February Break

Just a reminder that we have February Break 2/20 - 2/24.  I hope you and your family have a wonderful, relaxing break.

Hello February!

We are kicking off a new month and learning many new things!

This week we are focusing on:

Reading - We are talking about using context clues to determine meanings of multiple meaning words.

Writing - We are sharing our opinions in our writing.  We are finishing up our writing about whether we want it to be spring soon or winter longer and moving into book reviews.

Math - Double digit plus and minus single digit addition and subtraction is our main focus.  Building numbers in base ten and composing and decomposing tens to help us solve the problem.

Social Studies - We are learning about Harriet Tubman and the contributions she made for our country.

Don't forget to read every night and practice your sight words! :)

In language arts and writing, we are comparing characters in a story.  We are writing about what is alike about the characters and what is different.  When reading with your children at home, ask your children questions about the characters in the story.  See if your child can tell you the similarities and differences in the characters

Students who work with Ms. McPherson received new word flashcards this week.  Please study five cards at a time until your child has mastered the words and then add five more words.

Enjoy your weekend.

Ms. McPherson

Comparing Numbers

We worked with our partners building and comparing numbers in base ten.

Happy New Year!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break and has been able to thaw out from all of our winter weather. I am so excited to back into the routine and continue where we left off in December!
We have so much to learn and so many fun things coming up in 2017! Here are a few things we will be working in in the next week: Reading: identifying who is telling the story and how we know, writing: understanding fact and opinion and then using our writing to share our opinions, math: representing numbers using tens and ones, and social studies: identifying and locating continents and how they relate to where we live.
As you can see we are busy, busy, busy!

Another note is that report cards go home today! Please sign the evenlope and return it in your child's folder. The copy of the report card is for you to keep. :)

As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
~ Mrs. Braxton

Holiday Happenings

 

Holiday Happenings

Wednesday, December  21st

Happy Holidays! Just a reminder that this tomorrow is 1^st grade’s holiday happenings. We will make crafts, have hot chocolate and watch the polar express. Students can wear their pajamas to school with appropriate school shoes.  

I hope each of you have a wonderful winter break with your families!  See you in January!!

Our Elf Benji

Our class is the sweetest! After an unfortunate fall yesterday, our elf Benji wasn't feeling well. We found him this morning in his make shift bed resting. Our class drew pictures, wrote letters and built him things to make him feel better. Then a note from Santa arrived with some magic dust to help him recover faster. We each sprinkled some on a told him to get well soon. I think he's going to pull through! :)