ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SHENANIGANS
It was so great to see you all at our STEAM night. Thank you for supporting not only our first graders but all the amazing things all CCE students are doing! Fun was had by all and I love watching all the families explore together.
We have been working hard in math on addition strategies and this week we put them to great use when we added 3 numbers together. We found partners of 10, doubles, and then used our count on strategy to help us quickly add more than 2 numbers.
We enjoyed a parent reader this week. Swara’s mom came to read to us and we enjoyed all the books she shared with us.
100TH DAY OF SCHOOL:
Can you believe that Friday, February 1st, is already the 100th day of school. We have some fun activities planned. One activity we will do is build a 100 item snack. We would love some help with getting items donated to help make this 100 snack happen. If you would like to donate some items please go to this sign up genius and add your name. All items will need to be brought to school by Wednesday, January 30th. Thank you for your help with this. Another way we will celebrate 100 days of 1st grade learning is dressing up like a 100 year old. No need to buy special costumes or anything. Here are some pictures of last years kiddos for some inspiration. This is a fun and silly way for us to celebrate all the hard work these kids have done so far.
PARENT SURVEY
If you haven’t already done so, please take a few minutes and do the parent survey. This provides such great feedback to our school and we love to know what you are liking about CCE and suggestions on how we can continue to grow and do the best for all our students. It is quick and easy and greatly appreciated. You can find the parent survey here.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS:
Now that we are beginning a new semester, please let me know if your child has any after school changes to their transportation (like going to the YMCA) or are participating in any after school programs on our campus such as Robotics, Legos, etc. If your child is not enrolled in anything right now but will be when classes become available, please notify me at that time as well. This will help me get your child to the right place each day!
HOMEWORK:
Thanks for your continued efforts at home to provide additional reading time for your child. We know that, as parents, life is very busy, but your consistency and devotion to this routine will pay dividends in your child’s future. Reading is the access point to all learning and they are working hard to gain proficiency.
The reading log this month involves a bit of summarizing the selection. It is meant to be a brief recount of events. In an ordering error, 2-sided copies of the reading log were delivered through our district print services. This week’s planner page will be stapled on the side so that our child can turn it over. We apologize for any inconvenience.
SUPERSTAR:
This week our Superstar is Natalie P! We are excited to learn more about our friend!
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE:
LANGUAGE ARTS:
-Review compound words
-Discuss using end marks to help our readers (periods, question marks, exclamation marks)
-Discuss the writing process – planning, drafting, revising/editing, publishing
-Discuss adverbs and time order words and how to use them in our writing.
-Continue building our handwriting skills
-Begin researching using historical figures: George Washington
MATH:
-Introduce place value: tens and ones
-Compose and decompose numbers into tens and ones.
-Celebrate the 100th day of school
SCIENCE:
-Continue map skills
-Create a classroom map
-Introduce living and nonliving things.
HOMEWORK:
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Read 10-15 minutes each day.
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Record 4 responses for the week.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
Feb 1.: 100th Day of School: Dress up like a 100 year old.
Feb. 1: Parent Reader (Nidheesh’s Family)
Feb. 14: Class Valentine’s Day party in the classroom (more information to follow)
Feb. 18 and 19: Student Holiday/ Teacher Staff Development
Have a wonderful week!