Memo from 1C
1c Families,
Spirit Week was
a ton of fun. Thank you for helping get everyone set each morning. We have
finally rolled past the first 20 days of school and are ready to dig into the
meaty curriculum and the full gamut of literacy stations, guided math and more.
Next week, we are scheduled to get some special “guests” in the room. You’ll
have to watch for the excitement on Wednesday or Thursday. Before that, please
enjoy our quick hits on the week’s worth of work, and a link to our video we
produced for the PBIS Assembly, today.
How we spent
our days in first grade, this week:
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Monday:
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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
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Friday:
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Writing
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Weekend News: Journaling the
activities of our weekends. W.1.3
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When I Grow Up: Story led us down the
path of self-discovery, to determine what each child wants to be when he/she
grows up. W.1.1
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When I Grow
Up:
Illustrated
and labeled our pictures that connect with our future career plans. W.1.1
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Used our new
Seesaw Writing folders to corral our latest writing projects. W.1.6
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Student
Learning Objective Baseline Assessment: We wrote a letter to the principal,
to share details about ourselves. Will repeat this in May. Growth…
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WIN Time
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Bus Evacuation Drills
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Citizenship
on Pebble Go, learning how to pull the main idea and details from an online
resource.
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Sequencing
activity with a story from Frog and Toad series.
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Citizenship
on Pebble Go, partner activity to locate the main idea and details about how
we can be good citizens. W.1.7
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Spelling
Test, followed by the activity above.
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Guided Math
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Introduction to IXL activities: A.1,
A.11
Endless Numbers app, Rolling for 50
game. 1.NBT.1
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Front Row app didn’t work, so we had
more practice with Math Talk and Ten Frame lesson. Line em Up app, Bunny
Hop/Monster Squeeze games. 1.NBT.1, 6
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Tally Mark
introduction, with Monster Squeeze App and Apple Roll and Cover game. !.NBT.1, 1.OA.1
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Ten Frame Fill, Seesaw-ed our number
order sheets, and submitted to the Math folder on the app, plus Rolling for
100 game. First Teacher Time activity with Mimio lesson on Ten Frames. 1.NBT.1,6
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Teacher Time
included direct instruction in Tally Mark use/counting, Frog Number Line app,
Count the Tallies Scoot, and Domino Top It. 1.NBT.1,6, 1.OA.1
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Guide Reading
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Four Literacy Stations: Read to Self,
Listening to Reading, Spelling activity with writing sentences that include our
words, and Handwriting, (#s)
Sequence of Events Target Skill: story
about a wombat that plays baseball.
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Day 2 of Literacy Stations. Curious George Goes to School: Story
about the famous monkey, breaking down the sequence of events.
Grammar: Nouns video.
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Introduced
the structure of Read to Someone with “Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee” format.
New Literacy Station contract: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Grammar Noun
Sort, Roll and Read sight words.
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School
Long Ago:
Non-fiction connection to the Curious George story. Great history lesson from
the children about what they know from your families regarding life back in
the 1920’s. Your grandparents did a nice job of sharing with them.
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Frog and
Toad: Story
sequencing with a funny story called Cookies.
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Science/Soc. St.
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We worked all week
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To try and fit in as much
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Reading as
possible in the afternoons
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So we chewed
up this chunk of the day. However next week, science will take on a big focus….
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Assembly
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PBIS Video: Here’s
the link to our video we produced with our fellow first graders. Shout out to
Jeremy for his understanding with the video (unintentionally) missing his “take.”
He DID get in the footage in helping his friend explain how to play tag. Sorry,
Jeremy! All our footage was delivered,
but the take he had went missing. Enjoy
our first taste of “big screen” adventure.
Homework: We will
continue to assign IXL homework again this week. Remember that while I’m not
checking every night that you got it done, working on the honor system, you can
practice these activities during the week or over the weekend. They will appear
on the blog today, and you can catch them by scrolling down below the Minion on
the Door.
There is also a weekly Common Core sheet that comes home on
Friday. THIS ONE I am keeping track of for completion. I’m trying to return the
work that the students are completing, so please empty out those folders. Pluck
out CCSS 5 and 6, which is in all folders tonight. We’ve already had 1&2,
3&4.
Seesaw, Remind (text
service) and IXL: The new addition
of folders may or may not have affected your Seesaw accounts on Thursday. We
began a new step in uploading our work so that we can organize by subject. We
now have a reading, writing, math and sciences folders. Your child’s digital
portfolio may not look much different, online, but we will be able to sort and
tag our work.
Don’t get texts from the teacher? Don’t worry! The REMIND service is simple!
Just text @mrclarey to the number 81010. It would be great to have everyone
connected. Never too late to join in.
Volunteers can
begin coming in at their scheduled times this coming week. We’ve done such a
good job of working through our centers and stations that it’s a perfect time
to get some extra hands and eyes in the room.
If ever a volunteer cannot make it, simply send an email. We consider
every day you join us a blessing, so not to worry when life takes you away from
1C for a week or more.
Should you need something, please email!
Mr. Clarey
chad.clarey@bps101.net Classroom blog has been updated: 1cnewbeginnings.blogspot.com
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