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First Grade - Week of August 28

 Hello Families,

What a fantastic week. Our procedures are becoming more solid day by day and we’ve finally gotten to dive into our curriculum...which I LOVE!


Reading: We have been practicing the behaviors of Avid Readers like we learned in Kindergarten. This week we also learned that readers have habits just like we have habits like brushing our teeth. The habits we discussed this week are:

  • Taking a sneak peek

  • Checking our sneak peek

  • Doing something at the end of our books


**ask your reader to explain these habits they’re working on at home!


Writing: We have been busy, busy, busy building tools to help us generate ideas for our small moment writing unit. We have read various mentor texts to help us along.


**ask your child what ideas they’ve come up with to write about! As you enjoy your holiday weekend, point out small moments your child has that might make great stories next week.


Word Study: We met our new class mascot named RASHEED! We are learning that first graders do not just glance at words. NO! They use new eyes and ears to really STUDY the words around them. We have been practicing this by using the most important words in the world...our NAMES! Ask your child what they notice about the letters and sounds in their name.


Math: This week we worked on counting by 1s, 2s, and 5s by observing twin pop sticks and tally marks. We celebrated today with our own Twin POPS!




OTHER NOTES


Parent Information Night: I cannot wait to explain more in depth many of the happenings that occur in our classroom from day to day. Please save the date: Wednesday, September 6 from 6:45 - 7:30


Author Visit: Jason Chin will be joining us on October 18th. If you would like to purchase his publications from Schuler Books, please complete send in a check along with the flyer next week. We will have time throughout the day for Jason to autograph our books!


MARK YOUR CALENDAR


August 25: NO SCHOOL for Students

September 1: NO SCHOOL

September 4: NO SCHOOL

September 6: Parent Information Night (6:45-7:30)

September 22: ROAR**


**I will say that this fundraiser is HUGE for our elementary school. Much of the seating and books in my classroom have been supplied from the money raised at this fundraiser. I know we teachers are very much appreciative of anyone who can go and donate :)











I hope you have a wonderful Labor Day. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to seeing you at parent information night. 
Enjoy this beautiful weather! 

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