Week of September 13-17

Wow!! What a great week it has been in FIRST GRADE!!!

Reading:
This week in Reading, we have been working on the letter a and the short /a/ sound. We read a story called Tap Tap Tap. We learned words like: tap, can, am, at, man, and lots of other short /a/ words. We also learned about making predictions. We are reading a story aloud also called Junie B. Jones First Grader at Last, and we use that story a lot to help us make predictions also.

In writing, we have started to work on writing about a favorite summer memory. We have just begun, so we are still sorting out our ideas. We also had our first spelling test today! Look for it to come home on Monday. We took it in the afternoon, so I didn't quite get a chance to get it corrected.

Math:
Boy did they work hard in math this week. We had to take 5 tests! Well actually it was one big test, but we split it up over 5 days. It is just an assessment to see where we are at starting first grade. They have worked hard and done great! We also continued to explore some fun math tubs like cubes, beads, blocks, etc.

Other:

Constitution Day:
Did you know that today (Friday) is Constitution Day??? We talked about what the constitution is, what it means, and did some fun things with it. We made a fun hat. (See pictures below!)
We also made a class kindness pledge, and all signed it making a promise to be kind.

The Little Engine That Could
We read a story on Thursday called The Little Engine That Could. We talked about having an "I Can" attitude. We all thought of something we can do, and made a train car, so we can make a class train to keep up on our wall this year. They also got to watch the video at the end of the day when we were all done, which they loved! You know you've got a great class when they are all cheering together for the little engine to make it up the mountain at the end! I love it!

General Info.

Picture Day is WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22!!! Please send in the forms as soon as you're ready. They have to be here on Wednesday if you wish to order pictures.

Homecoming NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th! We will be celebrating homecoming next Friday! Please look for an email coming home next week about a dress up day on Friday!

Star Student
Star Student will start next week with...Me! Mrs. Bahn will be the start student next week so I can set a good example and show everyone how it will go! A schedule will be sent home next week so you know when it will be your child's week!

Shoe Tying
If your child doesn't know how to tie his/her shoes, please work on this skill with them at home! I told them I won't tie shoes after Thanksgiving!! They will either have to find a friend to help, or find shoes that don't hve ties. I'm just trying to give them a goal to work towards. With switching shoes for Phy. Ed. etc. it is very time consuming to have to tie lots of shoes.

Whew..I think that is all! So much news to share in First Grade!!! Paige, Emma, Jayla, Dylan and Ruby have been great captains this week!! Thanks for a wonderful second week of school!

Our Constitution Day Hats - Free To Be You And Me!!

Had to do a silly one too

Working hard on our hats

Working on our What I Can Do Book

Working on our Morning Work - Some math and reading practice that we do everyday and will eventuallybecome independent work when they enter the room in the morning