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November 1st, 2024

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Dear Tiger Parents,

This is such an exciting time of year for the kids! Our Halloween Celebration was so much fun! The kids all had a blast and looked amazing in their costumes! During math, the kids have been excited to share their strategies to add with sums this time with red and white beans. Another mathematical focus this week has been exploring the idea of doubles, using our powerful number racks to demonstrate that even numbers can be arranged as equal halves with matching rows.

🏠At home, you can practice even and odd numbers with a calendar, you could have your kid tell you each day if the number of the day was odd or even. You could mark it or indicate it somehow on your calendar as well.

Keep your kids reading! They are moving along and we want to keep that momentum going! In our class, we celebrate the work readers have done across the unit by asking children to name all they learned to do as word detectives. As a team, teacher and students worked together, discussing the details of the reading strategies so far, and working on improvements and extra details. There is no doubt that in first grade, we are strong readers and strong leaders. Your dedication has not gone unnoticed, and we greatly appreciate your commitment to fostering a culture of support and encouragement. “Student Led Conferences” are coming up in November, see you soon!

With sincere appreciation, 🐯💚

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Reading: Revisit strategies taught for becoming a word detective. Phonics: Relate and apply what you know about CVCe words to edit writing and you will be guided in a series of exercises to help you reinforce your snap word retention.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Reading: Detective will focus this week on reviewing how to share the love of reading, using tips for bringing in more thinking and talking about books. They will be decoding CVCe words in isolation and context. Reading words with double consonants at the end can be tricky so this will also be practiced. Phonics: Readers and writers will use what they know about CVCe words to help them edit writing. Additionally, students will be guided in a series of exercises to help them reinforce their snap word retention.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Reading: Make sure to use all you know about reading to read, use the Anchor charts (Take a Closer Look and How to Be a Word Detective), pick a strategy, and practice it at home with your detective using the book ”Shapes at the Playground”. Phonics: Use what we practice about “Snap Words” to read the book “Musical Families”. Now, get five words from the book and make five others words by changing the initial letter. Example: Make - Lake.

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los escritores publican su mejor escritura

What readers & writers are doing at school...

En esta semana los escritores de libros instructivos publican su mejor escritura después de haber revisado y editado. Pensarán en su audiencia y escogerán las mejores palabras para expresarles de que están orgullosos y sus nuevas metas de escritura.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

En casa continúan fortaleciendo sus hábitos de lector, leyendo solos o con un compañero de lectura.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Solve addition and subtraction story Problems with sums to 20 involving situations of putting together, taking away and comparing.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will be using the number racks to model and solve a variaty of addition and subtraction story Problems.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Home Connection Unit 5 Module 1 Session 5. Due on Friday, November 8 Activity: Use the number rack to show the following quantities 12, 14, 16, 18. 19 Number Rack.

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

Understand how adult birds engage in behaviors that help their young survive in the natural world.

What tigers are doing at school...

Students will be making observations about birds and how they take care of their young…..from building a nest, incubating the eggs and then feeding them and helping them learn to fly. Students will reflect on what they observe by creating their own systems models to explain their understanding of the phenomena.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Watch THIS video and write down 5 observations and 5 things you wonder about it.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Friends will think about the cause of emotional reactions.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

In this lesson, friends will find clues in a situation and use them to think about why someone feels the way they do.

What friends and learners could be practicing at home...

Disscuss this questions as a family: What clues can you use to think about how you or someone else feels? How can understanding someone’sfeelings help make you a better friend?

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Upcoming Events

Nov. 7th

Donuts with Dad or Loved One

Nov. 8th

End of Trimester 1

Nov. 11th

3rd Kindergarten Stepping Stone

Reminders

🔔Remember to sign up for Student Led Conferences, Nov. 13th & Nov. 15th:

🗓1A ➡ Click here

🗓1B ➡ Click here

🗓1C ➡ Click here

📖 Make sure to read and write every day for 20-25 minutes.

🍩Donuts with Dad or Loved One: Nov. - 07 / 6:45am. - 7:30 am.

🏊1B swimming cycle: Nov. 04. - Nov. 22

🍓Bring healthy snacks to school.

💧Send a water bottle every day.

❄ Sometimes it gets cold, so please have them bring their ANS sweater LABELED with their names.

📝🛠 Writing and phonics tools: Attached you will find links to

Parent Engagement

Donuts with Dad or Loved One

Photo Package

You can still order your child's printed School Photo Packages.
Ordered Photo Packages before October 27th will be on campus before the Semester ends!

Pre-Order Photos!