It's been really hot these past few days!  If you would like to send a water bottle in with your kiddo that is a leak proof, flip top that would be awesome!!  I can't allow bottles that have a screw on top because we have iPads at our desks and we can't get them wet!  If you have any questions, please let me know!!

Welcome to first grade!!  If you are planning ahead and are visiting my blog to get a sneak peak at first grade, I have supplied you with a supply list.  Below are the supplies that your child will need this year.  It's best if supplies are brought on open house night, but if you don't have them then, please have your child bring them the first day of school.

Supply List for Mrs. Gilde

1^st Grade 2016-2017

1 two-pocket plastic folder

2 boxes of 24-count crayons

4 large glue sticks

1 package of pencils (these will be shared so if your child has special ones, he/she may want to leave them at home for homework)

1 box of Kleenex

1 pencil box (hard case that will fit crayons, pencils, glue sticks, etc.)

1 bottle of sanitizer

March 28-April 1

Math:

This week’s topics:

·      Finish up Pencils for writing Day 2

·      Understanding Equivalence –name collection boxes

·      Reviewing more place value

·      Using place value with pennies, dimes, and dollars.

This week we will be talking more about place value and what it means to have more than one way to say a number (name collection boxes).

Writing:

We will finish up our animal reports on Monday and start presenting them on Tuesday and Thursday.  Our next unit will be writing how-to books.  This is always fun and interesting!

Wonders 

Unit 5 Week 1

“See It, Sort It”

This week’s Essential Question:  How can we classify and categorize things   

This week’s vocabulary words:

distinguish, classify, organize

*comprehension skill:  Point of view

*comprehension strategy:  make and confirm predictions

Spelling Words

cart

harm

barn

happy

arm

key

art

yarn

High Frequency Words

none

four

Sight Words

four

large

none

only

put

round

Homework:

Reading folder 10 minutes each night.  Be sure to write it on the calendar for a free personal pizza at the end of the month.

Home links: Monday-Thursday

Spelling test:  Test on Friday

FYI:

The end of the marking period is fast approaching.  It will end on April 1.  Report cards will come home after spring break.  We will be having parent teacher conferences but only for those kids who I think need one or if you would like to meet with me as well.  They are only as needed in the spring.   Let me know if you would like to meet with me and I can have that arranged.

Report cards will be coming home after spring break.  Please be sure to contact me if you have any questions or concern.

Important Dates:

PE:  Mondays and Fridays

Music:  Wednesday

March 28:  Read with a  flashlight

April 1:  Camp Out Day – Pajamas, trail mix, and a movie

April 1:  End of the marking period

April 3-8:  No school – Spring Break

April 21:  Special Person’s Day (more info. To come after spring break)

March 21-25

Math:

This week’s topics:

·      Explorations

·      Recording Near Doubles strategies

·      Introducing Making 10

·      Pencils for writing club (day 1)

This week we will continue to practice near double strategies to help them with their addition.  We have also learned a doubles rap.  Be sure to ask your child to sing it to you.  This hopefully will help them learn their doubles facts.

Writing:

All we have left for our animal reports is to put in our 5 facts that we learned.  They have done a great job following directions and using their ipads appropriately.  Can’t wait for them to share their final projects this week!!  If I can figure it out, I will put them on my blog, for you to see.

Reading:

This week is a review week.  There will not be a spelling test.  We will be reviewing main idea and details and vowel teams. 

Homework:

Reading folder 10 minutes each night.  Be sure to write it on the calendar for a free personal pizza at the end of the month.

Home links: Monday-Thursday

Spelling test:  No Spelling Test this week

FYI:

The end of the marking period is fast approaching.  It will end on April 1.  Report cards will come home after spring break.  We will be having parent teacher conferences but only for those kids who I think need one or if you would like to meet with me as well.  They are only as needed in the spring.   Let me know if you would like to meet with me and I can have that arranged.

There is a review week for reading this week so we won’t have a spelling list or skills to practice this week.  We will review what we learned in this past unit.

Important Dates:

PE:  Mondays and Fridays

Music:  Wednesday

March 21:  Delayed Start

March 21:  Alex’s birthday

March 24:  Read with a flashlight

March 25:  Good Friday- No school

March 28:  Read with a  flashlight

April 1:  Camp Out Day – Pajamas, trail mix, and a movie

April 3-8:  No school – Spring Break

New for March 14-18

             Mrs. Gilde’s News

March 14-18

Math:

This week’s topics:

·      Pretest on unit 6

·      Time and the hour hand only

·      More 2-digit number stories

·      Explorations

·      Introducing near doubles

This week we are starting a new unit on Addition Fact Strategies.  We will be talking a little about telling time.  We start with only the hour hand at first teaching them how to read that and then we introduce the minute hand.

Writing:

This week we got to research online using a safe sight called Kidrex.  The kids loved it!!  Their end goal this past week was to find 5 facts about their animals.  They were able to no problem.  This week we will start putting it all into a document using Show Me.  Can’t wait to see how they do with this!!

Reading:
Unit 4 Week 5
“Working with Animals”
This week’s Essential Question:  How do people work with animals?

This week’s vocabulary words: career, soothe, remarkable, advice, trust

comprehension skill:  Connections Within Text: sequence

comprehension strategy:  visualize

Spelling:

key, sandy, bumpy, my, puppy, night, funny, penny

Homework:

Reading folder 10 minutes each night.  Be sure to write it on the calendar for a free personal pizza at the end of the month.

Home links: Tuesday-Friday

Spelling test:  Spelling test on Friday

FYI:

The end of the marking period is fast approaching.  It will end on April 1.  Report cards will come home after spring break.  We will be having parent teacher conferences but only for those kids who I think need one or if you would like to meet with me as well.  They are only as needed in the spring.   Let me know if you would like to meet with me and I can have that arranged.

Important Dates:

PE:  Mondays and Fridays

Music:  Wednesday

March 17:  Dress up in camping green for St. Patrick’s Day – Irish Dance Assembly

March 18:  Mismatch Day – Donuts with Dad @ 7:15

March 21:  Delayed Start

March 21:  Alex’s birthday

March 24:  Read with a flashlight

March 25:  Good Friday- No school

March 28:  Read with a  flashlight

April 1:  Camp Out Day – Pajamas, trail mix, and a movie

April 3-8:  No school – Spring Break