Week
of November 28th – December 2nd
Here’s a peek at next
week!
Phonics Family Words: snack, street,
throat, shin, strong, poles, sprain, north, bright, shine
Phonics: Review from past weeks
Reading: Daily 5 implementation with emphasis on asking and answering questions
about details in texts (compare/contrast). We
will be reading gingerbread stories and
applying reading comprehension strategies
(looking at non-fiction texts and identifying
text features). We will also
discuss and identify story elements.
L.Arts: Fix it up: Sentence correction (capitalization, punctuation, does my sentence
make sense, plural/possessive noun, personal pronouns) How can I
use a dictionary
and/or thesaurus?
Writing Workshop: Finishing up teaching booklets about things we are 'experts' at. We
teach with our pictures by adding
details, labels, and words.
Math: Constructing graphs and analyzing their data based upon artificial data.
Asking and answering questions about what data
the graph represents. Review adding
and subtracting strategies.
Social Studies: Who was Harriet Tubman? What did she have to do with the
Underground Railroad? Who was George
Washington Carver? Why do we study him?
What did Theodore Roosevelt do for the
United States?
Positive Discipline: How can I show kindness? How can I stay in the Green Zone? (6
Sides of Breathing, Lazy 8 Breathing,
Calming Sequence)
Homework
1. Study Phonics
Family Words!
2. Reading Passage:
Gingerbread Recipe
3. Math Sheet: Graphing Cookies
4. Do a random act
of kindness for someone!
5. READ!
MAP TESTS
We will
be taking the Reading MAP test on Tuesday, November 29th at 9:30AM.
We hope to see the students' scores improve from when we took the MAP in
August.
***Please
make sure your child comes to school well-rested. A healthy breakfast also
helps!
We will
take the Math MAP test on Tuesday December 6th at 9:30AM.
Volunteer Training
Mrs. Wages is
facilitating a volunteer training on Friday, December 2nd at 9AM.
This is the last chance to get your training in to be able to attend/volunteer
at your child’s Christmas party.
We Need Your Help!
In keeping with our
service learning project of healthcare, first grade is putting contribution in
action and collecting items to put chemo care packages together starting the
week after Thanksgiving and ending December 16th. We are in need of
the following items: Chap Stick, hand sanitizer, unscented lotion, alcohol free
mouthwash, games (Sudoku, adult coloring books, crossword puzzles, adult word
searches), hard candy. Thank you for your support!
We are
going on a Field Trip!
When: December 2nd
Where: The Oconee County Civic Center
Who: All of first grade
What: To see the "Nutcracker"
performance
Cost:
$7 per student (if you have not already paid)
It's Secret Santa Time!
If you would like to help with this
year's Secret Santa, please contact Mrs. Porter at 706-
You can help by:
·
Purchasing a specific gift or gifts from a child's wish list
(anywhere from $10 - $200).
·
Making a financial contribution to Secret Santa.
·
Volunteering your time to organize the Secret Santa boxes and
items.
·
Volunteering your time to shop with donated money.
·
Volunteering your time to write follow-up thank you notes.
At Rocky Branch, our
focus is on finding solutions to
our problems. We have been
learning
some techniques: ignore it, talk it over respectfully with the
person, try to agree on a win-win
solution, or get help from the teacher. We
are working to be problem solvers by
using a wheel of
choice that we
are creating as a class and to share our thoughts with each other during class
meetings. We have created bonds by sharing strategies that have worked in the
past.
Six Flags Read to
Succeed
Your child was sent
home with a Six Flags Read to Succeed Student Reading Log. Keep track of your
child’s reading with this log to qualify for a free ticket to Six Flags Over
Georgia. Students must read and log 6 hours. Reading logs are due to Mrs.
Ashley by February 10th, but may be turned in sooner if at least 6
hours are completed. I will distribute tickets in the spring when they arrive
at school. Happy Reading!
Snack Reminders
-Please send a healthy
snack {low in sugar} to school with your child every day (no nuts, please).
-Due to having 5 minutes
for snack time, please send in only one snack.
-Please only send a small water bottle for your child to have
with his/her snack (no juice, soft drinks, or sports drinks).
Upcoming
Events
Thanksgiving
Break – November 21st-25th
MAP
Reading (Winter) – November 29th
Volunteer
Training – December 2nd
1st
Grade Field Trip – December 2nd
Watkinsville
Christmas Parade – December 3rd
MAP
Math (Winter) – December 6th
Fifth
Grade Performance – December 8th
End of
2nd Nine Weeks – December 16th
Class
Parties – December 16th at 1:30pm
Christmas
Break – December 19th-January 3rd
Students
Back to School – January 4th
Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!