Welcome Back from a week of Spring Break. Like Chaplain Nolan said at chapel the Friday before Spring break, whether it was a Stay-cation or a vacation away from home, it was nice to not follow a schedule.
Later in the week the groups worked through other stories from our book. We also had an introduction to "how do you know when to use "le" at the and of a word or "el" at the end of the word. There is no rule on that. The most common is "le" ending. I told them if the letter at the ending has a "tail" or a " stick," like ( b,d,f,h,k,l,t) or (g,j,p,q,y) then it has a 75% chance of ending with "le" and if it doesn't have a stick or tail before the ending it usually uses an "al" or "el". We looked at many examples. At home you can pull out words and have them look at the endings. Have them apply what they have learned about this to the work. Try words like pickle, tickle, apple, single, rifle, cattle, candle, and table. Try applying what we know about "tails " and "sticks.
They brought everything home from our unit except the notebook pages. Those will come home on Monday. Please note that any pages not complete are because they have missed school or were visiting with our specialists here at school. I would encourage each child to finish the pages for practice, especially the math pages at the end.
Iris celebrated a birthday.
Mrs. Goodrich wanted to come and help celebrate the end of our study in Australia. She made cupcakes and the students got to decorate them and eat them. They were Koalas and they were tasty. All hands were clean when they began licking. I promise!!!
A reminder : Please always remind your child to open their homework folders every night. There are papers not getting looked at and returned. If you have a subtraction packet that came home this week to finish please send it back Monday.
First graders are leaving Australia! It is officially Fairy tales and Folktales Time in First grade...
Thank you for coming to the Australian Dance on Wednesday. Wasn't that fun? One parent commented that she couldn't believe how much they all had grown. It has become more and more obvious the growth physically these students have experienced. This theme of Australia was so interesting for them and for me. We became more aware of the Great Barrier Reef, Aborigines, Dream Time, Australian animals, the Outback, Kangaroo Island, Sydney Harbour, and much more.
Guided Reading this week began with the story of Princess Julia. All the groups met with Mrs. Wiedeman and read this book. It was an introduction to our next theme. The story was based on the Fairytale, The Princess and the Pea. Many students knew the Fairytale, The Princess and the Pea and could retell it beautifully. We also found all the words with "ee" and "ea" combinations. The spelling packet this coming week reinforces the vowel combinations that make the same long e sound.
Later in the week the groups worked through other stories from our book. We also had an introduction to "how do you know when to use "le" at the and of a word or "el" at the end of the word. There is no rule on that. The most common is "le" ending. I told them if the letter at the ending has a "tail" or a " stick," like ( b,d,f,h,k,l,t) or (g,j,p,q,y) then it has a 75% chance of ending with "le" and if it doesn't have a stick or tail before the ending it usually uses an "al" or "el". We looked at many examples. At home you can pull out words and have them look at the endings. Have them apply what they have learned about this to the work. Try words like pickle, tickle, apple, single, rifle, cattle, candle, and table. Try applying what we know about "tails " and "sticks.
"kw" and "hw" sounds were reviewed in guided reading also. Words like queen (kw sound) and when ( 'hw' sound).
Barbara McClintock and Lynn Rae Perkins were the guest authors at the Literature Festival at Rockhurst Un
iversity on Friday. They were amazing! Barbara told about how she really wanted to be a cat when she got older but when she realized she couldn't do that she decided to draw and draw and draw. She said she used to lay down on the floor at home at the age of 3 and with a crayon in both hands just draw circles over an over, both hands moving at the same time. Now she writes and illustrates her own books. The books are all in the library here at school. One of Barbara's books is Adele and Simon in Paris. She has Adele and Simon in America too. She is working on Adele and Simon in China. Lynn Rae Perkins has written 6 children's books and 3 young adult books. She wrote one called The Cardboard Piano. One students asked her how she got inspiration for that book. She said she made a cardboard piano for a friend and the friend didn't play it and she was heart broken. We are so lucky that Mr. N and the Reading Reptile put these things on. By the way, Pete from the Reading Reptile has a new book out, he wrote it. Ask your child
iversity on Friday. They were amazing! Barbara told about how she really wanted to be a cat when she got older but when she realized she couldn't do that she decided to draw and draw and draw. She said she used to lay down on the floor at home at the age of 3 and with a crayon in both hands just draw circles over an over, both hands moving at the same time. Now she writes and illustrates her own books. The books are all in the library here at school. One of Barbara's books is Adele and Simon in Paris. She has Adele and Simon in America too. She is working on Adele and Simon in China. Lynn Rae Perkins has written 6 children's books and 3 young adult books. She wrote one called The Cardboard Piano. One students asked her how she got inspiration for that book. She said she made a cardboard piano for a friend and the friend didn't play it and she was heart broken. We are so lucky that Mr. N and the Reading Reptile put these things on. By the way, Pete from the Reading Reptile has a new book out, he wrote it. Ask your childMrs. Marquette and Mrs. Wiedeman introduced fractions. Actually these kids knew alot about fractions already. We want them to know that the number on the bottom tells how many total pieces are being divided up. We read through The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Fractions Book by Jerry Pallota. To really get your child's attention, bring out a hershey's bar. First look at how many sections it is divided into. Each section is 1/12 of the bar. Take it from there....
On Monday we had fun reviewing basic subtraction facts with a game of human tic-tac-toe. I really encourage each child to have their own set of flash cards for subtraction at home. It is important that they are able to come up with the answer fast!
We had two more handwriting journal entries in our Australian book. You will receive this at conferences. I tell the students these are keepsakes and they are. Their handwriting has improved so much. Mrs. Abio walked through and commented on their writing.
Another independent center was a ll different levels of Math skills. Check out the website http://www.aaamath.com. You can scan the menu and look for skills ranging from subtraction to basic addition and double digit addition, coin counting and greater than/ less than numbers.
In TNT we made kangaroos.
They brought everything home from our unit except the notebook pages. Those will come home on Monday. Please note that any pages not complete are because they have missed school or were visiting with our specialists here at school. I would encourage each child to finish the pages for practice, especially the math pages at the end.
Iris celebrated a birthday.Mrs. Goodrich wanted to come and help celebrate the end of our study in Australia. She made cupcakes and the students got to decorate them and eat them. They were Koalas and they were tasty. All hands were clean when they began licking. I promise!!!
A reminder : Please always remind your child to open their homework folders every night. There are papers not getting looked at and returned. If you have a subtraction packet that came home this week to finish please send it back Monday.
Parent Conferences are on April 7th and 8th.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs. Wiedeman and Miss Taylor
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