Dates

October 30 - Pumpkin Run during PE (Wear Orange)
October 31 - 2-Hour Late Start Day (11:05 am)
October 31 - Kids Voting Day
October 31 - New Check in System - Soft Start
November 1 - New Check in System Begins
November 2 - 4th Gr Field Trip
November 2 - End of 1st Trimester
November 2 - Veterans Day Form Due
November 5 - NO SCHOOL: Records Day
November 6 - NO SCHOOL: Professional Development Day
November 9 - Veterans Day Parade & Assembly (9:05-10:30am)
November 12 - Food Drive BEGINS
November 14 - Board of Education Mtg @Central Middle 7pm
November 15 - 2nd Grade Music Concert (6:30-7pm)
November 15 - PAMEE (Parents Advocating for Multicultural Excellence in                                   Education Meeting at Instructional Services Center (6-7:30pm)
November 16 - Food Drive ENDS
November 16 - 1st Trimester Progress Reports Accessible Online

Empathy

This week we've talked as a class about empathy - trying to understand how someone else is feeling. We watched these videos to help the kiddos understand better. We talked about strategies to stay out of the "maze" the videos reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENIB2H3S_oQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6WNRMj4970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRjYgfFnrL4

Halloween Costumes

Halloween is just around the corner! We will have our fall party Wednesday, October 31 at 2:55. Parents are welcome to attend! Students may bring their costume to school that day to change into right before the party. If you are attending and wish to bring their costume, that is fine! It works best if your child wears comfy clothes they can easily slip their costume on over if possible. Here are some tips from Dr. C. regarding costumes:

When planning your costumes, please keep the following in mind:

-Costumes should be tasteful, modest, and appropriate for a school environment.

-No form of weapon, blood, or gore may be part of the costume.

-Students will have time to slip into their costumes just before the party begins at 2:55.

-Students are allowed to wear masks during the party

-No additional handheld props (ex. lightsaber, hockey stick, etc.)

Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Thanks!

Dates

October 22 - PTO Meeting / Safety Presentations (6:30pm)
October 22-26 - Healthy Kids, Healthy Choices Week
October 25 - Parkway Park Tour @Faust Park (6-8pm)
October 26 - 2nd Gr Field Trip
October 26 - Trunk or Treat @6:30 pm (cars arrive 5:30-6:15pm)
October 31 - 2-Hour Late Start Day (11:05 am)
October 31 - Kids Voting Day
October 31 - New Check in System - Soft Start
November 1 - New Check in System Begins
November 2 - 4th Gr Field Trip
November 2 - End of 1st Trimester
November 2 - Veterans Day Form Due
November 5 - NO SCHOOL: Records Day
November 6 - NO SCHOOL: Professional Development Day
November 9 - Veterans Day Parade & Assembly (9:05-10:30am)

Next Week...

HEALTHY KIDS…..HEALTHY CHOICES
(October 22nd – October 26th, 2018)

Please join us in celebrating this week dedicated to students making healthy and safe choices in all areas of their lives! Pledge to eat healthy, get enough sleep, never put bad things in our bodies or brains and treat others with respect and kindness! Let’s pledge to stand together and let your good character SHINE through!
Monday, 10/22: Let’s ROCK our Healthy Choices!
Dress like a Rock Star!

Tuesday, 10/23: Treating your body poorly is CRAZY!
Crazy Hair and Crazy Hat Day!
(No colored hair spray, please!)

Wednesday, 10/24: Our future is so BRIGHT!
Wear your favorite“shades”!

Thursday, 10/25: Exercise and Sleep keeps your
 Body and Mind Healthy!
Wear your Favorite Sport Logo or PJ’s.

Friday, 10/26: SOCK it to Unhealthy Choices
Silly Sock Day!



SLEEP REQUIREMENTS:
5 – 6 years: 10 ¾ - 11 hours
7 – 8 years: 10 ½ - 11 hours
 9 years: 10 – 10 1/3 hours
 10 – 12 years: 9 ¾ - 10 hours
  13 – 24 years: 9 – 9 ½ hours

Math

We are working on topic 3 of Unit 1 this week and will begin topic 4 next week. Students continue to work on developing and applying a variety of addition and subtraction problems, show their work, and explain their math thinking.

Strategies emphasized during topics 3:
1. Number line
2. Doubles Facts (ex. 3+3)
3. Near Doubles (ex. 3+4 or 3+5)
4. Make 10 to add numbers (ex. 9+7 could be modified to 10+6)

Students are learning that different strategies may be helpful based on what the different problems are they are trying to solve. A good mathematician will use a strategy that best fits the mathematical situation.

Strategies emphasized during topic 4: (subtraction)
1. Count back using a number line
2. Make 10 to subtract
3. Fact families (see addition and subtraction relationships)

Writing Non-Fiction Books

Last week students began brainstorming topics for their non-fiction books. Students used a graphic organizer to think of games they know how to play, things they know how to make or cook, people or places they know a lot about, etc. We also learned about the difference between a fact and an opinion and learned that writers use facts when writing non-fiction books. We are going to be using one or more of those ideas this week as students begin writing books to teach others about their topics. We will really focus on our reader and think about adding all the details we need for them to understand/learn from our books.

Habit 7 This Week!

Dates

October 15 - Project Parkway Meeting @ Central High (6:30-8pm)
October 16 - Picture Retake Day
October 17 - Board of Education Mtg @Central Middle (7pm)
October 18 - KDG Field Trip
October 22 - PTO Meeting / Safety Presentations (6:30pm)
October 22-26 - Healthy Kids, Healthy Choices Week
October 25 - Parkway Park Tour @Faust Park (6-8pm)
October 26 - 2nd Gr Field Trip
October 31 - 2-Hour Late Start Day (11:05 am)
November 2 - 4th Gr Field Trip
November 2 - End of 1st Trimester

Habit #6

This week we are learning about Habit 6

Class Mission Statement

As part of our school-wide Leader in Me initiative, each classroom is creating their own mission statement. Today we brainstormed a list of what each student hopes to gain from first grade. From this we looked for commonalities and came up with our very own mission statement:

In Mrs. Koenig’s class we will have fun as we learn new skills, share ideas, and grow friendships!

Habit #5

We will continue to work on Habit #5 this week at school. :)

Writing

This week we are "publishing" one of your child's small moment personal narrative pieces. All the other pieces should have come home. Throughout the week we will learn about the revision and editing process. We will celebrate next week by sharing our books!

Word Detectives!

We have started our Word Detectives reading unit. This is such a fun unit where we will be "secret agents" getting clues on how to become better readers. Our teaching point each day will come via sealed top secret envelope!

Essential questions for this unit are:

How do I solve hard words?
How do snap words help me read?

Some skills we will be learning throughout the lessons:

**Notice and stop at words that are not understood

**Use strategies to seek clarification for unknown words including both word level strategies and context strategies

**Monitor comprehension while reading

Try new strategies to solve hard words if initial strategy does not help

Slowly check words

Look through a word for common affixes, root words, and endings

Break apart words by sounds and syllables, including compound words and contractions

Notice patterns in the beginning, middle, and end of words 

Use spelling patterns to decode beginnings of words, vowels within words (side by side vowels), and endings of words

The ** indicates comprehension skills

Science

We are in activity 3 of our Animal Adaptations investigation! Here are some resultant skills students should have following our work in this activity:

- Identify differences/similarities between organisms adapted to different environments
-Recognize there are different environments around the world with different characteristics
-Categorize animal and plant adaptations (camouflage, food, locomotion, protection)
-Draw and communicate conclusions about observed animal and plant adaptations
-Maintain a notebook to document work

This week we are world travelers exploring a variety of habitats: ocean, arctic, rain forest, desert, etc. In each habitat students are learning about animals and the adaptations they have to help them survive in that environment.

Dates

October 1-4 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - (Parent Sign Up)
October 1-3 - Fall Book Fair (4-5pm)
October 3 - Voluntary Flu Vaccination Clinic (9:15-10:15 am)
October 4 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (4:30-8:30 pm)
October 4 - Fall Book Fair (4-8pm)
October 4 - Box Tops Collection Drive ENDS
October 8 - NO SCHOOL
October 11 - PTO Kickball Game on the Blacktop (5-6:30pm)
October 13 - Fall Beautification Day (8-11am)
October 15 - Project Parkway Meeting @ Central High (6:30-8pm)
October 16 - Picture Retake Day
October 17 - Board of Education Mtg @Central Middle (7pm)
October 18 - KDG Field Trip