Week of May 13-May 17

Important dates this week:

Monday, May 13th:

Last day of swimming--Remember if you would like to go watch your child, you can meet them at the Aquatic center.
2nd MAP reading test--Make sure you review your child's goal with them and encourage them to take their time and reread every question! (If your child improves on their MAP score from winter, they will get to do a celebration with the class!)

Tuesday, May 14th:

Field Trip to the Cam-plex--We are leaving from 11:00-12:30 for the Wyoming Reads event. This is an even first grade attends every year. The students will listen to someone from the community read aloud some of their favorite stories and they will get their own book to keep at home. We do not need parent volunteers for this event. Thank you :)

Wednesday, May 15th:

Early Release: Please make sure your child knows what their dismissal plan is (riding bus, pick up, etc.) If it is different than normal, please send a note and let the school know!

Friday, May 17th:

1st MAP math test: 9:00-10:10
All box tops will be turned in

Spelling words: 

hook, good, book, took, look, hood, cook, wood, Earth, bear, town, mouth

Vocabulary words:

Bear, birds, Earth, table



Later this week I plan on posting pictures from their swimming last week. Also, I will post pictures of Miss Farrell's surprise celebration we had. Be on the look out!! 

Mrs. Davis

FIRST GRADER TECHNOLOGY BLOG

This is where your child will respond to the blog in Technology. Please to not respond from home!

We have been working all month with Mrs. Sargent on butterflies.We have observed them, written about them, created stories, done raps about the life cycle, and actions. What has been your favorite part and why?

Mrs. Davis

Week of April 15-April 19

I am sooo sorry that I have not updated! I was gone to trainings Monday and Tuesday this week and was gone last Monday due to sickness. Again, I am sorry!

Our spelling words this week are:
cart, art, barn, yarn, arm, harm, better, children, right, by

Our Vocabulary words this week are:
better, machine, children, or, discovery, round

We are nearing the end of the school year. I have sent home forms for summer school for some students. These need to be returned ASAP please if there was one sent home. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please contact me either through email or phone. Also, we sent home a picture packet. The packet had 5 sheets of pictures included. You are not required to pay for the pictures but you must return all 5 sheets if you do not want to purchase them. Please talk to your students if they have not delivered these sheets to you! Is is very important to get all paperwork back in a timely manner! If you are choosing to not do Summer School there is a place on the bottom that you just state why and still return it to school. Also, book orders are due Friday!!

In math, we are working on our doubles facts! Please practice at home as much as possible. I would like your children to be fluent up to double 10s by the end of first grade. They also should be starting to identify doubles plus 1. A double fact is a number added to itself like 1+1 or 3+3. A doubles plus one fact looks like neighbors. 3+4 4+5 6+7 so they should know to add the double plus 1. They have been working a lot on these in class through games and movements. We are also working on measurement in math right now. They are measuring using craft sticks, paperclips, etc. and calling them units. If a book is ABOUT 3 craft sticks they can say it is 3 craft sticks long or 3 units long. This has been a fun unit in first grade!

In reading, we are approaching end of the year! We are trying to get all students to grade level books. There is a website I need to share with all parents!! Many of you ask about what books are appropriate for your child. If you go on the RAZ kids website, it has your child's reading level on it. If they are doing it in RAZ kids they can do it pretty independently. If you want to find books that are at that level, you can go to www.scholastic.com/bookwizard. This website helps you find just right books for your child. For example, your child wants to order a book from the book order. You are not sure if it is at their level or not. If your child wants Pete the Cat, type the title into the book wizard search. When the book shows, click on the picture of the book. Under the picture of the book it will show the grade level of interest, the Guided Reading level if its available (that is their RAZ kids letter), and their Lexile level. Check out this website!! It is worth your time! You can also use it to find a list of books at their level and books similar to a book they like. If your child is stuck on a certain book, find a similar book that may spark their interest! Make reading as fun as possible and to your child's interest to help make them lifelong readers!

In writing, we are working really hard at editing our own writing! Many times the students hurry to write and then have a ton of errors. It is now time for them to start noticing their errors on their own and begin to be editors. 

If you ever have any questions or concerns please do not ever hesitate to contact me! I also have a secret to share....

I will be looping to second grade! I have told the students and will soon be sending something home! I would love to keep this exact class for second grade because they are an awesome bunch! I know with moving and relocating it just won't be possible but I hope to see many of you back in my class next year! If you read this blog please tell your child to tell me the secret words: Book Wizards for a prize.

March 18-22

Spelling Words: Sunny, happy, handy, bumpy, penny, puppy, sandy, funny, bunny, before, heard, keep, seat

**These words are easier to spell if you remind your student to clap the syllables. For example bunny clapped is bun nee and they should hear the double letter in it. Also, remind them if it says E at the end of the word it's usually a y.

Challenge Spelling Words: Rowdy, grumpy, raspy, somebody, greedy, balcony, company, creepy.

Vocabulary Words: Before, happen, began, haste, falls, heard, glared, told

 ~~If you are reading this blog, the secret word is cupcake. If your student tells me this secret word before Easter, they will be given a prize! Thanks for reading the blog!~~

Reading Skill: This week we are working on summarizing. We have worked hard on retelling the story. When they summarize, we want them to only tell the most important details from the beginning, middle, and end. This is a very hard skill for our students so any practice at home would be wonderful!


Math: We are working on different ways of adding. Today we are going to review all of the strategies we have learned to add. Your child should be able to make 10 and add on the extra ones. They should be able to add using their doubles facts. Some of our students need to practice their doubles at home to help them be successful at this adding skill. Also, they can count on to add. Please give them equations at home to show you how they add. If they are still counting by 1 on everything, we need to start pushing them to group and try finding a better strategy to use!

**Next week I will not do a blog because it is a short week. We will not have spelling words but we will be practicing everything we have learned so far. Please remember to practice those district spelling words. We will be practicing those next week. Report cards go home this week so please sign the envelope and return it to school. Have a wonderful break!! No school Thursday, Friday, or Monday next week!!

Week of March 11-15

This week is Family Night for First Grade!! We hope to see you Thursday night for a fun scavenger hunt where you can experience the work your first grader does at school!! 

 

Spelling Words: Seem, Team, me, we, feed, keep, seat, beak, friends, knew, main, day

Vocabulary Words: by, house, curious, idea, far, kind, friends, knew

We are taking a field trip on Wednesday to the Cam-plex. We are going to watch a play where they have combined many different stories we have read. Some stories they are doing a play about is "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie", "Owen", and "The Math Curse".

Technology Question: (This question is one that your student will answer during technology class. Please do not answer this at home.)

What was your favorite part of the play you went to?

Have an amazing week!

Mrs. Davis

Week of February 25-March 1

Spelling words:
Use, June, tune, flute, cute, mule, done, after, woke, nose

Challenging Spelling words: 
amuse, clues, blue, parachute, prune, perfume, assume, creation

Please practice these and be ready for a test on Friday. Also, on Friday we plan to take a math test over place value, comparing numbers, and number patterns. To study for this, you may give your child a set of numbers up to the number 20 and ask them to put them in order from least to greatest or greatest to least. Also, we have talked about groups of ten and ones. For example, the number 18 has 1 group of tens and 8 extra ones. If your child is able to understand place value in first grade, it makes math much easier in future learning! Number patterns mean knowing what number comes next. For example, 2, 4, 6, what number comes next and how do you know? If your child needs manipulatives to help, you can always use a cereal to help do grouping.

In reading, we are working on inferring. Good readers infer. This means, good readers can use what the book says and use them as clues to tell them more. For example, if you went through my trash can and found a tootsie pop wrapper, you could infer I like suckers. So even though I didn't directly say, "I like suckers." you can use clues you find to help you infer. At home when you read, what can you infer about the characters?

Have a superb week and let me know if you ever need anything! 

Mrs. Davis

From the words of Dr. Seuss, "Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered!"

Career Day and Math with Mr. Davis

Last Friday, Mr. Davis came in and taught us a new math game. We had to count by 5's and make groups of 5. On our family night, we think this may be one of the games we teach our families how to play! We loved meeting Mr. Davis and they think it is SOOOOOO cool that there is a Mr. and a Mrs. Davis!

We also had career day this Thursday where the students did many things. They loved learning about chemical reactions with science where they made fake snow and gel worms. They learned about coal trains and other great things. Ask your child what their favorite station was at career day! Please leave a comment!

Week of February 19-22

Spelling words: 

From the blue list: some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when

Vocabulary words: find, after, done, old, new, work

**To practice vocabulary words, your child should be able to use the word in a sentence correctly and spell it correctly so they can use it in their stories during writing.

With Monday having no school and another crazy week. Please have your library books for checkout by Wednesday!

Thursday we will be having career day. After Thursday, please comment about your favorite part of career day and why. 

Friday is early release so please make sure your child knows what to do after school. If it is different than normal, please send your child with a note. If you are having any issues with the online resources at home, please comment on that blog to tell me about it so I may try to fix it for you. If you are reading this, please tell Mrs. Davis that the secret word is triangle to get your prize!

**Remember to keep practicing your counting to 120 by 1's, 5's, and 10's. The sooner we get this learned, the better our math groups can be!

Valentine's Day with Stacey Bess

On Valentine's Day, we had a great party! We opened our Valentine's which had lots of cards with tattoo's, toys, and some candy. After opening their bags, they enjoyed some fruit from the fruit buffet we had. I also couldn't resist and let them enjoy 2 pieces of candy! Of course, the messiest and most colorful candy of all was a huge hit! Fun Dip is a great way to turn mouths green and blue and get the sugar rush going! After enjoying the valentine's, we played a little freeze dance before recess.

At the end of the day we had a guest speaker. Her name was Stacey Bess. Mrs. Bess is a teacher from Salt Lake City who taught at a homeless shelter. She taught the students lessons about the small things in life we take for granted. Her ultimate message that she ended with was to include people who don't have anyone else to play with on the playground. She showed the students many artifacts from students who she used to teach and impacted her life. I think some kids really understood her message and took it very serious. She has written a book which was made into a movie. The movie name is "Beyond the Blackboard".

Enjoy some picture from our day :)

Haydn with his Fun Dip smile!

Kylie and Dakota looking at their cards and socializing :)

Jacinta, Chris, and Tamara enjoying their goodies!

Miss Farrell trying to tame the sugar kids!

Asher and Silena eating their pieces of candy

Raylin wanting a Fun Dip picture too!

What do you call this move Tom??

Freeze Dance

Freeze Dance got a little wild!

Busting a move!

Using the tables to do tricks!

And.... Freeze!

Mrs. Bess with her magical bear.

Mrs. Stacey Bess presenting

Enjoying the stories

Mrs. Davis met Mrs. Bess and got her book signed!

Miss Farrell met Mrs. Bess as well!