Upcoming Dates and Reminders-
š§ If your child’s headphones are still at home, please send them back to school.
Monday, February 1- STEAM
Tuesday, February 2- Library, Music, 100’s Day- ššDress Like You’re 100!
Wednesday, February 3- PE
Thursday, February 4- Art
Friday- February 5- Recess- Early Release- Chinese New Year Celebration- š WEAR RED!š
Feb 8- No School
Feb 12- Valentineās Party- Sign Up List – here are the items we will need if you’d like to sign up.
The party will be in the morning on the 12th.Ā The first-grade teachers will again rotate through the first-grade classes.Ā There will be four activities, bingo, a drawing, a craft, and a math activity with candy hearts.
ā¤ļø Valentineās Day- We’ve started making our hand-make Valentines AT SCHOOL. š They are turning out so cute!Ā Ā Valentine Class List 20-21 (Cooley)Ā Please send them in byĀ February 10Ā if you are choosing to send any in! If you have any cute stickers or other crafty decorations your child may want to use to decorate, please feel free to send those in.
šš½āāļøĀ Kids Heart Challenge information came home today and will begin on Feb. 1.Ā Please note that this program is for the American HeartĀ Association and canĀ only be done online.Ā For more information ask your child for the KHC envelopeĀ they got today and you can also go to theĀ PE Blog. Reminder- PE Apparel Sale will be closing Feb. 1. The store is online only.Ā Here is the link to the store if you are interested. https://onitink-hps.square.
Mystery Reader-
This week Norahās Dad, Mr. Madden was our Mystery Reader; he read us The Wonky Donkey.Ā Sign up for a āVirtual Mystery Readerā slot by clickingĀ this link.
Celebrations-
Star of the Day ā Four new friends were Star of the Day this week- Ella, Norah, Madelyn, and Hazel.Ā We enjoyed having them lead us in the pledge and they enjoyed lunch with Mrs. Cooley on Friday.Ā
Quote of the Week āĀ This weekās quote went to Kennedy S.Ā She tries her best and finds ways to fix it when things get tough.Ā
First Grade Family Time āĀ At the assembly, we celebrated our learning, gave awards for the quote of the week, along with awards for lost teeth, shoe-tying, & birthdays from the week. Here are our āaward-winningā first-graders from todayās family time.
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- Mr. Waldie reminding us how to SOAR at GES!
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- Happy Birthday, Kennedy S.
OUR LEARNING:
Writing ā We began Unit 3, Writing Reviews this week! Our unit kicked off with the great cookie debateā¦ the oreo vs. the chocolate chip cookie. Students used opinions, reasons, and examples to argue why the oreo or chocolate chip cookie was better, and of course, we had to taste test! Then we began reviewing our collections to find the ābest in show.ā To do this we put everything in a line, compared the same thing on each, and decided which was the best and why.
Word Study ā We began Unit 4 which is all about being word builders. Using unifix cubes with word parts on them, we practiced “building” big words together!
Contraction Matching
Contraction Matching
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- We have been using letter cubes to create words.
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- Looking at word parts and making words.
Readingā This week we ended Unit 2, Reading to Learn About the World. It has been great to see the kids become so interested in non-fiction books and they are doing well picking out the non-fiction features.Ā We started Unit 3, Readers be the Boss- Say I Can Do This! We are excited to continue to build our studentsā confidence in reading and continue to let them take ownership of their learning.
Math- We continued working on tens and ones and learned a new strategy to solve addition problems. Students can make a 10 and then add the remaining number to find the total!
Social-Emotional ā This week wrapped up Unit 3- Self Management. We worked on using calming techniques and self-talk, along with mindfulness strategies.
The kids really took on Being a Boss of their own reading this week! We had some of our best reading times ever!
