Reading/Writing
Workshop
First, let me tell you how thrilled I am that we have a
“normal schedule” this week.
Reading books will be going home as usual – thank you so much for
making sure that these are read, recorded on the form and returned. I plan to meet with each reading group
multiple times throughout the week.
We’re still exploring the writing process and I am so proud of each
first grade student, for they are really doing a great job with trying to tackle each word –
before asking! We will also be
adding five new “rainbow write” first grade sight words this week.
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Religion
We will have religion with Mrs. Nytes on Monday this week, rather than Wednesday to
begin learning more and more about the changes in mass. Aside from that, we’ll continue our
focus of Baptism this week, as we begin describing how a person is
baptized and come to realize that we, as Catholics, are followers of
Jesus.
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November 28th
– December 2nd
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Our leadership focus this week is…
“Friends, friends, friends..”
The kindergarten and eighth
grade classes are role playing situations for us this week during morning
assembly. This morning, they showed
us how we could lose all of our friends if we aren’t careful with our
behavior. Throughout the week,
we’ll learn more about how we could lose friends if we aren’t careful –
but most importantly, we’ll learn how to make friends … and how to keep
them!
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Phonics/Word
Work
At the beginning
of the week, we will be learning about digraphs and identifying them
within words. The digraphs that we
will be learning are: ch, sh,
wh, th,
ph, gn, kn, wr, and ck.
Towards the end of the week, we will begin discussing special vowel
sounds. We call these “pig
pens”. The first “pig pen” we will
focus on is the “au” vs. “aw” sound.
On Friday, we will focus on the second “pig pen” – “ou” vs. “ow”.
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Math
We’ll keep our focus this week of “counting
on” from the greater number. We will
also begin using doubles, such as 2+2, 3+3, 4+4,
and so on to solve addition facts.
We will then discover how using doubles helps us solve “near
doubles” even faster, such as 2+3 and 3+4.
By the end of the week, we’ll be having a “use the strategies”
workshop and preparing for our chapter test, which will take place early
next week.
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Science
We’ll be continuing our lesson this week on
deserts. We will also be learning
about rainforests later in the week.
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Additional
news...
Our new addition! J
We have a new addition in
our first grade classroom. An elf
has appeared in our classroom, whom we have given
the name “Dutches”. “Dutches” left
us with a book called “Elf on the Shelf”, explaining that he would be
watching our behavior each and every day.
After we go home each day, “Dutches”
magically travels to the North Pole, where he reports our behaviors to
Santa. Sometimes the reports make
Santa very happy, while other reports may cause him to become very
sad. We’ll be working hard as
leaders to ensure that “Dutches” has a great
report to share with Santa each and every day about each student in Miss
Dietrich’s first grade classroom!
P.E. Classes
We have P.E. every Monday and
Thursday. Please make sure your
child is sent to school in proper P.E. shoes on those days (tennis
shoes). If your child chooses to
wear dress shoes or boots, please make sure he or she is sent with a pair
of P.E. shoes (tennis shoes) in his or her book bag.
Friday, December 2nd
1:00 Dismissal – No bussing!
We will be dismissing at 1:00 p.m. this Friday for a teacher in-service.
There will be no bussing at dismissal.
Have
a great week!
Miss
Dietrich
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Social
Studies
We will be learning about needs and
wants. We’ll be taking a look at
many items and deciding whether each item is a need or a want. Towards the end of the week, we will also
be learning about how to spend money wisely.
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