First Grade at O.C.T.
January 16-19, 2018
Important Dates
January:
15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday- no school
19 - Pictures for timeline due
22 - Play It Safe
***CHANGED HALLWAY READERS PLEASE READ BELOW!
We are so thankful for our hallway readers and hope that you have enjoyed your break. Students will be getting back into the swing of reading and our hallway reading will start back up the week of January 22nd on your designated day. Look forward to seeing you then!
What are we learning?
I can set goals for myself and reflect on my learning.
Number Sense to 99
Humanities:
Social Studies - identifying contributions of historical figures, understanding origins of holidays/celebrations/customs, understanding of past, present & future (using a timeline)
Writing - expressing ideas and feelings about real/imagined people, events & ideas
Reading - literary non-fiction, inferencing, retelling, making connections, researching
Language - compound words, vowel digraphs
Jackets
Save the Date!
First Grade
Music In Our Schools Celebration
Thursday, March 1, 2018
2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
O.C. Taylor Cafeteria
**All 1st grade students are expected to attend BOTH performances!
*We will meet in the music room for our evening performance at 6:15 p.m.
*Please wear your favorite OCT t-shirt!
Enter Google Classroom code wkjea3 to listen to songs at home.Please click the link for a printable flyer.
App of the Week
Reading Logs
Learning Commons
For information about the Learning Commons-
GCISD Reads Challenge: https://www.smore.com/kdz5d-gcisd-reads-2017-level-up
Digital Resources: https://www.smore.com/8p6ja-digital-resources
Birthday Book Program: https://www.smore.com/n56x2-birthday-books
Spelling
We will return to our spelling schedule the week of January 16. Your students will be bringing home a copy of their sort on Thursday. They will keep the same sort for two week and a half weeks. We will then be on the normal two week schedule afterwards.