Team Tortorello Newsletter
1st Grade Sherwood
Important Dates and Information
Saturday, January 11: iREAD STARTS!
Friday, January 17: Early Release at 1:36 PMMonday, January 20: No School MLK Jr. Day
Saturday, February 8: PTO Carnival 11-2 PM
Friday, February 14: No School - Institute Day
Monday, February 17: No School - Presidents' Day
Friday, February 28: Early Release at 1:36 PM
Last Call - Scholastic Book Orders
iRead Starts Saturday
Please keep track of your minutes on your child's iRead log. We are counting MINUTES read. I will keep count of our in class reading minutes and we will add this at the very end of the iRead competition.
This is a wonderful way to excite your child about reading. We will be making it a BIG deal in our room and having mini competitions between the 1st grade classes. Independent reading AND read alouds count! Your support is appreciated! If you have any questions, please let me know.
MAP Scores Sent Home Today
Book Bags
ELA
To help students monitor their own learning, we are starting to use "I can..." statements. I will post these throughout our room to help students identify what they should learn during our mini lessons. For example, this week our phonics "I can..." was "I can identify short o and long o sounds. I will tie these into the Questions to Ask Your Child at the end of the newsletter.
Phonics- This week we learned about short o and long o words. Students are working on identifying the CVC pattern for short o (consonant, vowel, consonant). For long o, we are learning how the silent e makes the o say its name. We also discussed contractions this week. We are making a giant list of contractions for our room; feel free to make one together at home. Students also have their differentiated word sorts to practice during center time.
We spent the week reviewing center choices and what students can select during their Must Do / May Do time. More to come next week.
Math
Students are also working on their math scrolls. This is an independent activity where they complete blank hundred charts and continue counting past 100. This is a fantastic way to gain number sense and become comfortable with higher numbers. Please let me know if you would like materials to start your own at home. It could be a fun family activity.
Questions to Ask Your Child
- Let's make a list of short o words. Hop, cot....
- Let's make a list of long o words. Hope, smoke...
- If you had the addition problem 5 + 3, how could you show your work on a number line?
- Can you think of a contraction you talked about in class? (can't, he'll, we'll, couldn't)
- Who is going to win the traveling trophy for 1st grade?