Dear Families,
Here is our week in review:
Social-Emotional Learning:
This week, we learned that our emotions can quickly change due to changing circumstances. We learned that we all react in different ways to things that happen around us. We learned that some people show slow changes in their emotions, while others show quick changes. We also learned that our feelings are different to the same situation.
We celebrated with another school-wide buzzy celebration. This time, the students got a chance to hand out buzzies to other students for being safe, kind and responsible. We loved this idea so much in our class that we decided to continue this practice of nominating each other for being positive role models.
Reading:
Our Iditarod Reading Challenge ended today. The students did a great job reading and writing every day. Mrs. Benoit and I appreciate all the family support and continued efforts at home. Writing a little bit every day about the books read helps build confidence, stamina and a deeper understanding of the books read. Thank you. The students’ certificates will come home next week in their Home Folders but their Iditarod Reading Folders and maps are coming home today.
We started a new mini-unit on reading fluency this week. The students are learning to whisper read to themselves with expression. They are learning to pay close attention to the text, the words and the ending punctuation in order to make their reading sound like spoken language with proper phrasing and intonation. The students received “Personal Readers”, a collection of short poems and songs to help them practice these skills.
Mr. Alex and I continued meeting with the students in our guided reading groups this week. The students are practicing their reading skills and strategies with “just right” books daily. They also practice these skills in our independent reading when we also focus on building our stamina as readers; ie, reading actively for longer periods of time before getting tired.
Writing:
First grade authors are currently assembling their animal books for publication. We started to create the cover, complete with a title, the author’s full name and a picture. The students also started to add nonfiction text features inside their book covers such as photographs, maps and bolded text.
First grade authors also participated in guided editing and revision, With the teacher’s help, we carefully reread sections of the books to ensure proper grammar and relevant information. We also added new information together; information that we noticed was lacking from our chapters. Writing collaboratively as a class allows us to learn together.
First Grade Math:
First grade mathematicians are focusing upon Number Bonds again in our Number Corner activities for the month of April. Number Bonds provide a visual representation to help students understand parts of a whole number, while also recognizing the relationships between addition and subtraction. The students use their whiteboards to actively engage with this whole class learning and quick warm-up on a daily basis.
First grade mathematicians continued working in partnerships. This week, we practiced place value concepts in various games, We also added three digit numbers together in a challenging memory/matching game. The students were encouraged to bridge the numbers to 10 first to simplify the addition problems. They did great.
Lastly, we also learned a new game called “Lunch Time”, a place value game with numbers to 120, which has a fun twist because you earn points by finding the number before what you rolled!
News and Reminders:
We have yet another Essential Arts rotation starting next week. Our class will have Art on Mondays and Tuesdays and Music on Thursdays and Fridays.
Here is some information about Ticks and Tick Prevention from our school nurse again.
Please read the following information from the front office at ABS - Reminder for Safe Drop Off & Pick Up:
We are sending this out again, as we have been getting parent feedback indicating that this routine can at times be a safety concern. Please be sure to do your part during our arrival/dismissal procedures so we can ensure a safe environment.
Please drop off and pick up your child at their team’s designated location ensuring that you leave space for the other team locations. Parents must remain in vehicles for drop-off . Please arrive between 7:50 and 8:10 Please drive attentively, slowly, and safely, following directions of school staff or safety, all students must exit the passenger side of the vehicle
Temperature taking will happen once your child enters the school. Your child must have their mask on when entering the school
Please refer to this map for the correct location to drop off/pick up your student:
Arrival /Dismissal Map / Diagram
Here is this week’s School Bell: https://www.smore.com/f4wq3
Have a great weekend,
Maria
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