Social Studies In social studies this week we learned all about maps and how to read them. We made our own treasure maps using all map elements we learned about. Phonics This week we focused on "ar" sound. We talked like pirates...Aaaarrrrrrrr matey! Math In math this week we began doing a year long review. We began our review with addition and subtraction with regrouping. Hebrew/Judaic Studies This week in Hebrew and Judaic studies we completed a year long project on the alef-bet, we can't wait to share it with you at open house! Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: May 30- Memorial Day No School June 7th-Maccabi Games June 8th-Last day of school, early dismissal!! Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net
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First grade celebrated Dr. Seuss's Birthday by reading Dr. Seuss book's in forts! Writer's Workshop
In writing this week we continued our unit on opinion writing. We read three books by Ezra Jack Keats. We stated our opinion on which story we liked the best. We supported our opinion by discussing characters and events. Social Studies In social studies this week we continued our unit on American Symbols. We learned about the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore. Phonics This week we focused on "th" and "ch." Math In math this week we began doing double digit subtraction. We learned how to regroup from the tens to the ones place. Hebrew/Judaic Studies This week in began talking about the holiday of Purim. We continued Hebrew with vocabulary and conversation. Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: March 11th- Grade 1 Praying with Parents March 16th- 12:30 Dismissal March 17th- No School (Parent/Teacher Conferences) Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net We have been having so much fun in first grade these past two weeks! We celebrated our 100th day, had an American assembly, and went on a field trip!
Writer's Workshop In writing this week we began our next unit on opinion writing. We discussed the difference between facts and opinions. We read three stories by Jack Ezra Keats and gave our opinion and reason on which story was our favorite. Math In math this week we began doing double digit addition. We learned to line up double digits numbers one on top of the other, then add the ones and lastly then the tens. Hebrew/Judaic Studies This week in continued our vocabulary connections with the letter tzadee with the unit on colors and toys. Let your children be the teacher! Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: March 11th- Grade 1 Praying with Parents March 16th- 12:30 Dismissal March 17th- No School (Parent/Teacher Conferences) Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net Resident Expert
We have finished our resident expert reports and boards. We shared our tips with our 3rd grade buddies. President's Day President's Day is just around the corner. In preparation of this day we have began learning about our presidents. Abraham Lincoln was our focus this week. Phonics and Spelling In phonics and spelling this week we focused on s blends. We focused on the st, sw, sk, and sp blends. Math In math this week we focused numbers to forty. We practiced place value of these numbers, and even spelling the number words! Hebrew/Judaic Studies We learned the letter "tsadee" and corresponding themes such as tzedakah and tzvaeem (an ongoing color unit). Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: February 15th- No School (President's Day) February 16th- No School (Professional Development for Staff) February 18th- Field Trip to Wilshire Ebell Theater Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net Writer's Workshop
In writing this week we began our next unit on opinion writing. We discussed the difference between facts and opinions. Resident Expert This week we began our resident expert boards. We brainstormed topics that we are experts about. We then wrote tips to share with people about our topics. Ask you child what they are an expert in! Phonics In phonics this week we continued with long "O" and we discussed that "oa","ow", and "o_e" make the long o sound. Our spelling pattern focused on "l" blends. Math In math this week we focused on graphing. We compiled a class list of birthdays and then made a tally chart. We took our tally chart and made a class picture graph of our birthdays. On our graph we focused on elements of a graph including title, key, data, and categories. Hebrew/Judaic Studies We learned the letter "tsadee" and corresponding themes such as tzedakah and tzvaeem (an ongoing color unit). Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: February 15th- No School (President's Day) February 16th- No School (Professional Development for Staff) February 18th- Field Trip to Wilshire Ebell Theater Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net We are looking forward to our field trip on Monday. We will see you at 7:30!
Reading In reading this week we learned about predictions. A prediction is a good guess about what will happen next in a story. Good readers use text and picture clues to predict! Phonics In phonics this week our focus was long "O" and we discussed that "oa","ow", and "o_e" make the long e sound. We also focused on l blends, such as plate. Our l blends test will be next Frida, January 29th. Math In math this week we focused on weight. We used balances in class to weigh various objects. We discussed vocabulary words such as heavy, heavier, light, and lighter. Hebrew/Judaic Studies In Hebrew we read and made stories about Tu B'Shevat. We dedicated trees in our writing and talked about nature. Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: January 25th- School Tu B'Shevat Field Trip Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net We welcomed two new students to first grade this week, room 65 welcome's Bill Ke, and room 66 welcomes Yaroslav Milakin!
Reading In reading this week we learned about visualization. We learned that we visualize to create a mental movie in our head as we read. Our thinking stems for this unit are "I'm picturing...", "I'm imagining...", and "I can (see, taste, hear, smell, feel)". Phonics In phonics this week our focus was long "e" and we discussed that "ee" and "ea" make the long e sound. We also focused on r blends, such as crab. We then sorted real and nonsense words. Math In math this week we focused on standard and non standard measurements. For non standard measurement, we measure with meatballs...ask you student how many meatballs their feet are! Hebrew/Judaic Studies In Hebrew and Judaic studies this week we learned about the letter tet to incorporate our unit on Tu B'Shevat. In Hebrew we read and made stories about Tu B'Shevat. We dedicated trees in our writing and talked about nature. Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: January 18th- MLK Day No School January 19th- Professional Development No School January 25th- School Tu B'Shevat Field Trip Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net We hope everyone had a nice winter vacation! Please join us this Tuesday at 7:00 pm for a seminar on Risk Management.
Reading In reading this week we learned about visualization. We learned that we visualize to create a mental movie in our head as we read. Our thinking stems for this unit are "I'm picturing...", "I'm imagining...", and "I can (see, taste, hear, smell, feel)". Phonics In phonics this week our focus was review of "long "i," "long a," and "long u". Math In math this week we worked as a whole grade on mental math strategies for addition and subtraction. We discussed how to use doubles, how to group by 10's, and adding 10's and 1's. Hebrew/Judaic Studies In Hebrew and Judaic studies this week we started making individual Torah's for the story of Exodus. This will be an ongoing project for the second semester. We re also continuing on our letters and short phrases in Hebrew. Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events: January 18th- MLK Day No School January 19th- Professional Development No School January 25th- School Tu B'Shevat Field Trip Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net This week the first graders were hard at work practicing for our Light Up Literacy performance. Thank you to everyone that helped to make this performance a huge success!
Phonics In phonics this week our focus was on long "a". Math In math this week we our continuing our unit on numbers up to 20. We compared sets of numbers and discussed the terms more/greater and less/fewer. Hebrew/Judaic Studies In Hebrew and Judaic studies this week we focused on Hanukkah and had a lovely Hanukkah party in class. We played dreidle, made picture frames, and decorated and ate delicious Hanukkah cookies! Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events December 18th- Early Dismissal @ 12:30 December 21st-January 3rd- No School January 4th- School Resumes Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net This week first grade has been hard at work preparing and practicing for our Light up Literacy performance! Our performance begins at 8:15 am on Friday, December 11th. Following the performance there will be an Oneg for students and their families. We hope to see everyone there!
Phonics In phonics this week our focus was on long "i". Math In math this week we our continuing our unit on numbers up to 20. We compared sets of numbers and discussed the terms more/greater and less/fewer. Hebrew/Judaic Studies In Hebrew and Judaic studies this week we discussed Lashon Ha-rah and the impact that our words have on our behavior and other people. In Hebrew we kicked off Hanukkah by introducing vocabulary. Homework Homework should not take your child more than 10 or 15 minutes. This should not include reading, which should be a separate 10 minutes every night. After your child has finished reading (with you, or by him or herself), please sign your initials on their reading calendar. In addition, please practice the weekly spelling words every night with your child. Upcoming Events December 9th- Class Hanukkah Parties December 11th- Light Up Literacy Performance @ 8:15 directly followed with Oneg for families December 18th- Early Dismissal @ 12:30 December 21st-January 3rd- No School January 4th- School Resumes Resources Here are some valuable websites (free!) you may wish to check out! www.switcheroozoo.com www.funbrain.com www.pbskids.org www.starfall.com www.storylineonline.net |