Mrs. Nagy's 1st Grade Class
First grade ROCKS... Come be a star!⭐️
What a crazy month of February...time to keep moving forward with Spring hopefully not too far behind...
- Spelling List - This week the spelling list will be the same list from last week. Bonus words for this week will be Washington and toothbrush. Bonus words do not count against their score, but are for a little extra challenge and fun:)
- Final Stable Syllable Projects - A job well done to everyone on their Final Stable Syllable projects. They will be on display in the hall, but grading rubric will come home in folder this week.
- Rice Bowls- Last week Rice bowls should have come home in your child's folder along with some books about Lent. This is a very important time in our faith and in our classroom. Please be supportive to your children as we journey through these 40 days and encourage them to embrace this time as a time to pray, fast and give as a family.
- Economics - We have been learning about needs and wants as well as goods and services. We have learned about making purchases for our needs and wants. With all the interruptions in our school weeks, we will review and continue with the unit. I hope to cover consumers and producers, as well.
- Chinese New Year - Chinese New Year is February 19th. It is the year of the sheep. We will take time this week to talk about the differences and similarities in the celebration compared to ours. It is important for the students to be exposed to many cultures and global celebrations. Jacob Waller (Mrs. Wallers' son) also taught me several words in Chinese and wrote many Chinese characters of common first grade words on our smartboard for us to use!
- Dental health month - February is Dental Health Month. The students have learned about this in Kindergarten, so we will build on this information and work on how important Dental Health is and how to make good choices in caring for our teeth and food choices, too. The students will receive a tooth-chart to track their brushing and flossing habits at home for one week. I ask that the students be encouraged to complete this chart each day and return it to school.
- IOWA Testing - SVDP school will be participating in IOWA Standardized Testing. This includes the First Grade. Testing will NOT be taking place this week. I will update you once I know the exact dates. During testing week minimal homework will be given. It is encouraged for all students to get LOTS of rest every night this week and a good "brain" energizing breakfast. The children enjoy taking these, because they feel like the big kids! An important component is listening and following directions! Many times the question or directions MAY NOT repeated. Please remind your children of this, for this can really hurt their performance on the test.
- Romeo and Lou - We will continue with this classroom wide writing assignment so that each student will get a turn participating and taking it home to complete. Romeo and Lou are characters from a story we read together in class. Each child will have the opportunity to bring them home and are encouraged to journal about all the adventures they have with them. The adventures can be real or make believe. Please feel free to include pictures or email them to me and I can print them at school to include them in the journal. All the children seem very excited to get their turn. Please have your child return the cooler to school the next day:)
- Book It -For February, the requirement will be 2 books again! We have another short month, with lots of things going on! The children are to fill in the Pink Heart Book It paper and return them to school. (Also send in the book for the AR). The children have until February 27th. If you need another copy, please let me know.
- Magnificent Marshmallow Manners-For the month of February, we have instilled a classroom reward by the above title. If a child is caught using their Marvelous Manners, they earn a marshmallow for our large paper mug. When we reach 100, the students will earn a hot chocolate and movie time! Encourage your children to earn those marshmallows!!
- Read to the class - Starting this month, I will have a sign up sheet for students to read a book to the class during storytime. I will encourage the children to pick a book that they can read fluently and that they have practiced at least once or twice at home. I also encourage their book choice not take more than 10 minutes. Many of the children look forward to doing this, BUT forget to take the time to practice their book choice. It is such a treat to see children grow in their confidence reading when they get to be "the teacher". I encourage you to help your child practice the book and their teacher voice when it is their turn. A list will come home to keep you informed of when your child may have signed up.
- Flashlight Fridays - Don't forget to send your flashlights. Students can bring in a flashlight labeled with their name and leave it at school for our special reading time on Fridays. Just a little something to break up our long dark winter months. Please feel free to send them in and I will store them in the classroom:) Should be fun!!!!
Here's looking forward to spring and sunshine!
STAY WARM:)
Mrs. Nagy
16 Tall Tower
200 Snap Its!
Payton proud of her 100 Dixie Tower
100 Pattern blocks
Our new widest tower
100 Dixie cups
Special schedules
B Music and Technology
C Gym and Art
MATH
We are working with fact families and missing addends. We will continue to compare numbers with greater than/less than and write our own word problems and clues to learn not only the number but how numbers present themselves in complex real world situations where reading and number sense go hand in hand.
We will also continue to work on graphing, addition and subtraction with number families and missing addends. The adding and subtracting will begin to be through 20. Please continue to work on flash cards at home! I can tell those children that do their 5 minutes of math practice every night. The children need to be able to recognize and complete simple math facts by the end of First Grade. Fluency is very important for success in 2nd grade.
Phonics
Compound words and contractions continue to be a focus, too!