Week of Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd

Looking Ahead

Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd

 

Reading Strategies

Predicting & Evaluating

Making Connections

Comprehension & Story Structure

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "ng"

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Writing Complete Sentences (capitals, spaces, punctuation)

Narratives

Sight Words

take

live

let

her

fly

were

Close Reading

It's Mine

Vocabulary Words (It's Mine)

quarrelsome

 quibbled 

bickering

trembling 

subsided

Spelling Words

in

 leg

 glad

 ring

 sang

strong

 lung

 be

 was

 length

The test on these words will be on Friday, October 3rd.

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

Math

This week we continued to work on subtraction. Some of the vocabulary that we have been focusing on this unit includes: the difference, minus, take away, subtract, how many are left, and compare. Next week we will continue to work on addition and subtraction and end on Friday with our Unit 2 assessment.

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

• Tuesday, Sept. 30th - Final Magazine Drive Turn In
• Tuesday, Oct. 7th - Literacy Night @ Ide
• Friday, Oct. 10th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm
• Monday, Oct. 13th - No School - Columbus Day

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops - Please continue to turn in any box tops 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! :) 
• Sight Words - Students brought home 6 sight words last week. They are the words that they need to know for the week. Next week there are 6 new words. Please continue to work with your student at home.
• 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 Sept. 22nd - Sept. 26th

Looking Ahead

Sept. 22th - Sept. 26th

 

Reading Strategies

Predicting & Evaluating

Making Connections

Comprehension & Story Structure

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "th" digraph sound

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Writing Complete Sentences (capitals, spaces, punctuation)

Sight Words

think

stop

has

him

when

just

Close Reading

Spoon

Vocabulary Words (Spoon)

spiffy

exotic

adventurous

fancy

proper

mumbled

function

Spelling Words

us

sad

flag

this

with

that

thank

me

we

thinking

The test on these words will be on Friday, September 26th.

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

Math

Students took their Unit 1 math assessment on addition last week and it was returned today. Please take the time to look over the assessment with your student and go over any problems that they might have missed. There were sections of the test where the directions were confusing and if your student missed those specific questions, I did allow them to re-do the problems after explaining the directions in more detail. If you have any questions please let me know!

Literacy Night/Daily 5

If you are interested in learning more about the Daily 5, then please join us on Tuesday, October 7th for our first "Literacy Night." It is a great opportunity to learn about the changes we have made in reading and literacy in order to enhance our reading program at school. Please use the link below to sign up with your son/daughter! Hope to see some of you there!

Link - http://goo.gl/Mmyu9v

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

• Tuesday, Sept. 23rd - First Magazine Drive Turn In
• Thursday, Sept. 25th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm & Second Magazine Drive Turn In
• Tuesday, Sept. 30th - Final Magazine Drive Turn In
• Tuesday, Oct. 7th - Literacy Night @ Ide
• Friday, Oct. 10th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm
• Monday, Oct. 13th - No School - Columbus Day

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops - Please continue to turn in any box tops 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! :) 
• Sight Words - Students brought home 6 sight words last week. They are the words that they need to know for the week. Next week there are 6 new words. Please continue to work with your student at home.
• Jolly Phonics Dictation - As part of our Jolly Phonics curriculum, each student will be doing weekly dictation activities that include our lesson for the week. The dictation will help your child make connections between what they are learning in class and what they already know in order to complete their spelling tests. This will not be for a grade - but more for an assessment on how they are learning their letter sounds and using them to incorporate into their spelling and writing.
• 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 Sept. 15th - Sept. 19th

Week of Sept. 8th - Sept. 12th

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the parents that were able to make it to Curriculum Night on Wednesday. I enjoyed seeing everyone and meeting those that I did not get to meet at Open House. Please let me know if you have any further questions!

I still have openings for classroom parties as well as helping out with food/drinks. I will be sending a separate email with those details this weekend.

Looking Ahead

Sept. 15th - Sept. 19th

 

Reading Strategies

Predicting & Evaluating - Before reading a story we look at the front and back cover to predict what the story might be about. Then the students evaluate it by giving a thumbs up if they liked it, thumb to the side if it was so-so, and a thumbs down if they didn't care for it.

Making Connections - When the students are reading a story, we will try to relate to the text by making a "text to self" connection.

Lips the Fish - Get your lips ready and make the beginning sound of the word.

Review: Skippy Scott - Skip over the word when you are not sure what it is (come back to it after reading the sentence).

 Eagle Eye - Use your eagle eye and look at the pictures when you are not sure of a word (using pictures to help decode the text).

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "ch" digraph sound

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Writing Complete Sentences

Sight Words

may

had

over

open

could

put

Close Reading

Don't Fidget a Feather

Vocabulary Words (Don't Fidget a Feather)

fidget

champion

cluster

waddled

fluttered

billowed

scattered

quivered

bounded

Spelling Words

if

hot

blot

chips

lunch

chest

much

he

she

chicken

The test on these words will be on Friday, September 19th.

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

Math

We continued with our math unit this week on addition. The students learned how to make addition problems using counters and pictures in order to explore. We took our first assessment on addition today and the students will get their results next week! We will be starting our next unit which will include finding the "missing part" of an addition sentence.

Reading/Daily 5
We will continue to work on the different daily 5 centers. We will begin work on computers this week and get a chance to do a full rotation of read to self, read to someone, work on words, and work on computers.

If you are interested in learning more about the Daily 5 and seeing what your student does during this time then please join us at Ide Literacy Night on October 7th. Click the link and sign up with your son/daughter! 

Link - http://goo.gl/Mmyu9v

Homework

Each student will bring homework home every night in their PURPLE folder. Please remember that it is due the next morning. There will always be a math sheet that reviews what we have completed in class, as well as a reading log that should stay in their folder at all times. It is important for your student to read every night and record the book/pages/chapters on their log. Homework is not used as an assessment, but for a completion grade. If a student does not complete their class work in the classroom, their sheet will be sent home with an "H" on it and that will also count as homework due the following day.

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

• Tuesday, Sept. 16th - Magazine Drive Kick Off
• Thursday, Sept. 18th - PTO Book Fair & Ice Cream Social 6:30 - 8pm
• Thursday, Sept. 25th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops - Please continue to turn in any box tops 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! :) 
• Sight Words - Students brought home 6 sight words last week. They are the words that they need to know for the week. Next week there are 6 new words. Please continue to work with your student at home.
• Jolly Phonics Dictation - As part of our Jolly Phonics curriculum, each student will be doing weekly dictation activities that include our lesson for the week. The dictation will help your child make connections between what they are learning in class and what they already know in order to complete their spelling tests. This will not be for a grade - but more for an assessment on how they are learning their letter sounds and using them to incorporate into their spelling and writing.
• 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 Sept. 8th - Sept. 12th

Looking Ahead

Sept. 8th - Sept. 12th

 

Reading Strategies

Predicting & Evaluating - Before reading a story we look at the front and back cover to predict what the story might be about. Then the students evaluate it by giving a thumbs up if they liked it, thumb to the side if it was so-so, and a thumbs down if they didn't care for it.

Skippy Scott - Skip over the word when you are not sure what it is (come back to it after reading the sentence).

Review: Eagle Eye - Use your eagle eye and look at the pictures when you are not sure of a word (using pictures to help decode the text).

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "sh" digraph sound

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Capital Letters

Writing Complete Sentences

Sight Words

once

his

then

an

know

after

Close Reading

Strega Nona

Vocabulary Words (Strega Nona)

fountain

overflow

platter

applause

halt

attention

convent

punishment

compliment

Spelling Words

am

get

clap

ship

fish

shut

wish

I

the

shampoo

 

The test on these words will be on Friday, September 12th.

Math

We began our first math unit last week on addition. The students learned how to make addition problems with the sum/total equalling 6, 7, or 8. We will begin using our "Thinking Journals" next week which is full of word problems. We will continue with addition next week and the students first unit test will be on Friday, Sept. 12th.

Reading/Daily 5
Last week, we reviewed how to do read to self and read to someone. This week the students will be introduced to work on words as well as working on computers. They really seem to enjoy reading, which is very exciting!

Homework

Each student will bring homework home every night in their PURPLE folder. Please remember that it is due the next morning. There will always be a math sheet that reviews what we have completed in class, as well as a reading log that should stay in their folder at all times. It is important for your student to read every night and record the book/pages/chapters on their log. Homework is not used as an assessment, but for a completion grade. If a student does not complete their class work in the classroom, their sheet will be sent home with an "H" on it and that will also count as homework due the following day.

Curriculum Night

Curriculum Night will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 10th at 6pm. This is a night that you can hear about all the wonderful things that your student will be learning in the upcoming year in first grade. There will be sign up sheets for classroom parties as well as student of the week. 

 

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, Sept. 10th - Curriculum Night 6-7:30
• Tuesday, Sept. 16th - Magazine Drive Kick Off
• Thursday, Sept. 18th - PTO Book Fair & Ice Cream Social 6:30 - 8pm
• Thursday, Sept. 25th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00pm

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops - Please continue to turn in any box tops 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! :) 
• Sight Words - Students brought home 6 sight words last week. They are the words that they need to know for the week. Next week there are 6 new words. Please continue to work with your student at home.
• Jolly Phonics Dictation - As part of our Jolly Phonics curriculum, each student will be doing weekly dictation activities that include our lesson for the week. The dictation will help your child make connections between what they are learning in class and what they already know in order to complete their spelling tests. This will not be for a grade - but more for an assessment on how they are learning their letter sounds and using them to incorporate into their spelling and writing.
• 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