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Weekly Newsletter

What first grade is learning, the week of December 3rd:
Birthdays in December: Happy Birthday to Tyler (1st), Hayden (16th), and Cody (27th).

New Sight Words: New sight words for next week are: going, where, this, could, before. Please help your child learn to read, write, and spell our new words.

Language Arts: We will continue the unit in Literacy by Design called Weather Wonders and the theme “Weather for Every Season.” Our vocabulary words will be: year, aware, and thermometer. We will learn about identifying the plot in a story, how to infer, and practice using antonyms (opposites). In writing, we will begin reading stories by famous authors to learn about different writing techniques.

Math: Next week we will begin our unit called “What Would You Rather Be.” We will learn about collecting data and graphing. Students will learn how to represent the information they collect and then analyze the results using different types of graphs.

Social Studies: We will continue our unit in Social Studies called “Everything Changes.” At the end of the unit, students will understand that communities change over time. We have been talking about how inventions make our lives easier and more efficient. Students will write and draw about their idea for an invention, and learn about some famous inventors.

Things to work on at Home: Please work with your child on addition and subtraction facts. Have them think of story problems to go with different number sentences. With the weather getting colder, our noses are running! Please talk with and show your child the proper way for blowing their nose and using hand sanitizer.

Special Notes: *The First/Second Grade Music Concert will be Tuesday, December 11th. Mark your calendars; details coming soon!

*BIST Tip: Goals for Life #2 “It was their fault. They started it!” Sound familiar? When kids have difficulty accepting responsibility for their actions it is easy to blame others. As adults we need to validate each student’s feelings while holding them responsible for their part in the conflict. “It sounds like you were angry when he pushed you which made you want to push back. But, at school that is not okay. How can you be okay when others are not okay?”

*PTO’s Holiday-Make-and-Take will be Friday, December 7th from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, and Saturday, December 8th from 9am to 12pm. There will also be a bake sale on Saturday. Students can decorate items from Creation Station to give for holiday gifts. See the order form coming home soon!

*Feel free to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

Mrs. Anderson: mjanderson@paplv.org
Mr. Radicia: jradicia@paplv.org
Miss King: dking@paplv.org

I hope everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving! I will see you Monday!

What First Grade is Learning the Week of November 26th:

New Sight Words: New sight words for next week are: after, with, there, they, because. Please help your child learn to read, write, and spell our new words.

Language Arts: We will begin the unit in Literacy by Design called Weather Wonders and the theme is called “Weather for Every Season.” Our vocabulary words will be: outdoors, rainfall, and drop.  We will learn about monitoring our understanding (when something doesn’t make sense when we are reading, what can we do?), fairy tales, and understanding dialogue. In writing, we will continue to work on what good writers do (such as using punctuation, capital letters, and making sure sentences make sense). Students should be ready to write stories about things that have happened in their lives. 

Math: Next week we are finishing our unit “Solving Story Problems.” We will review the difference between addition and subtraction problems, practice putting numbers in order, and practice showing many ways to represent a number (for example, you could show the number 8 by writing the word eight, drawing a picture of 8 items, make 8 tally marks, and list addition and subtraction sentences with eight as the answer).

Social Studies: We will continue our unit in Social Studies called “Everything Changes.” We will be learning about inventions and how they make life easier. We will learn about transportation and communication then and now.

Things to work on at Home: Please work with your child at home on counting by ones, tens, fives, and twos to 100 or greater.

Special Notes:

*Reminder: There is NO SCHOOL on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday (November 21st- 23rd). Happy Thanksgiving!

*Feel free to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

Mrs. Anderson: mjanderson@paplv.org

Mr. Radicia: jradicia@paplv.org

Miss King: dking@paplv.org

Newsletter

Last week's newsletter was for what we are learning this week (Nov. 12-16) and next week (Nov. 19-20). There will be no full newsletter this week, but we do have a few things to share...

 

*Congratulations to Mr. Radicia's class for having the most box tops, Campbell's labels, Hy-Vee receipts, and Land-O-Lake milk caps from the October pick-up! First grade is very proud.

 

*PTO Meeting is Thursday, November 15th at 6pm in the Media Center. Child Care is provided. Our BIST consultant will be there to talk about the behavior program at Carriage Hill and to answer your questions.

 

*PTO Movie Night is Friday, November 16th starting at 6:30pm. We will be watching The Lorax. Admission is FREE! Bring your blankets, pillows, and snacks :)

 

*BIST Tip: Goals for Life #1

I can take good care of myself, even if I am mad or have an overwhelming feeling.  We all have times when we feel angry or overwhelmed.  It is normal.  As adults we have learned ways to manage these feeling.  Our job as adults is to teach students strategies to cope with their overwhelming feelings in a respectful and productive way.

 

*Remember there is NO SCHOOL next Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday (Nov. 21-23rd). Happy Thanksgiving!

*If there is any information you would like to see included in the First Grade Newsletters, please let us know!

*Feel free to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

Mrs. Anderson: mjanderson@paplv.org

Mr. Radicia: jradicia@paplv.org

Miss King: dking@paplv.org

Newsletter

What First Grade is Learning the Week of November 5th:

New Sight Words: New sight words next week are: our, but, your, from, man. Please help your child learn to read, write, and spell our new words.

Language Arts: We will continue the unit in Literacy by Design called Neighborhood News and the theme “My Neighborhood.” Our vocabulary words will be: contact, locate, and greet. We will continue to learn about synthesizing and work on how to be a fluent reader. A fluent reader reads smoothly, uses expression, reads in large phrases, and reads at an appropriate pace. We will continue to work on ending blends. In writing, we will continue our unit on Functional Writing and talk about how we use letters, lists, and how-to books in real life.

Math: Next week, we will continue our math unit “Solving Story Problems.” We will be working on subtraction. Students will be learning a variety of strategies for solving problems, including counting back, using the number line, and drawing pictures. Students will also be playing games that allow them to practice subtraction.

Social Studies: We will be starting a new unit in Social Studies called “Everything Changes.” At the end of the unit, students will understand that communities change over time. Next week we will begin our discussion about the past, present, and future. We will be creating timelines of our lives, so it would be great if you could send in a baby picture that we could use. The pictures will be attached to the students’ timelines, but if you would rather we make a photocopy of the picture to use, please attach a note. We will also be "voting" in first grade, but not for the candidates you think!! Stay tuned...

Things to work on at Home: Please work with your child at home on addition and subtraction. Find ways to practice addition and subtraction in your everyday life.

Special Notes: *The next PTO meeting is Thursday, November 15th from 6 to 7pm. *Movie Night at Carriage Hill: Friday, November 16th at 6:30pm. Free admission!

*Note from Mrs. Hilbers, library media specialist: Hello from the Carriage Hill Library Media Center. In first grade we have been busy exploring the many types of books available to read in a library. We identified the differences between fiction and nonfiction books, and explored the nonfiction shelves in our library. Nonfiction books (about real subjects) are very popular with young readers and there are many great books that have been published for our young readers. Check your student’s backpack after library media day to see what nonfiction book they have brought home to read and learn from!

*Feel free to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

Mrs. Anderson: mjanderson@paplv.org
Mr. Radicia: jradicia@paplv.org
Miss King: dking@paplv.org