The week of Oct. 3.

It was great meeting with all of you for conferences!  We are only 4 weeks in but I see so many gains in following directions, learning expectations, and progress in the academics too!  Thank you for all you are working on at home too!  We will see huge growths this year!

 I hope you enjoyed the wonderful weather over the weekend!  

Social Studies/ELA--

We completed our Community Helpers Unit and are now switching gears to Economics.  In first grade Economics this week we will learn about Needs and Wants, Goods and Services, and Consumer/Producer.

Phonics --

Short e-- 

et--set, let, get

ed--bed, red, led

en--men, pen, Ben

sight words--give, come, some, for

Decodable book--Birds and Their Nests

Please have your child read the decodable book with you 2 times if they are reading it well.  Keep it in a safe place to pull out and read again to build your child's fluency.  

Math--

We continue with subtraction.  I will teach different strategies to subtract using number lines, manipulatives, pancake-fist (Your child can show you how we do this!)

I love how many children are doing the homework!  It reinforces what we do in class and you can see if they are understanding the concept!  Thank you for encouraging them!

4th grade buddies!

Your child may have mentioned that our 4th grade buddies from Mrs. Gehrt's class came to our room Wed. for the first time!  We had fun doing an interest inventory with our buddy to learn more about them and for them to learn about us!  We will meet with our buddies once a month if possible to enjoy time with our new friends!

Coming up!

Oct. 12.   CCE at Fritz'--Look for times when teachers will be there coming soon!

Oct. 21.    1/2 PD and 1/2 workday--No School

Oct. 24.    Inservice All Day--No School

Oct. 28      Grades Posted

Oct. 29.     Trunk or Treat at CCE

Oct. 31       Halloween parade-Your child may wear their costume to school.  It's really helpful if the costume slips on over their clothing and can be taken off easily.

Community Helper projects 

Author Willa

Teacher Quinn

Teacher Layla

Veterinarian Bryn

Coach Alex

Singer Sebastian

Trash Collector

Doctor Ellie

Police Officer Edison

Construction Worker Silas

Tire Tech Riley

Paleontologist Hudson

Government Worker Gabby

Detective Eli

Daycare Provider Annie

Teacher Kenley

Military Worker Elias

Firefighter Barrett

Firefighter Barrett and team

We made our own class community with boxes to end our unit!

It was so fun!

Lap-a-thon was a huge success!  Here are some pictures from it!

Popsicle Time