Monday, October 8, 2012

Good evening!  Happy Columbus Day!  I apologize for being behind on my blogging! ):   This is a busy time of  year (report cards, conferences, etc...), so I apologize now for my intermittent blogs.

DAILY REMINDERS:

• Homework:  Spelling worksheet--write each new spelling word with the consonant letters blue or black and the vowels red.
• Field Trip this Wednesday, October 10 to Powell Hall.  Please turn in your child's permission slip and/or $8.00, if you haven't done so already.  THANK YOU!   Also, Mrs. Gerdel has asked our first graders to not wear jeans to school on Wednesday.

Diary of a First Grader on 10-8-12:

• Shared Reading:  We read pumpkin and talked about the vocabulary words sprout, scooped, and carved. 
• Word Work:  Today I introduced Week 7 spelling words.  Your child should have brought home their yellow list of 5 words today.  You can also go to www.spellingcity.com to study and practice their words.  Keep in mind that they need to study words 1-5 on the list. 
• Daily 5/Guided Reading:  Most reading groups are reading about 1 new book a day, writing in their journal about the story they read, and doing word work.  Currently we are learning about ending chunks and how we can change words by adding a different letter at the beginning of word family words (fin, bin, tin).
• Math-We started a new chapter today, and we're learning about solid figures and plane shapes this week.  We learned new math vocabulary words (sphere, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, pyramid, and cone).  We also learned which solid figures can roll, slide, and stack.
• Science/Social Studies:  We discussed the importance of Christopher Columbus and watched a short video about his voyage to the New World.  We also learned about our last season--winter.  We will be taking a test over the seasons later this week.