September 24th - September 28th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Accuracy in Reading Words

·       Use the picture…Do the pictures and words match?

·       Use beginning AND ending sounds

Word Work

·       Sight words: his, be, at, they, this

·       Word family: -ap  Blend/Digraph: ph

Writing: Narrative Genre/Stories from our Lives

·       Writing stories with beginnings, middles, and endings

·       Times as beginnings (One day…)

·       Transitions words in middles (Then, Next, etc)

·       Endings as feelings (I felt happy)

Math: Math: Unit 2: Lessons 9 and Unit 3: Lesson 1

·       Word problems with facts to 10

·       Review for Topic 2 assessment

·       Topic 2 assessment

·       Intro. Math Writing center choices

·       Counting on to Add

Theme: The Sun is a Source of Energy

·       Sun prior knowledge and sun “wonders”

·       Exploring outside temperatures on surfaces in the sun and in the shade

·        How the energy gets from the sun to the earth

Little Debbie Snacks

We still need LOTS of little Debbie cakes for our Cake Walk at the Fall Carnival! Please feel free to send in as many as you can! Thank you!!!

Pumpkin Carving

This year will mark the first pumpkin carving competition

at the WOHE Fall Festival!  Please join us as we create a pumpkin patch created by our WOHE families!

To participate, simply carve a pumpkin at home and bring it to WOHE Friday, October 5th for display at the Fall Festival. Pumpkin entries can arrive after 6:00 p.m. The anonymous judging will be held that evening with final results being announced at 7:30 p.m.

Fall Wonder Table

This week I sent home a letter requesting fall items to place on our Wonder Table.  These can be pumpkins, gourds, fall leaves, etc. These items will help us learn about observing, asking questions, and investigating answers.

Family Photo

I would love to have every student bring a small family photo to display in our classroom.  This will help your kiddo feel more at home, and I know they will be super excited to show off their family.

Dates to Remember

October 5^th – WOHE Fall Carnival 6-8pm

October 11^th: All Pros Dad Breakfast

October 19^th: Dismiss at 12:30

October 31^st: Fall Party 2pm

September 17th - September 21st

What We Are Learning

Reading: Setting up Daily 5 reading structure

·        How to do “Read to Someone”

·        Started guided reading groups

Word Work

• Sight words: am, car, eat, from, & girl
• Word family: -am    Blend/Digraph: wh
• Continued practice with rhyming words 

Writing: Narrative Genre/Stories from our Lives

·       Writing “sandwich sentences”: begins and ends with something special (Uppercase letter and punctuation)

·       Which OTHER letters are supposed to be uppercase: names, calendar words, etc.

Math: Unit 2: Lessons 5-8

·       Using 10’s frames to make 10

·       Finding strategies to add and subtract within 10

Theme: We are going to be Scientists!

·       What do scientists do?

·       What do scientists use?

·       Science safety

·       Creating Science Journals

Fall Carnival

Our third WOHE fall carnival is quickly approaching! To help with the supplies that we will need to make the carnival a success, first grade is asking for donations of Little Debbie or Hostess-like snack cakes to use for the cake walk game. If you can donate any of these items, feel free to just send them in your kiddos backpack! Thank you all so much for your support!

Data Sheets

Check out the tabbed data sheet in your child’s take home folder.  I have updated their reading level and the sight words they know. 

Pumpkin Carving

This year will mark the first pumpkin carving competition at the WOHE Fall Festival!  Please join us as we create a pumpkin patch created by our WOHE families!

To participate, simply carve a pumpkin at home and bring it to WOHE Friday, October 5th for display at the Fall Festival. Pumpkin entries can arrive after 6:00 p.m. The anonymous judging will be held that evening with final results being announced at 7:30 p.m.

Dates to Remember

October 5^th – WOHE Fall Carnival 6-8pm

September 27^th- Fall Picture Day

October 11^th: All Pros Dad Breakfast

October 19^th: Dismiss at 12:30

October 31^st: Fall Party 2pm

September 10th - September 14th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Setting up Daily 5 reading structure

·        How to do “Listen to Reading” and “Word Work”

·        Continuing to build reading and writing stamina

• Introduction of rhyming words and making rhymes  

Word Work

• Sight words: are, for, on, with, & was
• Word family: -ag    Blend/Digraph: sh
• Introduction of rhyming words and making rhymes  

Writing: Narrative Genre/Stories from our Lives

·        How to spell tricky words

·        How to be a STRONG SPELLER

Math: Unit 1 Solve Addition & Subtraction Problems to 10

·        Solving addition and subtraction problems within 10

·        Using doubles and near doubles to solve addition equations

·        Introduction to math stations for fluency practice

Theme: Introduction to Proficiency Scales

·        How to break down a task into individual skills

·        How to create a goal based on skills needed to accomplish the goal

·        Application: Making a paper airplane

·        Paper airplane Trial?

Family Photo

I would love to have every student bring a small family photo to display in our classroom.  This will help your kiddo feel more at home, and I know they will be super excited to show off their family.

Fall Carnival

Our third WOHE fall carnival is quickly approaching! To help with the supplies that we will need to make the carnival a success, first grade is asking for donations of Little Debbie or Hostess-like snack cakes to use for the cake walk game. If you can donate any of these items, feel free to just send them in your kiddos backpack! Thank you all so much for your support!

Spirit Week

Next week is DISTRICT SPIRIT week!

Monday-- 'Merica Monday

Tuesday-- Tie Dye Tuesday

Wednesday-- Onsie Wednesday (PJ Day)

Thursday-- Tacky Tourist Thursday

Friday-- Willard Wear

Homecoming Parade

On September 21^st, all students from across the District will line the streets of Willard and cheer on their fellow Tigers. We will board a bus and travel to Willard, but we will be back before lunch time.  Do not forget out of school at 12:30 that day!

Data Sheets

Check out the tabbed data sheet in your child’s take home folder.  I have updated their reading level and the sight words they know. 

Dates to Remember

September 21st- Willard Homecoming Parade (all students attend by bus) and dismiss at 12:30

October 5^th – WOHE Fall Carnival  

September 3rd - September 7th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Setting up Daily 5 reading structure

·         How to do “Listen to Reading”

·         Continuing to build reading and writing stamina

Word Work

• Sight words: that, is, it, you, he
• Word family: -an    Blend/Digraph: th
• Strategy: All sentences start with an uppercase letter and end with punctuation.

Writing: Narrative Genre/Stories from our Lives

·         Good writers add more to their pictures, more to their words, and use a writer’s checklist

Math: Unit 1 Solve Addition & Subtraction Problems to 10

·        Unit review and assessment

Theme: Kindness

·        How can we spread kindness in our classroom, school, and world?

Family Photo

I would love to have every student bring a small family photo to display in our classroom.  This will help your kiddo feel more at home, and I know they will be super excited to show off their family.

Reading Levels

I have had a few different parents ask about their kiddos reading level.  I wanted to let everyone know that in first grade we spend the first four weeks of school establishing routines and building students’ stamina to be able to work independently. This way we can successfully have reading groups.

I started DRA assessments this week. It will take me two full weeks to finish everyone.   Soon I will be able to give you more specific information about how your kiddo is doing in reading. Until I’m finished, it would be very beneficial to work with your kiddo on the sight words in their take home folders and read together every day.

Dates to Remember

September 21st- Willard Homecoming Parade (all students attend by bus) and dismiss at 12:30

October 5^th – WOHE Fall Carnival