1st grade Indian Creek News
October 29th-November 2nd
Four Smiling Teachers!
1st Grade Play Date!
And A bunch for Smiling Kids!
Dress Up on October 31st!
Red Ribbon Month Dress Up Day-October 31st
"Say Boo to Drugs! We would like to have your child dress up for this event. We ask no masks or play weapons. We want the student to have fun. We understand that weather may not hold for the students in the evening. They are still children and this day should be fun.
Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!
Individual Pictures-NOVEMBER 1st
If your child should miss the day, due to illness, we will have retakes a few weeks later.
Bring Little Pumpkins!
CANDY OVERLOAD- SOLVED! "SUGAR DOES NOT IMPACT CHILDREN" said the teacher!
As parents, you may have a year long fight with the candy trolls. This time you can get rid of the candy with SWITCH WITCH. This is a great way to have children release their Fall Festival and Halloween candy stashes. Start a new tradition with your children by getting rid of all the sugary treats and exchanging them for something healthy like an outside play toy or educational book. The story goes like this, Mrs. Switch is no ordinary witch. She has the power to create a healthier Halloween that boys and girls looks forward to each year. Come and read these stories and learn about this special magic--the magic of the Switch Witch. She collects candy from children after they have picked 5 pieces to keep. The children then put the rest of their candy in a bag and leave it outside for her to pick up. In return, she leaves the children a small toy as mentioned above. Read the legend/myth and create a Fall tradition in your home. Your kids will love to see it in print and read the story over and over. The Switch Witch fosters creativity and healthier living.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmeB2vCrQls
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RsTr58-qIU
Author is Charity A. O'Neill-O'Kane has Switch Witch book or you can get a set by switchcrafted (like elf on the shelf) or the original switch witch ( which benefits operation gratitude and the juvenile diabetes research foundation). You can find online.
** Oh yea! Sugary snacks do impact students-behavior and self monitoring skills.**
Classroom News
Sight Words-We will have a new list of sight words coming home on Monday. The words are : her, there, as, out, us. We will test on FRIDAY. Please review last weeks words.
Word Their Way- please do not have your child glue word or picture items to their sorting mats until Thursday evening. They need to be moving the pieces around. Students are bring sorts back with pictures glued to them on Tuesday. This makes us sad. They are practicing moving the pictures or words over and over again. They do need to have a sort set for home. They will have another one for school. On test day the spelling teacher will provide a 3rd sort set.
We are working on reading students have been placed in small reading groups. They are working on various skill-rhyming, initial sounds, final sounds, syllable counts, adjectives and sight words. Each reading group is different and supports what the students are learning in class. It is important for your child to have their reading materials with them everyday.
We are starting a change on our reading this 9 weeks. We have been working on our first research project. Students have been discussing a historical figure-Alexander Graham Bell. We have discussed how he was an inventor. We have discussed what an invention is. We have explored how the telephone has impacted the world. They will be doing more research over the next few weeks on inventors and inventions. As we move through this we will be learning about biographies and text feature-such as a table of contents, glossary and index. Students will be interviewing parents and family members with some questions about telephones in the near future. Please return the interviews. It is a grade for your child.
Social Studies- We will be working on the research project listed above. Student will be learning about the past and present. We will be exploring timelines.
Math- We are working on patterns. Yes patterns. We will be building this to look more deeply into number knowledge and number fluency. We will be working on expanding our number fluency. Knowing that 21 is not 12 and 12 is not 21. We need to be counting out loud on a 120's chart-which we provided in your child's homework folder. Students need to be able to count forward and backward. Please listen to them count. They have the most problem counting backwards. We suggest you pick a number between 119 to 19. Ask them to count back from that number to another number. Example : Count backwards from 48 to 28.
Also have them count forward in the same fashion. Example: Count forward from 83 to 115. We heard a lot of struggling counters when we did our pre-assessment. Practice skip counting in 2's, 5's, 10's. Students should be able to recognize even and odd number as a pattern.
MATH CHALLENGE: Students who can prove they can skip count by 2's will get a reward of falcon bucks from their teacher-HINT HINT -Parents write us a note this way we can hear your children count!
Science - We will be learning about how light, heat and sound are important in our everyday life. We will be investigating Energy in Action. We will learn how the sun is gives us energy to heat our homes and help grow plants. We will look at how sound energy gives us music. We will explore heat energy-how is it made and where does it come from.
Cold and Flu season is HERE!
Your child’s health is of great importance. It is that time of year when colds, flu and viruses run wild in schools, churches, and other public places. We will take every precaution to have a healthy and safe environment. Please consider getting a flu shot for yourself and your child. Having the flu is not any fun and can be life threatening for young children.
We would like you to consider keeping your child home if they have fever, diarrhea and vomiting. It is requested that students be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please don't give your child a fever reducer and send them to school. Our bodies create a fever to fight viruses and to give us a warning that we are sick. When you send a child to school sick you will be impacting 20 plus families in addition to the teachers and their families. Teachers don't like missing days of school due to illness.
If your child becomes ill while at school, we will take them to the school nurse. The nurse will evaluate your child and contact you to let you know if you need to pick your child up. Please keep in mind the only person on campus that can give any medication is our school nurse.
**teachers will not turn away extra waterless hand sanitizers or furniture sanitizer wipes that are brought to school**
Weather and Clothing
Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately. If you send sweaters or jackets, please make sure you have written your child’s name on the tag or in the article of clothing. We are still planning on going outside unless it is raining or snowing.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mrs. McDuffie
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: McDuffieT@LISD.net
Team Lead
Mrs. Bermudez
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: BermudezC@LISD.net
Mrs. Cambere
Office 469-713-5180
Email: CambereK@LISD.net
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: Freedenbergr@LISD.net