Week 23 Feb. 26 - March 1.

Happy Monday!!!

Time is just fling by. I can't believe that it is almost March. Time sure does fly when you are having fun!

REMINDER
FIRST GRADERS WILL BE TAKING THE MAPS TEST ON TUESDAY.  We will begin this test first thing in the morning. Please make sure your child is well rested and at school on time this day. 

SAVE THE DATE
First graders are working hard on their animal slide shows.  We will be presenting them in the next 2 week please check back for the specific date and time. 

Last week in first grade...

• we reviewed conjunctions.
• we learned and wrote about the job of the president.
• we worked hard on our animal slideshows.

This week we will...

• add pictures and animation to our slide shows.
• practice presenting them.
• compare George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
• Write an opinion piece on the presidents. 
• learn about prepositions.
• TAKE the MAPS test. 

DUE to MAPS TESTING WE WILL NOT HAVE SPELLING THIS WEEK. 

MATH NEWS FROM MISS GARICA

1st Grade Blog - Math

Week 23 February 26th - March 1st

Happy Monday,

This week we will continue to work on telling time to the hour and half hour using analog clocks.  We focused on this concept at the end of the week last week however, still need much more practice telling time.

The first graders will also be using a 100 chart to find 10 more, 10 less and 1 more, 1 less than a given number between 1 - 100.  Remember that your child has a 100 chart in their binder along with a number line as a resource to use for their homework.

Week 23 Homework

February 26th - March 1st

Monday	IXL - U.3 Match analog and digital clocks
Tuesday	IXL - U.6 Time of everyday events
Wednesday	IXL - U. 5 A.M. or P.M.
Thursday	No Homework - Assessment on Telling Time

Have a great week!!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garcia. 

 

          

Week 22 -2/19 - 2/22

Happy Presidents Day,

I hope everyone had a chance to get out and enjoy the sunshine and then the snow.  It is finally feeling a lot like winter here in Fallon.

Thank you so much for all the Valentine surprises.  It is so much fun to see how loving and caring all the students are.    

Reminders....

• We will be taking the winter MAPS testing next week. We took this reading test at the beginning of the year.  I am looking forward to seeing all the great growth of my first graders this year.
• Due to the short week we will no be having a spelling test on Thursday.

Last week in first grade...

• We practiced using adjectives before the noun when writing sentences.
• We learned how to use conjunctions and connect ideas in our sentences.
• We shared our nonfiction polar bear books with Mrs. Rowlett's first grade class and the two 6th grade classes at Oasis Academy.
• We began working on our partner animal projects

This week in first grade...

• We will be using conjunctions to connect short sentences and ideas.
• We will be using the chrome books to create a slide show of all the information learned about their animal.
• We learn and write about the job of the president. 

Math news from Miss Garcia,

Get ready to tell time!  Practice reading both analog and digital clocks.  The first graders will be telling time to the hour and ½ hour using both types of clocks.  After Tuesday nights review, your 1st grader will have IXL homework the rest of the week!

Digital  Clock Analog Clock

Week 22 Homework

February 19th - 22nd

Monday	President’s Day - No Homework
Tuesday	Worksheet - Review: Decomposing
Wednesday	IXL - U.1 Match digital clocks and times
Thursday	IXL - U.2 Match analog clocks and times

Have a great week!

Mrs. Rowlett and Miss Garcia.

Week 21 - February 12- 15

Happy Monday, 

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  

Just a reminder...we will be having our Valentine's Party on Wednesday at the end of our school day.  The kids will exchange Valentine's and have a small treat, provided by me.  If your child is bringing Valentine's cards, please have them sign the cards, but leave the "to" section blank.  We have 24 kids in our class.

Last week in first grade:

We learned about adjectives and how to use them in a sentence.

• We practiced writing vowel consonant e words.
• We finished making our nonfiction polar bear books.

This week in first grade:

• We will practice using adjectives before the noun in our sentences.
• We will scoop and label open, closed, and vowel-consonant-e syllables.
• We will learn about conjunctions and how to use them to connect ideas in our sentences.
• We will share our polar bear nonfiction books with the 6th grade classes.
• We will begin working on our partner animal projects.

A Math Message from Mrs. Bloomfield

First Graders are continuing to work on decomposing and composing numbers to make a group of 10 and 20!  This has been a challenging concept for many of the students to “get.”  This week will be just as challenging; the students will be working within 100.  They will decompose a two digit number to get to the next “10” by decomposing a two digit number.  Please look at the example below in case you or your child is unsure of what the steps to complete the homework.

Here is an example of this week's homework:

34    +    12  = ___

↙ ↘        ↙ ↘                   1.Decompose 34 into 30 and 4 and 12 into 10 and 2

30   4 +  10  2                  2.Combine “like” place value; tens and ones

(30 + 10) + (4 + 2)           3. Add 30 and 10 then add 4 and 2

  ↘  ↙           ↘  ↙

   40     +       6 = 46         4. Add 10’s and 1’s together to find the sum.

President’s Day will be celebrated on February 19th.  Oasis will not have school on Monday, February 19th!

Monday, February 12th is President Lincoln’s Birthday and Thursday, February 15th is President Washington’s Birthday.  I wonder if we could figure out how old each President would be…?

February 12th - 15th

Monday	Worksheet - Add a two digit number to a two digit number
Tuesday	Worksheet - Add a two digit number to a two digit number
Wednesday	No Homework due to Valentines Day
Thursday	IXL - C.5 Adding 5’s

Have a Happy Valentine's Day and a great week!
Mrs. Rowlett & Miss. Garcia

Week 20 - 2/5-2/8

Happy February First Grade Families,

Mrs. Bloomfield and Miss Garcia wanted to give a A GIGANTIC thank you to all that were able to come to Math Night last Tuesday!  It was great to see so many families enjoying playing math games and working on math puzzles!  We are hoping to make this an annual event!!

We can't believe that just changed the calendar pieces from January to February!!  How can we be done with the first calendar month of 2018???

Last week first graders were busy, busy...

• We reviewed nouns and verbs.
• We learned all about adjectives.
• review open and closed syllables. 
• We worked on our penguin research project books. We researched where they live and added bold print words that we will include in our glossaries.
•  We are still working on adding proper punctuation to our sentences. This is a struggle for first graders.

This Week We will...

• Add cool facts to our non-fiction penguin books.
• learn all about the life cycle of a penguin.
• put word in abc order to add to our glossaries and indexes.
• Choose the animal to research with a partner.
• Use adjectives to make empty nouns exciting.
• Learn about the vowel consonant e syllable type.

Below are a few pictures of the syllable types. 

Valentines day 

The first graders will be exchanging Valentines on Feb. 14th.  If you child would like to send in Valentines for the other classmates please be sure to bring 1 for each student and have your child only sign their names. 

Math News from Miss Garcia

Happy Monday!  Last week our 1st grade classes focused on adding two;
1 digit numbers to compose (make) a group of 10 without “renaming.”  
This week we are introducing adding a two digit number to a one digit
number without renaming.  This is going to be DIFFICULT for most students.  
Please refer to the examples below AND have them use their 100 charts in their
binder as a tool to count on.  You are NOT helping your child out by just telling
them the answer.  We have taught them many strategies in order to figure out
equations.

Examples:

 23 + 4 = 27 54 + 2 = 56

 ↙ ↘  (decompose 23 into 20 and 3) ↙ ↘  (decompose 54 into 50 and 4)

20 + (3 + 4)   add 3 and 4       50   (4 + 2)  add 4 and 2

        ↘↙ ↘↙

20   +   7  =  27              50  +  6 = 56

Happy Monday!

Miss Garcia & Mrs. Bloomfield

Week 20 Homework

January February 5th - 8th

Monday	Worksheet - Decomposing
Tuesday	Worksheet - Decomposing
Wednesday	Worksheet - Add a two digit number to a one digit number without renaming
Thursday	Worksheet - Add a two digit number to a one digit number without renaming

 Have a great Week!

Mrs. Rowlett & Miss Garica