November 14-18

Hello families!
Here's a sneak peek at our week:

In Writers' Workshop, we continued to work on our All About books. We focused on anticipating readers' questions about our topic and making sure we answered those questions. In addition to answering the questions, we learned how to add more details when answering those questions by writing in "twin sentences." We also looked closely at how Ann Schreiber used pictures in her book Sharks to teach her reader then tried out her craft moves in our own nonfiction books.

During Readers' Workshop we focused on snap words as we continued with our Word Detectives Unit of Study. We also worked a bit on fluency by learning how word detectives "scoop up" words, and we learned that, just like in writing, we can break words into parts to help us solve them. 

We were excited to receive another letter from the Super Secret Detective Agency!

In Math Workshop this past week, we got to show what we know on our unit 2 assessment. Expect to see this come home with a note attached asking that it be returned to school after you review it. On Wednesday, we focused on Fact Families with a fun turkey project!

During Word Work this week, we focused on our new word wall words, then different kiddos had different activities to work on during our word work rotations. 

Next week's Word Wall words: 

be

as

ball

by

day

Our science investigation this week focused on how compressed air can be used to make a balloon rocket. Here we are testing it out:

Here's one of our balloon rockets being launched down the fishing line! Sorry it's sideways!

We had an all-school assembly on Friday afternoon to recognize everyone for their part in our Food Drive. It was a great success! Thanks so much for your generous donations.

Our class collected 68 items for our food drive - thank you!

Our Star of the Week shared about her special talent: dance! We saw her jazz, tap and ballet shoes, admired her beautiful performance dresses, and she showed us the different ballet positions. 

 

 

 

Due to the short week next week, we don't have a star of the week until the week of November 28th. Our star will be David!

Until then...
Michelle Mullen 


Star of the Week Schedule

David - November 28- December 2^nd  

Madelyn – December 5^th-9^th

Cameron - December 12^th-16^th

Giselle - January 9^th-13^th

Oscar – January 23^rd - 27^th

Alex P. – January 30^th- February 3^rd

Evy – February 6^th -10^th

Josh – February 13^th-17^th

Eleonore – February 27^th- March 3^rd   

Darius – March 6^th-10^th

Alex M. – March 13^th-17^th

Brayden – March 20th-24th

Mark Your Calendars!

November 21st-December 16th: FIRST GRADE SERVICE PROJECT: Mitten Tree to benefit COA Youth & Family Centers

Tuesday, November 22: Music Concert (Last Names A-M at 10am/Last Names N-Z at 2pm)

Wednesday, November 23: Early Release Day

First Grade Thanksgiving Gathering

Friday, December 9: Report Cards Come Home

Wednesday, December 14: Early Release Day

Friday, December 23-Monday, January 2: Winter Break

Wednesday, January 11: Early Release Day

Monday, January 16: NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, February 8: Early Release Day

Monday, February 20: NO SCHOOL/Teacher In-Service Day

Wednesday, March 8: Early Release Day

Wednesday, March 22: Early Release Day

Thursday, March 23: Musical (2pm & 6:30pm)

Monday, March 27-Friday, March 31: Spring Break

Wednesday, April 12: Early Release Day

Friday, April 14: NO SCHOOL

Monday, April 17: NO SCHOOL/Teacher In-Service

Wednesday, April 26: Early Release Day

Wednesday, May 10: Early Release Day

Wednesday, May 24: Early release Day

Monday, May 29: NO SCHOOL

Thursday, June 8: Last day of First Grade! 

See you later, Second Grader!