Week of December 4 - 8, 2017

Here’s a peek at next week!

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