February 7, 2011
Reminders and Information Language Arts
First grade had a wonderful performance at the PTA meeting Essential Questions:
on Thursday! I was so proud of every single student. They -How do I sort and spell words beginning with the blends cr, cl, fr,
worked hard to learn all the songs and speaking parts, and gr, and gl?
everyone did a great job! Many thanks to all the parents who -How do I use my strategies to become an even better reader?
came to support first grade at the PTA meeting! -What are the steps in the writing process?
-How do I revise, edit, and publish my writing?
We are collecting soda can tops for a child at our school’s -What is a verb?
family. They have a sick child and have been staying at the In writing, we continued publishing two separate pieces of
Ronald McDonald House. The tops can help to off-set the writing. Almost all the students have finished typing their
cost for families. The students have been very motivated to informational pieces on how to wash their hands. They also
help support a member of our Varner family. Thank you! learned how to insert clip art in a Word document. We will be
hanging their informational paragraphs by sinks around the
Your child should have brought home their 3rd literacy bag on building so they can teach others with their writing. Our Words
Thursday. Please remember that the activities are not Their Way sort focused on words beginning with the blends dr,
required. They are simply suggestions that you can choose br, pr, and tr. Our reading mini lessons focused on making
to use. You can choose to use all, some, or none of the predictions and identifying story elements. We also continued
books and activities. Please make sure the bags are returned identify both nouns and verbs. The students love to play Parts
on Tuesday, so I can prepare them to be sent back out on of Speech Scattergories on the SmartBoard, so I made a version
Thursday. of the spinner that you can download to play at home. You will
be impressed by your child’s creativity! They continue to amaze
Administration has asked that we notify parents of the danger me!
of parking at the top of the hill on Gaydon Road and walking Math
students to school.
Essential Question:
-How do I tell time to the hour?
Congratulations -How are the minute hand and hour hand related?
Hip Hip Hooray to Brady and Sean for reading all 200 high -How do I tell time to the half hour?
frequency words! Way to go boys! -How do I represent and interpret information on a graph?
We started our unit on time by learning about the relationship
between the hour hand and minute hand as well as how to tell
Happy Birthday time to the hour. The students played many fun games to
Syrai celebrated her birthday on January 30th. reinforce this concept, and I can say that all the students are
Happy birthday Syrai! now experts on telling time to the hour. We started looking at
how to tell time to the half hour, and we will continue to work on
Wish List this skill throughout the coming week. There are some games
on the class blog that you can download to practice these skills
-Sunny D labels
at home.
-Any food that we can graph (different colored goldfish, Fruit
Loops, fruit snacks, M&M’s, Skittles, etc.)
-Gluesticks
Mark Your Calendar
February 8 Sparkles Night
February 10 Picture Day
February 16 Chick-fil-A biscuits for sale
February 17 Cookie orders due (the delicious fundraiser!)
Feb. 21-25 No School