Week of January 29: Charlie
Week of February 5th: Will
Week of February 12th: Ava
Important Upcoming Dates:
- Quarter 2 Report Cards are coming home Friday, February 2nd
- Virtual Field Trip to the Moon - Friday, February 2nd. Permission slips are due Monday :)
- Early Release on Wednesday, February 7th at 12:50 pm.
- WE TENTATIVELY WILL BE CELEBRATING DAY 100 on February 7th!
- Valentine Card Shop- Monday, February 12
Please email me know if you would like to volunteer to help run the Valentine Card Shop 10:00-11:40 on 2/12
- Valentine's Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, February 14th. More details coming...
Here's a glimpse of our week in the Starfish Classroom:
- Played Roll a Real Word with bossy r words
- Played Roll to 100 with partners during math centers
- Put together a Phases of the Moon book for our book boxes
- Wrote sentences on our white boards with our spelling words
- Learned how to add a 'flap down' to write more detail in our non-fiction books
- Learned how to show a number two ways with tens and ones
- Practiced finding the ones place and tens place in two digit numbers
- Used our white boards to add and subtract two digit numbers
- Found 'snap words' in our books and old morning messages
- Brainstormed a list of items we could create for our First Grade Fundraiser
- Turned and talked with partners about how character feelings change in fiction stories
- got new circle spots on the rug
- Listened to Hugh read a favorite Fly Guy story on Thursday
- Read a few nonfiction writing pieces from the Lobster class to get new writing ideas
Questions to Promote School Talk...
1. What are you most excited about making for the market? Have you started making anything at school?
2. What is a snap word? Can you show me some snap words in your books?
3. Can you show me how to make the number 84 with tens and ones? What number is in the ones place? What number is in the tens place?
4. Can you show me how to add 24+32 with tens and ones. Can you draw is out for me?
5. Can you tell me about the Starfish of the Week? What did you learn about Hugh?
6. When it is your turn to be the Starfish of the Week-- who will you invite to have lunch with you and Mrs. Murphy?
7. What's your favorite game that you play in P.E.?
8. What's your favorite snack to eat at school?
9. Can you write some ar words for me? Why are these words called bossy r words?
Here's some pictures from our days at school:
The Starfish of the Week reading to our class
Finding snap words in old morning messages. The kids are always excited to bring home one of the morning messages!
Working on their lessons on IREADY at a math center!
Matching pictures of tens and ones- understanding there is more than one way to represent a number with tens and ones
Mrs. Jolly working with the Starfish on adding numbers with tens and ones
Our First Grade writers are growing everyday!
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