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School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Bring your folder daily to school! HALLOWEEN PARADE INFORMATION: The parade officially starts at 9:00! Reminder: No masks or weapons! HALLOWEEN PARTY is from 2:00-3:00! Come and join us if you can! Remember to sign in at the office! FIRST GRADE HALLOWEEN PARTY SIGN UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0449afa722a3fc1-witches Attendance Contest! We are having a school-wide attendance contest for the month of October! Mrs. Winfree has already shared information about the contest in an email to parents and guardians, but here are the details once again: Teachers will keep track of daily attendance, taking attendance at 8:45 (students who come late will have their status changed from absent to tardy). We have 20 school days in the month of October. At the end of the month, teachers will submit a list of students to Mrs. Winfree who have been at school for at least 18 days of the month (no more than 2 absences). There will be an incentive party on November 1st from 2:50-3:20 for all students who have made the attendance goal! FRIDAYS are always tiger pride days! Wear your tiger pride shirt, your fun run shirt or a blue or orange shirt. Students who wear tiger pride gear on Fridays get a special treat from the office! Sign up to volunteer in Ms. Terry’s room: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ba9ac2ba7fd0-volunteer PTA MOVIE NIGHT: Please join us for the first ever Family Movie Night at Ridgecrest. This new PTA sponsored event will be taking place on Tuesday, November 6 at 6:30pm. Doors will open at 6:15 to allow families to purchase concessions at a small fee. Check out the Family Movie Night Flyer for all of the details. VETERAN’S DAY ASSEMBLY: This year the annual Veteran’s Day assembly will be on Friday, November 9, 2018 at 9:15-10:00 am. Please read the attached information sheet which will also explain the form to return if you want to honor a Veteran. LUNCH CHOICES Monday: No School Tuesday: Chicken Alfredo, Mini Corn Dogs or Chef Salad Wednesday: Mummy Dogs, Nachos or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Dutch Waffle, Chicken Nuggets, or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza Rippers, Bean and Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: This week we are reading "Animal Park." It is a literary nonfiction story. Our question of the week is: "What can we learn about wild animals by watching them?" Our focus in phonics is the short "u" sound and final consonant blends. We will also be talking about cause and effect. CHINESE: Students are starting Unit 3 of Mandarin Matrix. Students will read a new stories called "Amusement Park," and "Haircut." Students will practice key phrases including "Where is....?," "Who wants to sit here?," "He/she is sitting," "He/she isn't sitting," etc. Students will be able to read and write the characters "不 (no/not), 坐 (sit), 在 (at/in), 里 (inside)," and we will continue to reinforce the characters for numbers 1-10, as well as the characters for big (大), little (小), on top of (上), and underneath (下). MATH: We finished unit 3 last week and are starting unit 4! Students will learn strategies to help them do subtraction using numbers from 1-20. We have been spending a lot of time practicing doubles (2+2, 3+3, 4+4) and near doubles (3+4, 5+6, 7+8) which is a helpful strategy to subtract. The students know songs about these in Chinese--ask them to sing them to you! Please continue to practice math fluency at home and ask your child to practice talking to you about math in Chinese! HOMEWORK: We will have Chinese reading fluency, math, spelling practice, Chinese character writing practice, and reading for 10 minutes. Please let us know if you have any questions!
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20, apart from Fridays when we end at 1:40. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Attendance Contest! We are having a school-wide attendance contest for the month of October! Mrs. Winfree has already shared information about the contest in an email to parents and guardians, but here are the details once again: Teachers will keep track of daily attendance, taking attendance at 8:45 (students who come late will have their status changed from absent to tardy). We have 20 school days in the month of October. At the end of the month, teachers will submit a list of students to Mrs. Winfree who have been at school for at least 18 days of the month (no more than 2 absences). There will be an incentive party on November 1st from 2:50-3:20 for all students who have made the attendance goal! UEA/FALL BREAK: No School on Thursday and Friday 10/18 & 10/19. Picture retakes will be on Thursday October 25th. Fridays are always tiger pride days! Wear your tiger pride shirt, your fun run shirt or a blue or orange shirt. Students who wear tiger pride gear on Fridays get a special treat from the office! Sign up to volunteer in Ms. Terry’s room: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ba9ac2ba7fd0-volunteer FIRST GRADE HALLOWEEN PARTY SIGN UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0449afa722a3fc1-witches LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Corn Dog, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Lasagna, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: French Toast Sticks, Nachos or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: No School! Friday: No School! Monday: Pulled Pork Sandwich, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Orange Chicken, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: Canyons Chicken Bowl, Nachos, Wow Butter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Mac and Cheese, Chicken Sandwich or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza, Bean and Cheese Burrito or Turkey Sandwich Monday: No School! Tuesday: Chicken Alfredo, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: This week we are studying pumpkins, spiders, and bats. We are connecting these new topics to our discussion from last week about wild animals that live in our neighborhoods. We will also be working on our reading comprehension, reading and writing poetry, and reading fluency. When we come back from fall break, we will be in unit 1 week 5 of our reading street unit. Our question of the week is "Which wild animals are in our neighborhoods" Our story is titled "Get an Egg" It is a realistic fiction story. We will be talking about the main idea and important ideas of the story. On Monday, we had an amazing discussion about habitats and even which animals hatch out of an egg. We even talked about what animals need to survive and what we need to survive. The students were amazing with our discussion! We will be working on our short /e/ as well as initial consonant blends. We learned a new small group station on Monday. We are using play-doh to spell our spelling words as well as other words that follow the same pattern. A spelling list will be coming home with your child on Monday. We have been doing 3 of the challenge words as well as one of the dictation sentences. Everyone is attempting to do them but they are not counting against the student's demonstration of mastering the phonics skill of the week. We will also be working on writing poems. We are still working on remembering our capital letters at the beginning and our punctuation at the end. We are learning more stations for our skill based instruction. We also are talking about interrogative sentences. CHINESE: We are continuing our introduction for Unit 2 of Mandarin Matrix this week as we review the characters from our first unit. Students will read a new story this week called Animal Tower. We will also review the new story from last week, entitled Dad's Chair. Students will make comparisons (big and little) and identify the location of objects/people in these stories (on top of/underneath). Students will continue to reinforce the characters for numbers 1-10, as well as the characters for big (大), little (小), on top of (上), and underneath (下). In science, students will continue to learn about school communities. Who are the people we see in school? What do they do? What places and objects do we see in our schools? MATH: Continuing our work in unit 3, students will learn strategies to help them do addition and subtraction using numbers from 1-20. Please continue to practice math fluency at home and ask your child to practice talking to you about math in Chinese! HOMEWORK: As it is a short week with fall break, we will NOT have a homework packet sent out this week! We only have 3 days of school this week and we are going to make them count! Thank you parents for supporting your students and thank you first graders for being so amazing and responsible. Happy Fall Break! IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20, apart from Fridays when we end at 1:40. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Attendance Contest! We are having a school-wide attendance contest for the month of October! Mrs. Winfree has already shared information about the contest in an email to parents and guardians, but here are the details once again: Teachers will keep track of daily attendance, taking attendance at 8:45 (students who come late will have their status changed from absent to tardy). We have 20 school days in the month of October. At the end of the month, teachers will submit a list of students to Mrs. Winfree who have been at school for at least 18 days of the month (no more than 2 absences). There will be an incentive party on November 1st from 2:50-3:20 for all students who have made the attendance goal! UEA/FALL BREAK: No School on Thursday and Friday 10/18 & 10/19. Picture retakes will be on Thursday October 25th. Fridays are always tiger pride days! Wear your tiger pride shirt, your fun run shirt or a blue or orange shirt. Students who wear tiger pride gear on Fridays get a special treat from the office! LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Walking Taco, Hamburger, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Pork Chop Dinner, Mini Corn Dogs and Chef Salad Wednesday: Teriyaki Chicken, Nachos or Wow Butter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Crunchy Fish Fillet, Chicken Sandwich and Taco Salad Friday: Cheese (or Pepperoni) Pizza, Bean Burrito or Turkey Sandwich Monday: Corn Dog, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Lasagna, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: French Toast Sticks, Nachos or Tuna Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: Our question of the week is "How do animals take care of their babies?" Our story is titled "A Fox and A Kit." It is an animal literary nonfiction story. We will be talking about the main idea and important ideas of the story. We will be working on our inflected endings –s and –ing. A spelling list will be coming home with your child on Monday. We have been doing 3 of the challenge words as well as one of the dictation sentences. Everyone is attempting to do them but they are not counting against the student's demonstration of mastering the phonics skill of the week. We will also be working on writing personal narratives. We are still working on remembering our capital letters at the beginning and our punctuation at the end. We are learning more stations for our skill based instruction. CHINESE: This week students will begin the second unit of Mandarin Matrix. Students will read two new stories this week focusing on the language features: "where is _______?", " is on top of ", " is underneath ". Students will review previously learned vocabulary (big, little, on top of, underneath, sheep, cow, bird, apple, dad, older brother, older sister, younger sister), and learn the following new vocabulary words: chair, apple tree, worm, birthday, They will be reviewing and practicing, apple tree, insects, bird, big, and little. We will continue to practice the Chinese characters for numbers 1-10. Students who are on the homework list will continue to have some writing and reading practice to reinforce these skills. Special instructions for parents have been sent home to help you guide your student in writing Chinese even if you have never studied the language before! Students will continue to review topics introduced at the beginning of the school year (family, friends, animals, clothing, animals, and colors). The students are also continuing to learn about school communities, focusing on people and their roles, places, and things inside schools. MATH: This week students continue with unit 2 which covers addition and subtraction strategies when working with numbers from 1-20. Please continue to practice math fluency at home and ask your child to practice talking to you about math in Chinese! HOMEWORK: Please ask Ms. Mack if you would like your student to be added to the homework list! Please remember to adapt the homework if needed. It’s going to be a great week!! Way to go, First Graders! We are so proud of all your hard work! |
TeachersMs. Terry and Ms. Mack are so excited for this year! In Ms. Terry's class, students will speak, read, and write in English. In Ms. Mack's class, students will be speak, listen, read, and write in Chinese. Archives
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