Notes for Parents:
- Scholastic Book Order forms will be coming home with your child on Monday and are due on Friday, September 27th! If you would prefer to place an online book order visit clubs.scholastic.com. Our class code is VXLWC.
- Information about classroom birthdays came home in your child’s blue folder this past week. The document is also linked here on our blog.
- Please practice shoe-tying with your first grader! This is a BIG BIG help for us as we have lots of little shoes to tie each day.
Celebrations:
- Quote of the Week – Each week, our class learns about a new quote and spends the whole week trying to embody that quote. At the end of the week, Miss Raisch awards a friend from our class who really shined with that quote’s energy throughout the week. This week’s quote went to RILEY for being a kind friend!
- You are Awesome! – During many of our subjects (ex. reader’s workshop, math, word study) Miss Raisch will pick a “mystery friend” to observe and look to see if they are serving as a role model for our class. If this friend does an amazing job and follows our class rules, then you will receive a “You are Awesome!” note home about their amazing work.
- First Grade Family Time – Every Friday, all of the first graders at Georgetown get together for a little assembly! At the assembly, we celebrate our learning, give awards for the quote of the week, and celebrate birthdays from the week. Here are our “Quote” & “Birthday” first graders from today’s family time.
Our Learning:
Reading – We started reader’s workshop this week by learning about how we will spend our reading time each week. We also learned how to take a “sneak peek” at a book before we start reading and applied this skill with our “Mac & Cheese” reading partners. Plus, we practiced book shopping from our classroom library!
Writing – We began our “Small Moments” writing unit this week! To begin, we learned about the difference between a watermelon story & a seed story. Then, Miss Raisch modeled how to THINK, PLAN, & WRITE a small moment story.
Math – This week’s math lessons focused on simple addition and subtraction from 0-10. We used our math workbook pages for the first time and we wrote lots of partner equations. We also spent time on Friday having “number talks” which are our class-wide discussions about math problems.
Social & Emotional – We met Mr. Penguin, a stuffed penguin who will help us talk about our emotions throughout this school year! We brainstormed lots of different emotions and made our own chart to show different feelings. We ended the week by making a penguin craft!
SOAR – All of Hudsonville Public Schools are focused on SOARing this year! Be Safe, Own It, Act Responsibly, and Be Respectful. We added some new SOAR posters to our classroom and talked about how we will SOAR in the classroom, on the bus, on the playground, and more.
Upcoming Dates:
- Monday, September 9 – STEAM
- Tuesday, September 10 – Music
- Wednesday, September 11 – PE
- Thursday, September 12 – Art
- Friday, September 13 – STEAM, Library
