Classroom News
Reading: This past week first grade continued along in their winter unit. It was extremely fitting given the
blizzard that blew through Norridge!
As we read stories we worked on asking and answering questions about the
characters and setting, we also continued to work on story retelling. We are getting really good at putting
it all together and including those major events that happen in a story and the
problem and solution!
Math: We have begun Chapter
8! This week students put their
addition and subtraction fluency to the test when they practiced adding and
subtracting within 20. They then learned
how to add and subtract tens!
Students know how to draw a model to solve the problem. We also know that we can use a hundreds
chart find the sums of numbers. We
have so many strategies in first grade that we can use to be great
mathematicians.
Writing: We are continuing to work on our “teaching”
stories. Students are really
demonstrating their ability to teach about topics that they are really
knowledgeable about such as, Minecraft, dogs, cats, planets, and
elephants! We have a wealth of
knowledge in first grade! Students
are loving being able to share what they know!
What We’re Learning Next
Week:
Reading: Next week we will be completing
a mini reading unit on President’s Day.
We will be learning about what it means to be president and we will be
learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The class will be comparing and contrasting the lives of
Washington and Lincoln. We will do
a writing activity where students decide who they think would have been a
better president and they will write what they have learned about their chosen
president. Look for our great work
when you come to conferences!
Math: This upcoming week students will be using models to add ones or tens to
a two digit number, they will make a ten to add a two-digit number and a
one-digit number, they will learn how to use place value to add, and practice
problem solving with addition word problems. We always encourage students to draw a picture in class,
this is our way of making a model.
Please encourage students to draw pictures at home as well!
Writing: Students are going to be continuing their work on their “teaching”
stories. We are trying to publish
our stories by the time conferences come!
Hopefully you will be able to see some finished products!
Phonemic Awareness:
Students will be learning about digraph ow.
Example: blow, pillow
Please practice at home using spellingcity.com
Important Information
Fluency
Poems!
We have
just started fluency poems in first grade! We are very excited because fluency is a very important part
of reading. The next poem is DUE on February 13. Please
practice every night with your child.
Please
always follow up with your child’s teacher if you have any questions.
Important Dates:
2/11: School Improvement
Planning Day 11:45 Dismissal
2/16: President’s Day No
School
2/18: Parent Teacher
Conferences 4:00 – 7:00
2/19: Parent Teacher
Conferences 1:00 – 7:00 No School
