December Update

Upcoming Events

12/19 Holiday Shop
**Our holiday shop time is 1:20. The students will only be able to buy from the shop on Wednesday during our time. No reutrn visits**

12/20 Winter Party 2-3

12/21-1/6 Winter Break

The class celebrating 12/12/12 with a picture at 12 o'clock.

 
Reading
This week the students used their notes from their historical fiction book to create a cell phone themed book report. Each button explained a different element of their book. Today each student shared their report with the class.

Math
The unit 5 test will be Tuesday the 18th.

On Monday we will complete the study guide, which will come home with the students Monday night. On Wednesday we will go over the test and it will come home with the students on Thursday.

The test will include the following topics:

Identifying place value to the ten thousands

Comparing numbers with >, < or =

Adding and subtraction

Ballpark estimates

Perimeter and Area

Decimals of tenth and hundredth and their matching fractions

Identifying place value of decimals

 

Social Studies
This week we concluded our study of conflict resolution. The students can now identify conflicts start and brainstorm which conflict stopper to use to solve the problem. Each students wrote a personal conflict they had experienced. Another classmate respond and helped brainstorm different solutions the student could use if they conflict occurred again.

Science
The students focused on the characteristics of each of the climate zones. The students collected information about the tropical, arid, temperate, continental and polar climate zones. We used the mini laptops and ipads to aid us in our research.

Next week we will learn about different types of natural disasters. The students will learn how these disasters effect both the environment and people. We will learn how to prepare for each of the natural disasters.

Second Quarter Grade Cards
Grade cards will come home after break.

There will be no blog post next week. Have a wonderful holiday break with your family and friends!

Happy Holidays,

Mrs. Ray

December 7th Update

Upcoming Events

12/19 Holiday Shop

 12/20 Holiday Shop
Winter Party 2-3

12/21-1/6 Winter Break

Reading

We continued asking questions about characters by completing a character study this week. We read 4 different books, which exposed the students to a variety of character personalities. To relate to to our word choice, we have been working on in writing, we used a character trait list to describe the personality of each character with specific and creative word. The students combined all the personality traits they collected for each character. Today we voted and picked the 6 top personality traits for each character.

Here is our list:

Mean Jean: rude, angry, strict, evil, unfriendly and grouchy

Katie Sue: generous, wacky, silly, brave, serious and thankful

Hansel: smart, brave, sneaky, poor, helpful and loving

Gretel: loving, smart, thoughtful, nervous, giving and helpful

Gingerbread Man: wild, quick, sneaky, stubborn, lucky and bold

Fox: greedy, selfish, evil, wise, unfriendly and dishonest

Gingerbread Girl: generous, nice, friendly,fearful, smart, afraid

Writing

Friendly letters have been our main focus this week in writing. We spent time reviewing the 5 parts of a letter (date, greeting, body, closing and signature) and their correct placement. Each students was assigned a secret buddy to write letters to until December 20th. Each Tuesday and Thursday they will receive a new letter from their secret buddy. On the last day before break we will have a reveal activity.

We also used a brainstorm sheet to organize a letter to a solider. Today they students finished their final copy letters which will be sent to the troops.

Next week we will be working with writing using transitions. As the students become better writers their stories become longer. Transitions help students learn when to create new paragraphs and also help build fluency of their writing.

 

 

Math

We worked with place value. The students are able to read and write numbers up to a million.

We worked with both fractions and decimals this week. The students worked with base-ten block manipulatives to identify how tenths and hundredths relate to 1 whole. We also practiced writing equivalent fractions and decimals. The students were able to see tenths or hundredths to create a fraction or a decimal.

We used the following model to help us:

 

hundredths = ?/100 = . __ __

tenths = ?/10 = .__

two tenths = 2/10 = .2
twenty hundredths = 20/100 = .20 or .2
twenty-two hundredths = 22/100 = .23

**This is a complex but the students are not expected to have mastered. But it was just introduced to the concept. The students did a great job working with he manipulatives and we continue to work with this topic next week.

The students used the base ten flat to figure out how many hundredths were in each letter of their name. They then converted the hundredths into decimal and fraction form.

 

We will have the unit 5 test before winter break.

Science

How is weather different from climate?
The students worked hard to answer this questions this week. The students have been collecting and studying different types of weather the last few weeks. The students decided weather was the day to day change in the earth atmosphere. They then learned this week climate is the usual weather in a specific place over time. Information to determine a weather's climate has been determined by collecting information about the area's weather over a long period of time.

Next week we will study the characteristics which make up each of the different climate zones.

Social Studies
The students used personal recess conflicts to practice acting out their new conflict stoppers. Each conflict was examined to find the conflict starter. Small groups then acted out how a conflict stopper could successfully stopping the conflict.

Here are the 10 conflict starters and stoppers:

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

Upcoming Events

12/3 Book Report note packets are due

12/19 Holiday Shop

 

12/20 Holiday Shop
          Winter Party 2-3

12/21-1/6 Winter Break

 

Reading

Book report historical fiction note packets are due Monday

 

The students practiced asking questions about characters to better understand their books. We also continued working with cause and effect relationships. The student can match cause and effect relationships and also create a cause for an effect or effect for cause. Next week we will continue working with asking questions about characters, find cause and effect relationships in our own books and start our book report projects.

Writing

Students brainstormed creative verbs they could use in their own writing. This week they focused on how their word choice can draw in the reader. We also practiced writing notes by writing thank you  notes.  Each student wrote a note to the Mader Foundations for giving each student a dictionary.

 

Math
This week focused on place value to millions. Students practiced reading, writing and identifying each place value.

Science

This week we studied how the sun, clouds and precipitation effect the weather. Next week we will study the difference between weather and climate. The students will also start to look at different characters to climates around the world.

 

Social Studies
In social studies we are practicing conflict resolution skills. The students are acting out different conflict scenarios and practicing effective ways to solve conflict. We are studying common conflict starters and easy ways to stop conflicts when they occur.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

 

A Time to be Thankful

Upcoming Events

11-15 Mid Quarter

 11/20 Midterms come home

11/21-11/25 Thanksgiving Break

Midterms

Midterms will be coming home with each student on Tuesday. They will include letter/percentage grades for math, language, social studies and science. The reading update will include your students current skills in asking and writing questions. The 2^nd quarter grades will be just like the 1^st quarter grades given at parent teacher conferences. Please return signed midtem section by November 30th.

Reading

This week the students worked with cause and effect. We have been reading books filled with cause and effect relationships. The students have been working with finding a effect when given a cause. We also used out independent reading time to find cause and effect relationships in our own books.

 We learned a helpful trick to check each cause and effect relationship. The students read the “effect” then say “because” and read their “cause” box. If their sentences makes sense they have a correct cause and effect relationship.

 Writing

We completed our first 5 paragraph essay this week! We brainstormed reasons we are thankful and then used a graphic organizer to brainstorm about our top three choices. The students then used a 5 paragraph format to construct their rough drafts. The final copies will come home on Tuesday with their midterms. The students are excited to share their published works with their families!

 

Math

The unit 4 test will be Tuesday. Study guides for the test will go home on Monday.

The test will include questions:

Word problems creating like groups

Perimeter

Area

Multiplication by 1 and 2

Place value

Comparisons

 

The students collected data on rock, paper, sissors to decide if the game was fair or not.

 

Science

The students now to get compare the weather for this week and last week. We also calculated the length of each of our days. We brainstormed all the different types of weather we have. The students will continue to learn about weather and studying climate.

There will be no post next week. Have a wonderful holiday break!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

October 9th Update

Upcoming Events

 

11-12 9:15 Veteran’s Day Assembly

11-15 Mid Quarter

11/21-11/25 Thanksgiving Break


Reading

Book reports were completed and shared this week. The student were also to share all about their biography. While presenting the other student wrote down notes about people they would like to read about after hearing their classmates project.

 

Genres for future book reports

November: historical fiction

December: NO BOOK REPORT

January: Folktale

February: Fantasy

March/April: Non-fiction

 

The students explored using their thick and thin questions to ask questions about the setting. We used both fiction and non-fiction books to explore how different setting effect the story. The student were able to ask meaningful questions. They also practice finding the answers to their questions by looking for clues from the author in their book.

Writing

 I can show emotions through voice in my writing.

The students experienced many different writing samples and decided what emotions the author was trying to convey with their voice. Then students picked their own emotion and used their personal writing voice to convey the emotion. Their writings were inspired by Memoirs of a Goldfish. Each students picked a domesticated animal and an emotion and created their story. The story were taken through the editing process and each student produced a final copy.

Math

We had the following goals in math this week.

How multiplication and division are inverse properties and can undo one another

Using multiplication and division fact families to create number sentences

Practicing multiplication short cuts

 

The students are being exposed to the relationship between multiplication and division. They are also using array and repetitive addition to solve multiplication problems. We also practiced with fact families and creating 2 multiplication and 2 division problems from each family. Learning the 0 and 1  short cut helped the students recognize what will happen anytime you multiply by 1 or 0. 



Social Studies

The students were able to experience their own mock classroom on Tuesday. After studying each candidate the student cast their own vote for president. We also studied character traits of different character in election themed books. After collecting the responsibilities of president the students decided which book character would make the best president.

 

Here are some pictures of the classroom election

 

 

Science

This week the students started their unit on weather. We are tracking everyday weather temperatures, wind speeds and directions, sunrise and sunset times. The students are also describing each day and even predicting tomorrow's weather.

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

November is here!

 

Upcoming Events

11-6 Late Start

11-12 9:15 Veteran’s Day Assembly

11-15 Mid Quarter

Writing Cadre

11-25 No School

11-26 Return to School

Reading

Book reports and asking meaning questions have been our focus this week. The students have been working toward asking meaningful questions, which help them better understand their book. You can work on this skill at home by having them ask questions while they read. After they ask their questions help them look for the answer. Did their questions help them better understand their book? If it did then they asked a meaningful question!

 

Almost every student has completed the rough draft of their biography book report. Next week we will finish up the final copies and begin sharing our book reports with the class!

 

Writing

This week in writing we worked on our organization by trying different methods of pre-writing. The student were able to see how planning before you begin writing makes your story easier to write. Look for their spooky stories they wrote coming home in their backpacks tonight!

 

Math

We have started Unit 4 and we have began working with mutiplication arrays and basic multiplication facts. Please let me know if you are having any issues with xtra math and helping your students access the program from home. We will continue to work with multiplication word problems next week.

 

Science

This week we further explored friction. The students completed a two day lab deciding if more items in the same place would create more friction or less friction. From our lab we concluded a water bottle with more rice created enough friction to lift the bottle off the desk using a dowel rod. The students created more friction by tapping the bottle on the desk and and adding more rice.

Social Studies

The election is almost here! This week we used our reading and writing skills to study and collect information about two of our presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. They shared their research by creating a Venn diagram to compare and contrast these president. Next week we will learn about the election process and hold a mock election in our class Tuesday.

 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray



 

 

Three Day Week

Upcoming Events

10-25 Parent-Teacher Conferences 8-7

10-26 No school

10-31 Fall Party 2:00

11-1 Picture Retakes

11-6 Late Start

 

Book Report Note Packets due Monday
Please make sure your student has completed their book report note packet. Each student will bring their notes and book back to school Monday. On Monday, the students will choose their book report project and begin working. Thank you for your support at home and allowing your child to read their biography.

Reading
This week the students worked with asking thick questions. They practiced using a thick questions lead to write thier thick questions. Thick questions require using their schema and looking for book details to answer. If you would like to work on asking thick questions at home, I have included the directions the students use to ask thick questions. Next week we will continue to work with asking thick question to help us better comprehend the books we are reading.

Writing
The students practiced pre-writing before writing a story. Each students was given a spooky story lead. The student determined who their character would be, the problem and the solution of their students. Once they completed their prewriting they started writing their rough draft. We have completed this process with three different story leads. Next week each student will pick their favorite story out of the three. They will self edit, peer edit and finally edit with the teacher. Their story will be send home Wednesday to share with you on Halloween! 

The following is a picture of the students sharing their first story with their classmates. This sharing method called "inside outside circle" allows the student to share their story with multiple students.

Math
The students took their Unit 3 math test today. This test involved measuring in centimeters and inches, perimeter, area, word problems and money. We will correct out tests on Monday and they will come home Tuesday. Next week we will begin Unit 4.


I hope you all have a wonderful extended weekend with your children!

Mrs. Ray

Parent Teacher Conference Week!

Upcoming Events

10-23     Parent-Teacher Conferences 4-8 

10-25     Parent-Teacher Conferences 8-7 

10-26     No school 

10-31     Fall Party 2:00

11-1       Picture Retakes 

11-6       Late Start

Reading

The students have continued with asking questions while reading. The students are focusing asking questions using specific details from the text. They will ask questions before, during and after reading their book. This week we will continue to look for answers to the questions we ask which reading. If they author does not give us the answer we are practicing inferring the answer. To infer the answer to the questions the students use the information from the book to answer their questions with their "best guess." 

Book Reports

Last week I send home a book report packet and a biography book with each student.  The student did a great job of filling out their book report note packet. I have asked this month the students fill out these packets and read their book at home. On the 29th the students will bring the completed notes and books back to school. Then they will pick their project and complete it at school using the note packet they completed at home.

Math

On Wednesday the students will be taking their Unit 3 math test. 

The test will include the following topics

Finding perimeter and area

Ballpark estimates of three digit numbers (rounding to the nearest 10 then adding or subtracting)

Measuring in centimeters and inches

The review for the test will come home on Tuesday. 

Writing

The students have been working hard on editing their work. We have focused on editing run on sentences to create complete but removing unnecessary "ands." We have also been reading and reviewing the qualities which give a piece of writing fluency.  Each student completed a final copy which will be shared with you at parent teacher conferences. 

Fall Party

The Fall party is Wednesday the 31st. Please remember to send in $2 for your students to cover the cost of the party. Thank you for all the students who have already sent in their money. 

I look forward to seeing you all this week for parent teacher conferences! 

                

October 12th Update

Upcoming Events

10-12 End of Quarter

10-16 Cookie Sales End

10-23 Parent Teacher Conferences 4-8

10-25 Parent Teacher Conferences 8-7

10-31 Fall Party

11-1 Picture Retakes

 

11-6 Late start

 

Reading

Every students has completed their DRA reading assessment. I cannot wait to share their results with you at parent teacher conference. The students are currently working on asking questions before, during and after reading a book. This week we completed a description together of requirements needed to ask a quality question. Here is what the students decided:

 

 

Math

We completed and reviewed our Unit 2 math test last Thursday. This week we began unit 3.

 

We have worked with the following topics:

Measuring an item with non-standard units

Estimating measurements

US standard measurements (inch, feet, yard and mile)

Metric Measurement (centimeter, millimeter, meter and kilometer)

Finding the perimeter of shapes

 

 

 

 

Language

The students have been working with writing with fluency and choosing correct word choice. Each student is currently working on a final copy original story to be shared with you at parent teacher conferences. I am so proud of all the students and their dedication to writing.

 

Parent Teacher Conference

Parent Teacher Conference reminder times go home today. They are stapled in the students planners. I excited to see all of you in a few weeks!

 

Punch Card Behavior Rewards

All the students have done a fantastic job earning punches for their behavior cards. I have had several students choose to bring a special item from home. Logan's deer antlers were a popular item all the students were interested in.

 

 

Friday Fun

Since 4th and 5th grade are both on a field trip today we took advantage of the extra space with a some hallway reading.

 

 

Have a great weekend,

 

Mrs. Ray 

 

 

October is here!

Upcoming Events

 

10/1- 10/5 Spirit week!

10-6 Homecoming at Grain Valley High School

10-11 McTeacher Night

10-12 End of Quarter

10-23 Parent Teacher Conferences

10-25 Parents Teacher Conferences

10-31 Fall Party


Spirit week days!

Monday- 80’s Day

Dress like the 1980’s!
Tuesday- Crazy hair day/ Hat Day

Wear a hat or wear your hair in a crazy style! (No hair color, please)

Wednesday- Nerd Day

Embrace your inner nerd! Glasses with tape, suspenders, and “high-water” pants are the style!

Thursday- PJ Day

Get up and go today! Wear your pajamas, but don’t forget to wear tennis shoes on the bus, at recess and P.E.

Friday- Blue and White Day

Show your Grain Valley Eagles spirit!

Book Reports
All the students have been working extremely hard on their book reports. We will work on completing our final copies this week during writing. Our goal is to start presenting our reports to our classmates starting Thursday and have everyone finished by Monday. The students have completed most of the work in class, but they may need small supplies from home or extra time to work on this weekend.

Math
Today we will be reviewing for the Unit 2 math test. If you study tonight with your students please sign their study guide and I will give them an extra behavioral hole punch in the morning.

Reading
We have began practicing asking questions while we read. The students will be working with asking questions before, during and after reading. This is a great skill to practice at home with your students as you or they read aloud.

Social Studies
The students have build off their knowledge of local, state and national government and are now learning about the three branches of the national government. This week the students will be creating summaries of each levels responsibilities and creating a visual organizer.

Science
How does mass effect force? What is force? What is mass? These are just a few scientific questions your student has been working toward answering. We have done several experiments involving mass and force. The students are continuing to learn other elements which can effect force and mass.

Writing
Along with completing the final copies of their book reports students are learning about fluency in writing. Students will study poetry and listen to the rhythm and flow of fluent pieces of writing. They will practice creating sentences which fluency, as well as address fluency in their stories.

Have a great week,

 

Mrs. Ray

September 27th

Upcoming Events
9-17 Mid Quarter’s go home
9-18 Skate Night
9-27 Picture Day
10-6 Homecoming
10-10 Late Start
10-11 McTeacher Night
10-12 End of Quarter

Science Collaboration
Yesterday we invited the kindergartens to our room to show off our expert knowledge of force and mass. The students became the teachers and were able to share everything they learned.

Reading
The students have been sharing and collecting their text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-world connections.

Social Studies
The students learned about the Constitution and our state government.

Writing
The students creative writings are very inspiring! This week we worked on writing using quotation marks and commas. 

Math
The students have worked really hard this week solving word problems. We have also practiced different methods of solving addition problems. Next week we will continue to work with different algorithms and finish up unit 2.

Student Council Elections
The students who choose to run for student council wrote their speeches in class and shared them with their classmates today. CONGRATS ISAAC for being elected our class representative:)

Have a great weekend,

 

Mrs. Ray

September 14th Update

Upcoming Events:

9-17 Mid Quarter’s go home
9-18 Skate Night
9-27 Picture Day
10-6 Homecoming
10-10 Late Start
10-11 McTeacher Night
10-12 End of Quarter

               

Science:
This week we completed our first science lab! The students did all the steps from creating a hypothesis, collecting data and interpurting their data to draw a conclusion. They were able to find out how mass effect force.

 

Writing:

This week's writing focus was voice. The students read three different stories and then compared the unit voice of the author. Today we also did a art inspried activity. The students each created a unquie figure while I was giving them verbal instructions. Just like each author has their own unique voice, each figure represented each student's unique creativity.

 

 

Math:

Unit one math tests were sent home on Wednesday. The students had a break from homeowrk this week because of their test. Next week they will have homeowork Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

September 7th Friday Update

Upcoming Events

9/12 Prizes for Entertainment books will be passed out

9-13 Mid Quarter and Late Start

9-17 Mid Quarter’s  grade cards go home

9-18 Skate Night

9-27 Picture Day (info sheets coming home tonight)

9-28 Reading book logs due

10-10 Late Start

10-11 McTeacher Night

10-2 End of Quarter

Math
This week in math we worked with money and making change. Next Tuesday (September 10^th) the students will be given their Unit  1 test. On Monday students will bring home their study guide for the test, which we will complete together in class. If you study with your students and sign their guide you they will receive a EXTRA BEHAVIOR PUNCH!

Hands on Science!
This week we paired up with Mrs. Brown's class to complete a rock observation lab. Each students received a different rock and created a paragraph to describe their rock using sight and feeling. The kids has a blast and I was blown away by the vivid description of their rocks.

 

Writing
The students created stories which captured their adience with an interesting lead. Their stories will be displayed outside our classroom in the hallway.


Word Work

On Monday the students will receive a new sheet of word work words. The following is a list of activities you can do with your students at home to practice their words.

Activity - Remind your child to sort the words in categories like the ones we did in school. Your child should read each word aloud during this activity. Ask your child to explain to you why the words are sorted in a particular way-what does the sort reveal about spelling in general? Be certain to discuss word meanings when appropriate.  Variation: Ask your child to sort them a 2^nd time as fast as possible, remembering to read and compare each word to the heading words.

Activity - Do a blind or no peeking sort with your child. Lay down a word from each category as a header and then read the rest of the words aloud. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it, as well as spell the word aloud. Lay the word down and let your child move it if he or she is wrong. Repeat if your child makes more than one error.

Activity - Do a writing sort to prepare for the test. As you call out the words in a random order, your child should write them in the correct category. Call out any words your child misspells a second or even third time.

(Thank you Mrs. Harber for making this list of at home activities for word work)

Reading
September reading logs went home yesterday and are due at the end of the month. In today's take home folder students will be bringing home thwie first graded "Letter to the Teacher" about a non-fiction book they read this week.
 

Below you will find the requirements for the book report. This was a long post, but we did so many fantastic things I just had to brag on my students:) Have a wonderful weeekend!

Love,

Mrs. Ray

Book Projects

Book reports reports will be mostly done in class. The students will choose one of the following activities to complete to showcase their book to our class. September genre assigned genre is Realistic Fiction. Each book report is related to a real life application of sharing their book. I am so excited to see how creative the projects will be!

Retell the story as a character in your book You are an actor preparing to be in a play about your book. To get the part, you will retell the story dressed as the main character. You will share about major events in a character’s life. You can create an outfit for your audition using a paper bag.	Create a test for your book You are a teacher creating a test to give your students after they have finished your book. Make a 10 questions test with 7 multiple choice questions, 2 short answer questions and 1 essay question. You must also create an answer key to use when grading the tests.	Create merchandise for your book You are a marketing agent in charge of creating merchandise to promote your book. Your first job is to create a lunch box design, which reminds you of a significant event in your story. You also will create at least 2 other items of your choice. In a presentation, you will share how each items represents something which occurred in your book.
Create a character  blog You are the main character of your book creating a blog. You must create a paper copy of his blog, which includes an “about me” section and at least 3 posts describing events from your book. Don’t forget other characters from the book can respond to each post.	Create a summary poster You are an author preparing for a book signing. You want to display a poster summary of your book to convince people to buy it. Your poster should be visually appealing, introduce the characters and include at least three illustrated important events.	Create a t-shirt design and sales pitch You are a graphic designer assigned to create a paper t-shirt design, which depicts your book. You will also need to write a sale pitch explaining how your t-shirt accurately represents your book.
Puppet Show You are a librarian putting on a puppet show for a 1st grade class. You will retell the main events of the story using the characters from your story. You can share the puppet show live with your class or record it at home to show to the class. Make sure your puppet show includes the beginning, middle and end of your story. You will create paper characters and glut them to Popsicle sticks.	Create a sequel to your book You are an author writing a sequel for your book. You need to make a plan which includes how the characters from your book will evolve in the next book. You will have to summarize your book, and then make a plan for the sequel. How will their story continue?	Create a preview for your book You are an advertising agent who is in charge of creating a preview because your book is becoming a movie! In the preview you will need to introduce the characters, setting and problem without giving away the solution.

The last day of August:)

Hello Parents,

Thank you again to everyone who attended curriculum night! This week we introduced and reviewed many skills in math. In reading we focused on the difference between fiction and non-fiction. We continued to come up with ideas for our writings. The students took a tour of Prairie Branch and wrote a fiction story based on things which take place in our school every day. We have continued working with partners and building relationships within our classroom.  In science we practiced learning the steps of the scientific method. We also working our using our 5 senses to make observations.

Upcoming Events

8/31 Entertainment books are due

9/3 NO SCHOOL
9-13
Mid Quarter
Late Start
9-17 Mid Quarter’s go home
9-18 Skate Night

Congratulations to my first 4 students who completed all 18 of their positive behavior punches. My first friends to collect their prize!



The students working in pairs on their math journals. 

Our target skills for math this week:

Create a tally charts
Analyze data to create a bar graph
Find maximum and minimum
Equivalent Names
Determine the likelihood of events
Finding the difference between two numbers

In writing the students compiled lists of things they would like to eventually write about.
 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Ray

Our Classroom Expectations

Our First Week

We had a wonderful full week of school! Please explore the photos of us working this week. I look forward to seeing you on Curriculum Night on Tuesday. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

8/28 Curriculum Night 6:00-7:30 (3 thirty-minute sessions)

8/30 Papa John Fundraiser Night
8/31 End of Entertainment book fundraiser all money or unsold books must be turned in
9/13 Late Start

 

Our week in pictures

We have practiced working with partners.

We created artwork to match our ocean theme by recycling old cds and creating fish.

Our class voted on our favorite writing hearts. The students filled their hearts with things they loved, favorite memories and places they have visited. We had a tie so they week we have two winners, Olivia and Lauren!

 

 

 The students also completed their first science journal entries

 

 

 

This week we also started our everyday math routine. The following are the goals we completed this week:

I  can complete number sequences.

I  can count correctly by 1s and 10s.
I can correctly solve a number grid problem.
I can make your own correct number grid.

During Reader's Workshop this week the students practiced the following skills:
Picking a just right book
Reading with a partner
Each students read with me
Our first meeting with our first grade reading buddies

We had a productive and fun first FULL week of school!

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Ray