Nov. 14th - 17th

Monday	IXL - O.1 Record data with tally charts, picture graphs and tables
Tuesday	IXL - O.2 Interpret data with tally charts, picture graphs and tables.
Wednesday	IXL - Worksheet - Create your own sight word bar graph
Thursday	IXL - O.4 Which bar graph is correct?

Have a wonderful week!!
Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia

Qtr. 2-Week 3 - Halloween Slideshow

Hello First Grade Families,

Thank you for taking the time to meet with me for conferences.  If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to get a hold of me via email, phone call, or text.  Remember to set your clock back an hour so you don’t arrive to school an hour early on Monday morning.

We would also like to thank ALL parents/volunteers that made our Scholastic Book Fair such a success. It was the perfect time of year to hold the book fair and have such a decorative theme!  Remember that a percentage of the money that we made at the book fair is returned to Oasis Academy.

Last week in first grade:

• We learned about fiction and nonfiction and sorted books into fiction and nonfiction piles.  
• We began learning about nonfiction text features including labels, bold words, pictures, captions, lists, timelines, and fun facts.
• We began practicing putting words in alphabetical order.
• The class listened to a story read aloud and then as a class we wrote a summary about the story, using the words somebody wanted..., but... so..., then...

This week in first grade:

• We will begin our first project called “Where in the World Do We Live and Who is in Charge?”  We will begin learning about our school and town and what urban, suburban, and rural communities are.
• We will continue to practice putting words in ABC order.
• We will begin learning what nouns are.
• We will begin writing about our own community.
• Our spelling patter this week will include words in the unk family (chunk, spunky, junkyard)

Math News from Miss Garcia

Last week the 1st graders took and assessment on both addition & subtraction, word problems, True or False and adding the missing symbol (+/-) to complete an equation in order to make it “balance out.”  They were also busy creating their own addition and subtraction word problems with a partner.  We will use these word problems over the coming week to help us decide which type of word problem it is….Addition or Subtraction by using the word clues to help us decide.

Homework for Nov. 7th - 10th

Monday	Worksheet - Problem solving addition and subtraction
Tuesday	Worksheet - Graphing
Wednesday	Worksheet- Graphing
Thursday	IXL - O. 3 Interpret Bar Graphs

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