Sept. 14-18
IMPORTANT REMINDER
Monday: Parent Information Night (6:30-7:00) in room 307. For a school wide schedule please refer to Kathy Caraway website.
Monday: Parent Information Night (6:30-7:00) in room 307. For a school wide schedule please refer to Kathy Caraway website.
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders every Wednesday morning.
Please make sure you check your child’s Daily Folder each night and initial the day to show me you saw the information.
Thursday: All library books are due this Thursday by 8:00 AM. We will check out two new books from the library this week.
GROWTH MINDSET
We have been working on how to stay positive, work our best and hardest, show perseverance and never say, " I can't", but rather, "I can't, YET". Last week, we had a wonderful lesson called " Austin's Butterfly". Ask your child to tell you about the story of Austin, a little boy who tried his hardest to draw a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. This lesson involves many great life lessons such as showing perseverance, not giving up quickly, and giving constructive criticism to our friends to grow and learn more. But this week we only emphasized on the fact that, " Austin didn't give up and tried his hardest to do the best he can".
Thursday: All library books are due this Thursday by 8:00 AM. We will check out two new books from the library this week.
GROWTH MINDSET
We have been working on how to stay positive, work our best and hardest, show perseverance and never say, " I can't", but rather, "I can't, YET". Last week, we had a wonderful lesson called " Austin's Butterfly". Ask your child to tell you about the story of Austin, a little boy who tried his hardest to draw a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. This lesson involves many great life lessons such as showing perseverance, not giving up quickly, and giving constructive criticism to our friends to grow and learn more. But this week we only emphasized on the fact that, " Austin didn't give up and tried his hardest to do the best he can".
Here is what we will be doing this week:
READING
This week in reading we will practice “read to someone”. Read to someone will help us to be a better reader, practice our fluency and mostly it is lots of fun. We will learn how to sit closely to our partner, so our elbows and knees touch. This close proximity will allow us to read with quiet voice such as only our partner can hear us and not the rest of the class. It would also allow both of us to see the words and the pictures. There are two ways to read to someone. One way is to take turn reading a paragraph or a page and the other is to do choral reading, where both partners read together.
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING AT HOME?
Spicewood Spring public library has a variety of "I read, you read" books, where there is a harder paragraph for the parent to read and an easier one for the child to read. But you can practice partner reading with almost any book, as long as it is a good fit book for your child.
Spicewood Spring public library has a variety of "I read, you read" books, where there is a harder paragraph for the parent to read and an easier one for the child to read. But you can practice partner reading with almost any book, as long as it is a good fit book for your child.
WRITING
This week in writing we will continue working on our stories. The children have done a great job illustrating and writing about some real events in their lives. We will learn how to write in complete sentences. A complete sentence is a complete thought that tells who or what the sentence is about, and what happened. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark. We will also learn how to use our word wall list to spell the first grade sight words correctly. Please refer to your child's daily folder for a list of 100 first grade words.
Please encourage your child to form the letters correctly. Almost all of the letters in alphabet start from the top to the bottom. Some children have the habit of forming the letters from the bottom to the top and this will affect their handwriting as well as speed in writing. Also please have your child practice writing their names neatly starting with capital letter and then lowercase letters. If you need double lined paper at home, please let me know, I'll be happy to give you some.
MATH
This week we will continue working on teen numbers, comparing teen numbers, and ordering them from the least quantity to the most quantity. We will work with dimes and pennies since dimes represent a group of 10 pennies and could stand for a ten frame or a ten stick and pennies represent ones. We will also work on gathering data such as number of birthdays in a month, or our favorite food and show our data with tally marks. We will apply our knowledge of teen numbers and comparison in math word problem solving.
This week we will continue working on teen numbers, comparing teen numbers, and ordering them from the least quantity to the most quantity. We will work with dimes and pennies since dimes represent a group of 10 pennies and could stand for a ten frame or a ten stick and pennies represent ones. We will also work on gathering data such as number of birthdays in a month, or our favorite food and show our data with tally marks. We will apply our knowledge of teen numbers and comparison in math word problem solving.
SOCIAL STUDIES
This week we will learn about state and national patriotic symbols, including the United States and Texas Flags, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and the Alamo. We will recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the pledge to the Texas Flag. We will also identify mottoes of Texas and the United States.
This week we will learn about state and national patriotic symbols, including the United States and Texas Flags, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and the Alamo. We will recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the pledge to the Texas Flag. We will also identify mottoes of Texas and the United States.
Thursday, September 17 is Constitution Day. We will explain constitution as a set of rules for our country.
SCIENCES
In science we will learn about properties of objects. We will learn that we can use our five senses such as see, hear, smell, touch, and taste to explore the objects around us. Properties are characteristics of objects. These characteristics include color, texture, size, weight and shape.
SCIENCES
In science we will learn about properties of objects. We will learn that we can use our five senses such as see, hear, smell, touch, and taste to explore the objects around us. Properties are characteristics of objects. These characteristics include color, texture, size, weight and shape.
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!
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!
