Mrs. Faris's 1st Grade 2023/2024

  MARK YOUR CALENDAR March 5: Haitz to Van Andel Institute March 6: Merpi to Van Andel Institute  March 7: Faris to Van Andel Institute March 7: Parent Teacher Conferences March 12: Parent Teacher Conferences IMPORTANT INFORMATION Scholastic Order: Family Order Due Date -   03/08/2024 SHOP OUR CLASS PAGE   https://orders.scholastic.com/ML8B7 SHOP FLYERS  https://clubs.scholastic.com/all-flyers Parent Teacher Conferences: I am excited for parent teacher conferences on March 7 and March 12. Here is the list of conference times. Please let me know if you need to make any changes.  WEEK AT A GLANCE Reading: We have BIG JOBS to do as first grade readers. We’ve been learning that we need to be the BOSS of our reading. That means, when we get to a tricky word we need to:  STOP at the first sign of trouble Try SOMETHING Try something ELSE to get the job done Check and triple check making sure that it looks right, sounds right, and makes sense. Writing:...

  MARK YOUR CALENDAR February 16: Midwinter Break - No School - Teacher Professional Development February 19: Midwinter Break - No School March 7: Parent Teacher Conferences March 12: Parent Teacher Conferences WEEK AT A GLANCE ELA: We started new units this week in all our ELA content areas.  In reading and phonics we’ve been discovering vowel teams and figuring out the sounds they make when we find them in words together. The two we focused on this week were EA and EE. We discovered that they make the long E sound. Help point this out to your child as you read together at home.  We’ve also been reviewing the Tools for Solving Hard Words and Word Detectives Take a Closer Look strategies we were introduced to earlier this year. We’ve been focusing on not just trying ONE of these strategies but MANY of these strategies until we get the word right! New snap words this week: away, easy,  In writing we wrote our INFORMATIONAL ON DEMAND which will help me to evaluate yo...

  MARK YOUR CALENDAR February 14: Bring in your Shoebox Collection February 14: Valentines Day Celebration  February 16: Midwinter Break - No School - Teacher Professional Development February 19: Midwinter Break - No School March 7: Parent Teacher Conferences March 12: Parent Teacher Conferences IMPORTANT INFORMATION Shoebox Collections : For writing next week, I’m asking that each child bring in their own “collection” of something. This collection should be able to be stored neatly in a shoebox or bag that fits inside of their locker and should be anywhere between 4-6 objects. This could entail anything from shells, rocks, stickers, bracelets, trolls, baseball cards, etc. (for example: my own daughter brought in 6 Paw Patrol figures). We will be using these collections for the first couple of weeks in our opinion writing unit. Please have your child bring this collection by Wednesday, February 14. Let your child know that they can store it in their locker until Mrs. Faris...