Saturday, October 6, 2018

Weekly Update for 10/08/18

*Book Buddy Bags
Beginning tonight, your child will begin bringing home 2 books from school to each night to read.  These books will be in your child’s Book Buddy Bag.  Please help your child to return their books each day. 
*Reading Log
Each night it is the expectation that your child will read 30 minutes, which will account for 2 steps in their reading log. Your child’s reading log is located in his/her Reading Folder.  Students have been logging steps in their Reading Folder since the first day of school, and are very familiar with the procedure. 
*Reading Folder
After careful consideration, first grade has decided not to use the 3-ring binder listed on our supply list.  At the time our supply list had to be submitted in May, we were unaware that the school would be providing a Book Buddy Bag for books to be taken home in.  The 3-ring binders do not fit in the Book Buddy Bags.  Your child should have brought home the 3-ring binder.  I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Your child’s reading folder will become the folder that is sent home daily.  It will contain the following:
·      Reading Log- for logging daily steps at home and school
·      Power Goal sheet- used to list your child’s current Power Goal in reading.
·      Zipper Pouch- storage space for any items pertaining to the Power Goal
·      “Return to School” pocket- items placed in this pocket need to be completed and returned to school as soon as possible
·      “Keep at Home” pocket- announcements from school and our classroom will be placed in this pocket
The red folder will continue to come home, but only on Thursdays.  Graded papers from the previous week will be placed in this folder.  These papers can remain at home. 
*CAES Fun Run
The PTA is ogranizing this year’s Fun Run, which will take place on Friday, October 19th.  This will be CAES’ major fundraiser for the school year.  Our goal is for each child to raise $65.
Our goal is for each child to raise $65.  The best part about this fundraiser is that the majority of the money donated goes directly back into our classrooms.  For more information please go to the site listed below.
Book Fair Volunteers

The PTA is in need of volunteers for the Book fair.  The book fair is from October 22 - 30.  If you are interested in helping, please contact Sarah Moore (sbmoore937@gmail.com). 

What are we learning this week?
Reading
1.7 Use semantic clues and syntax to expand vocabulary when reading. 
1.8 Expand vocabulary.
1.9 Read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts.
e) Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about what is read. 
Writing SOL 1.13 The student will write to communicate ideas of a variety of purposes. 
c) Revise by adding descriptive words when writing about people, places, things, and events. 

Math
SOL 1.13
The student will sort and classify concrete objects according to one or more attributes.
·      Sort and classify concrete objects into appropriate subsets (categories) based on one or two attributes, such as size, shape, color, and/or thickness (e.g., sort a set of objects that are both red and thick).
·      Label attributes of a set of objects that has been sorted.

·      Name multiple ways to sort a set of objects.

SOL 1.14
The student will identify, describe, extend, create, and transfer growing and repeating patterns.
·      Identify the pattern in a given rhythmic, color, geometric figure, or numerical sequence.
·      Describe the pattern in a given rhythmic, color, geometric figure, or numerical sequence in terms of the core (the part of the sequence that repeats).
·      Extend a pattern, using manipulatives, geometric figures, numbers, or calculators.
·      Create a repeating or growing pattern, using manipulatives, geometric figures, numbers, or calculators (e.g., the growing patterns 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2)

·      Transfer a pattern from one form to another.

Weekly Schedule


*Monday, October 8     20 Steps   Yellow  Day
Begin logging reading steps at home

*Tuesday, October 9     24 Step    Green Day
Fire Department Visit
"Omega Man" Assembly (anti-bullying)

*Wednesday, October 9  28 Steps   Blue Day
Wacky Wednesday 

*Thursday, October 10   32 Steps    Purple Day
Horseshoe Crab Presentation 

*Friday, October 11       36 Steps   Red Day 
  

Looking Ahead        
  • Oct. 17 – No school: Parent-Teacher Conferences for student goal-setting so be sure to bring your child
  • Oct. 19 – PTA Fun Run
  • Oct. 21 - 26 – Transportation Employee Appreciation Week
  • Oct. 22 – 30 – Fall Scholastic Book Fair
  • Oct. 26 – GrandLunch
  • Oct. 31 – Book Character Dress-up Day; the parade will start 
        

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