Jan
2020
Week 18 Highlights
NOTES FOR PARENTS:
- Please make sure that you are sending your child with a winter jacket, snow pants, hat, mittens, and snow boots each day! Even without snow on the ground, it has been very cold outside.
- Thank you so much to all of the parents and grandparents who volunteered in our classroom this week! Here is the sign up for next week.
- Scholastic Book Club orders are due January 31st.
- See Mrs. Reagan’s blog for more information on PK/K registration for younger siblings for the 2020-2021 school year!
CELEBRATIONS:
Quote of the Week – This week’s quote went to Charles for always being up for a challenge!
Birthdays – This week we celebrated Bryson and Elise’s birthdays!
Shoe Tying Club – Elise got an award for joining the shoe tying club!
Mystery Reader – Elise’s dad surprised us on Friday as a mystery reader. He read Mahalia Mouse Goes to College and Baby Elephant Goes to Work, a story he wrote for Elise! We loved hearing the stories!
OUR LEARNING:
Reading– Students reviewed and practiced reader’s workshop expectations, practiced doing some 5 finger retells, worked on close reading, and began setting goals with Mrs. Kuiper. Be on the lookout for goal sheets in blue folders throughout the month of January!
Writing – Students began writing reviews in our new unit. They picked the best item in their collection and persuaded their readers with an introduction, 3 reasons, details, and a conclusion.
Math – We began our math switch where students visited other 1st grade classes for individualized math instruction. This week we worked on place value and compared teen numbers with > and < signs.
Word Study – Students learned that each syllable in a word needs a vowel. This translated to writer’s workshop where students clapped to separate syllables and made sure that each one had a vowel.
UPCOMING DATES:
- Monday, January 13th
- STEAM
- Star of the Day: Kennedy
- Tuesday, January 14th
- MUSIC
- Star of the Day: Evelynne
- Wednesday, January 15th
- PE
- Library
- Star of the Day: Jacob
- Thursday, January 16th
- ART
- Star of the Day: Aaron
- Friday, January 10th
- STEAM
- Star of the Day: Kinsman