Mui’s Newsletter

1st Grade

Week 11.19.2021

This week we focused on...

Math: The 1st graders reviewed part-part-whole in addition equations. The class also started a new unit on number lines. The students practiced putting numbers in order on a life size number line and later in the week, they tried to figure out the missing number on the line. Lastly, the class practiced using a number line to add.

Writing: This week the 1st graders started a new unit of How To writing. The students will be writing How To books this trimester and teaching peers and teachers how to do or make something. The students brainstormed a list of activities (i.e. playing a sport, instrument, 1st grade classroom routines, making a sandwich,etc.) they know how to do.

Reading: In Daily 5, the class continued practicing rhyming words and identifying the endings of those words. The students also continued to identify the difference between non-fiction and fiction books. Then, the class discussed reasons why authors may write nonfiction.

Theme: This week we started discussing how collaboration is going to be important in an upcoming project in Theme. The students partnered up and asked questions to get to know their partner - practicing listening and speaking.

EE: The 1st graders help make veggie stew from the harvests from our gardens! The students LOVED the stew and asked for more to share with everyone at home. Ms. Naomi also visited our class and we discussed what symbiosis is and provided examples of them (i.e. bee/flower).

PBIS: Mrs. Gernady read One to us and we discussed how kindness affect others and strategies to stand up for yourself and others.

Upcoming & Announcements

• Early Release: Monday, November 22nd and Tuesday, November 23rd
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Monday, November 22nd (2-7PM) and Tuesday, November 23rd (2-4PM)
• No School: Wednesday, November 24th - Friday, November 26th

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CONTACT INFORMATION: Please e-mail both of us with any questions, child pick-ups, and any absences throughout the day (appointments/illnesses) at kmui@pccharterschool.org and aluckey@pccharterschool.org.

Classroom 14 Wish List: If you wish to donate any materials to our classroom, please click here. We appreciate your generosity and donations!

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Sight Words of the Week & Practice Activities

1. Now
2. Of
3. Or
4. Out
5. Play

• Word of the Day: tape one or two words written on an index card next to the front door, as EVERYONE in the family leaves or enters the house…..ask them to touch the word and yell it out.
• Jump to Read: write the words your child is practicing in chalk outside, spend five to ten minutes a day jumping from word to word and calling them out.
• Eat the Words: write this weeks' sight words in whipped cream or frosting, eat one word treat a day (after reading it of course).
• Spell Them Out: Use alphabet pasta (dry) to spell out each word (glue them onto a piece of cardstock for future practicing).

Sight Words Practice Activities Continued

• Concentration: Play concentration with matching sets of sight word cards.
• Bath Time: Write words in the bathtub with bath crayons.
• Shaving Cream: Spread shaving cream onto a plastic tray and write the words with your finger
• Tic Tac Toe: Play tic tac toe (using two sight words instead of x and o).
• Magnets: Build sight words each day with letter magnets on the fridge.
• Sight Word Search: Hide two or three sight words around the house (written on a post it). Have your child find them (each day hide them in a new place).

• Note of the Day: Each day write your child a short note (1-3 sentences). Include the words they are practicing. Ask them to circle those words in crayon(bonus points for letting them use their favorite color).
• Use alphabet cookie cutters and playdough to spell out the words.
• Put letters onto a set of legos and BUILD the words.
• Catch: Use a sharpie to write each word from your child's current set on different parts of a beach ball. Toss the ball back and forth, yelling out the words that face up each time.
• Roll the Die: Create a set of die (large size) with a word on each face. Roll and read.
• Memory: create pairs of sight words and play memory.
• Sight Word Detective: look for focus words in your favorite story each night.

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Math Practice Activities

• Practice skip counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s up to 20.
• Use legos, blocks, toys, or popsicle sticks to practice counting.
• Write numbers 0-20. Use pencil, markers, colored pencils, or dry erase markers.
• Bath Time: Write words in the bathtub with bath crayons.
• Shaving Cream: Spread shaving cream onto a plastic tray and write the numbers with your finger
• Practice counting with a ten frame app or the number rack app.
• Use a deck of cards and have child flip over cards and write the number the card flipped over (paper or white board).
• Think and share fun story problems using addition up to 20 (i.e. Kelsey has 7 popsicles. Her mom gave her 5 more. How many popsicles does Kelsey have in total?).
• Measuring with popsicle sticks or unifix cubes. Practice estimating then counting to find the exact amount.�More Bridges Math Practice Activities

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• Counting or adding the dots on both sides of the dominoes. Create addition equations or asking which number is greater than, less than, or equal to.
• Creating fact families with dominoes (one side of the domino plus the other side).
• Identify and count coins: nickel, penny, and dime.
• Counting forwards and backwards by 1s, 5s, and 10s.
• Identifying the hour hand on an analog clock.

This week’s snapshots