Peek at the Week of February 1-5

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, February 1	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Winter Reader Response
Tuesday, February 2	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Jolly Word Problem
Wednesday, February 3	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Snowman Story
Thursday, February 4	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Figure Eights (subtracting 10)
Friday February 5	D Day Music	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

It’s Julian’s turn this week! 

SUPERBOWL SPORTS DAY

This Friday is a School Spirit day to celebrate Superbowl 50!  Football shirts or any sports team gear is welcome. 

ACADEMIC UPDATES

*Math Workshop:  Miss Dennen, our student teacher,  will be teaching Unit 5 which is on measurement.

*Writing Workshop:  We will start a new unit called “How Tos”.  This is a nonfiction unit in which we will write descriptive directions.  We will focus on using words that show order (first, next, then, last, etc). 

*Reading Workshop:  Our new unit is called “Be Your Own Teacher”.  We will focus on decoding and comprehension strategies.

DAY 100

Next Monday, February 8^th is Day 100!  The first graders can dress up as 100 year olds.  We will march in a parade at 2:30.  Parents are welcome to come and watch!

UPCOMING DATES

*February 8:  Day 100 Parade @ 2:30

*February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple (pizza party for lunch)

*February 15-19:  Winter Break

Pep Rally

AG and FP have been working hard!

Mystery Reader

AG was so happy to see her mom come in tone the reader!

Norwalk Hospital

We had a great visit from a volunteer from Norwalk Hospital. She taught us about the jobs people have. She also taught us about the different sections in the hospital. We got a goodie bag too!

Game Day!

We had a great time playing with our fun moms!

Summer School!

Today is Day 90 of school...the halfway mark of the school year!  Never too soon to think about summer.  I am teaching a class at the high school called "Fairy Tale Fun".  Please let your friends know!

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Peek at the Week of January 25-29

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 25	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Winter Reader Response
Tuesday, January 26	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 13 & 14
Wednesday, January 27	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue & White Journals
Thursday, January 28	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 15 & 16
Friday January 29	E Day Spanish	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

It’s Blake’s turn this week!  It’s the last week of January…winter is flying by!

STAMFORD MUSEUM

We had a great class visit last week.  We learned about maps and geography.  This program was funded by the PTO Enrichment Fund.

GAME DAY

Our winter board game day will be this Thursday, January 28 at 2:30 in our classrooms.  The following families had signed up to help out:  Frawley, Ochman, DeRiso, and Chandler.  We’ll see you Thursday!

VALENTINES DAY

On the back of this newsletter you will find a list of the kids in the class.  Please save this sheet to use in writing out cards (if you choose to do so!).

UPCOMING DATES

January 22: Nature Center $4.50 due (letter went home last Wednesday)

January 28: Winter Board Game Day

February 5: Spirit Day—Superbowl—dress in sports jersey/sweatshirts

February 8:  Day 100 Parade @ 2:30 (first graders dress up like they are 100!)

February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple (pizza party for lunch)

February 15-19:  Winter Break

                                                                                                                          

Maps!

We had a great program by the Stamford Museum. We learned about geography and also made a map of Connecticut. We learned that there are 3 big rivers in our state that all flow into the Long Iskand Sound. 

Peek at the Week of January 18-22

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 18		Martin Luther King Day No School
Tuesday, January 19	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC 9-10
Wednesday, January 20	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Cafeteria Letter (persuasive writing)
Thursday, January 21	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC 11-12
Friday January 22	F Day Library	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

It’s Rafi’s turn this week!

WELCOME TO MISS DENNEN

Kathryn Dennen is one of the interns at Ox Ridge School this year.  Kathryn will be doing her student-teaching with your child’s first grade class!  Kathryn will begin on Tuesday, January 19^th and will be working in our room for a few months.  The kids are very excited to have Miss Dennen working with us! We will have to get used to

UPCOMING DATES

January 18:  MLK Day No school

January 19: Scholastic Book Orders due

January 22: Nature Center $4.50 due (letter went home last Wednesday)

January 28: Winter Board Game Day

February 5: Spirit Day—Superbowl—dress in sports jersey/sweatshirts

February 8:  Day 100 Dress up like a 100 year old! (memo went home last Monday stapled to the newsletter)

February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple

February 15-19:  Winter Break

Mystery reader

CK was so happy to have both his parents come in today!

Collections

We used our collections as a way to generate topics for Writing Workshop. Here are a few!

Peek at the Week of January 11-15

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 11	D Day Music	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, January 12	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 5-6
Wednesday, January 13	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue and White Journals
Thursday, January 14	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 7-8
Friday January 15	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

It’s Quin’s turn this week!

NEW YEAR

In 2015 our classroom goal word was “automatic”.  This was the word we used to become more independent with things like unpacking, packing, writing our names on paper, etc.  In 2016 our new goal word is “careful”.  This means working carefully in all areas of our school day.  This can mean different things in different subjects.  For example, in math, working carefully means checking to make sure numbers are written correctly and checking our answers.  In writing being careful means checking for capital letters at the beginning of every sentence.

UPCOMING DATES

January 18:  MLK Day No school

January 19: Scholastic Book Orderd due

January 28: Winter Game Day

February 5: Spirit Day—Superbowl—dress in sports jersey/sweatshirts

February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple

February 15-19:  Winter Break

Peek at the Week of January 4-8

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 4	E Day Spanish	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, January 5	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 1-2
Wednesday, January 6	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue and White Journals
Thursday, January 7	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 3-4
Friday January 8	C Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

Happy New Year-----Welcome back!

CAPTAIN

It’s Tessa’s turn again!  We are on our second round!

ACADEMIC UPDATE

The business of the holiday season is behind us and it’s a great time to refocus on our school work.  This will mean setting some new goals and starting some new units of study. 

*Math Workshop: We will begin Unit 4 of the Investigations program.  This unit focused on data analysis.  The unit is divided into three sections:

Sorting

Collection & Representing Data

Comparing Age Data

*Reading Workshop:  Our new unit is called “Getting to Know Characters”.  During this unit we will take a deeper look at the characters in our books. We will learn about character traits, make connections to characters, and

*Writing Workshop: Our next unit of study is called “Writing Reviews”.  This is persuasive writing.  We will learn about using details to support our opinions.  During this unit we will write reviews of books, movies, restaurants, games, etc.  We will launch this unit by writing about collections.  There is a green paper attached to this newsletter explaining our collection ‘show & tell’.

Peek at the Week January 4-8

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 4	E Day Spanish	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, January 5	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 1-2
Wednesday, January 6	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue and White Journals
Thursday, January 7	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 3-4
Friday January 8	C Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

Happy New Year-----Welcome back!

CAPTAIN

It’s Tessa’s turn again!  We are on our second round!

ACADEMIC UPDATE

The business of the holiday season is behind us and it’s a great time to refocus on our school work.  This will mean setting some new goals and starting some new units of study. 

*Math Workshop: We will begin Unit 4 of the Investigations program.  This unit focused on data analysis.  The unit is divided into three sections:

Sorting

Collection & Representing Data

Comparing Age Data

*Reading Workshop:  Our new unit is called “Getting to Know Characters”.  During this unit we will take a deeper look at the characters in our books. We will learn about character traits, make connections to characters, and

*Writing Workshop: Our next unit of study is called “Writing Reviews”.  This is persuasive writing.  We will learn about using details to support our opinions.  During this unit we will write reviews of books, movies, restaurants, games, etc.  We will launch this unit by writing about collections.  There is a green paper attached to this newsletter explaining our collection ‘show & tell’.