Homework for the week of Oct. 13-19th. 1.  October Calendar of Activities 2.  Reading Log 3.  Literacy:  The Big Blue Ox 4.  Math: addition and subtraction
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There Was an Old Monster, by Rebecca, Adrian, and Ed Emberley is sure to become one of our favorite Autumn books.  The bright, bold illustrations captivated us, and the rhyme had us guessing.  Ask your child what the monster swallowed after the bear.  You can sing along with this book at www.scholastic.com/oldmonster.  ”Inventions” happen...
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Homework for the week of October 6-12 1.  October Calendar of Activities 2. Reading Log 3. Literacy: A Pig in a Wig 4. Math: Subtraction
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Aesop’s fable, The Lion and the Mouse was the inspiration for illustrator Jerry Pinkney’s newly published book.  The beautiful paintings  unfold a story of friendship.  Together we took turns telling the story.  When finished Ronan asked, “But where are the words?” and yes, the story was not read.  Aubrey suggested, “After the pictures were...
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Mrs. Pechette’s Class Homework for the week of September 29th-October 5th. 1.  October Calendar of Activities 2.  At Home Reading Log 3.  Literacy:  Family Times 4.  Math:  Numbers Everywhere
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Perhaps in the excitement of Back to School Night, you missed the opportunity to sign up to help in the classroom.  Parents or Grandparents are needed to serve as Reading Buddies for our emerging readers.  This takes about an hour a week.  It is also helpful to have a parent in the classroom during...
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Our first days were spent learning big routines.  These past few days we’ve focused on some of the little routines like using a glue stick (remembering to recap), or liquid white glue (little dots only).  When it was time to investigate sunflowers in science, we learned how to use and take care of a...
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New friendships are being made as we come together in first grade.  We were excited to each make a sunflower around our photos and then to find them on our door together.  At the pocket chart we may choose to play the Name Game, matching our photos and names.  Each morning as we arrive...
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Gardening this week was exciting as we tasted sugar peas and fennel.  We gave compost to the asparagus.  In the Butterfly Garden we looked for insects and new flowers.  We found lots of weeds!  During the next few days Mrs. Lundeberg will spend time with each child looking back at their art and making...
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Observations of our mealworms continues to fascinate us.  We have learned to identify the body parts of insects and are using that information and book research to help us make scientific drawings of many different kinds of insects.  Next we are using our creative thinking to draw insects with chalk.  Blending chalk colors is...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, May 26th 1. May Calendar of Activities 2.Reading Log 3. Literacy: aw and au, short e (ea), drawing conclusions 4. Adding and Subtracting
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As the end of the year gets closer, the anxiety builds in children.  As excited as they are for summer, many don’t want the year to end.  They are experiencing mixed emotions from happy to sad. It’s important to keep a regular routine and get a good night’s sleep.  I know this is hard...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, May 19th 1. May Calendar of Activities 2. Reading Log 3. Literacy: oi and oy, suffixes er and or, main idea 4. Math: addition
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, May 12th. 1. May Calendar of Activities 2. Reading Log 3. Literacy: vowel sound (00) in book, endings (s, ed, or ing), compare and contrast 4.  Math: addition facts
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Throughout the year we celebrate birthdays as they come along.  Sitting in the birthday chair is a special part of the day.  If your child has a summer birthday, it’s time to talk with Mrs. Pechette to plan a “birthday” day.  If you would like to provide a treat on that day, we celebrate...
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The Rice Rock Museum was a big success last Thursday.  Thank you to parents who helped by attending, driving and bringing the lunches, and to the parent who made sure every child had a dollar to spend in the gift shop.  We had a great rainless Run for the Arts on Friday.  The children...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, May 5th. 1.  May Calendar of Activities 2.  Reading Log 3.  Literacy: ou, syllables, sequence of events 4.  Math: addition
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It’s exciting to know we are all readers!  Earlier in the year much of our time was devoted to building pre-reading and early reading skills.  Now we are very capable readers using our skills to read for information and understanding.  The more we read the more our skills grow!  Every afternoon after recess we...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1.  April Calendar of Activities 2.  Reading Log 3.  Literacy: ow and ou, character, setting and plot, le at the end of a word 4.  Math: Adding three numbers together
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, April 21st. 1. April Calendar of Activities 2. Reading Log 3. Literacy: suffixes (ly,ful) vowels in moon, cause and effect
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What do we look for on a sunny day with rain showers? Rainbows!  When the sun shines through the rain, the raindrops split the sun’s white light into different colors.  This forms a rainbow!  Through the magic of first grade (and a rainbow maker) we have rainbows in our classroom.  Did you know that...
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Homework sent home on Tuesday, April 14th. 1.  April Calendar of Activities 2.  Reading Log 3.  Literacy: compound words, vowels ew, ue, ui, character setting, plot 4.  Math: missing addends
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