Please send your child to school with a sweatshirt and make sure to label everything! This is the time of year when water bottles and sweatshirts start to fill up OA’s Lost & Found!
Last week we began writing in our journals during work on writing time in the morning. The kids were super excited to get their journals and be able to write in them. We listened to a story called Rhyming Dust Bunnies and the students got to practice rhyming. They all created their own rhyming dust bunny also. Our class is doing a good job with this tricky concept. However, they can still use a bit of practice. I would recommend while driving in the car say a word aloud to your child and ask them to say a word that rhymes with it. Focus on real words at first and then allow them to say made up words as well that rhyme. We also finished our how to make applesauce writing. They 1st graders worked really hard on these.
Next week we will begin our Community Helper project. Students will work in groups and become an expert on one community helper. Each group will teach the rest of the class and present to other grade level the information they learned about their community helper. Students will create a item to show their appreciation to the different community helpers. We will also begin looking at "closed syllables" which are syllables with 1 vowel followed by 1 or more consonant and the vowel is short (put, com, fat, jack).
Math News from Miss Garcia
The first graders have been working telling number stories. Then they put their number story into a Number Bond or an equation. We have been focusing on Math vocabulary such as: add, equals, altogether and count on.
This week the first grade students will be using a number line to count on from a number and also to solve an equation. All first graders have a number line in their binder to use as a resource.
Example: 4 + 3 = __
Have your child start at number four and count on three more numbers to land on the sum of 7.
Example 4 + 3 = 7
Monday
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C.2 Adding 2
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Tuesday
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Worksheet - adding on to find a sum
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Wednesday
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J.2 Which sign makes the number sentence true?
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Thursday
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J.7 Addition & subtraction sentences: True or False
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Have a great week!!
Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia
