Nov 28 - Dec 2 Week 14

Hey everyone!  We're back and ready to show you what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks.  I'm sorry that I got behind on our blog but in this post you will see 2 weeks worth of learning.

This week we read "Life in the Forest."  It is an expository text that tells facts about real animals and places.  We always discuss the type of genre the story is.  Students have to identify the type of genre on the weekly reading comprehension test.  Our reading skills are read long u-e words; inflectional ending -ed; recognize the author's purpose for writing a story; identify singular and plural nouns; daily Saxon phonics practice.

In Math we will use manipulatives to add and subtract numbers up to 20.  We will show our work by drawing out the problem.  

In Science we will identify objects in the sky. We will learn facts about the sun, moon, and stars.

In Social Studies we will continue to celebrate holidays, traditions, and customs. 

                       The Liberty Bell & The American Flag

Upcoming Events...

Dec 12 ~ CES Music Program at CMS
Dec 15 ~ Movie & PJs
Dec 16 ~ Christmas Party / Early Release
Dec 19-Jan 2 ~ Christmas Break

We had a "mock" election!  We compared two characters who both wanted to be president.  We read "Duck for President" then we watched the video "Grace for President."  We discussed the qualities that each character had.  First we had to register to vote, then one at a time we privately bubbled in our presidential choice and placed our vote in the ballot box.  The next day we counted all the votes and our winner was "GRACE!"  15-4  We talked about "majority wins!"

We learned why the Pilgrims came to America.  We read about some of the traditions the Pilgrims and Indians first started.  Then we then made turkeys.

We read the book "My Most Thankful Thing" and wrote about our most thankful thing...

                                             Too Cute!

                   Parents enjoying Thanksgiving lunch with us!

                                                          We love our parents!

Congrats Eli for working hard in reading and earning a 25 point AR shirt!  Our class is soaring in reading and AR!  Great job!

November 7-11, 2016 Week 12

This week we are reading" Who Works Here?"  It is an expository text that tells about real people and where they live and work in a neighborhood.
The reading skills are blend and read long i words with silent e;  recognize the author's purpose for writing the story; digraphs ch, wh, ph, tch; identify special titles (Dr, Ms., Captain, etc); and practice daily Saxon Phonics.

In Math we will add and subtract numbers up to 20.  We will also continue to work on place value and compare the value of numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to.  

In Science we will discuss light, energy, and sound. 

In Social Studies we will discuss traditions, customs, and symbols in America and Texas.  We discuss Thanksgiving celebrations.

UPCOMING EVENTS...

Nov 14-18  CES Scholastic Book Fair
Nov 15  International Night
Nov 18  Thanksgiving Lunch in Cafeteria
Nov 21-25  Thanksgiving Break
Dec 15  Movie & PJ's Day
Dec 16  Early Release
Dec 19-Jan 2  Christmas Break

HEY!  We are busy bees in our class!

 Coolest group of first graders in Texas!

Congrats Greenlei for earning 25 AR pts!

Way to go Charley for earning 25 AR pts!

You both worked very hard!  I am super proud of you!

                                                  Exploring with magnets!

                             We read "Monster Mischief" and made monster stew! It had lots of crunchy 

                                and chewy things in it!  The boys and girls weren't so sure about it!  LOL!
                                 No really it had pretzels, gummy worms, and cookies!  YUM YUM!

                                          We had guest Author "Chester Drawers" visit us!

                                         
                                                  Disguising a turkey in STEMS Class!

                                 
                               It's election day and we read two books "Duck for President" and 
                               "Grace for President."  We first registered to vote then used a voting                                             ballot to vote for the candidate that we thought was the better choice

We hope that you voted because we did!  

Thanks for visiting us this week!

Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2016 Week 11

Happy Halloween! 

We had a super busy week last week so for that reason we are going to stay on the same reading story "The Farmer in the Hat" this week.  We will cover the same skills also. 

In Math we took our assessment over unit 6 place value to 99.  We have practiced writing standard and expanded forms of numbers.  We played place value scoot and around the world with place value.  Please ask your child to tell you about these games. We will continue to practice place value using a 120's chart and solving mystery numbers using clues about numbers in the ones, and tens places.

In Science we will continue to discuss force and how objects move.  We read books and watched a video about how different objects can be pushed or pulled.  We explored using magnets.  We learned about the magnetic force that you don't see around a magnet.

In Social Studies we will recognize American symbols and create models of them.

Upcoming Events...

Nov 1~ 50th Day of School/ Kona Ice

Nov 14-18  CES Book Fair

Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving Holidays

We had a lot to celebrate...

  

Let's hear it for Colton and Bella for 

earning their 25 pt AR shirt!  Bravo guys!

                                                          Red Ribbon Week! 

 A-Team Field Trip

                                                   Thanks for the Boxtops! 

                            The Champs of the A.R. HOT SHOT Basketball Game!

                                                  Ask us about 'cause and effect!"

       Look who our Mystery Reader was...Mrs. Lytle! 

It was no mystery to Charley and most of the class!  

They figured out who it was after the 2nd clue!  LOL!  

Thanks for reading to us.  We enjoyed you!   :)

                         Awesome job asking the story questions!

We love you Mrs. Lytle!  

Thanks for following our class blog!  

Please come back next week!