First Grade Update!

Hello all,

It's been a few weeks since I've posted an update but we've been very busy in our classroom. We are in full swing with Reading and Math.

In Reading, we have been working on sequence of events, plot, characters, and author's choice of words. If you can work on that while reading with your child that would be awesome. Daily 5 has been going awesome, we are up to 10 minutes of stamina on Read to Self and Read to Someone. This week we are going to incoporate Word Work and use the iPads that we have in our classroom. We have been working on subtraction in Math. Last week, we got to subtract using M & M's.

We finished up our unit in Social Studies on family, the kids really enjoy having their family pictures in the classroom. Our unit in Science was on plants and we finished that on Friday and will start learning about keeping our bodies healthy.

I love seeing how much the kids have read for the month of September, I will be sending a note home to send back the calendars and I will be sending the October calendar home this week. I am asking that you keep the calendar in your child's folder. In the next couple of weeks, the October book order will be sent home, which is a great way for students to find books they like.

The 5th and 6th graders are our Reading Buddies, they come down on Tuesday and Thursdays from 10-10:30. The kids are really enjoying it. In Art, we created self-portraits and will do it again at the end of the year to see how much we have changed throughout the year.

Sorry for the long post, but as always if you need anything, please contact me!