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st Grade is Hoppin Fir
Dear First Grade Families, Sad News: Our caterpillars did not survive. They did well for the first few weeks, and then started to die. We were able to see that they loved to eat milkweed plants and they grew tremendously fast at first. We also learned that organisms (living things) must have certain things in order to live: space, air, food, water, and shelter, and if they dont, they will die. We think the monarch caterpillars food source of milkweed was not sufficient or it was just too dry and so they did not get enough food to eat. We will continue to study the monarch caterpillars and butterflies, but we will rely on books, movies, and real photographs to see their life cycle.
October 12, 2012
Word Wall Words:
Oct. 15-19 *could, like, will, *do, this
Skill work: ill word family, magic e, *oh you lucky dog, review/th/
The words with the * indicate that it is a red word and so it does not follow a rule for spelling.
Some of the exciting things in our class have been: Adding
many songs and poems to our poem folder; Learning and recognizing many signs of fall; Reading non-fiction books about leaves and why they change color-they are losing their chlorophyll; Seeing every childs name captured and being displayed on our Chicka-Chicka Tree; We are counting by 5s a lot and by 2s; and . . .we are really excited about bringing
Oct. 22-26 *would, when, get, see, my
Skill work: et family and /wh/
home our TAKE-HOME Reading book on Monday so we can read it to you!
We are excited because READERS-THINK, and we are learning to be great thinkers! Great Thinkers COMPREHEND!
Oct. 29-Nov. 2 *what, *were, can, me, yes
Skill work: review /wh/
I will be teaching students to be aware of their thoughts and leave tracks of their thinking by using sticky notes. We will be using various texts in our classroom-mostly non-fiction. I will teach the process and importance of turning and talking to a partner. The students will learn that listening and reading involve thinking and that nothing matters more than the thinking. The kids will leave tracks of their thinking with post-it notes. The students will learn how to work collaboratively with each other during the turn and talk times and they will be taught very important guidelines for the success of this. The students will learn to recognize many Text Features in books, newspapers, magazines, etc. and will see how that helps draw attention to important information and helps us to remember it better.
Contact information:
[email protected]
Classroom phone: 863-6363, ext. 4721 Office phone: 863-6362
Blog: kimdonzeclassroom.blogspot.com HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
Belmonts Best
Mrs. Thelen will invite these kids to eat their lunch with her during the week of: Oct. 15 : Sarah Bryant Oct.22: Kendall Guy Oct. 29: Owen Koll
PTO has purchased a book for each child again this year and they will receive it at lunch on their special day.
Special Schedule:
Monday: P.E. Tuesday: ART Wednesday: LIBRARY
Please note that all library books must come back to school by Wed. morning in order for your child to check out another book.
Thursday: P.E./ COMPUTER LAB Friday: MUSIC
Mark your Calendar: Class Wish-List
(Every once in a while I will include some things that our class needs to have. You can probably tell that we need many post-it notes for the comprehension activity that we will do all year long. If you can help by sending some of these, I would really appreciate it! )
Oct. 15: Take-home books go home!
See the attached At-Home Reading Program Letter I am attaching to this letter. It will have a lot of information in it.
Oct. 19: Picture re-take day and 1/2 day of school. Dismissal at noon. (Students will be dismissed
as normal unless I get a note from you stating otherwise.)
Oct 26, Nov. 9: Popcorn Days (.25 cents a bag) Oct. 31: Halloween parade /party
Feel free to come to our Halloween party and take pictures. The students will be getting into their costumes just prior to the party. Recess at 1:45-2:15; then get dressed in costumes at 2:15-2:30; parade from 2:302:45; and then the party is at 2:45-3:15.
Thanks!
-We need 3x5 Post-it Sticky
note cards -3x3 sized Post-it Sticky note cards -old Ranger Rick magazines that can be cut up
Nov. 6: 3:006:00 Chuck E. Cheese Night (Alpine
Location Only)
Nov. 14 & 15:
Conference Nights (Watch for conference
slips to come home soon.)
Parent Helpers:
We cant wait to have you help in our room. See you this coming week.
