Parent Information
- Please make sure to send in your scholastic order by Tuesday if you are interested in ordering.
- Picture day is on October 10th.
- The list of words coming home each week are the words that we have worked with for the week. The words that are starred are the "word wall" words that they must be able to read and spell. Practicing reading and writing the "word wall" words and words with the families we have explored would be beneficial.
The Great Read Aloud
All around the world first grade classes are reading books by Eric Carle. Last week we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We then watched videos from Eric Carle himself. In our tech time in the library we worded together using tagul.com. This web site works on build word clouds. We put together words that reminded us the story. You can move the mouse over the words and ask your child to explain them to you. Take a look at the cloud we made!
Literacy
- Began working with the short vowel I. "I...itch...i"
- Worked with the in & it word families
- Worked with new centers: Work on Writing & Word Work
- Talked a lot about how to "frame our thoughts": capitals and end marks
- Writer's Workshop: learned how writing partners can help us with our planning and revising our stories
Math
- Worked with story problems
- Began identifying different ways to solve story problems: counting all, counting on and know fact
- Talked about how important it is to show our thinking, record a number equation and label our answers
- Continue to work on being efficient, making the decision to count accurately but quickly
Social Studies
- Talked about what fall or autumn brings
- Read stories about apples
- Sequenced the life cycle of an apple
- Read a "tall tale" of Johnny Appleseed
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