May 18-22
It was an exciting week for the children to visit the Book Fair this week. This couldn't have happened in a better time since we are learning about goods and services and spending our money wisely. I was so proud when I saw my students adding their money, or knowing how much they need to get back in return. Real Life applications!! Thank you for supporting our school library!
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY
I can not thank you enough! I hope you know how much your selfless act of volunteering your time this year changed our lives and impacted the children's learning! Please come to the library on Thursday for breakfast, just as a small token of our appreciation.
Unfortunately, I can't be there this Thursday but Mrs. Bailey and other first grade teachers will be my ambassadors. Please know that I appreciate you all from the bottom of my heart.
REMINDERS
It was an exciting week for the children to visit the Book Fair this week. This couldn't have happened in a better time since we are learning about goods and services and spending our money wisely. I was so proud when I saw my students adding their money, or knowing how much they need to get back in return. Real Life applications!! Thank you for supporting our school library!
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY
I can not thank you enough! I hope you know how much your selfless act of volunteering your time this year changed our lives and impacted the children's learning! Please come to the library on Thursday for breakfast, just as a small token of our appreciation.
Unfortunately, I can't be there this Thursday but Mrs. Bailey and other first grade teachers will be my ambassadors. Please know that I appreciate you all from the bottom of my heart.
REMINDERS
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return it the next day. Thank you!
Wednesday: Math homework is due.
Thursday: Volunteer Appreciation Day!
I'll be out on this day. Mrs. Carla Lieurance will be my sub.
Wednesday: Math homework is due.
Thursday: Volunteer Appreciation Day!
I'll be out on this day. Mrs. Carla Lieurance will be my sub.
READING and WRITING
We will continue our family writing. I can't wait to share their writings with you. They are sweet and precious. After finishing our family writing, we will start working on our first grade memory books. We will remember all the great things that we did in first grade and write about those things. As always, we will emphasize on neat writing along with correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
In reading we will continue to read some of our favorite fiction books and review some important comprehension strategies. We will use the picture clues as well as the text clues to make predictions and inferences, visualize a part of the story or make connections.
We will continue our family writing. I can't wait to share their writings with you. They are sweet and precious. After finishing our family writing, we will start working on our first grade memory books. We will remember all the great things that we did in first grade and write about those things. As always, we will emphasize on neat writing along with correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
In reading we will continue to read some of our favorite fiction books and review some important comprehension strategies. We will use the picture clues as well as the text clues to make predictions and inferences, visualize a part of the story or make connections.
MATH
For the next few weeks, we will work hard on problem solving. We will review the steps of how to start the problem solving and work on different strategies that have been learning throughout the year. Reading a math problem is like reading a story. We need to visualize it first by drawing a relevant picture. We need to remember the important things by underlining them, and we need to show our steps and strategies such as using a number line, ten blocks and ones, tally marks, and addition and subtraction sentences. Whatever strategy we use, we also need to write our thinking in words. These steps will help the children in the long run to do more advanced problem solving in higher grades.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will continue our unit on economics. The children have been learning about goods and services and how some jobs produce, or make goods and other jobs provide a service. We all need money to satisfy our needs and wants, and in order to gain money we need to have jobs. But we also need to make wise choices and be smart about spending our money. We will also learn about scarcity problem, when we have unlimited wants and needs and limited resources.
For the next few weeks, we will work hard on problem solving. We will review the steps of how to start the problem solving and work on different strategies that have been learning throughout the year. Reading a math problem is like reading a story. We need to visualize it first by drawing a relevant picture. We need to remember the important things by underlining them, and we need to show our steps and strategies such as using a number line, ten blocks and ones, tally marks, and addition and subtraction sentences. Whatever strategy we use, we also need to write our thinking in words. These steps will help the children in the long run to do more advanced problem solving in higher grades.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will continue our unit on economics. The children have been learning about goods and services and how some jobs produce, or make goods and other jobs provide a service. We all need money to satisfy our needs and wants, and in order to gain money we need to have jobs. But we also need to make wise choices and be smart about spending our money. We will also learn about scarcity problem, when we have unlimited wants and needs and limited resources.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for stuffing the folders, and being willing to help in the classroom or outside the classroom. Your helping hands and hearts are greatly appreciated!
More than anything, thank you for supporting your child's learning at home. Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!
