News from Mrs. Carli’s 1st
Grade Class
November 12, 2015
Upcoming Events
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Friday,
November 13th – Scholastic Book Orders due
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Friday,
November 20th – Dismissal at 11:45
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Wednesday,
November 25th – Dismissal at 11:45
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Thursday,
November 26th – Thanksgiving (no school)
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Friday,
November 27th – No School
Hello Families!
In Science, we are continuing to use our
scientific skills to observe! First, we read the story How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
After reading the story, we looked at the outside
and inside of pumpkins closely, and recorded our observations in our science
notebooks. Then, we predicted how many
seeds we thought our pumpkin would have inside and counted the seeds by groups
of ten.
We have launched Writer’s Workshop! After talking about how the best stories come
from the heart, we each created a heart map with pictures and words about
people and experiences that are important to us. We will keep our heart maps in our writing
folder so we’ll be able to refer to them when thinking of story ideas. We have
been working on writing true stories that really happened to us.
Each Writer's Workshop session begins with a mini lesson. Then, children think about what they'd like to write about, tell their partner the story, write the story, and then draw a picture to go along with their words. At the end of each session there is an opportunity to share what they've written with their classmates.
We are working on
becoming independent and fluent readers. Last week, our class learned how to
use the Raz-Kids website to help us practice reading and answering
comprehension questions. We will use the
website all year at school. Your child may also access the Raz-Kids website at
home and record what they read as part of their reading homework.
Conferences and Supplies
Parent-Teacher
conferences are scheduled for the week of December 7th. An email was sent via Sign-Up Genius in
October. Please let me know if you did not receive the email.
Thank you to
families who sent in shared classroom supplies at the beginning of the school
year. We are running low on disinfecting wipes. Any contributions would be
greatly appreciated!
Enjoy the weekend!
Mrs. Carli