Mrs. Wallach's Firstie Flyer
Friday, January 15, 2016
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
(It's also a special time of year football-wise...exciting, too!)
Also, I've added an "IXL Practice Recommendation" section to the bottom of the math update below. If your firstie is into doing extra IXL practice, check it out to see what would be relevant to practice now!
News and Events
Recent News and Events
Civil Rights Rep: On Thursday, the entire school participated in a special rep to honor of MLK day. First graders performed a song with Mr. Ramsey.
Upcoming News and Events
Monday, February 18th: MLK Day/No School
Tuesday, February 19th: Valley Terrace Visit - We will be doing our monthly visit to the residents - there's sure to be songs, books, and games!
Thursday, February 21st: Red Clover Votes: Primary grades will be voting for their favorite Red Clover book in Library. For more info visit http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/red-clover-award/
Friday, February 22nd: Publishing Celebration: Sharing our how-to books.
Academic Updates
Mathematics Focus
Data Analysis
Sorting and Classifying
- describing attributes of objects
- using attributes to sort a set of objects
- looking carefully at a group of objects to determine how they have been sorted
Representing Data
- making a representation to communicate the results of a survey
Designing and carrying out a data investigation
- interpreting results of a data investigation
IXL Practice Recommendation:
- Sorting, Ordering, and Classifying (R1, R2, R3)
- Data and Graphs (M1, M2)
- Money (O1, O3, O4)
- Time (S1, S2, S4, S6, S9, S10, S11, S12, S13)
Grammar
- capitalizing the first word of a sentence
- ending a sentence with punctuation
- deciding if a sentence is telling, asking, or exciting and choosing the appropriate punctuation mark
- writing in complete sentences
- nouns vs. actions
- introduction to plural nouns
Writing
Writing Workshop: Procedural Writing (How-to)
- transitioning from the mini lesson directly to writing
- trying out something from the mini lesson in own writing
- choosing appropriate materials such as planning paper and booklets
- making a list of possible "how-to" topics and choosing a teachable topic
- planning steps
- writing instructions in an appropriate sequence
- writing includes transitions between steps
- writing steps and checking to see if they work
- checking to see if the directions are clear
- using "how-to helpers" like a list of needed materials, teaching pictures, labels, warnings, numbers, etc.
- rereading and revising ("does it sound right? does it make sense?)
Writing about reading
- writing about events that happened in a reading group book
Journal writing continues...
- generating ideas
- writing a sentence to tell about something true from your life
- adding one or two more sentences to tell more details
- drawing a picture to match the words
- sharing with the class in a loud clear voice
Phonics and Snap Words
- baseword and suffix -s for pluralization AND action
Snap Words
- who
- what
- when
- where
- there
- here
Guided Reading Groups
Red Jaguars:
- Up A Tree
- The Three Bears
- The Puppets
- The Surprise
- Play Ball
Orange Iguanas:
- Homes
- The Picnic
- Clouds
- Look!
Green Monkeys:
- Henry and Mudge In Puddle Trouble
- Henry and Mudge: The First Book
Blue Barracudas
- The Soccer Game
- Books
- Bunny and Monster
Silver Snakes
- Trucks
- The Three Bears
- The Puppets
- The Surprise
Science
January Author of the Month
Gail Gibbons
Classroom Needs
Right now we need...
we're all set!
Contact
Email: kathleen.wallach@marioncross.org
Website: www.marioncross.org
Phone: (802) 649-1703