11
Sep
2020

Week 3 Highlights

Notes for Parents:

Walkathon paperwork came home with your child on Friday. This is our ONLY fundraiser of the year, and it is HUGE for our PTC! Please return these fundraisers in your child’s blue folder before the Walkathon on September 24.
Interested in being a Zoom mystery reader in our classroom this year? We would love your help! Follow this link to see available slots and to sign-up.
If your child participates in a fall sport, please email me their schedule! I LOVE supporting our first graders outside of school, too. ❤️

CELEBRATIONS

Quote of the Week – Each week, our class learns about a new quote and spends the whole week trying to embody that quote. At the end of the week, Mrs. Kuiper awards a friend from our class who really shined with that quote’s energy from throughout the week. This week’s quote went to MASON for always being up for a challenge!

First Grade Family Time – Every Friday, all of the first graders at Georgetown get together for a little assembly! At the assembly, we celebrate our learning, give awards for the quote of the week, along with awards for lost teeth, shoe-tying, & birthdays from the week. Here are our “award-winning” first graders from today’s family time.

10 Star Reward – We did it! Our amazing class of first graders earned 10 stars! We celebrated by having pajama day today! ❤️

OUR LEARNING:

Reading– We learned about our Reader’s Workshop model of a mini-lesson, LOTS of time to read, and a share at the end. We also signed a Reader’s Workshop contract and discussed teacher and student jobs.

Writing – We began writing personal narratives this week! Students wrote about what they did over the summer, on the first day of school, and at recess

Math – This week’s math lessons focused on simple addition and subtraction from 0-10. We used our math workbooks for the first time, and we wrote lots of partner equations.

Social & Emotional – We continued learning about our emotions this week and brainstormed a list of emotions that we can feel.

Word Study – We have been working on reviewing our letter names and sounds from kindergarten!

Upcoming Dates: