Mrs. Norman’s First Grade

We will continue working on double digit addition and subtraction and introduce regrouping. 

We will continue with our poetry unit in writer’s workshop. We will also review letter writing skills as we write thank you notes and letters to the kindergartners and second graders.

Reading groups will continue as usual through the end of the week, when all library books are due. Next week we will work more with our basal and student-selected books during reading time.

Monday-Wednesday June 3rd will be full, academic days. For us, the focus will be on our last few unit of inquiry lessons and culminating activities.

Thursday, June 4th is the Fun Run. Our pen pals from the Guadalupe School will join us, which will be very exciting!

The remainder of Thursday will be spent cleaning our classroom and collecting our end of the year items to take home, including a DVD of the year and a book that shows your students’ writing growth in first grade.

Friday, June 5th will be school-wide cleaning and our end of the year party.

***Please do your best to get your child to school each day during the last week. Our culminating activities, including cleaning, are an important part of closing the school year. Taking responsibility for our things and cooperating as a class and school are a part of being a student at Channing Hall. Our closing week is an important time for your child to have closure to the year and have a chance to say goodbye to friends and teachers. We revisit goals and reflect on our learning. It is as important as the first week of school.

I appreciate Gabriela playing with me. -Hope

I appreciate Elladee’s mom watching us at lunch. -Jaida

I appreciate Mrs. Norman being the best teacher ever. -Laycee, Sierra, Sean

I appreciate Laycee playing with me. -Emma

I appreciate Sean playing soccer with me. -Corbin

I appreciate Caden M. running laps with me. -Gabe

I appreciate Kameron helping me with the monkey bars. -Garrett

I appreciate Mrs. Norman letting us decorate a birthday card for Ms. Heather. -Natalie

I appreciate Kelsey playing with me. I really miss Mrs. Stone. -Jack

I appreciate Elladee’s mom watching us for lunch. -Ellena

I appreciate Gabriela playing with me. -Caden B.

I appreciate Olivia playing with me. -Eliza

This week in phonics we are working on long u spelled u-e.

In grammar we are learning when to use “were” and “was.”

We will read Poppleton Everyday in our basal.

We will continue adding and subtracting double digit numbers in math. We will also use rulers to explore measuring with inches and centimeters.

It is finally time to plant! On Wednesday afternoon we will plant our tomato plants and flowers.

This week we are learning about corn and discovering the many things that are made from corn. Please feel free to send in things from home that have corn (or corn products) in them. Be creative! Surprise us!

***All “Channing Haul” envelopes are due this Friday!!!

There is no school Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

Sean said, “Today we went on a walk and we picked some leaves.”

Jack said, “We colored over leaves.”

Gabriela said, “We went for a walk outside to find leaves.”

Olivia said, “We had a fun day today.”

Sierra said, “Today we went on a hunt for leaves. We went on the right side and we picked up a  couple of leaves. We came back here to the classroom and then we got a paper and then we colored on top of the leaves. We got to look through the magnifying glasses.”

Natalie said, “We went outside and we walked along the curb and we looked for leaves. Then we came back to our classroom and someone passed out papers. We used all the leaves we could find.”

Garrett said, “Jackson and I played doggy and his name was Adam.”

Corbin said, “At the first recess I played soccer with Sean, Daniel P. and Kyjia. I made a goal. Sean passed it to me so I could make that goal.”

“We did fun centers,” said Kameron.

“I had a very, very good day,” said Gabe.

“We put our North, South, East, West papers on the wall,” said Olivia.

“We had a fun day today,” said Jack.

“We did a craft today,” said Natalie

“We worked on flower things,” said Eliza.

“I learned lots of stuff,” said Caden B.

“We had fun at recess today,” said Laycee.

“I had a very good day,” said Sean.

“This is the funnest day ever,” said Jaida.

“I like school,” said Jackson.

I had a very fun day today because all of my friends played with me,” said Hope.

“I played kickball with Gabe, Caden M., Kameron, and Jaena,” said Garrett.

“Today I had fun at recess,”said Jaena.

“I had a fun day because I played with Emma, Laycee, and Olivia and Sarah B. at recess. It was fun,” said Sierra.

“I like our unit of inquiry,” said Emma.

A big thank you to Austin Linford and my husband for building the retaining wall! Cannon and Sophia’s moms from next door spent several hours weeding on Friday. Thank you!

This week we will look forward to mulch (thanks to Becky Slagowski and Austin Linford) and tilling (thanks to Susan and Dave Edmonds). We will hopefully be able to plant late this week or early next week.

This week in phonics we will be working on -dge making the /j/ sound and continue working on contractions.

We will take our Chapter 8 math test this week, continue working on fractions, beging measuring with rulers, and continue working on double digit addition and subtraction.

In IB we will learn the names and functions of different parts of a plant. We will dissect a tulip and place a white carnation in food coloring to see what happens. The students’ flowers are sprouting this week!

Tomorrow is Mrs. Stone’s last day. If you would like to send in a note of appreciation, I am sure she would enjoy it. The students have written notes in class.

This week we will be working on long /o/ in phonics with words like both, cold, hold, and roll.

In grammar we will practice using am, is, and are correctly.

We will begin a poetry unit in Writer’s Workshop.

In math we will continue working on adding and subtracting numbers to 100, as well as our basic math facts.

It will be an exciting week for our unit of inquiry, as the students will plant their flowers that will grow in our classroom and eventually be planted in our garden.

We will also be working on a top secret project for our moms!

This week we will be practicing the long /i/ sound when spelled VCC (vowel, consonant, consonant), like in child, mild, wild, kind, and mind.

We will will also learn that a verb is a word that describes something that somone or something can do. We will review adjectives and nouns.

We will continue with fractions and addition and subtraction in math.

In our unit of inquiry this week we will pull weeds in the garden, do a seed sort, dissect a Lima bean, and visit the Thanksgiving Point Children’s Garden on Thursday. Please remember to dress your student in a red shirt for the field trip. Please send a lunch if you checked that option on the permission slip. School lunches have already been ordered.

We will have a busy, fun week!