Happy November to all! There is NO SCHOOL this coming Friday, November 10th. A HUGE THANK YOU to all of our wonderful parents who helped to make the Halloween Party so much fun for the kiddos! Whew! What a week!
Field Trip: WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF DRIVERS!!! Please let me know ASAP if you are able to drive on our first field trip, Monday, November 13th at 9:00am. If your child uses a carseat or booster, please send it to school with child that day. If you child doesn't have a carseat when we are ready to leave, he/she will not be able to go on the field trip. If you are planning on driving, please make sure your forms are up to date in the school office.
Language Arts: Our strategy focus will be questioning.
Grammar: We will focus on sentences that end with an exclamation point and practice writing our own sentences that end the same way.
Phonics: We will work with words that have the short /u/ sound and triple letter clusters.
Phonograms: We have begun our learning about phonograms, two letters that when written together make one or more sounds. We learned /sh/ /th/ /ee/ /er/ /ir/ /ur/ /ear/ /ch/ /wh/ /ea/ /ai/ /ay/ /ar/ /ed/
/ow/ /ou/ and /oo/. Look for these phonograms when reading with your child each day.
Writer's Workshop: We will continue our unit on opinion writing learning how to state an opinion and back it up with two reasons why you feel that way!
Word Wall Words: Your children will learn 5 new word wall words each week and together we will put them on our Word Wall. Listed below are the word wall words on our wall so far and the 5 new ones. It is my hope that you will make a word wall at home or make flashcards to practice daily with your child. This will help your child with reading, writing, and spelling.
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Star of the Week: We will begun our Star of the Week Program and LOVE learning more about our first grade friends. Please check out the Star of the Week Schedule listed to the right. If you have any questions or need to make a change in the schedule, just let me know.
Math: Our unit in math encourages student mastery of key number facts and fact strategies for single digit addition and subtraction up to 20. We will use the strategies already introduced and emphasis COUNTING ON. We will also use the "making ten" strategy when adding 3 digits.
CGI: In an effort to increase rigor and incorporate more mathematical teaching strategies that will help reinforce the Standards of Mathematical Practice, I will begin teaching a rigorous story problem using the CGI, Cognitive Guided Instruction, approach. This will help me learn how your child problem solves and also help me to guide and plan my instruction.
Lexia Reading Core 5 Program: It is very helpful for you child to work in this program each day at home. This is a self directed program that helps your child with reading and spelling skills. Your child will need a head set to listen to the directions and complete it without any help as they do here at school. I receive a report as to the progress the children are making at with the program at home. I highly recommend it! To access it follow these 4 steps..
1. google lexia core 5
2 go to...
www.lexialearning.com/products/core5
3. go to "sign in" at the top right4 scroll down to Core5
5 put in my email lea_robinson@pvusd.net (if needed)
4. your child will type in his/her username and password from the card provided
Moby Max is HERE!
MobyMax is a computer based program and just like the Lexia Reading Core 5 Program, this is a self directed program that helps your child with academic skills at home. Using a headset, your child will be able to work in the program without any help. I receive a weekly progress report just like the Core 5 Program and hope to see your child progressing in a consistent manner through the program. Your child will be working in the "math and fact fluency" section. Each student has a unique login. Follow the steps written on your child's log in card. I stapled it to your child's class folder.
