Hello first grade families,
Time is flying by in first grade!!! I can not believe that we are already in the 6th week of school. First graders have been really busy this week. We finally finished up our introducing our friends project. The students did such a great job working together to gather information about their friends and then presenting their friends and posters to the whole group. Each student now has a poster hanging in our room. We will refer to these posters all year when we are writing as there are so many great words that have been shared on the posters that we can use to write about. They will serve as wonderful resources when we are writing words that we are unsure of how to spell.
HOMEWORK BINDER:
Last week we started our guided reading groups. Your child now has a plastic Velcro envelope in their binder. This will contain their reading book for the night a long with reading log. The book in their binder is a familiar book that they read in class that day so each student should be fluent when reading the book. It usually will not take the entire 20 minutes to read. After student read their book in the pouch please choose other book to read to complete the 20 minutes of reading. The book needs to be returned to school the next day. Complete the reading log with one 1 entry per night. When the student reach 20 nights of reading they will receive a reading reward.
B and D Reversals:
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.
Last week in first grade we...
- Determined the difference between fact and opinion.
- We tasted different types of apples and decided on our favorite type.
- We wrote an opinion piece about our favortie apple type (these are hanging in the hall so if you are in the building stop by and have a look)
- We made apple sauce and noted the steps involved in making applesauce.
- Worked really hard on rhyming words.
- We learned that when answering a question we have to use FORMAT MATTERS -- Which means to use complete sentences and good grammar when answering a question.
- We also used our senses to write about the season of fall.
This week in first grade we will...
- Write the steps involved to make applesauce.
- begin our community helper project.
- look at the beginning sounds of words.
- continue to explore and practice Format Matters in our discussions.
- Learn about the chunking strategy when reading to help read multi syllabic words.
Math News From Miss Garcia
The first grade students took their first summative assessment of the quarter. The students were expected to insert missing numbers into a sequence, count by multiples of 10, compare numbers using <,>,=, and determine if an equation is true or false. Overall, Mrs. Bloomfield and I were very excited to see the growth that they have made in the first 6 weeks!
Keep in mind that some skills are easy to practice at home or in the car such as counting from 1 to 100, skip counting by 10’s and 5’s as well as being able to count on from any number. For example start at the number 32 then count on 33, 34, 35, 36...etc.
Don’t panic if your child is writing numbers in reverse. It is very common for them to write numbers such as 2,3,5,6 and 7 in reverse. This is developmental up until 2nd grade. Call their attention to the number that they have written incorrectly and ask them to flip their number or re-write it correctly.
Homework October 9th - 12th
Monday
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IXL M.3 Place Value Models to 100
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Tuesday
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IXL D.1 Addition facts - sums to 10
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Wednesday
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Worksheet Adding with a Number Line
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Thursday
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IXL D.5 Addition Word Problems to 10
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