1st Grade October Update
What's Happening in 1st Grade?
Dates to Remember
Tuesday, October 15th - Conference Day - students no school
Wednesday, October 16th - Lita's Spirit Night
Monday, october 21st - Friday, October 25th - Red Ribbon Week
Thursday, October 24th - Mavs Man Assembly
Language Arts/Reading Update
Students will create mental images in order to better understand the characteristics of folktales.
Students use the writing process in order to prewrite an imaginative narrative.
Students ask and answer questions about a text in order to better understand fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
Students use the writing process in order to draft an imaginative narrative.
Math Update
Social Studies and Science Update
Science:
Students observe and record weather conditions in order to understand the relationship between the Earth and the Sun creates changes over time encompassing the water cycle and climate, weather, and seasonal patterns. Students will
make and record observations about weather conditions.
make predictions about how wind affects the movement of objects.
observe how objects move and describe the movement using pictures and words.
measure how far objects using tools.
demonstrate that air is all around us and that wind is moving air.
Students explore the Engineering Design Process in order to understand that engineering and design involve invention and innovation as a thinking and doing process. Students
explore the Engineering Design Process.
record and organize weather conditions.
Social Studies:
Students will be able to explain the meaning of American Symbols and identify the anthem and mottoes in order to understand culture shapes societies. Over the next few weeks students will
obtain information about U.S. symbols using visual sources
draw a picture of their favorite U.S. symbol and explain what it represents
identify and explain a problem and propose a solution.
· Webdesk (Classlink) is available by accessing https://launchpad.classlink.com/pisd
- Once there, log in using the top option for PISD Network Login
- At the next screen use the information below:
Username: firstname.lastname.1 * Sometimes this can be 2 (ask your child)
Password: (Varies depending on grade level – Ask your child)
· Now you are in the student’s “webdesk”. You can click on the PISD Learning Dreambox app and it will launch Dreambox.
(If it prompts you to install an extension, it is safe to do so. Please install that extension and once finished, proceed to website)
The First Grade Team
Ashlie Dansbee - Ashlie.Dansbee@pisd.edu
Karen Nielsen - Karen.Nielsen@pisd.edu
Morgan Chesser - Morgan.Chesser@pisd.edu