Friday
Flyer
Dear Parents,
This month
we are in need of your help! If your
child wears black snow pants, many students are wearing the wrong ones
home. We have sorted them out here at
school and labeled any unlabeled pants with your child’s name. One student is still missing their correct
pair. Could you please check your
child’s snow pants for us, thank you!
Also, if
you know about an end of the day appointment in advance, please email us. That way we can have your child down in the
office on time without classroom interruptions.
We often have multiple students picked up 10-15 early without advance
notice and when our classroom receives many phone calls from the office late in
the day it disrupts our learning time, thank you for your help with minimizing
distractions for our classroom J
As we enter February, the
pace and expectations in first grade continue to accelerate.
The children continue to
strive towards working independently,
making good behavior choices, and showing
that they are ready and responsible with school materials. Please support your child’s growth at home
with these same concepts.
This week
during our language arts block, we practiced a new comprehension strategy
called “track your thinking”. We used
post-it notes while reading for documenting our thoughts. Your child marks areas
in the story (with a post-it note) that they love (heart), have questions about
(?), something new or exciting (!), important part ( * ), answer to something
that makes sense (light bulb), and any text connections (t-s, t-t, t-w). The
next time your child is reading at home, give them a stack of post-it notes and
ask them to track their thinking for you.
You’ll be pleasantly surprised at what they are capable of doing.
During
Writer’s Workshop we are wrapped up our non-fiction writing unit. The “All About” books turned out great and
are on display in our hallway. Ask your
child what topic they chose to write their books about! This week we began our unit on poetry. Your child will be learning about line
breaks, stanzas, and how to add “music” to their poetry.
In math workshop, students are solving
story problems with a “missing addend.”
This means that they need to solve problems like 2+__=10 for
example. This is a tough concept but
students have come up with many wonderful strategies to solve these types of
problems! Some students are still
working on correcting reversals of their numbers, I just point out other
numbers on the page for them to notice which direction their number should go.
In
social studies we learned lots about Martin Luther King Jr. We read stories and did an “egg experiment”
to demonstrate that inside we are all the same!
What an amazing person to teach valuable lessons to our first graders! We also researched famous black Americans in
computer lab that have shown persistence (one of our “growth mindset” words) in
their lives, we learned about many great role models in our nation’s history!
In science we are starting a new unit
called “Sorting it Out.” We will be
sorting objects by properties such as color, shape, flexibility, etc. We will also learn about properties of water
and investigate magnets in this unit.
Great job scientists!
**Upcoming Events**
* February 13th: 1st/2nd grade
Music Concert at PAC 6:00-7:00
* February 14th Valentines Party at 2:15-3:00
* February 16th PTC Chuck E Cheese night 4:00-9:00
* February 17th: Half Day of School- 11:25 Dismissal
*
March 24th Family Fun Night at Northview High School- 5:30-8:30
Enjoy
your weekend as a family and keep warm!
Sincerely,
Jennifer
Mason and Kelly Putnam
P.S. Please send all Valentines to school by Monday, February 13th so
that they can be delivered prior to our class party. I previously emailed out a class list of
names but if you need me to re-send please email me. Also, we are in need of one, 15 min. game for
our Valentine’s Day Party. If you are
willing to help with this please email me.
Thank you! (kputnam@nvps.net)
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