Wow! We have been so busy in first grade. Adjusting to school can be exhausting ! Now that we are fully involved in learning remember your children are working hard at school everyday! According to WebMD children 6-7 years old need between 10-11 hours of sleep. So, if they are waking up at 6:30am bedtime needs to be around 7:30pm. This will help your child be refreshed and ready to learn each day!
Reminders:
Tuesday (9/19): Tuesday folders will come home please unload and return them on Wednesday.
Wednesday (9/20): Library Day has been moved to Thursday!
Thursday (9/21): Library Lesson- children do not have to return books this week.
Riata Round Up @ 5:30pm
Looking forward:
October 4th- International Bike and Walk to school Day
October 9th- No school for students -Parent Teacher conferences
October 10th- No school for students
October 19th- International Night
October 20th- Skate Night
This week in Writing Workshop...
We will begin learning about the writing process. The process involves planning a story, sketching our ideas, writing words to match. We already know that a writer's work is never done. When we think we are done we can go back to reread our story as we add to the words and add to the pictures. We will begin the discussion on publishing our pieces as well. It's going to be an exciting week for our young writers.
This week in Math...
We will continue with Problem Solving. We will learn the routines we use as problem solvers so we can become more independent and use the strategies we learn to solve problems.
We will include practice with comparing and ordering numbers this week as well. We will wrap up our week with data collection and learning about Picture and Bar Graphs.
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will begin thinking about what readers do as they read. We will practice getting our minds ready for reading, taking a walk through the pictures and activating our prior knowledge. All of these strategies will help our young readers comprehend the stories they read and form a deeper love of reading!
This week in Social Studies...
We will continue our PBL project, Coins for Classrooms. This is when we will get into the "meat" of the project. We will discuss the reasons why we help others and how we can help. We will research and learn about hurricanes, coins and helping others. We will continue to collect coins in the mornings. If you and/or your child can help please sign them up! If they come to the classroom in the morning I can get them situated at our collection point.
Click below for sign up link:
https://docs.google.com/a/roundrockisd.org/document/d/1PwF3P_WdSMK8fzCvd-nF03MAWZyltjOuZxYqNHjQfD4/edit?usp=sharing
This week in Science...
We will begin unit 3 in Science this week. We will learn about Changes from Heat. We will focus on the question, What happens to different materials when they are heated? We will observe what happens to crayons when they are heated. We will also observe what happens to drink mix (kool-aid) when we remove heat by putting them in the freezer. This will be an edible experiment.
Technology...
We will begin using technology this week. We will have use of laptops and iPads this year! We look forward to using these tools for skill practice, reading, publishing stories, researching topics and more!
This weeks Life Skill is Caring! We will think about how we care for others through mutual respect and active listening! Our Appreciation Circle will focus on how we have cared for others this week!
Have a great week!