Hello Terrific First Graders and Tremendous First Grade Families!
Homework Update:
There are no new spelling words this week. Spelling will resume next week. There will be a modified reading log this week along with some practice math homework. Please remind your child to bring the homework sheets to school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Normal homework will resume next week.
We had a wonderful week last week learning all about Thanksgiving. We began work on persuasive writing. The kids wrote from the point of view of a turkey and persuaded the reader not to eat them! The kids really enjoyed writing these persuasive essays and they came out great!
Our week ended with a very fun 50th birthday celebration. Happy 50th Birthday Harelson! The kids had a wonderful time at the assembly and they loved seeing their pictures on the slideshow. Thank you, Mr. Konency, for putting together such a wonderful slideshow!
This week is a short week in first grade and there are a lot of exciting Thanksgiving activities planned, including our party on Wednesday! This week we are doing several hands on activities to learn more about Thanksgiving. Today and tomorrow, the kids will go to 3 centers! They LOVED going to 3 centers today! The centers for today and tomorrow include:
1. Thanksgiving Finger Puppets - The kids color pictures of Pilgrims and Indians, cut them out and use them for finger puppets. They are so cute!
2. Turkey Hands - The kids paint their hand prints to make an adorable turkey.
3. I Am Thankful - The kids write a short story about all the things they are thankful for this Thanksgiving.
4. Turkey Counting - The kids make a paper plate turkey. The feathers are numbered and to put them on in the correct order, the kids must count by 10s.
5. Happy Thanksgiving Turkey - The kids make a turkey and attach it to a sign that says Happy Thanksgiving.
6. Movable Turkey - The kids received a picture of a turkey (head, body, feet and feathers) and they colored them and cut them out. The pieces are attached with brads so the turkey can move.
This week in writing we are working on thank you notes and the kids are so good at these! We have several to write:
Mrs. Anderson (2nd grade teacher) gave great place value tools to our class. The kids love these and the tools really help them understand the concept. When we started working with these new tools, the kids said, "We should write a thank you note to Mrs. Anderson!" I was so proud! :)
Mr. Konecny made the wonderful slide show for our assembly.
Ms. Cheryl from the Oro Valley library came to our class and gave them library cards and neat stuff.
We will also make another class book, "We Are Thankful." We already have several class books (I try to do one per unit) and the kids really enjoy reading these.
This week in math we are finishing chapter 9. We reviewed the concepts in this chapter and the kids took a test today. Tomorrow we will make a turkey glyph. The glyphs make great decorations!
The kids had a fun time in computers today. If you'd like to see what they did, please click on the blog posting directly below this one, "Computers, 11/22."
Our party is on Wednesday from 9:30 - 11:15. Parents are welcome to attend!
Have an A+ week!
Mrs. Johnston
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