Another week in first grade has flown by! I cannot believe that tomorrow is APRIL!
I was really happy with the reading tests on The Kite. As I said in my explanation note, we took the multiple choice parts of the test yesterday using the ActiVotes. (I have to tell you, it is so hilarious when I say it's time to take our test and they CHEER because they get to use the ActiVotes. Ha ha... whatever works, right?!) They took the written portion of the test today. I was really happy with how we did on the written part as a whole. I did help them more than usual today on the sentences, which I won't always do. I had students give me the beginning part of the sentence (without the actual answer) and I wrote the "sentence starter" on the board for them to see how it should look. Then they finished each sentence on their own. I also reminded everyone to use a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and Toad's name, and a period at the end of the sentence. I will probably do this on next week's test, too. Then the week after that I will still have a student say the beginning of the sentence for us, but I won't write it for them. Then after that they will be on their own! It's almost time to fly, little firsties!
Next week's story is The Garden. Please listen to your child read it every night. Please sign and return the reading slip on Thursday morning. Please review the comprehension worksheet with them on Thursday night. Discuss any mistakes they made or how their sentence may have been better. It is so important that your child returns their reading book to school EVERY DAY. We read the story in class every day and if they don't have it they have to share.
Spelling Words for next week:
sun, frog, toad, now, green, will, they, does, rain, pain
Bonus Words: garden, frightened
We learned how to add with regrouping this week. This is one of the tougher math lessons we will do in first grade. I am really happy with how most of our students are grasping this difficult concept! Our Math test on Chapter 6 will be on Thursday, April 6. One way that you can help your child is by going over any mistakes they make on any math papers that come home. I do that at school as much as I possibly can, especially when students get multiple problems wrong.
We celebrated Hailey's birthday this past week! Happy Birthday!
Congratulations to Gabrielle, Hailey, Maile, and Tanaja for making their AR goal this week! Congratulations to Zariyah for being our first friend to make her AR Challenge Goal!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs and High Fives!
Ms. Bleich
Friday, March 31, 2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
Lots of changes!
Well, the 4th quarter is officially underway! We have some exciting changes coming up!
The biggest change is that we started Unit 7 in Reading. Students now have a hardback book. We will read a story in the book all week and then test over the story at the end of the week. I will test over comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, and spelling. Students will take the multiple choice portion of the test on Thursdays using the ActiVotes. They will take the written portion of the test on Fridays, in which they will be expected to answer three comprehension questions using a complete sentence and restating the question. We have been practicing this skill ALL YEAR so I'm excited to see how we do. Don't worry, I will still be giving a lot of help and reminders on this during Unit 7. A detailed note along with an example test came home with your child today in their hardback book.
There will usually only be one reading homework journal assignment a week now. Please go over these words as much as your child needs to. For many of our students, it might not be a one and done assignment.
Spelling will probably make you say "hmmmmm" this week. Our words in Unit 7 are much easier than the words that we just finished up with in Unit 6. Since so many other areas of Unit 7 are very difficult, please enjoy the easier words as a little break. :) There will also be a spelling grade in which students have to find the misspelled spelling word in a sentence. This is multiple choice so it will be done using the ActiVotes, but please check out the example test that I sent home.
Spelling Test-- March 31-- cue, use, pew, pure, cute, few, each, funny, silly, happy
Bonus words: meadow, head
Thursday, March 30-- multiple choice test on The Kite. (comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, and spelling) The vocabulary words and words for the phonics section are in the reading homework journal.
Friday, March 31-- written comprehension questions test on The Kite (We will practice a lot at school. I will send home a comprehension worksheet, which we complete in class, and you can use that to help your child study and prepare.)
Congratulations to Zariyah, Kalese, Makaelyn, Bryce, and Zachary for making their 4th Quarter AR goal! They have been diligently reading AR books, taking quizzes, and scoring 80%-100% on their quizzes! (Remember, they have to have a rate of at least 80% accuracy for their goal to count.) I'm so proud of my little readers!!!
Please don't forget that Reading Logs are due on Monday (at least 4 books). Also, Reading Homework Journals are due on Thursday. (There is only 1 assignment this week so please make every effort to sit down with your child and complete it with them.)
Thank you so much for all of your support at home. With you reinforcing what we do at school, you are giving your child a HUGE chance for success! Have a great weekend!
Hugs and High Fives!
Ms. Bleich
The biggest change is that we started Unit 7 in Reading. Students now have a hardback book. We will read a story in the book all week and then test over the story at the end of the week. I will test over comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, and spelling. Students will take the multiple choice portion of the test on Thursdays using the ActiVotes. They will take the written portion of the test on Fridays, in which they will be expected to answer three comprehension questions using a complete sentence and restating the question. We have been practicing this skill ALL YEAR so I'm excited to see how we do. Don't worry, I will still be giving a lot of help and reminders on this during Unit 7. A detailed note along with an example test came home with your child today in their hardback book.
There will usually only be one reading homework journal assignment a week now. Please go over these words as much as your child needs to. For many of our students, it might not be a one and done assignment.
Spelling will probably make you say "hmmmmm" this week. Our words in Unit 7 are much easier than the words that we just finished up with in Unit 6. Since so many other areas of Unit 7 are very difficult, please enjoy the easier words as a little break. :) There will also be a spelling grade in which students have to find the misspelled spelling word in a sentence. This is multiple choice so it will be done using the ActiVotes, but please check out the example test that I sent home.
Spelling Test-- March 31-- cue, use, pew, pure, cute, few, each, funny, silly, happy
Bonus words: meadow, head
Thursday, March 30-- multiple choice test on The Kite. (comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, and spelling) The vocabulary words and words for the phonics section are in the reading homework journal.
Friday, March 31-- written comprehension questions test on The Kite (We will practice a lot at school. I will send home a comprehension worksheet, which we complete in class, and you can use that to help your child study and prepare.)
Congratulations to Zariyah, Kalese, Makaelyn, Bryce, and Zachary for making their 4th Quarter AR goal! They have been diligently reading AR books, taking quizzes, and scoring 80%-100% on their quizzes! (Remember, they have to have a rate of at least 80% accuracy for their goal to count.) I'm so proud of my little readers!!!
Please don't forget that Reading Logs are due on Monday (at least 4 books). Also, Reading Homework Journals are due on Thursday. (There is only 1 assignment this week so please make every effort to sit down with your child and complete it with them.)
Thank you so much for all of your support at home. With you reinforcing what we do at school, you are giving your child a HUGE chance for success! Have a great weekend!
Hugs and High Fives!
Ms. Bleich
Friday, March 10, 2017
the week of March 13-17
The 3rd quarter of school is officially over! We begin our 4th and final quarter of first grade on Monday! Holy cow! Where did the time go??? Now we just need some nice weather to make us actually feel like it's the last quarter! The office will send home report cards next Friday.
DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD AN HOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED! SPRING FORWARD-- DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!
Congratulations to Bryce, Josh, Simon, and Zachary who made their AR goal this week! Congratulations to Zachary and Bryce who made their AR CHALLENGE goal this week, too! Way to go, Rock Star Readers!
We have an early dismissal day on Wednesday, March 15 at 2pm.
Due to a Jump Rope for Heart Presentation during specials yesterday, all of our specials were pushed back a day. So here is the schedule for next week:
Monday- Library
Tuesday- Computer
Wednesday- PE
Thursday- Art
Friday- Music
Reading Logs are due on Monday, March 13. Please make sure your child has 4 books read and recorded on their reading log for the week of March 6-March 13.
Reading Homework Journals are due on Thursday, March 16. There are 3 new assignments to complete and sign.
The spelling test over Unit 6, Lessons 5-13 is on Friday, March 17.
The words are: knew, knee, draw, cause, boy, coin, write, wrist, know, who
Bonus words: laugh, caught (no capital letters)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs and High Fives!
Ms. Bleich
DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD AN HOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED! SPRING FORWARD-- DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!
Congratulations to Bryce, Josh, Simon, and Zachary who made their AR goal this week! Congratulations to Zachary and Bryce who made their AR CHALLENGE goal this week, too! Way to go, Rock Star Readers!
We have an early dismissal day on Wednesday, March 15 at 2pm.
Due to a Jump Rope for Heart Presentation during specials yesterday, all of our specials were pushed back a day. So here is the schedule for next week:
Monday- Library
Tuesday- Computer
Wednesday- PE
Thursday- Art
Friday- Music
Reading Logs are due on Monday, March 13. Please make sure your child has 4 books read and recorded on their reading log for the week of March 6-March 13.
Reading Homework Journals are due on Thursday, March 16. There are 3 new assignments to complete and sign.
The spelling test over Unit 6, Lessons 5-13 is on Friday, March 17.
The words are: knew, knee, draw, cause, boy, coin, write, wrist, know, who
Bonus words: laugh, caught (no capital letters)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs and High Fives!
Ms. Bleich
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Reminders
Hello First Grade Friends and Families!
We had an exciting week in first grade! We have a new student in our class. His name is Enoch and we are so happy to have him here at Whiteside.
Reading Logs are due Monday, March 6. Your child should have 4 books recorded on their sheet.
Reading Homework Journals are due on Thursday, March 9.
Spelling Test on Friday, March 10. New words are: tooth, food, took, book, clown, down, grouch, couch, where, there. Bonus Words: March, somewhere
Congratulations to Dean and LaShane who made their AR Challenge goal this week! We have a few more kiddos who are SO CLOSE to making their AR goal and Challenge goal! They have next week to work on that!
Just a reminder that we have a 3 day weekend. There is no school on Friday due to parent teacher conferences.
We had an exciting week in first grade! We have a new student in our class. His name is Enoch and we are so happy to have him here at Whiteside.
Reading Logs are due Monday, March 6. Your child should have 4 books recorded on their sheet.
Reading Homework Journals are due on Thursday, March 9.
Spelling Test on Friday, March 10. New words are: tooth, food, took, book, clown, down, grouch, couch, where, there. Bonus Words: March, somewhere
Congratulations to Dean and LaShane who made their AR Challenge goal this week! We have a few more kiddos who are SO CLOSE to making their AR goal and Challenge goal! They have next week to work on that!
Just a reminder that we have a 3 day weekend. There is no school on Friday due to parent teacher conferences.
Have a great weekend!
Hugs & High Fives!
Ms. Bleich
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