It was so nice to see so many of you at Curriculum Night last Thursday!!  For those of you who couldn't make, your packet should have come home with your child on Friday.  We will be starting First Grade Homework this week!  As I mentioned on Thursday, the goal is 20 minutes of homework a night - 10 minutes of reading and 10 minutes of math.  Please fill out the log and sign each week so that I know what your child has been working on.  Homework will go home on Monday and is due back on Friday.

Literacy - We have been very busy learning about Johnny Appleseed.  His real name is John Chapman.  Ask your first grader to tell you (or read to you from their mini-book) about John Chapman and what he did.

We are learning the routines for Reader's and Writer's Workshop.  Writer's think, plan and then write.  During Reader's Workshop, we are learning about good reading habits - we read independently for 20 minutes (so far - we are working on our stamina! -Building our reading muscles!) and then we read with partners for another 10 minutes.

Math - We began using our classroom iPads learning the game Find Sums.  In this game, we work on finding combinations to 10.  This game helps us work on remembering the variety of numbers that combine to make ten.  We are working on Double Compare and Roll and Record as games that help us work on simple addition.

In Science, we are talking about weather and the seasonal changes that we can observe using our senses.  This has been interesting considering the crazy weather we have had lately!  We are learning about temperature and how scientists (and all of us) use thermometers to check temperature.

In Social Studies, we will be learning about Christopher Columbus in anticipation of the holiday coming up.  We will be wrapping up our learning about Johnny Appleseed with a short video from Brain Pop Jr.

 Reminders - Please send in a pair of headphones (not ear buds) with your child as soon as possible.  The headphones should come in in a large Ziploc bag with your child's name on them please.  This helps us to use the iPads in the classroom without disturbing other friends who are working on other tasks.  Thank you.

I am adding pages to the blog that will help you find appropriate websites and iPad apps to use at home with your child.

Have a great week!

Mrs. P