1st grade Indian Creek News
December 3-December 7 2018
Important Dates
Gingerbread House Building
As a tradition in 1st grade, we will be building Gingerbread houses. We have been talking about traditions in Social Studies and fairy tales in Reader's workshop. We will spend a week reading different versions of The Gingerbread Man. To end the unit we will build our very own Gingerbread Houses. We will be sending home a letter that will include a list of items we need donated in order to build gingerbread houses. We greatly appreciate the support of volunteers and items to be able continue this cherished tradition.
Shopping in the Peppermint Village Holiday Shop
PTA gives your children a safe place to shop for friends and family. On Tuesday you should have receive information and an envelope for funds for shopping.
Winter Class Party-Thursday December 20th
Our winter class parties will be on Thursday December 20th at 12:15-1:00 pm. If you would like to help, please let our room mothers know. We are sure they would love extra helping hands to pull the parties together. More information will be coming about the parties.
Early Release December 21st
Please make arrangements for early release on December 21st,2018. Release time is 11:45 am.
Winter Break
December 22nd - January 4th NO School. First day back January 7th.
Classroom News
Monday Dec. 3rd-Monthly Istation Assessment
Sight Words-We will have a new list of sight words coming home on Monday. The words are went, are, if, now, came . We will test on FRIDAY. Please review last weeks words. Many students had problems with the word would and one. We have students writing it as "wone" and "wood" The words we tested this Friday were : went, are, if, now, came.
Word Their Way- please do not have your child glue word or picture items to their sorting mats until Thursday. 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 will be retest students to see how they have grown and what they have mastered over the last 14 weeks-soon.
Reading
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.
We currently studying and reading Fantasy/Fiction stories, such as fairy tales, fables, and folktales. We have been learning about the different story elements: characters, setting, plot, and story sequence.
Social Studies- Please check your child's folder for the interview. It will be due no later than December 7th.
The questions are:
What is your favorite celebration or tradition?
Why is the celebration or tradition important to you?
When do you celebrate?
What are something you do to celebrate?
The interview will be used for a writing piece in class over tradition and celebrations. This is a major grade for social studies this nine weeks.
We will be working on the family traditions and holiday. We will be discussing different Holiday and Traditions around the world. We will explore how they are different and how they are the same.
Math- We are working on adding and subtracting with sums and differences up to 20. We will be continuing IPS, student are practicing explaining and representing there addition and subtract expression. They can use part/part/whole, number lines, 10 frames, 120 chart, number sentences (equations), pair bonds, simple pictures.
Science - We will be learning about objects in the sky, such as the sun and moon. Which works hand in hand with day and light. We will also look at what clouds are and where they 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.
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