First grade will begin our first Project Based Learning activity! We want to help the people effected by Hurricane Harvey! We are going to hold a Coin Drive!
COINS FOR CLASSROOMS
CARAWAY ELEMENTARY IS COLLECTING FUNDS TO HELP SCHOOLS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY . YOUR SUPPORT WILL HELP TEACHERS REBUILD AND RESTOCK THEIR CLASSROOMS WITH MATERIALS LIKE BOOKS, FURNITURE, CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, TECHNOLOGY, AND THERAPY RESOURCES . TO DONATE , PLEASE BRING IN ANY LOOSE CHANGE BETWEEN SEPT. 7 - 22, 2017.
Reminders:
Tuesday 9/12: Tuesday folders will come home. Please unload them and return on Wednesday.
Wednesday 9/13: Library Check-out. Please remind your child to bring their library books. We will check out every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month unless it's a holiday.
Guidelines for Birthdays at School
While we do not allow birthday parties at school, students are allowed to bring a birthday snack or treat to share with the class. Please be sure that treats are individually wrapped or divided into snack size baggies.
Great choices for birthday food treats include:
●Muffins (nut-free)
●Fruit Kabobs
●Goldfish
●String Cheese
● Popcorn
Less desirable treats for school include messy cupcakes, ice-cream, or anything that will take a long time to serve and eat. Parents must also send paper goods (napkins, etc...) if needed. We respectfully remind parents to not bring flowers, goodie bags, balloons, decorations, or gifts to school.
Each teacher will determine the appropriate time of day for birthday treats to be shared.
Students may pass out birthday party invitations at school if all students (or all boys or all girls) in the class are invited. Many of our students have food allergies or restrictions, so we do ask that parents give the teachers advance notice if they intend to bring food items to be shared with the class.
We hope that by publishing these guidelines, we will be able to successfully meet the needs of the teachers to minimize classroom interruptions, while also allowing time for students to have fun and share with friends.
Participation in birthday treats, either sending or receiving, is totally optional and at the parent’s discretion. If you do not want your child to participate in any birthday acknowledgements with the class, please let your child’s teacher know your preference.
Please also note that some teams may have more specific birthday celebration guidelines.
Thank You,
The Caraway Staff
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will learn all about Partner Reading (Read to Someone)! We will practice the right way to partner read. We will talk about how partners plan when they read together. We will discuss how partners learn to talk to each other about the books they are reading. We will think about how partners have to cooperate and find ways to solve their problems when they read together.
This week we will be reading all about Symbols in our Community. We will learn about symbols such as the American Flag, Liberty Bell and the Statue of Liberty. We will discuss why these symbols are important to our country and their meanings.
This week in Writing Workshop...
We are building our stamina as writers! This week we will focus on writing in complete sentences so our stories make sense. We will also discuss strategies to help us spell words we may not know how to spell. We will think about how writers stretch out sounds and do their best to spell words that are hard! We will even discuss what to do when writer's have "hard to draw ideas". Writing is hard work so we have to take small steps!
This week in Science...
We will continue to look at objects like scientists do! We will observe objects and describe their properties with our 5 senses. We will discuss with our groups the properties that are the same and different.
This week in Math...
We've been building our number sense and exploring teen numbers. Now we are going to order numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest. We are also going to compare numbers using words like "less than" and "greater than". We will add symbols in a later unit. We will learn how to solve problems like mathematicians in First grade!
The Life Skill of the week is...
Integrity: To act according to a sense of what's right and wrong.