Notes for Parents:

• Friday Journals were sent home on Thursday. Please take a few minutes to write back to your child this weekend. We will be reading these during our morning meeting throughout the week.
• The official end of Semester 1 was Friday, January 15th.  I’ll be finalizing report cards and they will be sent home Friday, January 22. Unfortunately, we won’t meet together until March for Parent-Teacher Conferences. I will do my best to be as thorough as possible and give explanations.  Please know that we will continue to use the 1, 2, 3 scoring (while 3* is on the report card as advanced, we do not use this score). 2’s are totally acceptable and mean your child is growing on their way to where s/he needs to be by the end of the year.
• The Annual PE Apparel sale is happening now until February 1.  The store is online only.  For more information go to the PE Blog. http://mvankoev.edublogs.org
• Please take a moment to read how we will do Valentine’s cards in first grade![embeddoc url=”https://emilykuiper.edublogs.org/files/2021/01/ValentineCards.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google” ]

CELEBRATIONS:

Quote of the Week – This week’s quote went to MADI for always cheering others up.

Mystery Reader – Reagan’s mom surprised us as a mystery reader this week!

OUR LEARNING:

Writing– This week we practiced writing with details and helping readers pictures by using comparisons. We also practiced making lists in our nonfiction books and fixing up our books by pretending to be a reader.

Word Study– We practiced using ALL of the things we’ve learned about word to help us figure out big, long words! We also learned the importance of having a vowel in every syllable of a word, especially when we are writing words. 

Reading–  This week we tried to figure out what to do when we learned new words.  We looked at clues around the word to see if we could find a way to figure out how to read the word and what it meant. We also worked on finding key words and making our voices sound smooth and fluent while we read. 

Math– We took our Unit 3 test this week! Next week we will begin Unit 4 which will focus on place vale.

Social Emotional– We learned more about the parts of the brain (amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex) and how they control our emotions.

Upcoming Dates:

• Monday, January 18
  •  MUSIC
• Tuesday, January 19
  • PE
• Wednesday, January 20
  • ART
• Thursday, January 21
  • STEAM
• Friday, January 22
  • MUSIC
  • Library