September 27 - October 1

 Calendar

October 7th - Early Release Day.  School will end at 12:30.  

October 8th - Virtual Conferences /Student Holiday ( No School)   Please make sure to sign up for a conference time with each teacher.   

• Click here to schedule a conference time with Mrs. Sork (Math and Science)  
• Click here to schedule a conference time with Mrs. Vincenzo ( Language Arts and Social Studies)

October 11th - Student Holiday ( No School)

October 15th - Report cards will be emailed to you

Look at what we will be learning next week: 

Math -  We will continue to solve word problems with sums up to 10 as well as count to 120 by 10's. We will continue to represent numbers in expanded form, word form, and base ten blocks.  We will compare numbers with less than, greater than and equal symbols. 

Fun videos to watch with your child: 

Counting by tens - https://youtu.be/Ftati8iGQcs

Counting by tens - https://youtu.be/dSdjzFl9H6k

Language Arts -

        Reading:  We will learn two more reading strategies:  Flippy Dolphin and Chunky Monkey.  These reading strategies, along with the others, help us solve tricky words when we are reading.  

        Writing:   We will continue our narrative writing unit.  We are doing a great job using transition words (first, next, last) to help tell a story from beginning to end. 

        Phonics/Spelling:  We will concentrate on the short /u/ sound in words. 

**Please make sure that you are practicing reading the first group of sight words with your child.  There are 13 words in the first group.  If your child can already read the first group of words, please start on the second group to get a head start. 

Social Studies -  Next week we will talk about our leaders in our government.  We will talk about the roles of the mayor, the governor, and the president and how they affect our lives.  

**Most Fridays we do a Mind Mission in Social Studies.  Mind Missions are designed to help your child learn how to problem solve, while working in a group.  Don't forget to ask your child about what Mind Mission they did on Friday!  Mind Missions help us practice problem solving, leadership, growth mindset, cooperation, patience, sharing, and presenting to a group. We love it! 

Science -  We will continue to discuss the properties of matter as well as  predict and identify changes in materials caused by cooling and heating. 

Announcements:

*Please remember to send your child's Ipad to school every day.  Also, please make sure that it is charged every evening as we do not have chargers at school for the Ipads. Thank you!! 

*Our amazing principal, Jennifer Martin, will be sending out a digital weekly newsletter.  This newsletter will be the main source of campus wide news and upcoming events. 
Click here to read the TCE Principal Newsletter

Pics from the week:

First Day of Fall Pictures

We love finding flowers for our teachers.  

More recess pics from the week.......

We love talking about numbers and showing our thinking! 

September 20 -24

 Calendar

October 7th - Early Release Day.  School will end at 12:30.

October 8th - Staff Workday/Student Holiday ( No School) Mrs. Vincenzo and Mrs. Sork will be having virtual parent conferences.  Sometime next week, you will receive a link to sign up for a conference time. 

October 11th - Student Holiday ( No School)

October 15th - Report cards will be emailed to you

Look at what we will be learning next week: 

Math -  We will begin to solve word problems with sums up to 10 as well as count to 120 by 10's. We will continue to represent numbers in expanded form, word form, and base ten blocks. 

Fun videos to watch with your child: 

Counting by tens - https://youtu.be/Ftati8iGQcs

Counting by tens - https://youtu.be/dSdjzFl9H6k

Language Arts -

        Reading:  We will develop and use strategies to decode words. We will learn 2 more reading strategies:  "Tryin' Lion" and "Flippy Dolphin"

        Writing:   We will continue learning how to use transition words to help tell a narrative story in sequential order. 

        Phonics/Spelling:  We will concentrate on the short /o/ sound. 

***A list of the first grade snap words were sent home today (Friday).  Please keep this list handy throughout the year. Snap words are words that your child should be able to read "in a snap".  Practicing reading these words are essential.  We practice them in class, but if you see your child struggling, please make flashcards to help at home.  There are four sections to the word list.  Each section corresponds with the four grading periods.  Thanks so much! 

Social Studies -  We will finish out unit on communities and citizenship and begin our next unit of study.  What does it mean to have a growth mindset?  We will talk about ways that we can have a growth mindset in school and at home.  

Science -  This week in science we will be learning about different materials and why they are useful or not useful. For example, bricks are great for building a house because they are strong but not useful for a bed because they are hard.

Announcements:

*Please remember to send your child's Ipad to school every day.  Also, please make sure that it is charged every evening as we do not have chargers at school for the Ipads. Thank you!! 

*Our amazing principal, Jennifer Martin, will be sending out a digital weekly newsletter.  This newsletter will be the main source of campus wide news and upcoming events. 
Click here to read the TCE Principal Newsletter

Pics from the week:

First Grade Math - We show our thinking in so many ways. 

We started our first Mind Mission in
Social Studies!  We LOVED it!!

Mind Mission #1
The bunnies want to build a community.
With your group, create a billboard
to advertise the bunny community.

It's always more fun when you read with a friend!

The Lariettes were hear to help us start our Friday!

September 13-17

 Calendar

October 7th - Early Release Day.  School will end at 12:30.

October 8th - Staff Workday/Student Holiday ( No School)

October 11th - Student Holiday ( No School)

Look at what we will be learning next week: 

Math -  We will continue to work with numbers up to 20 to represent them in many ways.  We observe patterns in our place value system that inform us how to represent, write, and express numbers.  

Language Arts -

**1B will be taking the language arts MAP assessment on September 14th.

**1A will be taking the language arts MAP assessment on September 15th.

Please make sure that your child brings a FULLY CHARGED Ipad to school on these days.  Thank you!! 

        Reading:  We will begin to learn reading strategies that will help us solve tricky words when reading.  We will concentrate on "Eagle Eye",  "Stretchy Snake", and "Lips the Fish". 

        Writing:     We will begin our Personal Narrative writing unit.  While writing personal narrative stories, we will learn how to use transition words to help tell our story in sequential order.

        Phonics/Spelling:  We will concentrate on the short /i/ sound.

Social Studies -     We will continue to talk about citizenship in our classroom and community.  

Science -  We will continue to sort objects by their properties.  We will observe, discuss and wonder what happens when you add vinegar and baking soda.  

Announcements:

*Please remember to send your child's Ipad to school every day.  Also, please make sure that it is charged every evening as we do not have chargers at school for the Ipads. Thank you!! 

*Our amazing principal, Jennifer Martin, will be sending out a digital weekly newsletter.  This newsletter will be the main source of campus wide news and upcoming events. 
Click here to read the TCE Principal Newsletter

*Curriculum Night was a huge success.  Please click here to view the presentation. 

Please click here to view the zoom recording of curriculum night. 

Pics from the week:

1A heads to lunch........

Learning about Citizenship! 

Working hard at putting the flag together! 

 

Hands on math

First Graders are losing a lot of teeth!  Love the smiles!

Using our sense of hearing to listen to the sounds from the TCE Garden

Recess Fun