Our 1st Grade Classroom News The Week of September 4th – 8th Email: emckenna@d102.org Website: www.d102.org/blogs/emckenna Upcoming Events Thank You! 9/10 No School 9/14 Half-Day 9-12 9/19 No School 9/21 Movie Night 9/25 Dessert Day 9/28 Spirit Day: Wear a jersey Thank you for coming to Open House! If you were unable to attend, let me know if you have any questions. Reminders -Please remember to sign up for Remind101 -Your child needs headphones for school -Please keep your child’s behavior log in their folder until the end of the month -If you’d like to be a Mystery Reader, please send back the form -The optional reading log is due 10/1 Our Learning READING – we have been practicing our decoding strategies and focused on the short a vowel sound. We are reading texts and thinking about the characters, setting, and sequence of events. Your child learned how to log on to Kids A-Z. I have started guided reading testing. WRITING - we reviewed that sentences start with a capital and end with a period. We are working on completing sentence starters. Ask your child about their quick word! MATH – we are counting to twenty and using base-10 blocks to help our understanding. We are also comparing numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to. SCIENCE – we are learning the parts of a tree and have adopted a tree to observe in our playground each season! SOCIAL STUDIES – We are learning why there are rules and discussing rules at home and at school. Our Learning Home-School Connection -Please go over our classroom rules with your child and ask how they’ve been following directions! -Can your child draw base-10 blocks from 1-20? -Are you reading each night?