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Week 3: 1st Grade Blog

Happy Monday!  We are getting into the swing of things around here.  The first graders are continuing to work on daily routines and our TRIBE Agreements.  It is important that as a class, they work together, share, follow directions and most importantly learn!  There are a lot of standards that are to be covered both in language and math and our top priority at Oasis Academy is to work hard and learn!

As a class we continue to distinguish between more and less, compare and order numbers from 0-20 and find missing numbers within  a sequence.

Such as:

7, 8, 9 ___, ___, 12, ___                OR 14, 13, ___, 11, ____, ____, 8, 7, 6,

The students are using both number lines and 100 charts as resources and tools in the classroom.  

Please check the blog daily for the assigned math homework.

Monday	A.2 Count to fill a 10 frame
Tuesday	A.5 Counting up to 30
Wednesday	A. 12 Number Line
Thursday	No Homework - Happy Labor Day

Week 3 with slideshow

Hello First Grade Families,

Check our our slideshow of the first 2 weeks of school...
We are getting into our classroom routines and learning all about what is expected in first grade.  Last week we focused on Attentive Listening and showing Mutual Respect to others.  First graders have also learned about how to fill other’s invisible buckets and in the process of filling other’s buckets that fills their own invisible buckets.  This is important for showing other’s mutual respect.  We also focused on identifying vowels and consonants and why vowels are so important for every word to have in them.  We continued learning and writing about our first grade friends and we found reading secrets in their names.  

Most students are doing well but some are having a hard time getting back into the school routine.  In first grade our expectations are high both academically and behaviorally because there are a lot of standards that need to be covered in a limited amount of time.  It is a big transition beginning school again after a long summer break.  We have been very firm in our behavior expectations as this is necessary so that we can begin meeting with small groups of students for optimal learning.  

This week we will

• Be learning about No Put Downs and reviewing Mutual Respect

• Learn more reading secrets by looking at our helper’s names.  One secret that the students are enjoying finding is “two vowels go walking the first one does the talking” such as ea, ai, oa.
• Continue Daily 5 choices and introduce read to someone and listen to reading.
• Practice stretching out sounds when writing in our journals.

Homework Binders:

Last week there was a shared reading placed in your child’s homework binder.  They will need to read the poem each night.  It may be too difficult to read for some so we ask that they highlight the small words that they know such as “to, an, is, be, etc” and practice reading those words nightly. Please put a tally mark or initial each night after they read it to you.  When they receive 10 tally marks or initials they will earn a sticker.

This is a common problem in first grade and not a huge worry but we are working on bringing attention to the subtle differences between these letters to students. Here is a resource you can refer to at home.B and D Reversals:

We are looking forward to another great week in first grade,

Katy Loop and Jami Rowlett

Back to School Slideshow

Hello first grade families

The back to school slideshow is on our blog under the tab at the top of the page for your reference.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Rowlett

Week 2 - August 22-25

     We had a great first week of school.  I really enjoyed getting to know the first graders. Last week we worked on our rules and classroom procedures. We also started building stamina in reading to self -- First graders were able to hold reading stamina for 4 minutes. We also started our friend journals. We asked questions and wrote about 4 of our first grade friends.

   This week we will be learning about more of our friends and writing sentences about them. We will also be looking at our TRIBES agreements in more depth. We will be reading stories to show why attentive listening is so important. We will also be learning about mutual respect with is the golden rule!  

   I want to thank everyone who made it to back to school night.  It was great getting to see everyone. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. 

REMINDERS
Dollar for Socks -- If your child would like to wear different colored socks or tights with their uniform they can pay a dollar each quarter.  They will be allowed to wear socks of their choice for the quarter.  This is a fundraiser for student council.

Pizza Day Thursday - If your child would like to eat pizza on Thursday you may purchase a quarter long pizza card, by going to the Oasis Website,  or you may still get the daily pizza coupon -- The daily coupons may only be bought in books of 15.  

Math Homework -- We will keep you updated weekly about your child's math homework on this blog.  If your child brings a worksheet, please make sure it has your child's name on the top.

Math News from Miss Garcia

Well...we made it through the 1st week back!  The kids had a hard working and fantastic week full of learning.  We focused on counting to 10 and reading and writing numerals and number words. Towards the end of the week we started comparing sets of numbers.

Monday	IXL A.3 Counting Review-Up to 20
Tuesday	IXL A.4 Counting Tens and Ones-Up to 20
Wednesday	IXL K.1 Comparing Review
Thursday	IXL K.2 Comparing numbers up to 10

Have a great week!!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia

Math Homework - Week 1

Dear 1st Grade Families,

We are excited to be working with your first graders.  Your children will come to us each morning for Math Class from 8:15-9:30.  This week we will have homework starting on Tuesday night, which will be a worksheet.  IXL homework will start on Wednesday and Thursday.  Most students usernames have stayed the same (first name last name 233) or (first name 233) or (first name last name initial 233).  All passwords have stayed the same.  If you have difficulty logging in, don’t hesitate to contact us at our Oasis Academy emails: abloomfield@oasisacademyfallon.us or sgarcia@oasisacademyfallon.us

Students should not be working on math homework for more than 15 minutes OR more than 10 problems...whichever comes first!

Monday	No Homework
Tuesday	Worksheet to be completed at home
Wednesday	IXL A.1 - Counting review up to 10
Thursday	IXL A.3 - Counting review up to 20

Mrs. Garcia and Mrs. Bloomfield

Important Information

I would like to invite your and your child in to visit our classroom on Thursday August 11 from 11:00 - 12:00.  You may bring your child's back to school supplies at this time if you would like.  If you are unable to attend we will see you on Monday Morning when school starts.  

Your child will receive a Oasis Academy Binder on Monday.  This binder will need to be brought back and forth to school EACH DAY!  On Monday you will find all the important forms that need to be filled out.  Please keep these forms with you and bring them back to school on back to school night on Thursday, August 18.  Oasis will have an organized way for you to turn them in.  

How to Unfollow a Blog

If you have children who attended Oasis Academy last year you probably followed a class blog or two. You will continue to receive those class blog updates from past teacher until you choose to unfollow the blog.  If you do not wish to receive emails with blog updates from past teachers anymore you will need to open the email and scroll to the bottom of the email. There is a link that says "Unsubscribe". Click that and follow the directions.