Week Preview and First Home Project Idea

This week we will look at how we change as we grow. We will take a look at how animals change as they grow as well. Our robust vocabulary words are: change, adult, learn, imitate, and practice. We will continue our work with constructing descriptive sentences.

Unsatisfactory notices are due to go out this week. Students who are in danger of earning a 2 in district identified high-priority subjects (math, reading, writing) will be receiving an unsatisfactory notice. At this point in the year, it is unnecessary for first grade students to be made aware of the contents of an unsatisfactory notice. They are just to inform parents where a possible deficiency in performance may be. If you receive a notice, please review and return the signed bottom portion of your copy. Conferences will be scheduled soon.

Children not passing one or more math tests will automatically receive an unsatisfactory notice as well as those students not reading at least 30 WPM with comprehension on grade level material.

A reminder: Please make sure your child wears appropriate footwear for active physical education movement every day. A child wearing boots fell during PE last week. Boots are not appropriate footwear for first grade physical education activities. Shoes should also be secured with laces or Velcro straps.

Elementary picture day will be Monday the 10th.

Twenty-First Day

Today we read a nonfiction text about animal locomotion and compared them to kids' movement. We compared this text to Carle's From Head to Toe. We wrote a journal response by drawing a diagram of ourselves combined with an animal characteristic which would help us move.

In math we explored subtraction by continuing our idea of parts of a whole. Everyone should find their PearsonSuccess registration code attached to their math homework.

[U1/Wk2/D4&5]

Instructions For Math Program Registration PearsonSuccessnet

I will be sending home the access code with your child tomorrow.

First time users:
To register in SuccessNet:

1. Go to www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
2. Click Register
3. On the first screen, type the class access code above in the access code field.
4. Follow the instructions to register.Please DO NOT use your full name as your user name.
   Write your user name on the blank line above exactly as you typed it.
5. At the end of registration process, the SuccessNet login page appears.
6. Log in by typing your user name and password.

Existing users:
To enroll in this class:

1. Go to www.pearsonsuccessnet.com.
2. Log in by typing your existing user name and password.
3. From your Home Page, click My Account.
4. Click Add Class/Group
5. Follow the instructions, and use the class access code above to enroll in this class or group.

Twentieth Day

Today we learned about traditions. We compared traditions of indigenous Australians to those of American indigenous cultures. We also briefly discussed the meaning and reasons for traditions. We read a rhyming text and created a modified flow chart for the story in order to retell the story in our own words. We created a Tree Map today which we use to categorize information about ourselves. We will later learn how to use this information to create sentences used to write our personal narrative.

In math we worked with parts of nine. Our math tests should be in our backpack.

Child ID pictures will be taken tomorrow. Elementary school pictures will be taken on Monday.

If you prefer to order your Scholastic books online, our class activation code is JDRR3.

Nineteenth Day

Our vocabulary building oral comprehension story today was from Africa about a clever rabbit tricking hippo and elephant. Perhaps someone can retell the story in their own words at home. Great, if someone can even work in this week's vocabulary. We also read our sight word practice story for the week and retold in our own words. Our sight words are 'over', 'too', and 'it'.

In math we studied parts of 8. Math tests will be returned tomorrow.

Eighteenth Day

We discussed movement and read an informational text, Head to Toe (Carle), focusing on the structure of informational texts. This text did not have a plot, but rather a pattern. There was no rhyming and no setting and no main character. We worked extensively with short-vowel 'a' words, mainly, '-an', '-ap, 'ack'. We read and retold a decodable story called Mack. We continued work on our Unit Project.

In PE we are continuing work on team building, balance, endurance, and locomotion.

In math we began Topic 4 and worked with identifying parts of 6 and 7. We worked with manipulatives, pictures, and stories. Some students were unable to complete classwork in the designated time. Please make sure to check over classwork at home. Additionally, we took the Topic 3 math test. Of the 22 students taking the test, 20 students passed with a score of 14 (score scaled due to level of performance question difficulty) or better. Two students achieved a perfect score, 6 students scored 24, 1 scored 23, 2 scored 22, 1 scored 21, 1 scored 19, and 3 scored 18.

Week Preview

This week we will focus on ways we move and express ourselves through movement. We will compare the ways we move with the ways other animals move. We will learn the importance of movement in our daily lives.

Our robust vocabulary words will include movement, energy, express, exhausted, and stretch. Our spelling focus will be on '-ack', '-ad', and '-ap' words.