1st Grade Happenings in November!

Hey Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a quick update on what we have been working so hard on this month! Here's a quick little explanation of what we've been tackling during November! :)

Social Studies- We have been learning about Thomas Jefferson and all the ways he helped the United States of America.

Writing- We are writing "How-To" papers in which we tell the reader sequential steps of how to do a task. A cookbook or instructions for putting together a table are both real-world examples of how-to writings. This past week we wrote a book about how to follow our PBIS School Wide Expectations for our hallways behavior, and next week we will be discussing how to catch a turkey based on a mentor text we will be reading!
Reading- We just finished up the idea of asking questions before, during, and after reading a text. This is a strategy we will use in class to help us better comprehend and enjoy each story we read! Now, we are moving into problems and solutions within a text- What is the problem and how did they solve it? We can use this knowledge to both help us better understand a text, and to apply to every day life when we have a problem and need to find a solution! Both of these strategies for comprehension can be used in your household while reading with your child, also!
Math- Math has been a busy subject in the past couple weeks! We have been learning about the equal sign, and that it simply means that both sides must be the same number (i.e. 6 = _ + 4, so something and 4 together must equal the same number as 6. We can count on from 4- 5..6.. so we had to count 2 more numbers. So 2 + 4 is the same as 6: 6 = 2 + 4.. 6 = 6). AND we are learning how to add 3 digits together to get our total, or whole. We look at each number as a "part" and then the total as the "whole" (i.e. 3 + 2 + 4 = _ can be seen as one part is 3- which can be modeled using any household item, another part is 2, and the last part is 4. If you are modeling these items with objects, you simply join all objects together and find the total, or whole!). I know Common Core Math strategies can be tricky for some of us, so as always, please reach out if you would further information for assisting your child!

Thanksgiving Lunch!

Parents, grandparents, and friends are invited to join us for our annual Thanksgiving lunch. The cost of a guest lunch is $3.75. Classes will eat in the cafeteria on the day assigned above. On the day your child's class is not having family/friends lunch, they will have sack lunches and eat in their classroom. Please join us for a delicious lunch!!

**Lifetouch Photography will be here to take family portraits on the stage.  Flyers with prices will be available each day in the café.

**Book Fair will be open in the Media Center.  It’s a great time to buy holiday gifts!

Our class lunch will be on Wednesday November 15 from 10:50-11:35! I would love for as many of you to join us as possible. I know it would make your kiddos day to have a special visitor for lunch! :) 

Red Ribbon Week!

We've had a fantastic time celebrating Red Ribbon Week the past 5 days!

Thursday was "Heads off drugs" and Friday was "Bodies off drugs" 

Here are some cute pictures from the past 2 days!

Big Springs Farm!

We had an AWESOME time at Big Springs Farm on our first field trip! Here are some sweet pictures of your kiddos having the time of their lives!

We painted pumpkins, listened to a pumpkin story, fed donkeys, sheep, cows, and chickens, went on a fall hay ride and made our way through a corn maze! 

How is it almost November?!

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've updated, time has just gotten away from me!

We've had quite the busy month here in 1st grade! From parent-teacher conferences to learning almost everything under the sun, I feel like we haven't slowed down! Everyone always says, up until Thanksgiving we're going full speed ahead but I wouldn't have it any other way!

First off, I wanted to say thank you so much to all of you for taking the time to meet with me during conferences. I am sure you all have crazy busy schedules so I cannot thank you enough for working with me :) During conferences we were only early release schedule but we are now back on regular dismissal if you needed a reminder! 

Picture Make-up Day is on October 27th, so if your child missed pictures the first go around, make sure they are ready for pictures this Friday October, 27th! 

We have our field trip to Big Spring Farms this Wednesday October 25th! I am so excited and I know your kiddos are too! They can wear jeans on Wednesday as we are going to a farm so I don't want them to wear their nice uniform clothes! The high is 59 on Wednesday so please please send your child with a jacket since we will be outside for most of the day :) Please don't send you child with a lunch, we will all be eating sack lunches from the cafeteria at the farm! 

As October rounds down and November is upon us, I want to remind you of how important this time is in your child's life. They are like sponges and are soaking up anything and everything that they can. Please continue working with them on their sight words at home, helping with homework (if needed and if time permits), and instilling in your child the importance of school. This year has been crazy but wonderful so far and I am sure it will only continue to get better! 

Look for more updates soon, I promise I won't be away from you this long again! :)

Math Videos!

Here is a wonderful link  that should help you as a parent work with your child on what we're learning in math as well as aid you in understanding how to better help your child! This is for Unit 2 which is where we are right now! As soon as we move into Unit 3 I will post the link to my blog!  :)

Making 10's and 1's!

Hey, hey everyone! We've had a busy last week and a half learning about 10's and 1's in math. Today, we got into pairs and worked together to build different numbers with our 10's rods and 1's. Everyone absolutely rocked it! Here are some photos I took during whole group today :)