Update January 12th

*As a reminder there is no school Monday, January 15th or Tuesday, January 16th.  I hope you enjoy this long weekend with family and friends.

*On Wednesday, we will welcome a new student to our class.  The kids are very excited to meet Anna.  I know they will welcome Anna and help her learn about Robinson School.

*In Math, we are working on number scrolls.  The students will work to write numbers throughout the year.  We are in need of empty paper towel rolls to house our scrolls.  Please send any in as your family finishes up paper towel rolls.

*Also in math, we are working on measuring with non-standard unit of measure such as paperclips and base-10 block cubes.  We will continue to work with base-10 blocks to learn about the 10s and 1s place and compare numbers using greater than, less than and equal.

*We will not having spelling this week.  This past week, every student spelled our most difficult word "SAID" correctly.  As a reward, I did a cartwheel for the whole class to see!

*In Science, we will explore with sound this week.  Students will use many materials to create instruments!

Donations:

We are looking for donations of the following materials:

*Empty Paper Towel Rolls

*Tacky Glue or Elmers Glue Bottles

Update January 8th

We will continue much of the same work that we started last week, this week.  With the warmer temperatures this week, we hope to get out to recess each day this week.  Students will need to have snow boots, snow pants, coats, gloves and hats in order to play in the snow.  Otherwise, they will play on the hardtop during recess time.

*In Math, we continue to focus on place value. Students are doing well with making exchanges when the ones place is 10 or higher.  A simple game that you can play at home is Dollar Exchange.  I will teach this game tomorrow during math.

One-Dollar Exchange: Players roll the dice and put the number of pennies on their Place-Value mats. Whenever possible, they exchange 10 pennies for 1 dime. The first player to make an exchange for $1 wins! 

*In Spelling, we are working on words that have digraphs.  Digraphs are when two consonants work together to produce a new sound, such as -ch, -sh and -th.

Looking Ahead:

No School, Monday, January 15th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

No School, Tuesday, January 16th for Professional Development

We will have no spelling list the week of January 15th.

Update January 1st

Happy New Year! I hope you had time to rest and relax with family and friends over the holidays.  We will start back at school tomorrow (Tuesday.)  

*Students can continue to leave snow clothes at school throughout the week and take them home on the weekends if that works for you and your family.  However, as a reminder if the wind chill is not over 20 degrees, we won't go out for recess.  Fingers crossed that we may get out later on this week!

*Throughout the Winter, we will not visit our 4th grade Book Buddies at Crisafulli because of the weather.  Over the past several years, we've found it too difficult to travel during the winter months due to snow on the trail and cold weather.  Therefore, we will begin writing letters to our book buddies over the course of the next few weeks.   First graders will begin a new writing unit, Opinion Writing shortly.  Part of this unit is to learn to write a letter.  We will tie this into our correspondence with our Book Buddies.

*There will be no spelling list this week.  Spelling will start back up next week.

*In Math, we will begin the 5th unit of Everyday Math 2.  Our focus this week will be on place value.  We will use base 10 blocks and coins to study the ones and tens places.

*In Science, we will continue our study of Light and Sound.  This week, we'll how light is blocked, goes through or is reflected using different materials.

*In Writing, we continue to edit stories for punctuation, spelling and adding details.  We will transition to Opinion Writing mid-month.

Looking Ahead:

Monday, January 15th- No School MLK Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 16th- No School- Professional Development