Sorry, no photos this week! It was pretty busy here in first and second grade! I will post more next week.
Upcoming Events
PBIS School Wide Celebration "Selfie Station" - Thursday, January 13th
Each classroom picked a theme, and created props and a backdrop. Our theme is Super Silly. Together, we created some fun props and a cool polka dot background.
No School- Martin Luther King Jr. Day- January 17th
Winter Sports Days
January 20, 28 and February 1.
Winter Sports Checklist
- Warm clothes: snow pants, boots, hats, mittens and neck warmers.
- Have your child dressed in comfortable clothes: sweatpants, sweatshirts and warm socks.
- A back pack to keep all of your things together.
- A change of clothes. You never know when you will need them!
- Non-perishable lunch, snacks and drinks
- Any equipment you are providing such as snowboards, boots, skis, goggles, helmets, skates, snow shoes etc.
Students will arrive at school as usual. Skiers and snowboarders will be leaving the school around 8:30. Skaters, snowshoe kids and cross country skiers will be leaving a little bit later. All kids will be back at W.E.S. in time to catch the bus home. Also, please remember to pick up your child’s equipment in the afternoon or the following morning. Please notify Debbie at the front desk if you are planning on transporting your child either way.
Readers' Workshop
In reading, we continue to learn more about reading nonfiction books. We are becoming Super Smart about our nonfiction texts! We are learning to chat with our reading partners about our reading and retell the information from the book with lots and lots of details.
Writers' Workshop
The first and second graders, began writing their first informational books about people, places, activities and things they are experts on. Together, we began making a class book called All About Recess. This shared writing project, will help students to learn how to write using various nonfiction text features.
Punctuation Inquiry:
The first and second graders are creating a mentor journal that outlines different punctuation marks, what they look like and why authors use them. We have a wonderful selection of mentor texts, which we use to find and notice how different punctuation marks have been used.
Spelling/Fundations
In spelling, we are moving right along- covering many important spelling skills, strategies, word patterns and trick word knowledge. As a class we are working on long and short vowel sounds and beginning and ending blends.
First Grade Math
In math, we are working on developing addition and subtraction strategies. We have several new games which teach these strategies. Last week, we focused on using our number rack to build and identify odd and even numbers. Later in the week, we applied this knowledge to solving doubles equations 6+6=12 and new equations 6+7=13 or 6+6+1=13. We are learning to solve missing number equations, and continue to read and solve number stories each week. Check out this cool math game we have been playing during stations!
100 Square Jigsaw Puzzle
This puzzle is a 100s chart that students need to put together.
Each level shifts the orientation of chart slightly to make for
some good problem-solving.
https://nrich.maths.org/5572
