The Week of Sept. 21

 

                         

Our view from the recess field!

**Please send a change of clothes (including socks) to school! Also, rain boots are encouraged! We do take lots of mask breaks throughout the day and our socks and shoes get wet and soggy**

Upcoming Events

Picture Day - Sept. 29  Please send your child's envelope to school on Sept. 29

Book Order Due- Sept. 30 

Please look through the flyer and return the order form and a check made out to Scholastic. All orders will be due by Sept. 30, or you can access our account online and enter the user code below.

CLASS CODE
LDRGD

Book Order Link

Technology Update

I am hoping to begin computer handling, care and safety with the first and second graders soon. We are still waiting for our computer cases and chargers. When those supplies come in, and students have demonstrated computer safety, we will begin taking home our laptops.  Our class will be using Seesaw! I have used this platform for years and really LOVE it! 

PBIS Puzzle

This week, we uncovered more of our whole school PBIS puzzle. The first and second graders are working so hard and learning about our PAWS rules in class. We  have a pretty good idea of what our whole school reward will be... :) 

We are also making our own PAWS booklet in class. Students are working to brainstorm ideas, write and draw to show their thinking. 

                                                                                            

Art Class with Ms. Jenni 

Readers' Workshop

This week, we took a reading survey to identify the genres of books we enjoy reading! Ms. Marie was an amazing book shopper and selected books for each child. During readers' workshop, we set our class expectations. Our class has worked to read words and pictures, stay in our reading spot the whole time, have a quiet voice and clean up and take care of our books. Each day we work to read for a bit longer. On Friday, each child got their own National Geographic magazines to keep in their book bags. Ms. Russin is also working with each child to do some early reading assessments. This will help us plan for upcoming reading and strategy groups. 

                                  

Math Time

In math, we have begun working at our math stations! Each child has their own math tool kit with the materials they need. It is a bit different this year as we are not able to play games with each other but we are making the best of it! 

We are enjoying our daily counting practice... so far we have counted forwards and backwards from 30, all the way to 120 and have learned a fun counting by 2s song! We made a popsicle graph and asked lots of questions like:

How many people voted for each popsicle, how many more people like cherry than orange and some kids even came up with their own questions. 

Here are some photos from our stations!

Dominoes, Pattern Shapes, and Unifix Cubes 

The Week of August 30, 2021

 

Welcome to First and Second Grade!

Throughout the week, I will send out pictures, and updates to keep you informed at home. On Tuesday, you will receive a google form and a permission slip in your child's blue home-folder .  Please return either form to me so I can begin including photos of our kiddos . Thank you :) 

Upcoming Events

No School  Yom Kippur -  Sept.

Picture Day - Sept.  Please send your child's envelope to school on Sept. 

Safe and Healthy Learning Targets

The first and second graders are doing a great job following our safe and healthy expectations. We take several mask breaks throughout the day! Here are the expectations we have been working on. 

 

Use hand sanitizer to keep our hands clean.

Wash our hands for 20 seconds often throughout the day.

 

Wear and store our masks correctly.

PBIS 

(Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports)

Throughout the first six weeks of school, we take lots and lots of time to teach and practice our school expectations. Each child has a small PAWS chart on their desk/table. As I teach the expectations and students begin to practice them, I give them positive reinforcement several times throughout the day. I work hard to explicitly tell students what they are doing well and give them a stamp on their chart. When a child has filled up their chart, they place it in our classroom jar, when that is filled up we uncover a puzzle piece from our schoolwide puzzle in the hall. Our class has already take off a piece! Here is what the puzzle looks like now... As a class we love trying to figure out what our school wide reward will be! 

PAWS RULES

P ut your best foot forward
A lways respect yourself, others and the environment
W ork together to solve problems
S afety at all times

Hopes and Dreams

We have begun working on our Hopes and Dreams for the school year. This year we read the book Quiet Hawk. Students learned the power to tune in (hush, look, listen, understand), and what persistence looks like. Studente each decorated their own feathers, and created a dreamcatcher. We wrote our some hopes and dreams down, and glued them onto our dreamcatchers! We will display our Hopes and Dreams in the classroom and use them to create our classroom rules. 

COVID Related Remote Learning Plan

On Thursday, students brought home their laptops, books bags and a blue Emergency Remote Learning Folder. Inclu

Emergency Remote Learning Plan