Week of May 4th - May 8th

Looking Ahead

May4th - May 8th

Reading Strategies

Summarizing

Phonics

 "al" 

Writing Strategies/Grammar

How to writing/ Explanatory

Opinions

Opposites/Antonyms

Close Reading (Life Cycles)

Ladybug Life Cycle

Close Reading Vocabulary

antennae

aphid

fragile

hibernate

larvae

pollen

pupa

Spelling Words (List 30)

bad

vet

fact

all

talk

walk

small

made

their

beanstalk

The test on these words will be on Friday, May 8th.

Your student brought home their spelling test from today - please make sure to look it over with them! :)

Chicks/Life Cycle Unit

We will spend 5 weeks exploring chicks and their life cycle, while also discussing the life cycle of frogs, horses, butterflies, ladybugs, and sunflowers. We will discuss other animals that lay eggs and how important they are to us. Next week we will be provided with eggs that will be placed into our incubators. The students will get to observe the 21 day incubation process and see them hatch!

This week we continued to learn all about hens and roosters. We will continue to do different classroom activities and learn about the life cycle of a chicken. The class had an opportunity to candle each egg. We were able to see that 6 out of 12 of the eggs have a growing baby chick inside. A few of the other eggs were too dark to tell at this point. Make sure to ask your student to see the progress on their Chick App!

iPads

The iPads are back! The students are very excited. Please encourage your student to practice their reading and math facts when they are at home. The user names and passwords are to the right of my blog just in case they are forgotten.

Math

This week we began discussing shapes. We talked about solid figures and plane shapes. We will continue next week. Please have your student practice their fast facts at home!

Twitter

First Grade has joined Twitter! If you have an account and would like to follow us, our name is @idefirstgrade1. We will be using twitter to post pictures of activities that the students complete in the classroom as well as work. This is a great way to stay connected at home and see what your students are accomplishing!

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have any questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Friday, May 1st - Chicken Presentation with Mrs. Fish
• Friday, May 15th - Early Dismissal
• Monday, May 25th - No School - Memorial Day

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops/Labels for Education - Please continue to turn in any box tops/labels that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) 
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth

Week of April 27th - May 1st

Looking Ahead

April 27th - May 1st

Reading Strategies

Synthesizing/Inferring

Phonics

 "or" 

Writing Strategies/Grammar

How to writing/ Explanatory

Opinions

Plurals

Close Reading (Life Cycles)

Frog Life Cycle

Close Reading Vocabulary

froglet

webbed

lungs

gills

glide

amphibian

Spelling Words (List 29)

got

bun

belt

fork

storm

horse

forty

goes

does

incubator

The test on these words will be on Friday, May 1st.

Your student brought home their spelling test from today - please make sure to look it over with them! :)

Chicks/Life Cycle Unit

We will spend 5 weeks exploring chicks and their life cycle, while also discussing the life cycle of frogs, horses, butterflies, ladybugs, and sunflowers. We will discuss other animals that lay eggs and how important they are to us. Next week we will be provided with eggs that will be placed into our incubators. The students will get to observe the 21 day incubation process and see them hatch!

This week we learned all about hens and roosters. We discussed the different parts of a chicken and compared and contrasted a hen and a rooster. We will continue to do different classroom activities and learned about the life cycle of a chicken. Next week the class will get the chance to candle the eggs to see the growth of the baby chick.

Spring Open House

Thank you to everyone that came to Open House! It was so nice to see students taking ownership of their work and showing their families what they have accomplished the past few months. A huge thank you to parents that donated money for so new classroom books! The students loved reading some of them today!

iPads

The iPads are back! The students are very excited. Please encourage your student to practice their reading and math facts when they are at home. The user names and passwords are to the right of my blog just in case they are forgotten.

Math

This week we began discussing graphs and how to use data/tables in order to create different types of graphs. Students have focused on picture graphs, bar graphs, and using tally charts to gather information. Please continue to have your student practice their fast facts at home!

Twitter

First Grade has joined Twitter! If you have an account and would like to follow us, our name is @idefirstgrade1. We will be using twitter to post pictures of activities that the students complete in the classroom as well as work. This is a great way to stay connected at home and see what your students are accomplishing!

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have any questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Friday, April 24th - Chipotle District Fundraiser
• Thursday, April 30th - Feed My Starving Children
• Friday, May 1st - Chicken Presentation with Mrs. Fish
• Friday, May 15th - Early Dismissal
• Monday, May 25th - No School - Memorial Day

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops/Labels for Education - Please continue to turn in any box tops/labels that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) 
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth

Week of April 20th - April 24th

Looking Ahead

April 20th - April 24th

Reading Strategies

Synthesizing/Inferring

Phonics

 "oy" 

Writing Strategies/Grammar

How to writing/ Explanatory

Adverbs

Close Reading (Life Cycles)

Chick Life Cycle

Close Reading Vocabulary

breed

brood

comb

down

embryo

incubation

Spelling Words (List 28)

jet

dig

help

boy

toy

enjoy

annoy

two

four

destroy

The test on these words will be on Friday, April 24th.

Your student brought home their spelling test from today - please make sure to look it over with them! :)

Chicks/Life Cycle Unit

We will spend 5 weeks exploring chicks and their life cycle, while also discussing the life cycle of frogs, horses, butterflies, ladybugs, and sunflowers. We will discuss other animals that lay eggs and how important they are to us. Next week we will be provided with eggs that will be placed into our incubators. The students will get to observe the 21 day incubation process and see them hatch!

This past week we learned all about eggs! We discussed the seven different parts of an egg and then got to crack them open and label the different parts. We also started an experiment. We placed an egg in five different liquids: water, salt water, vinegar, apple juice, and blue Gatorade. We are going to watch and observe them over the next few weeks and see if our predictions were right! 

Next week we will learn all about hens and roosters. We will discuss the different parts of a chicken and compare and contrast a hen and a rooster. We will continue to do different classroom activities and learned about the life cycle of a chicken.

Spring Open House

Spring Open House and the Scholastic Book Fair will be held next Thursday, April 23rd from 6:30 - 8:00pm. This is a great opportunity for your student to show you and your family all the hard work and activities they have been completing in school. I look forward to seeing everyone there! If you have any other questions please feel free to email me!

iPads

The iPads are back! The students are very excited. Please encourage your student to practice their reading and math facts when they are at home. The user names and passwords are to the right of my blog just in case they are forgotten.

Math

This week we wrapped up our unit on telling time to the hour and half hour. Next week we will begin discussing graphs and how to use data/tables in order to create different types of graphs. Please have your student practice their fast facts at home!

Twitter

First Grade has joined Twitter! If you have an account and would like to follow us, our name is @idefirstgrade1. We will be using twitter to post pictures of activities that the students complete in the classroom as well as work. This is a great way to stay connected at home and see what your students are accomplishing!

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have any questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Wednesday, April 22nd - Earth Day (wear green, brown, or blue)/ Eggs arrive
• Thursday, April 23rd - Spring Open House/Book Fair
• Friday, April 24th - Chipotle District Fundraiser
• Thursday, April 30th - Feed My Starving Children

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops/Labels for Education - Please continue to turn in any box tops/labels that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) 
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth

Week of April 13th - April 17th

April 8th - April 10th

Parents - The week we get back from break is a short 3 day week so there will be no spelling words/test. We will start our new ELA unit on life cycles. We will be reading Tadpole's Promise and discuss the life cycle of a frog. The information below is for the following week that we are back.

Looking Ahead

April 13th - April 17th

Reading Strategies

Synthesizing/Inferring

Phonics

 "oi" 

Writing Strategies/Grammar

How to writing/ Explanatory

Close Reading (Life Cycles)

Chickens Aren't the Only Ones

Close Reading Vocabulary

oviparous

tame

extinct

sac

exception

mammals

Spelling Words (List 27)

bug

had

film

oil

coin

noisy

spoiled

would

right

boiling

The test on these words will be on Friday, April 17th.

Your student brought home their spelling test from today - please make sure to look it over with them! :)

iPads

The iPads are back! The students are very excited. Please encourage your student to practice their reading and math facts when they are at home. The user names and passwords are to the right of my blog just in case they are forgotten.

Math

This week students focused on comparing the lengths of three objects, as well as using different units to estimate and measure objects. When we get back from break, students will begin a unit on telling time to the hour and half hour. Please have your student practice their fast facts at home! If you have any extra paper towel rolls please send them in with your student - we are using them for our number scrolls to 1,000! Thank you!

Twitter

First Grade has joined Twitter! If you have an account and would like to follow us, our name is @idefirstgrade1. We will be using twitter to post pictures of activities that the students complete in the classroom as well as work. This is a great way to stay connected at home and see what your students are accomplishing!

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have any questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Monday March 30th - Monday, April 6th - Spring Break - No school
• Tuesday, April 7th - Teacher Institute - No school
• Wednesday, April 8th - Classes Resume
• Friday, April 10th - PTO Bunco Night

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops/Labels for Education - Please continue to turn in any box tops/labels that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) 
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth

Week of March 23rd - March 27th

Looking Ahead

March 23rd - March 27th

Reading Strategies

Visualizing

Phonics

 "ow" 

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Opinion Writing

Verbs

Close Reading (Fables)

The Fox and the Grapes

Close Reading Vocabulary

bunch

juicy

lunge

pluck

ripe

Spelling Words (List 26)

big

fox

milk

how

owl

brown

town

could

should

flowerpot

The test on these words will be on Friday, March 27th.

Your student brought home their spelling test from today - please make sure to look it over with them! :)

iPads

The iPads are back! The students are very excited. Please encourage your student to practice their reading and math facts when they are at home. The user names and passwords are to the right of my blog just in case they are forgotten.

Math

This week students focused on comparing the lengths of three objects, as well as using different units to estimate and measure objects. We will continue this unit next week. Please have your student practice their fast facts at home!

Twitter

First Grade has joined Twitter! If you have an account and would like to follow us, our name is @idefirstgrade1. We will be using twitter to post pictures of activities that the students complete in the classroom as well as work. This is a great way to stay connected at home and see what your students are accomplishing!

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have any questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Friday, March 20th - Movie Night
• Thursday, March 26th - First Grade Musical "HATS!" @ Lakeview
• Friday, March 27th - Springing Books to Life - Wear bright colors and think of your favorite book title to record at school.
• Monday March 30th - Monday, April 6th - Spring Break - No school
• Tuesday, April 7th - Teacher Institute - No school
• Wednesday, April 8th - Classes Resume

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops/Labels for Education - Please continue to turn in any box tops/labels that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) 
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth