Mystery Reader

PO was happy to find out that her mom was our class mystery reader!

Computer Launch

Marc Marin, our director of technology, came to help us get started using Chromebooks!

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
Monday, October 19	B Day Art & Music	1. Read for at least 10 minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, October 20	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes 2.  Math: Pumpkin Problems (coin problem solving)
Wednesday, October 21	D Day Music	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

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

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  

Mystery Reader

BD was surprised when his mom was out Mystery Reader!

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.