Week of February 18- 22, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for February 18- 22, 2019

          Our Reading Test for the story, “Who Works Here!” is now scheduled for Tuesday, February 19^th. Our high frequency words for this story are live, out, people, who and work. 

          Our Spelling Test for the long I sound and digraphs wh, ch, tch, and ph is also scheduled for Tuesday, February 19^th.  Our spelling words are like, ride, smile, time, white, bike, dime, hide, ice and kite.  The challenge words are: “who” and “work.” 

          In Math, we will continue to work she shapes and fractions!  We are currently sorting shapes by properties, and using shapes to build new ones!  Please continue to practice your Math Facts in your B.E.E. folder! J   

 Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (2/18)- *Non-Rotation Day!   

Tuesday (2/19)- Day 10- Gym

Wednesday (2/20)- Day 1- Music

Thursday (2/21)- Day 2- Computers

Friday (2/22)- Day 3- Art

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message! 

Week of February 11-15, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for February 11-15, 2019

          In Reading, we began the story, “Who Works Here!”  Throughout the story, we have been discussing people who work in our community to make it a better place!  Our high frequency words for this story are live, out, people, who and work.  Our test on this story will be on Friday, February 15^th. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are the long I sound and digraphs wh, ch, tch, and ph.  Our spelling words are like, ride, smile, time, white, bike, dime, hide, ice and kite.  The challenge words are: “who” and “work.”  Our Spelling test for these words will be on Friday, February 15^th. 

In Math, we will begin Unit 5 Geometry and Fractions!  This week we will categories shapes, see how they are similar and different and build our Math vocabulary! 

On Friday, February 15^th we will be having our Valentine’s Day party!  Students may bring in valentines/ treats for each student if you wish!  There are 19 students total in our class!  A list of names of the students in our class was sent home last week! J 

February Scholastic Book order forms were sent home last week!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due Wednesday, February 13th. 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (2/11)- Day 7- Computers

Tuesday (2/12)- Day 8- Art

Wednesday (2/13)- Day 9- Keyboarding

Thursday (2/14)- Day 10- Gym

Friday (2/15)- Day 1- Music *Class Valentine’s Day Party! Spartan Dress down for a $1 donation

**Monday (2/18)- School is in session! 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message! 

Week of February 4-9, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for February 4- 8, 2019

            We will begin our new story, “Who Works Here?” in Reading this week!  We will discuss who works to make our community a nice place.  We will also discuss the Author’s Purpose of the story.  Our high frequency words are people, live, work, who, and out. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are the long I sound and digraphs wh, ch, tch, and ph.  Our spelling words are like, ride, smile, time, white, bike, dime, hide, ice and kite.  The challenge words are: “who” and “work.” 

            In Math, we will continue to work on identifying numbers that 1 more and 1 less and 10 more and 10 less.  We will continue to compare numbers by representing the given numbers with base ten blocks.  Our test for Unit 4 will be Thursday, February 7^th. 

            On Friday, February 15^th we will be having our Valentine’s Day party!  Students may bring in valentines/ treats for each student if you wish!  There are 19 students total in our class!  A list of names of the students in our class will be sent home this week! J

Attached you will find our February Scholastic Book order forms!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due Wednesday, February 13th. 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (2/4)- Day 2- Computers **Report Cards are sent home today! J

Tuesday (2/5)- Day 3- Art

Wednesday (2/6)- Day 4- Library **Happy 100^th day of School! J

Thursday (2/7)- Day 5- Gym

Friday (2/8)- Day 6- Music

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message! 

Week of January 28- February 1, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for January 28- February 1, 2019

          Due to the schedule changes last week, our Reading test for “The Farmer and the Hat” will now be tomorrow, January 29^th.  We completed our Spelling test on the long a sound and c/s/ and g /j/ sound today! 

          In Math, we will continue to work on identifying numbers that are 1 more/ 1 less and 10 more/ 10 less.  We will also continue to compare numbers!  Please listen for key vocabulary such as: “greater than” and “less than!” 

          In Grammar, we will begin to work on common and proper nouns!

                   

            Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (1/28)- Day 1- Music  

Tuesday (1/29)- Day 2- Computers- *Report Cards will be sent home today!

Wednesday (1/30)- Day 3- Art

Thursday (1/31)- Day 4- Happy 100 days of 1^st grade! J

Friday (2/1)- Day 5- Gym   

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message! 

Week of January 14-18, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for January 14- 18, 2019

          In Reading, we will begin our new story, “The Farmer in the Hat.”  We will discuss how a school is a community as well as revisit the skill of cause and effect.  Our high frequency words for this story are: could, be, old, paper, of, and horse.

 

            Our focus phonics skills are the long a sound and consonants c/s/ and g /j/. Our spelling words are face, made, age, safe, make, take, cage, cake, late, and name.  Our challenge words are “could” and “old.” 

            In Math, we will continue to focus on place value!  This week, we will work on building numbers with tens and ones as well as showing different ways to show a number (digit, tens and ones, written form and expanded form). 

            In your child’s B.E.E. folder, you will see a “Math Fact” envelope.  We have been working VERY hard on our math facts.  Students will continue to add flashcards to their envelope.  Please continue to practice these facts with your child at home!

January Scholastic Book order forms were sent home last week!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due this Friday, January 18^th. 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (1/14)- Day 4- Library- Boosterthon Kick-Off!

Tuesday (1/15)- Day 5- Gym

Wednesday (1/16)- Day 6- Music

Thursday (1/17)- Day 7- Computers

Friday (1/18)- Day 8- Art *Spartan Dress Down Day for a $1 donation

Upcoming Important Dates:

Monday- January 21^st- School IS in session for students!  *Snow make-up day!

Thursday- January 24^th- Boosterthon FUN RUN!

Friday- January 25^th- Report Cards are sent home

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message! 

Week of January 7-11, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for January 7-11, 2019

            We will have our reading test for the story, “A Big Fish for Max,” on Wednesday, January 9^th.  Our high frequency words for this story are: want, catch, no, said, good and put. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are consonant digraphs sh and th, as well as the vowel sound a, al in ball.  Our spelling words are fish, then, shut, with, rush, shell, shop, trash, thin, and ship.  Our challenge words are “want” and “good.”  Our Spelling Test on these words will be on Wednesday, January 9^th. 

            In Math, we are discussing place value!  Last week we discussed about creating a group of ten and counting the “extras” or “ones.”  This week, we will continue to create groups of ten and begin to discuss comparing place value with greater than, less than and equal to!  We are also continuing to practice our addition facts to 20! J

As a class, we love to read and listen to stories!  It is very important that kids hear fluent reading and activate comprehension strategies.  One way we can practice these skills is by having guest readers come into our classroom!  If any parent/ grandparent/ guardian would like to come into our class, please let me know by writing me a note, email or Class Dojo message! 

Attached you will find our January Scholastic Book order forms!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due Friday, January 18^th. 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (1/7)- Day 9- Keyboarding

Tuesday (1/8)- Day 10 Gym

Wednesday (1/9)- Day 1- Music

Thursday (1/10)- Day 2- Computers

Friday (1/11)- Day 3- Art

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message! 

Week of January 2-4, 2019

Weekly Newsletter for January 2- 4, 2019

          Welcome back and Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing break! J 

We will continue with our story, “Big Fish for Max” and talk about what a family does together.  We will also discuss identifying the sequence of a story.  Our high frequency words for this story are: said, want, good, catch, no and put.  Our Reading Test for this story will be on Wednesday, January 9^th. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are consonant digraphs sh and th, as well as the vowel sound a, al in ball.  Our spelling words are fish, then, shut, with, rush, shell, shop, trash, thin, and ship.  Our challenge words are “want” and “good.”  Our Spelling Test on these words will be on Wednesday, January 9^th. 

            We will begin Unit 4 in Math this week!  Throughout this Unit, we will be discussing place value We will first start by identifying groups of tens! 

            As a class, we love to read and listen to stories!  It is very important that kids hear fluent reading and activate comprehension strategies.  One way we can practice these skills is by having guest readers come into our classroom!  If any parent/ grandparent/ guardian would like to come into our class, please let me know by writing me a note, email or Class Dojo message! 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (12/31)- No School for Students!

Tuesday (1/1)- No School for Students!  Happy New Year! J

Wednesday (1/2)- Day 6- Music

Thursday (1/3)- Day 7- Computers

Friday (1/4)- Day 8- Art

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message!