October 14th- October 18th

What We Are Learning

Reading:

·       Long and Short vowel sounds

·       How to flip the sound in a word

Word Work:

·       Sight words: play, thing, zoo, nice, ride

·       Word Family : ay

·       Beginning Blends: cr, dr,

Writing: Narrative Books

·       Using a checklist to make sure our stories have a beginning, two events, transition words, and an ending

Math:

·       Using double facts to solve doubles +1 & doubles +2 problems

·       Making a 10 to add number to 20

Science:

·       Sources of heat

·       Firefighters came to visit

Fall Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences will be October 28^th & 29^th. I sent home information and a signup sheet in your child’s take home folder this week. The times are on a first come, first serve basis, so please return your time preferences as soon as you can.

Little Debbie Snacks

THANK YOU all so much for donating Little Debbie Snacks for our Fall Festival!!!!

Fall Party

Our Party will be October 31^st at 2pm.  Come and enjoy the fun!

Red Ribbon Week

Read Ribbon Week is October 21^st – October 25^th

Monday- Don’t let drugs get in the way of your dreams. Wear PJs

Tuesday- I’m too bright for drugs. Wear your brightest clothes.

Wednesday- Be all that you can be. Wear your camo.

Thursday-Support red ribbon week. Wear red day.

Friday- These paws don’t touch drugs. Wear your tiger gear.

October 7th - October 11th

What We Are Learning

Reading:

·       Making predictions

·       Retelling

Word Work:

·       Sight words: when, what, all, we, but

·       Phonics: Hearing ending sounds in words

·       Word Family : all

·       Beginning Blends: bl, cl, pl, sl, br, cr

Writing: Narrative Books

·       Bringing stories to Life: Make characters talk using dialogue and speech bubbles

·       Bringing stories to Life: Make characters feel

Math:

·       Topic 2 review and assessment

·       Counting on to add numbers to 20

·       Using an open number line

Fall Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences will be October 28^th & 29^th. I sent home information and a signup sheet in your child’s take home folder this week. The times are on a first come, first serve basis, so please return your time preferences as soon as you can.

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 second 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 18th 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 7:00 p.m.

Fall Party

Our Party will be October 31^st at 2pm.  Come and enjoy the fun!

Red Ribbon Week

Read Ribbon Week is October 21^st – October 25^th

Monday- Don’t let drugs get in the way of your dreams. Wear PJs

Tuesday- I’m too bright for drugs. Wear your brightest clothes.

Wednesday- Be all that you can be. Wear your camo.

Thursday-Support red ribbon week. Wear red day.

Friday- These paws don’t touch drugs. Wear your tiger gear

Dates to Remember

October 18^th: WOHE Fall Festival (date changed)

October 18^th: Tiger Pride Assembly

October 21st – October 25^th: Red Ribbon Week

October 28^th & October 29^th: Parent Teacher Conferences

October 31^st: Fall Parties

What We Are Learning

Reading: Accuracy in Reading Words

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

·       Use beginning AND ending sounds

·       Pushing through tricky words-get a running start

·       Readers use meaning to figure out words

·       Readers double-check their reading

Word Work:

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

·       Phonics: Using rhyming words to help up spell new words

·       Word Family : am

Writing: Narrative Books

·       Writing a beginning (One day, A long time ago,  Last year, etc.)

·       Writing a middle with 2 events

·       Using transition words like “first”, “next”, “last”, etc.

• Writing an ending using a feelings or lesson

Math: Unit 2

·       Counting on to add

·       Double facts

·       Doubles +1 & +2

Math Homework

Your kiddo came home with their first math homework this week. I am not a big supporter of having homework every night.  I am a firm believer that your child worked hard all day at school, and they need a break at home.  Also, as a mother, I know how important family time is.  Because of this, I will not be making homework mandatory.  It will be sent home, but you have the option of completing it with your child.  My hope is that you can use this as a resource to help your child and to understand what we are learning in the classroom. If you complete the homework with your child, that is FANTASTIC! It does not have to be sent back to school.

Raz-Kids

Last week your kiddo will came home with information about a website called Raz-Kids in their take home folder. This is a great website that allows your child to have access to hundreds of eBooks. You can also download a free app for your iPad/iPhone or Android device as well.

Website: https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login

User Name: orchard1b

Dates to Remember

October 4^th: First Fridays for Families 7:15 (Leader In Me Event)

October 18^th: WOHE Fall Festival (date changed)

October 18^th: Tiger Pride Assembly

October 28^th & October 29^th: Parent Teacher Conferences

October 31^st: Fall Parties

September 16th - September 20th

What We Are Learning

Reading:

·       Readers Build Good Habits

·       How to read to someone

·       Setting up Data Binders to track our reading levels

Word Work:

·       Sight words: am, car, eat, fun, girl

·       Phonics: digraph-wh & rhyming

·       Word Family : an

Writing: Narrative Books

·       When to use uppercase letters in our writing- names, calendar words, etc.

·       All other letters should be lowercase 

Math: Unit 1

·       addition within 10

·       Subtraction within 10

·       Missing Number Word problems

·       Unit Review

Sight Word Sheet

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

Raz-Kids

This week your kiddo will came home with information about a website called Raz-Kids in their take home folder. This is a great website that allows your child to have access to hundreds of eBooks. You can also download a free app for your iPad/iPhone or Android device as well.

Website: https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login

User Name: orchard1b

Dates to Remember

September 25^th  – Fall Pictures

October 18^th: WOHE Fall Festival (date changed)

September 9th - September 13th

What We Are Learning

Reading:

·       Readers Build Good Habits

o   Reread

o   See more details

o   Sneak peek at pictures to figure out tricky words

o   Drop bad habits

·       How to do Listen to Reading during Daily 5

Word Work:

·       Sight words: with, was, for, on, are

·       Phonics: digraph-sh & rhyming

·       Word Family : at

Writing: Narrative Books

·       Writing a middle with 2 events

·       Using transition words like “first”, “next”, “last”, etc.

• Writing an ending using a feelings

Math: Unit 1-lessons 3-6

·       addition within 10

·       Subtraction within 10

·       Word problems

Theme Time: How to Use a P-Scale

·       Paper airplane project

·       Scoring oneself

·        Evaluating oneself

Spirit Week

Monday, September 16: PJ Day. Students can wear their pajamas to school. Please keep in mind that students will still be having specials (such as PE), and going outside for recess, so shoes are required.

Tuesday, September 17: Hero vs. Villain Day. Students can dress as their favorite superhero or villain. Students cannot wear masks that cover their face. A costume is appropriate but props that accompany those costumes are not (for example: swords, other weapons, magic wands, etc)

Wednesday, September 18: Western Wednesday. Dress as a cowboy or cowgirl. Again, props that might accompany cowboy attire would not be appropriate. Hats are acceptable.

Thursday, September 19: Disney Day. Dress as your favorite Disney character or just in your Disney attire. Again, students cannot wear masks that cover their face.  A costume is appropriate but props that accompany those costumes are not (for example: swords, other weapons, magic wands, etc)

Friday, September 20: Willard Wear. This is the day of the District-Wide Homecoming Parade.

Dates to Remember

September 20^th - Willard Homecoming Parade (all students attend by bus) and dismiss at 12:30

September 25^th  – Fall Pictures

October 18^th: WOHE Fall Festival (date changed)

September 2nd - September 6th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Setting up Daily 5 reading structure

·       Readers Build Good Habits

·       How to do Read to Self and build stamina

·       How to do Work on Writing and build stamina

·       How to do Word Work and building stamina

Word Work:

·       Sight words: he, is, you, that, it

·       Phonics: digraph: th

Writing: Narrative Books

• Writing a beginning and middle to our stories

Math: Unit 1-lessons 1-3

• Solving addition and subtraction problems within 10 using various strategies and knowing equations are made up of “part, part, whole”

·        Counting on

·        Missing addends

·        Putting together

·        Taking from

Theme Time: Kindness

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

Reading Levels

I have had a few different parents ask about their kiddo’s 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.

Sight Words

Your kiddo’s take home folder is full of useful information.  Make sure you check the sights words tab to see which sight words your kiddo needs to practice.  I circled the ones they were unsure of.  I will try and update these several times a quarter.

Dates to Remember

September 20^th - Willard Homecoming Parade (all students attend by bus) and dismiss at 12:30

September 25^th  – Fall Pictures

October 18^th: WOHE Fall Festival (date changed)