Sunday, January 31, 2016
We will be celebrating the 100th day of school on Tuesday. If you haven't already, please make sure your child has counted out 100 of something small and edible to add to our 100s day stew. Your child may also dress up like a 100 year old. We have had some great costumes in the past.
We will be wrapping up our reading connections unit this week. We will be making connections using non-fiction texts this week.
Spelling will be extremely hard this week. We are spelling words with er, ir, and ur in them. The tricky part is they all make the same sound. Please help your child practice these words at home this week.
In writing, we will continue opinion writing by writing about our favorite places around Billings.
Our main focus this week in math is working with greater than and less than. Now that we know what a 2 digit number really means we will be looking at the tens place and ones place to help determine which numbers are greater than/less than.
Have a great week!
Sunday, January 24, 2016
3rd Quarter!
Happy Sunday! It's a big football day in our house today. Go Broncos! Woohoo!
I hope you had time to look over your child's report card. I know they are a bit difficult to understand, so if you have any questions please email, call, or stop in and I would be glad to go over it with you. Please sign and return your child's report card envelope. You get to keep the papers that were in it.
A new book order will be coming home on Wednesday. Orders will be due on Monday, February 1.
Our new reading comprehension unit will focus on connections. We start by making text to text connections and end the week comparing and contrasting points of view.
So far our opinion writing unit is going great. The students have already started writing two different opinion pieces. One about the best part of them and another on something they really like. They have come up with some great reasons to support their opinions. We will continue this unit by learning how to write an introduction, conclusion, and adding transition words.
Our focus in math this week will be working with numbers 100-120. We will also start work on greater than/less than.
I hope you had time to look over your child's report card. I know they are a bit difficult to understand, so if you have any questions please email, call, or stop in and I would be glad to go over it with you. Please sign and return your child's report card envelope. You get to keep the papers that were in it.
A new book order will be coming home on Wednesday. Orders will be due on Monday, February 1.
Our new reading comprehension unit will focus on connections. We start by making text to text connections and end the week comparing and contrasting points of view.
So far our opinion writing unit is going great. The students have already started writing two different opinion pieces. One about the best part of them and another on something they really like. They have come up with some great reasons to support their opinions. We will continue this unit by learning how to write an introduction, conclusion, and adding transition words.
Our focus in math this week will be working with numbers 100-120. We will also start work on greater than/less than.
Make it a great week!
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Report Cards!
There is no school Monday, January 18. It is a PIR day and teachers will be in training.
I will be gone for another training on Thursday. I am not sure who the guest teacher will be.
Report cards go home Friday. Remember BE PROUD OF YOUR CHILD! Every single student made progress this quarter and worked very hard.
We will be working on another close read this week with the book, Where are You, Boots? This is another book that focuses on community and what is necessary to have in a community.
There will be a spelling test on Friday. We are still working on consonant digraphs or as we call them in first grade, "h brothers."
In math, we will continue to work on place value. I will be testing your child with tens and ones. They have been working hard.
We will be starting a new writing unit this week. Our new focus is on opinion writing.
Have a great week!
I will be gone for another training on Thursday. I am not sure who the guest teacher will be.
Report cards go home Friday. Remember BE PROUD OF YOUR CHILD! Every single student made progress this quarter and worked very hard.
We will be working on another close read this week with the book, Where are You, Boots? This is another book that focuses on community and what is necessary to have in a community.
There will be a spelling test on Friday. We are still working on consonant digraphs or as we call them in first grade, "h brothers."
In math, we will continue to work on place value. I will be testing your child with tens and ones. They have been working hard.
We will be starting a new writing unit this week. Our new focus is on opinion writing.
Have a great week!
Sunday, January 10, 2016
We Made It!
It was a little hard for the kids waking up this week after the long break. There were so many tired eyes and calm bodies. Thank goodness they rallied, and as the week went on they were back to their cute, little first grade selves.
Remember that if there is snow on the ground, your child needs all their snow wear: winter coat, snow pants, snow boots, hats, and mittens to be able to play on the playground. If not, they have to stay on the blacktop.
This week I will be assessing your child in both math and reading. It is so exciting to see their growth.
We will be discussing “What is a community?”, “What jobs are part of my community?”, and "What kinds of communities are there?". We will also work on retelling fiction and non-fiction texts.
Spelling will have words that start and end with Sh and Th.
In math, we will continue to work on the hundreds chart and counting tens and ones. Here is a few pictures of the kids counting in groups of 10.
Stay warm and healthy! Have a great week.
Remember that if there is snow on the ground, your child needs all their snow wear: winter coat, snow pants, snow boots, hats, and mittens to be able to play on the playground. If not, they have to stay on the blacktop.
This week I will be assessing your child in both math and reading. It is so exciting to see their growth.
We will be discussing “What is a community?”, “What jobs are part of my community?”, and "What kinds of communities are there?". We will also work on retelling fiction and non-fiction texts.
Spelling will have words that start and end with Sh and Th.
In math, we will continue to work on the hundreds chart and counting tens and ones. Here is a few pictures of the kids counting in groups of 10.
Stay warm and healthy! Have a great week.
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Happy New Year!
I hope you had a great winter break! I sure enjoyed it but I am excited to get back to teaching and see all of my students.
This week we will begin unit 3 of our reading series. It is called, "In My Neighborhood," and focuses on social studies themes, "How communities are alike and different, how jobs affect a community, and how geography and economics affect the way people work and play in a community."
Spelling words are getting a little hard. Please make sure you are help your child practice nightly.
In math, we will begin our tens and ones unit and wrap up Quarter 2 skills. Can you believe we're already almost half way through the year?!
In writing, we will give our writing assessments for how-to, opinion, and informational pieces. We will also begin our Opinion unit. First graders are usually pretty good at opinions, but we are excited to begin teaching them how to use facts to support their opinions.
We will be spending some time reviewing school and classroom rules. That means high expectations from all staff at Bitterroot.
Looking forward to a fabulous week!
This week we will begin unit 3 of our reading series. It is called, "In My Neighborhood," and focuses on social studies themes, "How communities are alike and different, how jobs affect a community, and how geography and economics affect the way people work and play in a community."
Spelling words are getting a little hard. Please make sure you are help your child practice nightly.
In math, we will begin our tens and ones unit and wrap up Quarter 2 skills. Can you believe we're already almost half way through the year?!
In writing, we will give our writing assessments for how-to, opinion, and informational pieces. We will also begin our Opinion unit. First graders are usually pretty good at opinions, but we are excited to begin teaching them how to use facts to support their opinions.
We will be spending some time reviewing school and classroom rules. That means high expectations from all staff at Bitterroot.
Looking forward to a fabulous week!
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