Week of December 4 - 8, 2017

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Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; problem solving; What is the difference between a small problem and a big problem? How should I respond to each type? How can I fill someone’s bucket?

Phonics Family Words: snack, street, throat, shin, shine, strong, poles, sprain, north, bright

Phonics: review long and short vowels

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - Comparing/contrasting texts on the same and different topic - moose theme

Mentor Sentence: “Moose had gifts for everyone stacked from ceiling to floor.” -Mooseltoe

L.Arts: Sentence correction within mentor texts; adjectives, verbs, conjunctions, synonyms

Writing Workshop: Informational - What am I an expert at? How can I teach through my pictures and words? How do I use the whole page to teach? (Show what you know!); Narrative writing review

PBL: Chemo Care Packages

Math: Review place value, greater than/less than, data

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Finding Text Evidence - Rudy the Reindeer
3. READ! - Headsprouts practice

*We are finishing up assessments for the end of the quarter and working on a project for a garden that we are developing. So, your child will not be bringing a book in a bag home until January! Happy Holidays!

First Grade PBL

As a part of our grade level service learning project, we are collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House all year starting in October. Send tabs in at any time in a plastic bag, and we will do the rest!

Chemo Care Packages - Service Learning

Every year around the holidays, first grade asks our RBES family to donate items for us create care packages for adult patients receiving chemotherapy treatments. If you are able, please send in any of the following items between November 27th and December 8th.

Chapstick

Unscented lotion

Hand sanitizer

Alcohol free mouthwash

Games (Sudoku, word searches, crossword puzzles, adult coloring books)

Hard candy

Caffeine-free tea bags

Upcoming Events

Quarterly Coffee with Mrs. Mason - December 5th at 8am

Class Parties - December 15th at 1:30

Holiday Break - December 18-January 2nd

Students Return to School - January 3rd

Report Cards Go Home - January 5th

Week of November 27 - December 1, 2017

Here’s a peek at (next) next week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; Problem solving; What are some ways I can calm myself? How can I show kindness?

Phonics Family Words: use, cube, glue, rule, tune, huge, blue, tube, contribution, beautiful

Phonics: long u (ule, ume, ud, ude, uke, ube)

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - Comparing/contrasting texts on the same and different topic - gingerbread; reindeer (Venn diagram); Nonfiction text features

Mentor Sentence: “The Gingerbread Baby clapped his hands with glee and ran inside.” -Gingerbread Baby

L.Arts: Sentence correction within mentor texts; adjectives

Writing Workshop: Informational - What am I an expert at? How can I teach through my pictures and words? How do I use the whole page to teach? (Show what you know!); Narrative writing review

PBL: Chemo Care Packages

Math: Fractions - non-standard measurement; estimation

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Finding Text Evidence - Gingerbread
3. Math - Shape Bots *Build the Robot using 2D and 3D shapes (We will be using the robots the following week for our measurement lessons)

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” the night it gets sent home, and then bring it back to school the next day for reading groups.

First Grade PBL

As a part of our grade level service learning project, we are collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House all year starting in October. Send tabs in at any time in a plastic bag, and we will do the rest!

Chemo Care Packages - Service Learning

Every year around the holidays, first grade asks our RBES family to donate items for us create care packages for adult patients receiving chemotherapy treatments. If you are able, please send in any of the following items between November 27th and December 8th.

Chapstick

Unscented lotion

Hand sanitizer

Alcohol free mouthwash

Games (Sudoku, word searches, crossword puzzles, adult coloring books)

Hard candy

Caffeine-free tea bags

Upcoming Events

Quarterly Coffee with Mrs. Mason - December 5th at 8am

Class Parties - December 15th at 1:30

Holiday Break - December 18-January 2nd

Students Return to School - January 3rd

Report Cards Go Home - January 5th

Week of November 13 - 17, 2017

Here’s a peek at next week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; Problem solving; How can I show kindness?

Phonics Family Words: globe, home, those, road, coast, toe, look, tomorrow, ownership, load

Phonics: long o (o, o_e, ow, oa)

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - How can I retell the story? (5 Finger Retell, Fist to Five, story maps); applying reading comprehension strategies (text to text connections); Comparing/contrasting texts on the same topic - turkeys

Mentor Sentence: “What if he didn’t look like a turkey?” -Turkey Trouble

L.Arts: Sentence correction - capitalization, punctuation

Writing Workshop: Informational - What am I an expert at? How can I teach through my pictures and words? How do I use the whole page to teach?

Social Studies: Thanksgiving

Math: Fractions - non-standard measurement; estimation

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Finding Text Evidence  
3. Turkey Disguise Project
4. Math - Measurement

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” the night it gets sent home, and then bring it back to school the next day for reading groups.

First Grade PBL

As a part of our grade level service learning project, we are collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House all year starting in October. Send tabs in at any time in a plastic bag, and we will do the rest!

MAP

Our class will take the winter MAP Reading test on November 14th at 8am and the winter MAP Math test on November 16th at 8am.

It's Secret Santa Time!  

If you would like to help with this year's Secret Santa, please use this Secret Santa Survey Link to complete a short survey.  Mrs. Porter will contact you about how you would like to help.

You can help by:

• Purchasing a specific gift or gifts from a child's wish list
• 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.

The Growing Mound of Lost and Found

As we've had cooler and wetter weather, we've started seeing the Lost and Found Mound growing again.  Please ask your child to look through Lost and Found for any lost items.  If you are planning to join us for Thanksgiving Lunch, please take the time to look through Lost and Found while you are here. It will be organized to help you look so you don't have to search The Mound!

Also, please help by putting your child's name in all jackets, sweatshirts, or sweaters that he/she wears to school. (lunchboxes and water bottles, too)  We really do look for names and will return them to your child IF the item has a name in it.  Any items still in Lost and Found on Thursday, November 26 will be washed and donated.  Items in good condition are sold at a consignment store and the proceeds go to RBES Secret Santa or counseling needs that arise throughout the school year.

Upcoming Events

Thanksgiving Break - November 20th-24th

Quarterly Coffee with Mrs. Mason - December 5th at 8am

Class Parties - December 15th at 1:30

Holiday Break - December 18-January 2nd

Students Return to School - January 3rd

Report Cards Go Home - January 5th

Week of November 6 - 10, 2017

  

Here’s a peek at next week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; Problem solving; How can I show kindness?

Phonics Family Words: side, white, time, fine, tie, night, sight, right, fly, why

Phonics: long i (i, igh, y)

Reading: Finish Bat Research Book Project; Daily 5 implementation - How can I retell the story? (5 Finger Retell, Fist to Five, story maps); What do the illustrations in a story tell me about the text? Comparing texts on the same topic - owl theme

Mentor Sentence: “The moon was high above us.” -Owl Babies

L.Arts: Possessive nouns; personal pronouns; apostrophe; proper nouns

Writing Workshop: Informational - What am I an expert at? How can I teach through my pictures and words? How do I add a Table of Contents?

Social Studies: Landforms

Math: Fractions - equal shares; half of, quarter of/fourth of

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Homework

Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words

Desert Passage

Math - Fraction Practice

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” the night it gets sent home, and then bring it back to school the next day for reading groups.

First Grade PBL

As a part of our grade level service learning project, we are collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House all year starting in October. Send tabs in at any time in a plastic bag, and we will do the rest!

CAN-A-THON at RBES

We are gearing up for our annual Can-A-Thon at RBES. Bring in canned goods October 30th-November 10th to help feed Oconee families in need. Thank you for helping out as you can.

It's Secret Santa Time!  

If you would like to help with this year's Secret Santa, please use this Secret Santa Survey Link to complete a short survey.  Mrs. Porter will contact you about how you would like to help.

You can help by:

• Purchasing a specific gift or gifts from a child's wish list
• 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.

The Growing Mound of Lost and Found

As we've had cooler and wetter weather, we've started seeing the Lost and Found Mound growing again.  Please ask your child to look through Lost and Found for any lost items.  If you are planning to join us for Thanksgiving Lunch, please take the time to look through Lost and Found while you are here. It will be organized to help you look so you don't have to search The Mound!

Also, please help by putting your child's name in all jackets, sweatshirts, or sweaters that he/she wears to school. (lunchboxes and water bottles, too)  We really do look for names and will return them to your child IF the item has a name in it.  Any items still in Lost and Found on Thursday, November 26 will be washed and donated.  Items in good condition are sold at a consignment store and the proceeds go to RBES Secret Santa or counseling needs that arise throughout the school year.

Upcoming Events

Square ONE Orders Due - November 6th

iMom - November 6th

Sonic Night - November 9th

Can-a-Thon - October 30th-November 10th

Thanksgiving Feast - November 10th

Thanksgiving Break - November 20th-24th