Next Week

Guided Reading

Our story for next week is White Owl, Barn Owl by Nicloa Davies.

Spelling/Word Work

This week is another mix of vowels including; short sound e/i/u. The sight words can be a little tricky too. Don’t forget to practice every day.

Writing

We did some informational writing this week about pumpkins along with personal narratives. Everyone is working hard to make sure to begin every sentence with a capital letter and stretching out words we don’t know.

Math

We will finish with addition stories this week and test on chapter 3.

Halloween

Halloween falls on Tuesday which is a half-day. The kiddos can come to school in costume. Masks and weapons should stay at home. We are scheduled to trick or treat around the building for our PBIS reward at 9:15.  You are welcome to join us for our Halloween parade which is slated for 11:00. Dismissal is at 11:40.

Happy Halloween!!

Have a SPOOKTACULAR week!!

Next Week

Guided Reading

The story for next week is Pumpkin Circle by George Levenson. This book is great at explaining the pumpkin life-cycle.

Spelling/Word Work

This week gets a little harder with a mix of short vowels. We will be reviewing short a, e and o.  The Dolch sight words are his/in/it.

Please make time to practice each day.

Writing

We will begin unit 2 which will focus on personal narratives.

Math

We are doing a super job with addition and counting on.  This week we will be working on making addition stories. Kuddos to the kiddos that have been logging on to IXL math!! They are doing an AWESOME job with the time working online and completing tons of problems!! Keep up the great job first graders!!

Shoe Tying

There are still several first graders who need help with tying their shoes. Make some time this week to practice. It only takes about 15 minutes and it will make your life a little easier!! 😉

Thank You Bennie PTA!!

Thank you so much to the Bennie PTA for the milk and cookie treat this afternoon!! Our class earned the reward because we had the most  new PTA memberships. The PTA is always looking for new members and volunteers. They usually meet the first Thursday of the month in the Bennie cafeteria. Everyone is very welcoming and would love to hear your ideas.

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Have a great weekend! 🙂

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Next Week

Guided Reading

We will read the book Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds. We will learn more about predicting, cause and effect and opinion.

 

Spelling/Word Work

Our target sight words this week are had, has and he. We are reviewing the short vowel sound of u in the word families ug/un/ut/ub. Please make time to practice these at home.

Writing

We have been working on zooming in on an idea when we are writing and continuing to build our writing stamina. We will be moving on to Unit 2.

Math

We were able to finish up our number bonds to 10. Everyone did a great job learning about whole-part/part. Chapter 3 will help us learn more about addition and more practice with our math facts.

THANK YOU!!

Thank you for your donations to our little library here at Bennie for our Literacy Walk today!! We had several parents and little siblings come out to walk with us!! Donations will still be accepted until next week. Class Dojo will have some pics of our fun!!

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HAVE AN AWESOME WEEKEND!! 🙂

Next Week

Guided Reading

The guided reading story next week is Alexander  and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. We will talk more about visualizing, making a personal connection to the story and problem and solution.

 

Everyone should have brought guided reading bags home this week. These books are the level your child is currently reading at. It is important to make the time to read each day. If the books at home are too hard, please share the reading with your child. The time you make reading aloud to your first grader makes great memories and definitely impacts their success. If you look at the chart below, you will see that the more a child reads, the more success they will experience.

 

Spelling/Word Work

The focus this week is short vowel sound e.

The word families are:

eg/en/ et/ed

 

 

Writing

We are showing a lot of improvement with our writing. Everyone is trying hard at stretching out the words that we are not sure about and adding more details to our writing pieces. 🙂

Math

We are working on finishing up number bonds and transitioning to addition. This should take us into chapter 3.

Science

We should be able to complete our unit on the apple tree life-cycle.

Literacy Walk

Our walk for literacy is coming up this Thursday. Look for more information to come home this week.

Have an awesome weekend!!