Everyone looked great in their costumes!
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Peek at the Week November 2-6
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DATE
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SPECIAL
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HOMEWORK
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Monday,
November
2
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F
Day
Library
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1.
Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Reader Response: Choose 1
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Tuesday,
November
3
|
No
School
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No
School
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Wednesday,
November
4
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A
Day
Gym
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1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Writing: Blue & White Journals
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Thursday,
November
5
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B
Day
Art
& Music
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1. Read for at least 10 minutes & Log your
minutes
2. Math:
Week #7
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Friday
November
6
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C
Day
Gym
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1. Read over the weekend & log your
minutes
2. Highlights of the Week letter (parents
write back)
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CAPTAIN
This
week’s captain is Sonnet!
THANK YOU…
…for
all the great book donations from the Book Fair! The class is enjoying having new books in our
library.
…for
the treats for our Halloween movie party.
It was a very fun way to end our week!
MONTHLY
MINUTES
The monthly minutes homework calendar for
October can be sent in this week.
ACADEMIC
UPDATE
*Math
Workshop: We continue to
work on our second unit which is on Geometry.
*Word
Work: Each week we add 5 words to our
class word wall. These are our “no
excuse” words which should be spelled correctly in our daily writing. We find and highlight the words in our
dictionaries as an extra reminder.
*Writing
Workshop: We will spend this week and next week
finishing up our All About chapter books.
These are non-fiction books on topics we are experts in.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monthly Minutes
It's almost the end of October. The monthly minute calendar for October can be sent in on Monday, November 2.
Halloween
Just a reminder that your child can wear their costume to school on Friday. Please remember to leave the scary or dangerous (masks, weapons, etc) parts at home.
Third Grade Buddies
Mrs. Newkirk's third graders came to our class this morning. We made a ghost treat and then enjoyed hearing the third graders read some Halloween books.
Thank You!
Thank you for the Book Fair donations! We have many new books for different levels and holidays and author studies.
Friday, October 23, 2015
Peek at the Week of October 26-30
DATE
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SPECIAL
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HOMEWORK
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Monday,
October
26
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A
Day
Gym
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1.
Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Reader Response: Choose 1
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Tuesday,
October
27
|
B
Day
Art
& Music
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1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Math: Fix it Frankenstein
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Wednesday,
October
28
|
C
Day
Gym
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Writing: Blue & White Journals
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Thursday,
October
29
|
D
Day
Music
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes & Log your
minutes
2. Math: Witch Broom Problem
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Friday
October
30
|
E
Day
Spanish
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1. Read over the weekend & log your minutes
2. Highlights of the Week letter (parents
write back)
|
CAPTAIN
This
week’s captain is Autumn!
MONSTER BOOK
FAIR
Our
class will be going to the Monster book fair on Monday 10/26 from
9:40-10:00. Parents are welcome to come
and shop with us. The book fair will
take place on October 26-28, so not to worry if you can’t make it on Monday!
BUDDY CLASS
Our
buddy class is the third graders from Mrs. Newkirk’s class. We will do projects with them throughout the
year. Our class is going to host the first
event this week.
HALLOWEEN
CELEBRATION: Friday, October 30
*Costumes: Everyone is invited to wear their Halloween
costume to school. Please no weapons,
masks, or other “extras” that can be easily lost or broken.
*Parade: We will watch the Kindergarteners march in
their parade.
*Party: Our class will celebrate with a Halloween
Movie Party at the end of the day. Thank
you in advance to the Chandlers for
the popcorn bags, the Kims for the
drinks, and the Giordanos for the
fruit snacks.
UPCOMING DATES
November
3: No school for students
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
Computer Launch
Marc Marin, our director of technology, came to help us get started using Chromebooks!
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Peek at the Week of October 19-23
A Peek at the Week at Miss Dineen’s First Grade
Class
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DATE
|
SPECIAL
|
HOMEWORK
|
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Monday,
October
19
|
B
Day
Art
& Music
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1.
Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Reader Response: Choose 1
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|
Tuesday,
October
20
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C
Day
Gym
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1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Math: Pumpkin Problems (coin problem
solving)
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Wednesday,
October
21
|
D
Day
Music
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1. Read for at least 10 minutes
2. Writing: The ________House (fill in the
title with your own words…haunted/spooky/goofy/silly/etc)
|
|
Thursday,
October
22
|
E
Day
Spanish
|
1. Read for at least 10 minutes & Log your
minutes
2. Math: Black Cats & Bats (logical
reasoning)
|
|
Friday
October
23
|
F
Day
Library
|
1. Read over the weekend & log your
minutes
2. Highlights of the Week letter (parents
write back)
|
CAPTAIN
This
week’s captain is Jonathan!
FIELD TRIP
Thank
you for sending in the $7 for the November trip. Please send in your $7 (cash or check made
out to “Ox Ridge Activity Fund”).
GAME DAY
Our
fall game day is this Thursday, October 22 at 2:30. Thank you to the following parents who signed
up to play a game with a group:
Pages,
Huang, Thomson, Hegarty, Miranda
ACADEMIC
UPDATES
*Reading Workshop: We spent the last two
weeks learning some “tricky word” strategies.
Ask your child to show you these strategies:
-Eagle Eyes (look at picture for
clues)
-Lips the Fish (get your lips ready to
make the beginning sound)
-Stretchy Snake (stretch out the word)
-Chunky Monkey (are there any chunks
you know? Ex: candle)
-Flippy Dolphin (try both short and
vowel sounds)
-Skippy Frog (skip the word and read
the rest of the sentence to look for clues)
-Trying Lion (try, try again…use all
the above strategies)
-Helpful Kangaroo (if nothing is
working, ask someone else!)
*Writing Workshop: We continue to write
“All About” books. This week we will try
adding some special features to our books like a table of contents, diagrams,
and labels and captions.
UPCOMING DATES
October
20: $7 field trip money due
October
26: Book Fair 9:40-10:00
October
29: Picture Retakes
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Peas & Carrots
Today in math we solved word problems that have more than one solution. This was a BIG challenge. We used many strategies such as:
Counting on
Making a chart
Use objects to act it out
Draw a picture
Write numbers
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Field Trip Letter
(This is a copy of the letter that was sent home with your child)
October 13, 2015
Dear
First Grade Parents,
On
Monday, November 23rd, all first grade classes will be going to a special
performance at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University. We will be attending a play based on the
classic Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat story.
This is a great opportunity for our first graders to see literature
brought to life!
We
will travel by bus, leaving Ox Ridge School at 11:15 for the noon performance.
We will eat lunch in our classrooms before the trip. All children should bring lunch on this day.
We will not be going to the cafeteria.
Students will have a snack when we return to school after the play.
Tickets
to the show are paid for from the PTO Enrichment Fund. The charge for transportation is $7, due by
next Tuesday, October 20th. If you
are paying cash, please send it in an envelope with your child’s name written
on the outside. If you are paying by
check, please make it out to “Ox Ridge Activity Account”.
Each class is able to take two chaperones.
Your child’s teacher will arrange for the chaperones.
Sincerely,
The
First Grade Team
Friday, October 09, 2015
Friday, October 02, 2015
Problem Solvers
We started working on solving word problems. This week our goal was to write a great solution with 3 parts: picture, numbers, and words.
Mystery Reader
We had our first Mystery Readers today! QC was happily surprised when her mom, grandfather, and grandmother came dressed as a witch!
Roll and Record
We used dice to practice our mental math. Our strategy is to "lock" the larger number in our heads and then "count on".
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