News from Room 2!
Mrs. Smith's Firsties
Welcome Families!
What Will We Be Learning This Week?
Literacy
We are continuing our Literacy curriculum this week. We will begin Wonders Unit 5 Week 5. Below are the areas and concepts we will be focusing on:
Comprehension Skill - Character, Setting, Plot
Comprehension Strategy - Problem and Solution
Grammar - Joining Words
Writing Traits - Sentence Fluency: Complete Sentences
Phonics Skill - dipthongs: oi, oy
Spelling Words - toy, joy, boy, coin, join, spoil
High Frequency Words - above, build, fall, knew, money, toward (note that we now have 6 high frequency words - I will test on 5 and the 6th will be another challenge word).
Challenge Words - enjoy, voice (+2 extra credit)
Math
Everyday Math Unit 7
We will continue in Unit 7 of Everyday Math. We will be focusing on fact families, subtraction fact strategies, and shapes.
Concepts we will be learning this week:
- defining and nondefining attributes of shapes
- In and Out Boxes "What's My Rule?"
**We will take our Unit 7 Exam on Thursday, April 19th after reviewing concepts from this unit on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Homelinks - Monday (7.11), Tuesday (look over the review), Wednesday (look over the review), Thursday (no homework - test in class)
Everyday Math Games
- Listed below are the games we have learned and the ones we will learn this upcoming week:
- Bunny Hop
- Monster Squeeze
- Top - It
- Penny Dice
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Rolling for 50
- Penny Plate
- Domino Top-It
- Subtraction Bingo
- Addition Top-It
- The Digit Game
- Fishing for 10
Calendar
- We do calendar every single day. Incorporated into our daily calendar routine are multiple math concepts including:
- Place Value
- Money
- Number of the Day
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Counting
Science
Social Studies
We will continue with our Second Step lessons. These lessons focus on the social emotional development of each learner. There are Second Step homelinks on our grade level website under the parent page.
We will also use this time to continue to build classroom community. Building that community is imperative for learning to take place.
Specials
Tuesday - P.E. with Stuemky (wear tennis shoes)
Wednesday - Combined in the gym due to testing
Thursday - Combined in the gym due to testing
Friday - Music with Buckley
Upcoming Events
Monday, April 16th - End of the Year DRA Window Opens (this may be moved back)
Friday, April 20th - No GMM (due to testing), but Good Afternoon Monroe at 2:00
Tuesday, April 24th - Monroe Arts Festival!!
Friday, April 27th - School - Wide Pajama Day
Friday, April 27th - Principal's Reading Challenge Celebration
Tuesday, May 1st - EOY Math Benchmark Window Opens
Wednesday, May 2nd - First Grade Field Trip to the OKC Zoo
Thursday, May 3rd - Author Visit (David Titus)
Thursday, May 3rd - Spring Individual Pictures
Friday, May 4th - Volunteer Appreciation at GMM
Friday, May 4th - Super Kids Day
Friday, May 11th - Hat Day
As events get closer, I will give you more information. If you have any questions, please email me.
Principal's Reading Challenge
Reading logs will be coming home today. Please fill these out for all the books you read at home. Once your log is full, send it back to class and I will send home another!
Attendance
One thing we are sure of at Monroe, is that we cannot reach our goals and meet the needs of all students if they are not here with us at school. Because of that, we have a continuous focus on improving our attendance. We are striving for an Average Daily Attendance of greater than 95%. Currently, as a school, we are hovering at 93%. Please help us to reach our goal by making sure your student(s) are at school on time, every day. We know that absences can sneak up on you. I encourage you and your family to continue to make a goal to miss fewer than five absences this year! We can do it! ☺
About Mrs. Smith
Email: alis@norman.k12.ok.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/norman.k12.ok.us/welcometofirstgrade
Location: 1601 McGee Drive, Norman, OK, United States
Phone: 405 - 366 - 5927