Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Picture Re-takes
RETAKES: If your child requires a picture retake, please return the entire package, including the package insert, with him/her on picture day. (Feel free to attach a note to describe what you’d like us to do differently.)
INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE PACKAGES: If the package that you ordered is incomplete (and you are pleased with the picture) WagnerPortrait Group is happy to fix the problem without requiring a retake. Please complete the correction form that can be found under “Customer Care” at www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT CLASS COMPOSITES/YEARBOOKS: If your package included a class composite, it will not be delivered until after retake day in order to include any students that were absent or need to be re-photographed. Yearbooks are delivered at the end of the school year.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Reviewing Short Vowels
This week we are doing some review of the short vowels. We have now spent a week on each one. Beginning next week, we will begin our grade level spelling patterns and accountable word work. Earlier this year a list of these was sent home, but I will be sending another at conferences so you can keep up with our work!
A short pre and post assessment will be completed each week for the spelling patterns. The words are different on the pre and post assessments. We are hoping for mastery of the chunks and therefore transfer by week's end into any word with that chunk. Pre and post assessments from the previous week will come home on Mondays. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
A short pre and post assessment will be completed each week for the spelling patterns. The words are different on the pre and post assessments. We are hoping for mastery of the chunks and therefore transfer by week's end into any word with that chunk. Pre and post assessments from the previous week will come home on Mondays. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
Math Update
All students have gotten a chance to log into their Dreambox accounts! The link can be found on our grade level Symbaloo (first icon on the second row) : https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/firstgradelinks32 If you wish for your child to access at home, they may. There is no requirement for this. The most important thing to remember is NOT to help them! I know it's our first inclination to help but the software is adaptive and needs to understand where the children are struggling so they can modify the lessons.
We continue to work on a variety of skills in math. We are getting more into story problems. We are working hard on carefully reading a story problem and identifying what the question is asking and identifying what information we already know. Third step is to determine if we are adding or subtracting. For instance:
Mel had 8 balloons. George gave him 7 more. How many balloons does Mel have in all?
1. It's asking us to find how many balloons Mel has now
2. We know that he had 8. We know George gave him 7.
3. The words "more" and " in all" can help us know we are adding
We are encouraging students to use strategies that work for them.We are building on what they know and introducing new strategies as they apply.
Another new concept we are working on is identifying "how many more" or "how many fewer". This is a tricky one and we will continue to practice throughout the year.
We continue to work on a variety of skills in math. We are getting more into story problems. We are working hard on carefully reading a story problem and identifying what the question is asking and identifying what information we already know. Third step is to determine if we are adding or subtracting. For instance:
Mel had 8 balloons. George gave him 7 more. How many balloons does Mel have in all?
1. It's asking us to find how many balloons Mel has now
2. We know that he had 8. We know George gave him 7.
3. The words "more" and " in all" can help us know we are adding
We are encouraging students to use strategies that work for them.We are building on what they know and introducing new strategies as they apply.
Another new concept we are working on is identifying "how many more" or "how many fewer". This is a tricky one and we will continue to practice throughout the year.
Writing
This week we are finishing up our Small Moments unit and the students will be selecting a piece to publish. Towards the end of the week, watch for other books coming home they are finished working on. Sometime next week, we will find another class to share our published books with!
Starting next week, we will be working on our Telling Good Stories unit. Students will continue their development of storytelling skills within this unit of study, allowing students the option to write true, somewhat true, or realistic fictional small moment personal narratives. In Kindergarten, students learn to sequence stories across the pages of a book, adding feelings and engaging readers with their beginning and end. We will expand this work in First grade by developing transitions with temporal words to signal event order. Students will also learn how strong verbs and adjectives are used to develop plot and character.
Essential Questions for this unit are:
How do people compose a good story?
How do people develop a story?
Starting next week, we will be working on our Telling Good Stories unit. Students will continue their development of storytelling skills within this unit of study, allowing students the option to write true, somewhat true, or realistic fictional small moment personal narratives. In Kindergarten, students learn to sequence stories across the pages of a book, adding feelings and engaging readers with their beginning and end. We will expand this work in First grade by developing transitions with temporal words to signal event order. Students will also learn how strong verbs and adjectives are used to develop plot and character.
Essential Questions for this unit are:
How do people compose a good story?
How do people develop a story?
September Journals
Your child's morning work journal will be coming home this afternoon. I encourage you to save these throughout the year to see their amazing growth! We do not use this every morning, so there are some empty pages. Feel free to use at home also!
Dates this week....
October 2nd-5th - Book Fair (M,T 9am-5pm)(W 11am-5pm)(Th 9am-8pm)
October 4 - Late Start Day (11:05) (Drop off begins at 10:50)
October 5 - Parent / Teacher Conferences (4:30-8:30 pm)
October 9 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Development Day
October 10 - Presentation on Anxiety by Dr. Chad Sylvester (7-8 pm)
October 12 - Kindergarten Field Trip
October 12 - Kickball with Dads (5-6:30 pm)
October 13 - Fall Picture Retake Day & Candids (9:15 am)
October 14 - SVE Beautification Day (8am-12pm)
October 18 - Board of Education @ Central Middle (7pm)
October 19 - Great ShakeOut (earthquake drill @ 10:19 am)
October 25 - Student Flu Vaccination Clinic (9:15-10:15 am)
October 27 - Trunk or Treat (6:30-8:30 pm)
October 31 - Fall Party Day (2:55-3:55 pm)
ABCDE Letter Days for the WEEK
(Mon = A) (Tues = B) (Wed = Late Start) (Thurs = C) (Fri = D)
October 4 - Late Start Day (11:05) (Drop off begins at 10:50)
October 5 - Parent / Teacher Conferences (4:30-8:30 pm)
October 9 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Development Day
October 10 - Presentation on Anxiety by Dr. Chad Sylvester (7-8 pm)
October 12 - Kindergarten Field Trip
October 12 - Kickball with Dads (5-6:30 pm)
October 13 - Fall Picture Retake Day & Candids (9:15 am)
October 14 - SVE Beautification Day (8am-12pm)
October 18 - Board of Education @ Central Middle (7pm)
October 19 - Great ShakeOut (earthquake drill @ 10:19 am)
October 25 - Student Flu Vaccination Clinic (9:15-10:15 am)
October 27 - Trunk or Treat (6:30-8:30 pm)
October 31 - Fall Party Day (2:55-3:55 pm)
ABCDE Letter Days for the WEEK
(Mon = A) (Tues = B) (Wed = Late Start) (Thurs = C) (Fri = D)
Coin Challenge
Military Challenge Coins
The Military has a long standing tradition of awarding a challenge coin to a person who has demonstrated exemplary service to the military. A challenge coin is a small medillon or token with various designs and meaning.
As part of our monthly assemblies on late start days, we will be recognizing a student from each grade level that has demonstrated exemplary Panther Pride.
T
he coin and student certificate will be on display in the library. We will recognize a new recipient in your grade level every month
The Military has a long standing tradition of awarding a challenge coin to a person who has demonstrated exemplary service to the military. A challenge coin is a small medillon or token with various designs and meaning.
As part of our monthly assemblies on late start days, we will be recognizing a student from each grade level that has demonstrated exemplary Panther Pride.
T
he coin and student certificate will be on display in the library. We will recognize a new recipient in your grade level every month
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