What's Happening in room 209?
Submitted by Mrs Nelson on Fri, 2008-05-09 15:22.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Dear Parents,
Here are the top ten things we did in room 209 this week:
1. In math, we completed the unit 9 test. It will arrive home this afternoon.
2. We began our unit on the author of many children’s books, Eric Carle. Today, the children saw a movie about the type of art he does in his books: collage. Ask your child about Eric Carle’s favorite book that he has written.
3. After reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” we made and illustrated our own book about “The Very Hungry First Grader”.
4. We finished reading our bird reports to the class. We are proud of the accomplishments of all our classmates.
5. On Wednesday, we had our all school study on the country of Korea. There were roving readers, dancers, music, artifacts and delicious snacks.
6. On Tuesday, we had reading “picture” day. The children read passages for one minute to try to reach a goal of 60 words per minute (in first grade). Reading self-selected books that the children take home at night is extremely helpful in moving toward that goal, especially if they practice the same book more than once.
7. Again in math, we extended the practice of fact triangles. The idea in our example was that if you know that 8+5= 13, then you know that 80+50= 130. We just add a zero to each of the numbers. Try it with your child.
8. Making predictions is a skill that first graders should be familiar with. To that end, we read “The Very Busy Spider” and wrote/illustrated our predictions for the ending.
9. “ The Grouchy Ladybug” was an excellent story for reviewing telling time and
choral reading. We enjoyed this story very much as a whole group.
10. Our alphabet countdown continues this week with C for the Cubs, D for a dancing
Dancing dragon, E for exercise, and F for fun (which was all of this week!)
Next week we start with wearing green, and since Mrs. Nelson did NOT send home the paper saying so, I will provide green grapes for the class. More to come later!
***Reminders***
Our first grade picnic will be held at Proesel Park on Thursday, May 29. All parents are welcome to come: we leave school at 9:00 a.m. and return to school at 1:30 p.m.
We will be having our Room 209 Author’s Tea in our classroom on Wednesday, May 28 in the morning. I hope you are able to come and hear the stories of our budding writers.
Have a great weekend and Happy Mothers’ Day!
Mrs. Maureen Nelson
Dear Parents,
Here are the top ten things we did in room 209 this week:
1. In math, we completed the unit 9 test. It will arrive home this afternoon.
2. We began our unit on the author of many children’s books, Eric Carle. Today, the children saw a movie about the type of art he does in his books: collage. Ask your child about Eric Carle’s favorite book that he has written.
3. After reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” we made and illustrated our own book about “The Very Hungry First Grader”.
4. We finished reading our bird reports to the class. We are proud of the accomplishments of all our classmates.
5. On Wednesday, we had our all school study on the country of Korea. There were roving readers, dancers, music, artifacts and delicious snacks.
6. On Tuesday, we had reading “picture” day. The children read passages for one minute to try to reach a goal of 60 words per minute (in first grade). Reading self-selected books that the children take home at night is extremely helpful in moving toward that goal, especially if they practice the same book more than once.
7. Again in math, we extended the practice of fact triangles. The idea in our example was that if you know that 8+5= 13, then you know that 80+50= 130. We just add a zero to each of the numbers. Try it with your child.
8. Making predictions is a skill that first graders should be familiar with. To that end, we read “The Very Busy Spider” and wrote/illustrated our predictions for the ending.
9. “ The Grouchy Ladybug” was an excellent story for reviewing telling time and
choral reading. We enjoyed this story very much as a whole group.
10. Our alphabet countdown continues this week with C for the Cubs, D for a dancing
Dancing dragon, E for exercise, and F for fun (which was all of this week!)
Next week we start with wearing green, and since Mrs. Nelson did NOT send home the paper saying so, I will provide green grapes for the class. More to come later!
***Reminders***
Our first grade picnic will be held at Proesel Park on Thursday, May 29. All parents are welcome to come: we leave school at 9:00 a.m. and return to school at 1:30 p.m.
We will be having our Room 209 Author’s Tea in our classroom on Wednesday, May 28 in the morning. I hope you are able to come and hear the stories of our budding writers.
Have a great weekend and Happy Mothers’ Day!
Mrs. Maureen Nelson
