Update October 19th

*Thank you for sending in donations for the Westford Food Pantry.  We will continue to collect donations through the end of the week.  On October 30th, two other first grade classes will deliver the canned goods to the pantry and stock the shelves.

*Thank you for sending in donations for our three school parties.  I will go out this weekend to get supplies for our first party, the Harvest Party!

*In Math, we will finish Unit 2 and begin Unit 3.  Our focus this week is finding the parts of a number story and their totals.  We will also play domino top it.  Domino Top It is a game you could play at home if you have a set of dominoes.

*Domino Top-It*

1.    Place all of the dominoes on the table face down.

2.    Each player turns over one domino and counts the dots on each end of the domino.

3.    In turn, players say the number model corresponding to their domino; i.e., 4 + 7 =11 (for 4 dots on one end and 7 dots on the other).

4.    The player with the largest sum takes all of the dominoes from that round.

5.    Play continues until all dominoes are gone.

6.    The player with the most dominoes at the end of the game is the winner.

*Reading Groups are going really well.  Some of you have noticed students coming home with reading response journals in their reading bags.  Most of the time I send these home just so you can see what we're working on in reading group.  If I'm expecting the students to do any work in them at home, I will mark that on the reading log.  If you're child hasn't come home with a response journal yet, they will be soon.

*Mr. LaCoste will come to our room this week to read our next Care to Read book called, All Are Welcome.

*We will begin to learn about Non-Fiction features this week.  We will find features in a read aloud book and then students will explore other non-fiction books from our classroom library to find features.  

*In Writing, we will learn about what an "inside story" is.  When writing a story, the outside story is what happened (what everyone could see.)  The inside story is how you felt about what you were doing (i.e. I had a great time or It was boring.)  Students will make sure they use inside stories in their writing.  We will also practice using a writing checklist.

Looking Ahead

October 31st at 11:45- Harvest Party

November 7th- Author Visit- Salina Yoon

November 11th- No School (Veteran's Day observed)

November 14th- Mrs. Conway has Jury Duty

November 16th- Author Visit- Emile Boon

November 19th- No School, 2-8pm Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 20th- 2 Hour Delay- 8:30-10:45 Parent/Teacher Conferences 

November 21st- 12:20pm Early Release

November 22 & 23- No School