Week 15 -- 12/18 to 12/21

Happy Holidays,

I can't believe we only have 4 days left until winter break.  This year is just flying by. 

Last week in first grade we...

• learned how light travels in a straight line. 
• made cup a phones to demonstrate how sound is made from vibrations.
• reviewed common, proper and possessive nouns.
• finished up our opinion writing.
• use our senses to write about what it would be like to live in a snow globe.
• learned about exclamatory and imperative sentences. We now know all about each type of sentence. 

This week we will ...

• finish up our unit on light and sound, by learning all about the materials light can travel through. 
• take an assessment on nouns.
• follow direction to complete a directed draw and then write one of each type of sentence about our drawing.
• We  will not have spelling this week!

Thursday will be our Christmas party.  We will be decorating cookies and rotating through some fun crafts and games. 

Math News from Miss Garica

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!  Enjoy the Christmas Season and Winter Break with your families. Mrs.Bloomfield and I look forward to seeing all of you on Monday, January 8th 2018!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

Miss Garcia & Mrs. Bloomfield

Week 18 Homework

Dec. 19th- 20th

Monday	V.4 Compare sides and vertices
Tuesday	W.2 Name the 3 dimensional shape
Wednesday	W. 4 Select 3 dimensional shapes
Thursday	No Homework - Merry Christmas!

Have a wonderful Holiday!!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia

 

          

Week 14 - 12/11-12/14

Hello first grade families, 

Wow! This school year is just zooming by.  I can't believe we only have 2 weeks until winter break.  We still have so much learning to get in.

Last week we...

• Learned about Declarative sentences (these are sentences that make a statement).
• Learned all about how sounds are made from vibrations and that the pitch of sounds can be high or low. 
• Learned all about possessive nouns.  Nouns that show possession and have an apostrophe s.  
• started our opinion writings.

This week we will...

• learn about the other 3 types of sentences (interrogative, imperative and exclamatory) 
• finish our opinion writings.
• explore how light travels in straight lines and explore the materials light can and can't go through. (transparent, translucent and opaque),
• Along with our science unit on light and sound we will use our sense to complete a writing project.

Reminder boys basketball sign ups are currently open. Check this out if you think you son might enjoy this sport. 

We will have a Christmas celebration on December 21, from noon to 1.  There will be more on this soon.

Math news from Miss Garcia

1st Grade Blog

Week 14: December 11th - 14th

The first graders took an assessment on graphing.  They did a great job as it was a long test.  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 will re-visit graphing again after the 1st of the year.

The first graders will be working with shapes until Winter Break.  

This week the first graders will focus on both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes.  As a class we will name 2-dimensional shapes, draw and discuss open vs. closed shapes and will count sides and vertices of shapes.  

2-dimensional shapes 3-dimensional shapes

Week 14 Homework

Monday	IXL - V.1 Name the 2-dimensional shapes
Tuesday	IXL - V.5 Open and closed shapes
Wednesday	IXL - V.2 Select 2-dimensional
Thursday	IXL -  V.3 Count sides and vertices

Have a great week!!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia

Week 13 -- December 4 -- December 7

Dear First Grade Families,

We had a fun week of learning last week.  It was exciting 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...

• 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 learned all about the different types of communities (Urban, Suburban, and Rural).
• We reviewed nouns and learned about common and proper nouns.  Please review this concept with your child throughout the week.

This week we will...

• begin a project on sound and vibrations.
• learn about the 4 types of sentences -- declarative, exclamatory, interrogative, and imperative.
• reviewed common and  proper proper nouns. We will begin to learn about possessive nouns and completed an assessment to show our understanding of each type of noun.
• explore facts from opinions. Student will complete a graphic organizer to write their opinion on the toy everybody should get for Christmas. 

Reminder -- 

Book orders -- A Scholastic book order went home last week.  If you would like to order from our Scholastic book order please have your order in by December 6th. This way they will be delivered in before Christmas Break!!  If these are a gift please email me and I will make sure to deliver them directly to you.

Conferences will be held this Friday -- If you have not signed up for conferences please do so asap.  I look forward to meeting with you!!

Math News from Miss Garcia

We continue to work on graphing.  The students gather, organize and interpret data using different types of graphs.  They then have to answer how many more/how many fewer votes.  The first graders will take an assessment on graphing on Thursday.

Homework for December 4th - 7th

Monday	Worksheet - graphing
Tuesday	Worksheet - graphing
Wednesday	IXL - O.4 Which bar graph is correct?
Thursday	No Homework - due to the assessment

Have a great week!!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia