February News
Lakeview’s Spring Concert will be Tuesday, March 17 at 6:30 pm at the high school auditorium.
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders performed “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” to the other first grade classroom! We had a lot of fun using expression and making a story come to life through reader’s theater!
Writing: The first graders are finishing up our opinion writing unit. We have focused on choosing a favorite game, restaurant, vacation or even movie to write an opinion about and try to convince our readers!
Math: During workshop we are revisiting addition and subtraction games. We are working on explaining our counting strategies when finding out the solution. The first graders are working on problems with unknown change (7+__=10) and naming their counting strategies. We are starting our new unit about collecting and analyzing data.
Phonics: We have been practicing our snap words and giving ourselves “snap word check-ups” by sorting through which ones we know and which ones need a little bit more work. We will begin our next unit on Monday!
February News
Lakeview’s Spring Concert will be Tuesday, March 17 at 6:30 pm at the high school auditorium.
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders learned about Reader’s Theater. We are practicing to use expression and study character feelings so that we know how to become the character.
Science: The first graders ended their science unit by creating a sound source to go along with their light sources they created for the puppet theater company.
Writing: The first graders are writing about their opinions and focusing on how to create a catchy introduction to hook their readers. They are asking questions to make their reader wonder, naming their topic and/or starting by saying their opinion in the introduction.
Math: During workshop we are revisiting addition and subtraction games. We are working on explaining our counting strategies when finding out the solution. The first graders are working on problems with unknown change (7+__=10) and naming their counting strategies.
February News
Lakeview’s Spring Concert will be Tuesday, March 17 at 6:30 pm at the high school auditorium.
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are are practicing their reading stamina. They are also practicing reading and writing snap words and using them in a sentence.
Science: The first graders explored different sound sources and learned about vibrations. They will plan a design and create a sound source of their own!
Writing: The first graders are practicing writing their opinions on places and things. They are focusing on adding reasons to support their opinion and adding “sparkly” words to their stories.
Math: During workshop we are revisiting addition and subtraction games. We are working on explaining our counting strategies when finding out the solution. The first graders are also working on counting collections.
February News
For our Light and Sound Science Unit we will be designing and creating a sound source for a puppet show scene. If you have any recyclables at home (egg cartons, milk gallons, paper towel rolls, etc…) please bring them to our classroom by next Friday, February 28th. Thank you for all of your help!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are studying character feelings. In our small reading groups we are having chats about how the character feelings change from the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Science: We are learning how to be sound engineers for our science unit. The first graders are learning about different sound sources.
Writing: The first graders are learning how to be review writers. They are writing their opinion on places such as restaurants and vacations and/or things like movies, games and toys.
Math: During workshop we are revisiting addition and subtraction games. We are working on explaining our counting strategies when finding out the solution. The first graders are also working on counting collections.
February News
Please remember your child will need a packed lunch and drink for Monday, Feb. 17th for our field trip to see the play, Rock N’ Roll Mole.
Chaperones do not need a lunch and should gather by Lakeview’s front office by 10:20 am! Thank you!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are learning how to bring their books to life. We read “There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly” and created our own puppets to act out the story!
Science: We are light and sound engineers! We are learning how to make a surface bright and dark. The first graders explored with many materials such as foam, foil and cardboard to see which materials made a dark shadow, bright area or a medium area.
Writing: The first graders are learning how to create an opinion by writing reviews. They are writing about their collections and explaining which item would come in first, second, third...etc and giving many reasons to support their opinion.
Math: During workshop we are playing games such as Tens Go Fish and building our fluency with exploring and learning combinations of 10. The first graders are also working on counting collections.
February News
Our classroom Valentine’s Celebration will be next Friday, February 14th. If your child would like to bring a friendship card, please note that we have 17 friends in our classroom!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are learning how to bring their books to life. They are getting to know their characters in their stories by studying how the characters act/behave, what they characters say, and how they think.
Science: We are light and sound engineers! We are learning how to make a surface bright and dark. The first graders explored how to create a shadow on a surface using a flashlight as a light source.
Writing: The first graders are learning how to create an opinion by writing reviews. They are writing about their collections and explaining which item would come in first, second, third...etc and giving many reasons to support their opinion.
Math: The first graders are focusing on combinations to 10. During workshop we are playing games such as Tens Go Fish and building our fluency with exploring and learning combinations of 10. The first graders are also working on counting collections.
January News
Please remember to bring a signed permission slip and $8.00 in cash for our field trip coming up in February!
Thank you!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are learning how to add drama to their reading with nonfiction books by adding actions and reading with feeling.
Science: We started our Light and Sound science unit. The first graders are learning about engineers and observing different light sources in our own classroom and school.
Writing: The first graders finished their nonfiction writing unit. We will begin our opinion writing next week! Please have your child bring in a small collection for their writing.
Math: The first graders are focusing on combinations to 10. During workshop we are playing games such as Tens Go Fish and building our fluency with exploring and learning combinations of 10.
January News
Please make sure your child is reviewing his/her snap word flashcards at night along with reading. As we get into harder books, we see more and more snap words that we need to know in a... snap!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are marking interesting parts in their nonfiction stories, showing the feeling in their voices and studying books like a writer in order to read aloud like an expert.
Phonics: The first graders are learning new snap words. They read the word, study the word, spell it, write it and use it in a sentence! Please look in your child’s folder for more snap words from unit 3.
Writing: The first graders are working on using comparisons in their writing. They are also working on going back to revise their writing.
Math: The first graders are learning about fractions. They are learning about halves and what it means to be equal/fair. They are also working on telling time to the hour.
January News
We had a great week back from winter break! Please remember to make sure your child has winter gear (hats, gloves, snow pants, boots, etc…) for their locker!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are learning how to read aloud their stories like an expert! They are working on marking interesting parts of their stories to share with their reading partners.
Phonics: The first graders are learning strategies to read and write long and tough words. They are learning that for each syllable in a word, there must be a vowel. The first graders are practicing this skill by rereading their writing stories and revising.
Writing: The first graders are working on adding a table of contents to their nonfiction chapter books. They are also focusing on using comparisons in their writing.
Math: The first graders are measuring and comparing the lengths of pictures of fish and solving comparison problems during workshop time. We are also working on telling time to the hour.
December News
Have a wonderful and safe winter break! Please read with your child and review snap words. We will see everybody Monday, January 6th :)
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders are working on how to get super smart on nonfiction topics! We are working on reading the words and studying the words and pictures.
Phonics: This week we learned that blends can be in the beginning, middle AND end of words! We are on the lookout during reading and remember these strategies during writing!
Writing: The first graders are starting to write nonfiction chapter books. We are studying published texts and learning how to make our own table of contents for our stories.
Math: The first graders started a new math unit about measurement and comparing lengths of objects. We are using tools such as string and counting cubes to measure objects and compare lengths.
December News
If you are able to at this time, please consider donating snacks for our snack cabinet! Thank you so much!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We practiced our sight words. The first graders also learned more about words that contain vowel teams like “see” and “out” and were on the lookout for words that have vowel teams in their independent reading.
Science: The first graders wrapped up their plant and animal unit by creating models of animals and explaining the defense the animal uses to survive. The first graders presented their models to the kindergartners!
Writing: We finished our How-To Writing stories! The first graders can take their stories home and complete any unfinished stories at home and share them with you!
Math: We are learning how to solve and prove if equations are true or false. The first graders are continuing to practice showing their thinking by using counting strategies.
November News
As the weather is changing and it’s getting colder (and snowy!), please make sure your child has the appropriate winter gear for outdoor recess!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: The first graders have been using their word detective tools such as their detective lens and finger flashlights to take a closer look at words!
Phonics: We are studying words and learning about short vowels and long vowels. We are on the lookout for the Sneaky E!
Science: We are learning about plants and animals and their offspring. We are learning how the animals/plants take care of their offspring and how they can grow up learning how to defend themselves from predators.
Writing: We are working hard on our how to stories. We are planning our stories by touching and telling, sketching our pages then writing. We are working with our partners to help us think of ideas to add to our how to stories.
Math: We are solving put together story problems with multiple addends ( 4+4+3= ___). We are practicing our counting strategies to share our thinking with others.
November News
As the weather is changing and it’s getting colder (and snowy!), please make sure your child has the appropriate winter gear for outdoor recess!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: As Word Detectives, we are learning how to take a closer look at words.. We are learning about vowel teams, contractions and compound words.
Phonics: We are studying words and turning new words into snap words. We are also working on contractions and learning how an apostrophe can disguise two snap words (don’t- do and not).
Science: We are learning how animals defend themselves from predators using structures on their bodies such as shells, spikes and/or camouflage. We are making our own models to show our learning using materials such as clay, erasers and toothpicks to model the structures.
Writing: We are working hard on our how to stories. We are including labels and diagrams in our pictures to include even more teaching and directions in our how-to stories.
Math: We are solving put together story problems with both addends unknown to determine one or more combinations/solutions. ( __+__=7).
November News
As the weather is changing and it’s getting colder (and snowy!), please make sure your child has the appropriate winter gear for outdoor recess!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are still working as Word Detectives and learning new strategies for solving tricky words. We are taking a closer look to break long words into smaller parts and paying attention to the beginning of the words for blends.
Phonics: We are studying words with the Silent E in words! We are studying the Silent E in stories, through games and using silent e words in our writing. We are also adding more snap words to our word wall.
Science: We are scientists studying how animals survive by using their structures to defend themselves from predators.
Writing: We are working hard on our how to stories. We are using words like “First”, “next”, “then”, and “last” to put our steps in order.
Math: We are solving put together story problems with both addends unknown to determine one or more combinations/solutions. ( __+__=7).
November News
Thank you for donating so many recyclables to our classroom! They will become very handy for our upcoming science lessons!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are Word Detectives working for the Super Secret Detective Agency (SSDA)! Each day the first graders complete a mission focusing on identifying and reading snap words, solving tricky words and being on the lookout for words with the Silent E.
Phonics: We are studying words with the Silent E in words! We are studying the Silent E in stories, through games and using silent e words in our writing.
Science: We are scientists studying how animals survive by meeting their needs by eating food, breathing air and drinking water.
Writing: We started our How-To Writing stories. We are learning how to write a story about teaching in small steps. We are using words like “First”, “next”, “then”, and “last” to put our steps in order.
Math: We are revisiting addition and subtraction problems and using counting strategies to solve and explain our thinking.
October News
safety presentation at school
The first graders will be having a Fall party Thursday, October 31st! Please look at your child’s folder and consider to sign up to bring an item. Please return the form by Thursday, October 24th! Thank you!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are practicing reading with fluency! We are reading using our good habits independently to solve hard words and going back to make sure our voices are sounding smooth and lively.
Phonics: We finished our first unit in phonics by having a graduation to celebrate everything we learned about letters, sounds and words! We celebrated our power to read super-hard words by partner reading with a new shared reading text and studying new words!
Writing: We have finished our small moment writing unit. We celebrated being small moment story writers by publishing one of our small moment stories!
Math: We are exploring with our shape tools to see different ways to combine and create shapes using other shapes.
October News
Please consider sending some of the following items to class for our science unit
Thank you for all of your help!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are Word Detectives! We have received many missions from the Super Secret Detective Agency (S.S.D.A). We are using our good reading habits to solve tricky words using our detective tools like our magnifying glasses and brain power!
Phonics: We started our new phonics unit about the mystery of the silent E! We are learning how the Sneaky E is at the end of a word and doesn’t make a sound and it can change the “a” to a long sound (tap- tape)
Science: We started our Plant and Animal Defenses Unit. We will be aquarium scientists as we investigate and discuss about how Spruce the sea turtle will survive using her structures when she leaves the aquarium to live in the ocean.
Math: We practiced counting collections this week. We counted objects such as pumpkin erasers, seashells and even toy dinosaurs. We shared our counting strategies and used number paths as tools.
October News
If you are able to at this time, please consider bringing a snack for our nutrition break. Options include Graham crackers, fruit snacks, animal crackers, Goldfish...etc! Please note we are a nut-free classroom! We have 16 friends in our room. Thank you!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are working on our reading stamina! We are focusing at our table spots, practicing our good reading habits and reading just-right books. We even had a King and Queen of Stamina this week!
Phonics: We are learning about how snap words can be power words! A snap word can be a power word if you can make even more words from it. We learned the word “up” is very teeny but very powerful because we can make words like “pup” and “cup” from it.
Writing: We are learning how to use craft moves in our small moment stories such as uses ellipses to build excitement, pop-out words to show the readers to read in a strong voice and telling in exact actions.
Math: We are learning about hexagons, trapezoids and rhombuses. We are exploring with our shape tools to see different ways to combine and create shapes using other shapes.
October News
If you are able to at this time, please consider bringing a snack for our nutrition break. Options include Graham crackers, fruit snacks, animal crackers, Goldfish...etc! Please note we are a nut-free classroom! We have 16 friends in our room. Thank you!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are practicing our good habits for solving hard words! We are working on independently looking at a tricky word and using strategies such as looking at all the parts of words and flipping the vowel sound when double-checking.
Phonics: We are learning how to turn any word into a snap word! We study the word by clapping the syllables, spelling it, writing it and using it in a sentence.
Writing: We are learning how to use craft moves in our small moment stories such as uses ellipses to build excitement, pop-out words to show the readers to read in a strong voice and telling in exact actions.
Math: We are working on how to solve taking away/subtraction story problems and sharing our counting strategies. We are also playing games in math workshop that focus on subtraction. We finished our unit today and next week we will be starting unit 2: Comparing and Combining Shapes
September News
We’ve had a great few weeks of school together! We are still learning and practicing classroom and school rules. Please note students do not have school next Friday, September 27th!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are learning more and more good habits use while reading! We learned how to take a sneak peek of our stories, reread our stories and to do something at the end of reading such as rereading our favorite part!
Phonics: Ask your child about our classmate, Rasheed the Lion! He is helping us review our short vowels, blends and digraphs through activities and songs.
Writing: We are learning how to write small moment stories using details in our words and pictures.
Math: We are working on how to solve putting together/addition story problems and sharing our counting strategies. We are also playing games in math workshop that focus on adding. In your child’s folder there is a game to play at home together when you have time! :)
September News
Please read and review snap words with your child over the weekend! Thank you for your continuous support and helping your child grow as a reader!
Please take some time to read and review our snap word flashcards with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are still practicing great reading habits! The first graders are learning how we can check the picture and look at all of the parts in a word when we’re trying to solve it.
Phonics: We are continuing to study words and names! The first graders focused a lot on short vowels this week and even sang about them! “Old MacDonald had some vowels, a-e-i-o-u!”
Writing: We are learning how to bring our stories to life by adding character feelings, speech bubbles, and moving marks to make our stories more exciting!
Math: We are just starting to learn about take away/subtraction story problems. The first graders are learning about counting strategies and how to explain how they counted and got their answers with friends.
September News
Our classroom rules we have been practicing:
We have listening bodies, we raise our hands, we have quiet voices, walking feet, helping hands and caring hearts!
Please take some time to read with your child at home! ☺
What’s Happening
This Month
A Peek At What We Are Learning
A Note From
Mrs. Logisz
Reading: We are learning about good habits and skills readers have. We are also learning how to have conversations about our books with our reading partners.
Writing: We are learning how to write small moment stories using details in our words and pictures.
Math: We are working with numbers 1-20 through counting games and exploring math tools during math workshop in our classroom. Please have your child complete the math worksheet in their folders for Monday :)