We are Loving First Grade!!!!

WE ARE LOVING FIRST GRADE!!!!

In Math this week we are reviewing our friends of ten, 10 frames & learning about doubles.  An informational note about our doubles test will be coming out next week.   With Mrs. Sansale the children played a flash frame game with paddles to help them learn their 10 frames.   We also had each child make their own 10 frames so they could flash them to a friend and have them guess how many they saw of each.  The children are bringing them home and might try them out on you! with Mrs. O'Connor they also played with QR codes on the iPads and worked on the illuminations on NCTM website. They really enjoyed building ten frames as well as figuring out how to combine ten frames. It was so cool!!!!!

FLASH!

making our own 10 frames to flash to our friends

That was fast.....hmmmm.....

What did you see?

Our Doubles RAP practicing 1-5 & 6-10

Simon using the SmartBoard to move the stars to fill the frame

Each student had their own QR Scan code that Miss O'Connor made for them to take them to the math website

They were so excited to take the QR Scan Code home to practice this 10 Frame math game!!!!! So fun!!!

During Social Studies this week we continued to present our "How I Got My Name" sheets.  The children love learning about each student's name.  We also learned about the importance of needs and wants.  We made a chart with magazines showing the difference between the two.

Is this a Need or a Want???

This week we have jumped right in to our centers....we are focusing on the short "o" sound in our Phonics books.

Compound words

Word Wall Spinner & Activity

Phonics Books short "o" & Grammar Books Word Sorting

Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting with a friend

Listening Center & follow up activity

math practice- switcheroos with dice

stamping letters & words to practice our short o words in play dough

making words with letter tiles using -ink & -ick words

He places numbers on a 100's chart one at a time.....wow he finished way to go GAGE!!!!

Starfall.com to work on the short o sound

Make 10 sheet & writing our words in the sand

Correcting sentences with capitalization & punctuation

In guided centers with the teachers....with Miss O'Connor the children did guided reading.  They worked on Real VS Fantasy, Story Mapping: Problem, Solution, Characters & Setting..... & with Mrs. Sansale they listened to the story "I Went Walking....What Did You See?"  We are working on a follow up activity that will be on the bulletin board soon.

I Went Walking ....What did you see???

Hands on Science:
We focused on surface tension with a penny, an eye dropper and water.  The experiment was to see how many drops of water would stay on a penny without it falling off the edge.

Computer Lab/iPads: abcya.com website they played drop sum & skip counting by 2's, 5's, 10's

SPELLING:
*Please look for an October newsletter and a note about spelling tests coming home in your child's backpack folder this week.  Our first spelling test will be NEXT FRIDAY!  Your child will be bringing home a list of new spelling words every Friday for the following week.  

Spelling words: 
Week #1 Phonics skills: short "a" and Phonograms -ap,-at,-ag-and
Regular Words:
can, had, at, as, and, tap, hat, hand, bag, sat
Challenge Words:
community, addends, friends, October
Surprise the Teacher Word: ??? (This is your choice)

*Reminders:
October 3rd-- Buddy Run &, Our first Spelling Test!  End of our first theme! Theme pages came home on Wednesday please praise your children they worked hard on them!
October 8th-- Pumpkin Patch Field Trip you must have a disposable sack lunch with a drink
October 27th-- Cultural Arts Field Trip to the Folly Theater for the show Curious George 9-11:30am
October 31st-- Halloween Parties
*Sign up for volunteering in our classroom during Language Arts & Centers*Your children would love to have you in our room.

Homework:
Practice reading your sight word flashcards
Practice math with your ten frame cards
Study for Spelling ......your first words came home on Thursday!

Thanks for sharing your children with us!!! Have a fantastic weekend! Love, Melissa & Maeve