Week 7 Post

Here and there:

·         I am beyond grateful for my supportive families this school year!  Your time and considerations during conferences were noticed and appreciated. I can see that our students are surrounded by those who want them to succeed in all areas of life. It is quite a team effort, so far we are off to a great start!

·         I am happy to announce that Drew was our September Core Value award winner. His efforts are consistently made each and every school day.  He makes a conscious effort to show me he is on task and ready for what is next.  Drew also makes efforts to show me his neat work as well as how he came to a solution.  I appreciate his effort within all subjects as I know he makes the most of every school day! He applies the energy needed to reach success at school. Keep up with the efforts Drew, they are noticed!

·         For the month of October I would like us to specifically focus on PROBLEM SOLVING which means that I am looking for students to independently find answers to difficult problems and situations.  I am looking for examples of problem solving as we work, talk, and play at school. 

·         October break is just around the corner.

·         I will be out of school next Thursday and Friday as my brother is getting married. I will not be connecting with Dojo but Ms. Forest, our veteran Franklin teacher will be here to instruct and take care of our room 19 community. She is aware of all our studies and school behaviors.

·         Order your Franklin shirt by Tuesday, October 12^th.  Money and order slips can be turned into me or the office. Order forms were sent home today (Friday, September 28^th).

A look at next week…

Spalding

We will be adding to our books. We are writing with more words with patterns, rules, and jobs. We take our time discussing how and why we write our words in class. Please take the time to review the nightly words and put them on the back of the green paper. By the end of the week I want every child to be best prepared to test!

Reading

Aesop’s fables were such fun! I will send home our work packet next week.  It was great to see the students form connections about morals and lessons. Next week we will read similar stories from different lands. Some of our stories include Tom Thumb and Issun Boshi.  While we read our folktales we will work on text to self-connections as well as compare and contrast.

Math

WOW! What connections have been made with geometry. We will continue onto 3D shapes, the students are VERY excited!

Science

I am happy to share that we are done with our human body unit and now we will learn about objects in the sky. Our new unit will start with the study of stars!

History

Our early explorers unit will consist of readings and stories about Christopher Columbus. We will examine time lines and identify factual information.  We will work on an explorer writing while being inspired by those who embraced adventure!

Have  nice weekend all!

Ms. Reger

Week 7

Here and there:

·       See you all next week at your scheduled conference time. I look forward to talking about the day to day joys of having your child in our class.  Again, please be on time to make the most of our appointment.

·       Early release next week, dismissal is at 1:25.

·       Picture day is next week on September 27^th. 

·       BOOK FAIR time, a very favorite time of year! The book fair will be next Monday-Thursday open from 2:00-4:00. Please stop by after your conference or after school with your child to do a little shopping.

·       Book fair wish list: There are a few books that we would love to add to our class library! If you would like to donate a book it would be greatly appreciated, I always love to read from books that have been donated in the past. They bring back all the joyful times of that unit and student.

o   We are wishing for:

§  The Sun Is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk

§  Pig Star by Aaron Blabey

§  Try a Little Kindness by Henry Cole

§  The Three Little Superpigs by Clair Evans

·       For the month of September we will be focusing on EFFORT. I am able to observe effort as students show neat and accurate handwriting, make thoughtful connections, and acts in ways that are helpful to our room 19 culture.  When we put all of our energy into our obligations our time together will be extremely valuable. I cannot wait to award another room 19 classmate who continually shows effort.

A look at next week…

Spalding

We will continue to do our OPR and WPR routines daily. I can see the improvements so far this year and appreciate efforts made by our fabulous first graders.  Thank you for helping your student with their nightly spelling homework. I love to see those Spalding notebooks daily!

Reading

Continuing with Aesop’s fables, the students have really enjoyed the stories and finding the moral of each fable.

Math

Onto one of my favorite units, geometry! Next week we will start with 2-D shapes and identify the attributes of each closed figure. The students will identify and draw shapes, I look forward to the connections!

Science

Science will consist of a review of the human body.

History

I will be assessing their knowledge of all symbols in our unit. What a great unit to start the school year with!

See you all next week!

Ms. Reger

Week 6

Here and there:

·       All of our room 19 families are signed up for conferences, thank you all for organizing with other time slots with multiple siblings as well as using sign up genius! I love that you are all using technology to best communicate as we work together to educate your child.  Conferences are just around the corner, I am very excited to see you all!

·       Next week we will introduce and work on the final 10 phonograms. At the end of next week all 70 will have been introduced and practiced. We will start to recognize all of our phonograms in words we read and write. The students who are showing great effort reading and verbalizing the phonograms daily with the class are the ones who are getting the most out of our Spalding time.

·       Thank you all for the support at home with signing off and assisting with homework. I do ask that you carefully read before you sign. I am seeing parents sign off without checking to make sure it is all done completely and accurately. 

·       For the month of September we will be focusing on EFFORT. I am able to observe effort as students show neat and accurate handwriting, make thoughtful connections, and acts in ways that are helpful to our room 19 culture.  When we put all of our energy into our obligations our time together will be extremely valuable. I cannot wait to award another room 19 classmate who continually shows effort.

A look at next week…

Spalding

That last phonograms will be introduced and reviewed, how exciting!  I encourage you to look over the review work from the week that is usually stapled to the graded spelling test. If the students crossed a phonogram out and rewrote it this means they need more practice with that specific one. If you need phonogram cards or would like to order a set for you child use the link below. The students will be using them through 6^th grade, it would be a worthwhile investment.

https://store.spalding.org/p-111-phonogram-cards-individual-size-set-of-87.aspx

Reading

As a class we will sort fiction and non-fiction examples as we have been exposed to both.  As we progress through the week we will be reading various Aesop’s fables and identify fable elements such as moral, problem, solution, and plot. How fun these stories are!

Math

I was very impressed with the odd and even and greater than/ less than assessment. This shows me that our number sense is strong and we can recognize patterns and place value.  The students loved our math skill(s) this past week.  Next week we are going to touch base on skip counting again, up to 200 and at any point in our number line. The week will start skip counting using number charts and transition to memorization.  In first grade they are expected to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Science

We read some very interesting facts about the skeletal system, they enjoyed the movements and readings to help make connections.  Our skeletal system will continue with a fun project as we make cotton swab skeletons to show the parts of the human body.

History

The last and final monument will be Mount Rushmore.  We will be sorting facts and opinions about this national symbol. This will wrap up our American symbols unit.

Have a wonderful weekend, stay cool!

Ms. Reger

Week 5

Here and there:

·       All of our room 19 families are signed up for conferences, thank you all for organizing with other time slots with multiple siblings as well as using sign up genius! I love that you are all using technology to best communicate as we work together to educate your child.  Conferences are just around the corner, I am very excited to see you all!

·       Next week we will introduce and work on 10 more phonograms, I can tell we are starting to get a good grasp on them. The students who are showing great effort reading and verbalizing the phonograms daily with the class are the ones who are getting the most out of our Spalding time.

·       Back to Spalding notebooks for spelling next week. Again, I cannot express how important it is that they come back daily.

·       For the month of September we will be focusing on EFFORT. I am able to observe effort as students show neat and accurate handwriting, make thoughtful connections, and acts in ways that are helpful to our room 19 culture.  When we put all of our energy into our obligations our time together will be extremely valuable. I cannot wait to award another room 19 classmate who continually shows effort.

A look at next week…

Spalding

We will be reviewing phonograms 1-46 as well as introducing 47-57.  Practice makes perfect. We will be inputting spelling words as well as reviewing the rules of a silent and final e.

Reading

We are really understanding and expressing our ideas about author’s purpose. Next week we will continue to make connections and use close reading marks while reading informative narratives.

Math

We will strengthen our skip counting skills as well as introducing skip counting by 2s.  Students will also compare numbers and understand the meaning of even and odd.

Science

Onto the skeletal system as we read and use facts to explain the importance of this system. If anyone has had any broken bones that can been seen in an x-ray please send them in! It would be interesting to show!

History

I admire the interest within this subject, the students love our lessons on American symbols. We will be reading about the White house and the various rooms inside.  We will also read about the Liberty Bell.

Thanks for reading,

Ms. Reger