September 29

Dear Families,
We talked about the vowel u and its 2 sounds today. (Callie) 
We practiced putting words in ABC order. (Zoe)
We read a photo essay about yards.
We talked about a new daily 5 station called Word Work that we will start next week!
In math, we learned some new adding games to help us practicing adding in class. (Huck)
We ended the day singing in hootenanny with the other first grade classes.
Have a great weekend!

September 28

Dear Families,
We learned about the vowel i today! (Phin)
We practiced putting words and letters in ABC order!
We also reviewed verbs by acting out action words!
In math, we practiced adding using the biggest number first to count on or using a number line. (Joshua)
We worked on our stories in writing workshop. (Mamdouh)
We ended the day tasting 3 different apples and seeing which one our class liked the most! Ask your child which one won!
It was a good day!

Reminder:
Tomorrow is pajama day and the last day to order a $5 NPE shirt!

September 27

Dear Families,
We talked about the letter g and found out it can sometimes make the /j/ sound too! (Bella)
We started using ipads today in our new daily 5 station called Listening to Reading. (Hailey)
We read the story Tip and Tam about kids raking leaves outside with their pets. (Corey)
We started adding up to ten in math. (Alannah)
In writing workshop, we are working on writing complete sentences on our pages. (capitals, spaces between words, and ending marks)
We ended the day labeling the parts of an apple on a diagram!

Notes:
Pajama day is Friday!
T-shirt orders are due Friday!

September 26

Dear Families,
Today we learned about the letter b and it's sound. (Bennett)
We went to the Tech Lab in the morning and it was so much easier to get our computers started! (Ozzy)
We took our number bond test in math. (Sandy)
We read the story Little Apple in writing workshop. (Andrew) 
We discovered the author wrote the story to teach us about apples.
We put 6 pictures showing the apple life cycle in the correct order!
It was a good day!

September 25

Dear Families,
This week we will read stories and discuss things that we see and like to do outside.
We also learned about action words called verbs! (Lia)
We reviewed the letter f and its sound. (Bella)
In math, we took a practice test for our number bond test tomorrow. (Alannah) You can look over it to see if your child missed anything so it can be practiced tonight along with tonight's homework!
We finally put our photograph pages in our writing workshop folders. (Ozzy) 
We ended the day talking about Johnny Appleseed!

Notes:
*Please click on the September's Weekly Newsletters tab above to see more about this week!
*Today our class earned our first class celebration! They voted for pajamas so this FRIDAY is pajama day!

September 22

Dear Families,
We reviewed the letter O and its 2 sounds. (Jonathan)
Today we started practicing a new Daily 5 center called Read to Someone! (Cheyenne)
In math we practiced number bonds and played a number bond game called spill the counters! (Bennett)
We need just one more ticket to earn our first class celebration! (Lia)
We ended the day in Hootenanny with the other first grade classes. This is a time of singing and building community!

Note:
I'm sending home login information for a math game you can play at home. It is called Splash Math. 
I hope you enjoy using it along with RAZ kids!

September 20

Dear Families,
Today we talked about the letter n and its sound. (Joshua)
Then we read the story Snap! (Andrew)
We discussed the setting and sequenced the story events in order.
In math we practiced using number bonds. (Zoe)
We wrote some writing ideas that we can use when we can't think of something to write about in class. (Corey)
We ended the day with a guidance lesson with Mrs. DeSanctis!

Reminders:

• No school tomorrow. I'll see you Friday!
• Math homework is 2 pages front and back (stapled together).
• Return WEB books daily so books can be changed.
• If you are ordering a NPE t-shirt, please send $5 with your order form.
• Tomorrow is the last day to order Scholastic books if interested.

September 19

Dear Families,
Today we reviewed the letter p and its sound!(Callie)
We went to the Tech Lab and logged on to RAZ kids! (Mamdouh)
We started math workshop today! (Hailey)
Then we wrote our own stories in writing workshop! (Phin)
We ended the day talking about ways we can fill our friends buckets!

Notes:
*I'm so excited to see the kids so eager to show me their homework in the mornings! If you forget homework, just return the next school day.
*Everyone should now have a word ring in their WEB folders. Please remember to return these daily so books can be changed.
*Return field trip permissions slips at your earliest convenience.
*If you would like to order a NPE shirt, they are $5.

September 18

Dear Families,
Today we talked about the letter c and its sound. (Huck)
We heard the story Surprise and discussed the setting in the story! (Jonathan)
We started a new math chapter on Number Bonds in math. (Jeffrey)
We discussed how to sound out unfamiliar words we write in writing workshop. (Sandy) We even got our own dictionaries!
We ended the day reading the story How to Be a Bucket Filler!

Note:
Click on September's Weekly Newsletter tab above to see this week's newsletter!

September 15

Dear Families,
This morning we reviewed this week's word wall words and identified more nouns!
In math, we took our first math test!
It was a great morning!
Thank you again for the amazing turn out last night! It was nice to meet you. Unfortunately I was not able to speak in depth with all of you but I look forward to more opportunities as we move forward!

A few reminders:
*If you would like to volunteer in the library this year let me know and I will put volunteer forms in your child's folder next week. 
*Please send in your child's card-stock with photographs or drawn pictures for writing workshop early next week.
*T-shirt order forms will go home next Monday if you are interested in ordering a shirt.

September 7

Dear Families,
We learned about the vowel a. (Corey)
We learned a new Daily 5 center called Work on Writing! (Bella)
In math, we reviewed for our math test tomorrow! (Callie)
We read the book If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON'T!
We got new writing workshop tools! (Hailey)
We ended the day making Baxter the Germ!
I hope to see you tonight at Back to School Night!

September 13

Dear Families,
We talked about the letter  t today. (Andrew)
We read the story Sam in our new reading books and talked about the characters in our story. (Cheyenne)
This morning we went to the computer lab. (Alannah)
Ear buds for some of our kids were difficult to use. Please ask your child about them today.
In math we worked on number patterns. (Ozzy)
We ended the day hearing a story about Velma the Germ!

Reminder:
Back to School Night is tomorrow at 6:30! Hope to see you!

September 12

Dear Families,
We talked about the letter s today. (Phin)
We reviewed what nouns and characters are in our stories!
We played at the playground.(Joshua)
In math, we worked on comparing numbers using our train of cubes!
We ate snacks. (Bennett)
We made Jasper the Germ after we read another story about the germ gang! (Corey)

Notes:
This Friday lunch will not be served due to early dismissal.
I will check Healthy Me charts on Friday! 

September 11

Dear Families,
This week in Language Arts, we will read books and talk about things we see around us!
We talked about the letter m, its sound, and how to write it. (Mamdouh)
We also talked about nouns! (Sandy)
In math we worked on comparing numbers. (Callie)
In writers workshop, we wrote a letter to our families. (Lia)
We ended the day talking about germs!

Notes:
*Please click on the tab September's Weekly Newsletters above to see this weeks newsletter.
*Tonight we have math homework! Please do both sides!
*Please remember to call the office or email me before 1pm for dismissal changes.
*If you have not sent in your Scholastic News money ($5.75) please do so at your earliest convenience. Thanks!

September 8

Dear Families,
We read our Scholastic News: Furry Friends to discuss how we can play nicely with others.
Then we wrote about a new friend in class. (Zoe)
We used our scissors to cut out pictures of good and poor choices! (Jonathan)
We went out for recess. (Lia)
In math we played a counting game with 3 of our friends. Then we practiced 2 math papers that are like the math homework pages we will start to get next week. 
We read about Tedd Arnold, a real author, in our Scholastic News.
Then we had writing workshop! (Phin)
We ended the day in a school assembly!

Notes:
*I will upload newsletters on our website on Mondays. You will get important class information including homework :)
*Monday is Patriots Day so I thought it would be fun for our kids to wear red, white, and/or blue on Monday!
*Starting next week, there is no need to wear dismissal tags to school. If you want to attach them to backpacks that is fine. If there is a dismissal change, please email me or call the office. I will not check tags for changes.

September 7

Dear Families,
We heard the story Chrysantheum and discussed how words can really hurt us.
Then we wrote our names and put them on our word wall. (Sandy)
We did a fun friend search in the class to help us learn more about our friends!
We practiced reading in Read to self.
We went outside for recess! (Andrew)
We reviewed counting and reading number words in math. (Huck)
We read the story There was an Old Lady who Swallowed Some Books and started writing another story in writing workshop! (Cheyenne)
We ended the day talking about good and poor choices.

Reminder:
Sept. 14 @6:30-7:30--Back to School Night

September 6

Dear Families,
We read the story First Grade Here I Come and discussed 3 ways we can read a book.
We started one daily 5 station called Read to Self. (Bennett)
We also started math today! (Corey)
We drew our faces for a guessing game for Back to School Night! (Jeffrey)
We had indoor recess this morning because it was raining. (Alannah)
It was a great second day!

Reminders:

• There are quite a few of our kids without scissors and ear buds. Please send these if you have not done so already. At this time, no other supplies are needed! **Just realized from a parent that scissors were not on the list! If you can not send scissors, I will take care of it!
• Please remember our class is a peanut free classroom so no snacks with nuts. It is okay for lunch but not in our room. Also stated in our first newsletter, non-food items are preferred for birthday treats going forward.

September 5

Dear Families, 
We read the story First Day Jitters. (Bella)
We started creating our class agreement!
We had recess! (Hailey)
We made a graph showing how we go home. (Ozzy)
We found out we have a lot of walkers this year!
We started writing our first story in writing workshop. (Mamdouh)
We had a great first day!

Note:
Students took home their daily take home folder today. Inside is a newsletter from me about our class! Please empty folders and send them back everyday!