There are three books that will circulate throughout the school year. Jungle Bullies is the first book this year.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
STAR Books Begin
STAR (Students Together Are Responding) books are used to open up the conversation at home about friendship issues.
Word Work
We started our word work groups today!
Today's activity was called "Picture Dictionary". Students had to read and write the words and then illustrate to show the meaning of the word.
Today's activity was called "Picture Dictionary". Students had to read and write the words and then illustrate to show the meaning of the word.
September Pep Rally
We had our first pep rally for the month of September. Congratulations to RM and PO for being great examples to all of us!
Monday, September 28, 2015
Editing
In Writing Workshop we will be using fancy RED pens to edit or "fix up" our Small Moments stories. Today we reread our stories to look for names to capitalize.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Apple Day!
We had a lot of fun learning about how apples are grown and picked. We also learned about American folk legend, Johnny Appleseed. We ended the day by sampling some apple treats!
Peek at the Week September 28-October 2
A Peek at the Week at Miss Dineen’s First Grade
Class
|
DATE
|
SPECIAL
|
HOMEWORK
|
|
Monday,
September
28
|
F
Day
Library
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Reader Response: Choose 1 (see below)
|
|
Tuesday,
September
29
|
A
Day
Gym
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2.
Math: Review Week #2
|
|
Wednesday,
September
30
|
B
Day
Art
& Music
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Writing:
Blue & White Journals
|
|
Thursday,
October
1
|
C
Day
Gym
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes & Log your
minutes (see below)
2. Math: Review Week #3
|
|
Friday
October
2
|
D
Day
Music
|
1. Read over the weekend & log your
minutes
2.
Highlights of the Week letter (parents
write back)
|
CAPTAIN
This
week’s captain is Blake!
CLASS SITE
-I
have a new website for our classroom:
https://sites.google.com/a/darienps.org/miss-dineen-s-grade-one/
-I
am sure I will be adding to it as the year goes on. Our classroom blog (www.learningplayinggrowing.blogspot.com
can be accessed directly or via the website.
VOLUNTEERS
Thank
you to Cassandra Hegarty and Cindy Pages for organizing all of our signups for
the school year. I have put all the
dates into a Google calendar which is located on our website.
MONTHLY MINUTES
At
Open House I showed a packet called “Reading Monthly Minutes”. It has monthly calendars for the year. We will begin on Thursday, October 1st. This packet will come home with your child on
Thursday. You can decide if you want to keep it in their homework folders, red
book pouches, or hung on a bulletin board at home…whatever makes sense for your
at home reading routine. The calendars
are turned in the last day of each month.
UPCOMING DATES
October
1: Monthly reading log begins
October
12: No school for students
October
22: Game Day @ 2:30
October
29: Picture Retakes
October
30: Halloween Movie Party
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Peek at the Week of September 21-25
A Peek at the Week at Miss Dineen’s First Grade
Class
|
DATE
|
SPECIAL
|
HOMEWORK
|
|
Monday,
September
21
|
B
Day
Art
& Music
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Reader Response: Choose 1 (see below)
|
|
Tuesday,
September
22
|
C
Day
Gym
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Apple Treats ending punctuation
|
|
Wednesday,
September
23
|
No
School
|
No School
|
|
Thursday,
September
24
|
D
Day
Music
&
Computer
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Math: Apple Barrel Word Problem
3. Bring in an apple to share tomorrow
|
|
Friday
September
25
|
E
Day
Spanish
|
1. Read over the weekend
2.
Highlights of the Week letter (parents
write back)
|
CAPTAIN
This
week’s captain is Rafi!
APPLE DAY
This
Friday, September 25 is Apple Day in our room.
It is a fun way to celebrate the fall season. Please send in an apple with your child to
share for our ‘taste test’.
READING HOMEWORK
Starting
this week you will see a written reader response (aka book report). There are 4 choices for now. As the year goes on I will add more
choices. Your child needs to just pick
ONE question from the choices. The
writing should be done on the back page which has lines. I typed the alphabet across the bottom of the
sheet to help make sure all letters are in the correct position.
OPEN HOUSE
Open House for parents is this
Thursday, September 24th. I
will be doing the first grade presentation at 7:30pm. The “Hoot” has the times for the other grade
levels.
UPCOMING DATES
Wednesday,
September 23: No School
Thursday,
September 24: Online Scholastic Book
Orders due
Thursday,
September 24: Parent Open House
Friday, September 18, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Peek at the Week of September 14-18
A Peek at the Week at Miss Dineen’s First Grade
Class
|
DATE
|
SPECIAL
|
HOMEWORK
|
|
Monday,
September
14
|
No
School
|
No
School
|
|
Tuesday,
September
15
|
D
Day
Music
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Reader Response: My Favorite Part
|
|
Wednesday,
September
16
|
E
Day
Spanish
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Math: Mixed Review
|
|
Thursday,
September
17
|
F
Day
Library
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Writing: Black and White Journals (at least
3 sentences)
|
|
Friday
September
18
|
A
Day
Gym
|
1. Read over the weekend
2. Highlights of the Week letter (parents write
back)
|
CAPTAIN
This
week’s captain is Quin!
HOMEWORK
Homework
begins this week! I can fill you in on
details at next week’s Open House.
Please encourage and support your child by helping them set up a
routine, have supplies nearby, and reminding them to put their completed work
in their folders. Bringing home,
completing the assignment, and returning it is a first step in building
responsibility.
*Reading:
Your child will bring home a red book pouch.
They can read their “just right” books from the pouch, library books, or
favorites from home.
*Written
Homework: Monday through Thursday there
will be 1 piece of written homework. I
will rotate math, reading, and writing.
ACADEMICS
*Math
Workshop: We have started using our math books and are exploring number
concepts.
*Reading
Workshop: Our first unit of study is “Launching Reading Workshop”. We have started book shopping for just right
books, have written some short ‘book reports’, and are learning the routines of
first grade workshop.
*Writing
Workshop: We are starting a narrative
writing unit called “Small Moments”.
During this unit we will work on developing planning skills, sentence
structure, and composing a story that has a beginning, middle, and end.
UPCOMING DATES
Monday,
September 14: No School
Thursday,
September 17: Class Coffee @ 9:30
Wednesday,
September 23: No School
Thursday,
September 24: Online Scholastic Book
Orders due
Thursday,
September 24: Parent Open House
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
Peek at the Week of September 7-13, 2015
A Peek at the Week at Miss Dineen’s First Grade
Class
DATE
|
SPECIAL
|
HOMEWORK
|
Monday,
September
7
|
No School
|
|
Tuesday,
September
8
|
F
Day
Spanish
|
No official homework this week.
Captains’
posters (sent home last week stapled to a purple sheet) are due this Friday
9/11.
|
Wednesday,
September
9
|
A
Day
Gym
|
|
Thursday,
September
10
|
B
Day
Art
& Music
|
|
Friday
September
11
|
C
Day
Gym
|
|
This is the
first newsletter of the year. I will
send this via email on Fridays and a hard copy on Monday in your child’s
backpack. It’s a week at a glance to
keep everyone in the loop.
CAPTAIN
This
week’s captain is Tessa!
PICTURE DAY
Picture
Day is Tuesday, September 8th.
SUPPLIES
Thank
you for sending in the supplies. I am
still collecting the yellow field trip slip, $15 check made out to “Cash”, and
captain’s posters.
ACADEMICS
Last
week we got ourselves settled in our classroom.
This week we will be starting our new units in reading, writing, and
math workshop. We are ready to work!
UPCOMING DATES
UPCOMING DATES
Friday,
September 11: Captains’ Posters due
Monday,
September 14: No School
Wednesday,
September 23: No School
Thursday,
September 24: Online Scholastic Book
Orders due
Thursday,
September 24: Parent Open House
Friday, September 04, 2015
Highlights of the Week
Be on the lookout for this orange booklet every Friday.
Inside the booklet are directions.
Thank you for being your child's pen pal this year!
Thursday, September 03, 2015
Math Partner Work
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