Week 9 -- 10/30/17

Happy Halloween!!

We have a busy, busy week this week. It is Halloween with our costume parade and our party. It is also book fair week and we will have a visit from the Sheriffs office. They will be sharing their job as a community helper with us. Below you will find the dates to remember.

Monday -- visit from the Sheriff's office

Tuesday -- We will visit the book fair to make our wish lists. You may send in money to purchase the items on the wish list or you may visit our book fair on Family  night which is Thursday from 6-8.

Tuesday -- Halloween party at 1:00.

Thursday -- Family Night at the book fair from 6-8. 

**Students will not have any homework on Tuesday!! Have a fun and safe Halloween!!!

Along with all these fun events we will be learning

•  to use context clues when encountering unknown words.
•  sort words according to long and short vowel sounds.
• create our community helper posters to share with our classmates
• practice closed syllables
• use format matters and good habits of discussion when participating in classroom discussions and answering questions.

Last week we...

• All did really well on our spelling test.
• used the beginning sound to guess unknown words.
• completed our outlines for our community helper posters.

Math news from Miss Garcia

Well, we are getting better at saying “Commutative Property!”  Last week I had listed the following example.  

Here’s an example of Commutative Property:

7 + 2 = 9

2 + 7 = 9

Now we are taking it one step further by finding the missing addend in an equation.  For example:  __+ 3 = 9 or 6 + __ = 9

Again, this will also lead the 1st graders into working with Fact Families!

Here’s an example of a Fact Family (in which the students will eventually fill in the missing addend,subtrahend, difference or sum:

__ + 2 = 9

2 + __ = 9

9 - __ = 7

9 - 7 = __

Here are a few more examples, this is one way that we set them up in class, in a “Fact Family House.”

Fun Family Activities

Continue to skip count by 10’s, 5’s and even 2’s driving in the car or playing outside.  We learned the “Zero Rule”...Any number added to zero is the same number!  We are also keeping track of Data during or weekly graphs.  Make a family graph at home!

Monday	Commutative Property Worksheet
Tuesday	No Homework - Happy Halloween!
Wednesday	Fact Family Worksheet
Thursday	IXL H.13 Related Subtraction Facts

Week 8 -- 10/23 Slideshow

Happy Monday

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. The weather was beautiful!

The temperature is crazy with freezing lows in the morning and highs in the 80's in the afternoons.  This means that we have a lot of clothing layers.  Please make sure to label your child's clothing. It is hard to locate missing clothing if they are not labeled.



Halloween
We will be celebrating Halloween on Tuesday October 31st.  Your child may wear their costume to school. Please make sure their costume covers as much as their uniform. We will be having a costume parade for the students in the morning and will have a Halloween party in the afternoon from 1:00 to 2:00. If you would like to help out with our celebration please let me know.  We need 2 more volunteers to plan a game or craft for our party.

Last Week in first grade...

• first graders practice sorting words according to how many syllables they have.
• Groups worked on their Community Helper projects.  The 6th graders came and helped the first graders find pictures for their projects.
• We practiced an Earth quake drill.
• The fire fighters visited and taught us all about fire safety.
• learned about fiction stories.
• First graders practiced good habits of discussion

This week we will...

• Continue to work on our Community Helper projects by creating a poster
• learn all about non - fiction books
• Learn about closed syllables (syllables with 1 vowel, followed by 1 or more consonant and the vowel is short)
• Sort word according to long or short vowel

1st graders will be starting spelling this week. You will find their spelling list for the week in their binders. 1st graders will practice their words in class during Daily 5 each day and will test on these words Thursday. 

Slide show from this week!!

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Math News from Miss Garcia

1st Grade Blog

Week 8 - October 23rd - 26th

At first the students worked with number lines in class by counting on and then writing and equation (6+2=8).  The next day we carried this concept one step further by going out into the hallway to use the “Big” number line.  As we used the number line to count on and add one number to another, we also used the Commutative Property to rewrite our equations!  Let me tell you, that is a mouthful for the kids to say and they usually end up saying “community property.”  We are working on it!

The students are better at writing the Commutative Property than saying it!

Here’s an example of Commutative Property:

7 + 2 = 9

2 + 7 = 9

By introducing the students to the Commutative Property this concept will soon lead into Fact Families which we will be learning about soon.

Here’s an example of a Fact Family:

7 + 2 = 9

2 + 7 = 9

9 - 2 = 7

9 - 7 = 2

Fun Family Activities

Skip count by 10’s, 5’s and even 2’s driving in the car or playing outside.  Also work on counting on from any number up to 100.  Another fun activity is using a deck of cards or UNO cards and flipping two cards and comparing them using greater than, less than, equal too or taking two playing cards and writing them into an equation and adding them together.

Monday	Worksheet - T or F  Equations
Tuesday	IXL F.1 Subtract with Pictures Up to 10
Wednesday	IXL F.2 Subtraction Sentences Up to 10
Thursday	IXL F.4 Subtract 0 and All

Up coming events

Hi first grade families, 

I hope everyone has had a great week so far.  Here are a couple up coming events I wanted to let you know about.

On Thursday It is the "Great Nevada Shake Out" at 10:15 we will be practicing an earth quake drill. Earthquakes are our greatest disaster risk in Fallon.  Please talk with your child about what to do if they are at home and an earthquake occurs.

Tuesday October 31  -- Halloween -- Students may dress up in a costume.  Their costume must cover as much as their uniforms would cover.  We will also be having a Halloween party from 1:00-2:00.  If any parent would like to help plan or come and help out please let me know.  Craft stations and games are always fun. We will keep sweet treats to a minimum. 

Fallon Girls Basketball is looking for girls to play on their league this year.  This is a really fun, stress free sport. They have practice one day a week and a game one day a week for only about an hour.  If interested here is the link to their page: http://fallonyouthbasketball.leagueapps.com/.

Have a great Wednesday Night!!!

Mrs. Rowlett