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 6 Week 3. Below are the areas and concepts we will be focusing on:
Comprehension Skill - Cause and Effect
Comprehension Strategy - Reread
Grammar - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
Writing Traits - Using describing words
Phonics Skill - silent letters
Spelling Words - write, wrong, gnat, gnaw, know, knife
High Frequency Words - been, children, their, month, year, question (note that we now have 6 high frequency words - I will test on 5 and the 6th will be another challenge word).
Challenge Words - written, kneel (+2 extra credit)
Math
Everyday Math Unit 8
We will begin Unit 8 this week. Unit 8 focuses on geometry.
Concepts we will be learning this week:
- Reviewing data
- Number grid puzzles
- Reviews Unit 8
Homelinks - Monday (8.9), Tuesday (8.10), and Wednesday (look over review).
**We will assess over Unit 8 on Thursday.
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
- Roll and Record Doubles
- I Spy
- Attribute Train
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
Social Studies
We will begin our Career and Community Helper unit in social studies. We will be talking about different jobs, responsibility, integrity, and work ethic. Be sure to sign up for a spot to present to the class about your career if you are interested!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4da8ae28a4f94-career2
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 - Music with Shepard
Wednesday - P.E. with Stuemky (wear tennis shoes)
Thursday - Music with Buckley
Friday - Music with Shepard
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, May 9th - Walk or Ride Your Bike to School Day
Friday, May 11th - Principal's Reading Challenge Celebration
Wednesday, May 16th - Senior Day at GMM
Friday, May 18th - Talent Show @ 1:15 pm
Friday, May 18th - Hat Day
Friday, May 25th - Kindergarten Recognition at GMM
Monday, May 28th - No School (Memorial Day)
Thursday, May 31st - Last Day of School
**Please note the changes in the school calendar dates and the daily time change below.
- First Bell - 7:30 a.m.
- Second Bell - 7:40 a.m.
- Dismissal Bell - 3:10 p.m.
- School will be in session Tuesday, May 26th - Thursday, May 31st, with Thursday being the last day of school.
As events get closer, I will give you more information. If you have any questions, please email me.
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