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  for the week of Mar. 8

Quarter 3  Week 6

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. We are almost completely done constructing our community.

Finishing our “education” and creating the homes and buildings took a lot of our time this past week

so we will continue Unit 22 spelling words this week. All week the kids were saying they saw signs

that a leprechaun was in our classroom. YIKES!!!! I am keeping our door LOCKED to keep him out.

I hope you all have leprechaun traps at home since it falls on a Sunday this year.

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Spot and Dot strategy to decode two syllable words, nouns, adjectives, verbs

Writing: planning events for our narrative, writing a narrative using nouns, adjectives and

verbs

Spelling: Unit 22

Math: solving word problems with 2 digit numbers using 10’s  and subtracting 2 digit numbers

Science: What are rocks? How are they alike? Different? How can they be sorted?

This week we will continue ZEST/ENTHUSIASM Click here to learn more. This week’s

challenge is -  What is something that makes you feel excited?

…  There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),

Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is

key. For Math there are two sets of word problems practicing different strategies.

Upcoming Events…

• 3/12 Field Trip to see Dr. Suess live
• 3/22 Spring Learning Experience being planned by our wonderful Room Parents
• 4/ 5 Spring Pictures
• 4/12 Super Kid Day!
• 4/15 Super Kid Day! Rain date
• 4/18 Track Out

     

“Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress. Working together is

SUCCESS! ~unknown

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  for the week of Mar. 1

Quarter 3  Week 5

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. Thank you to everyone. All the kids participated in dressing up at

Dr. Suess characters and we had a blast. We shared stories, listened to stories, sang our favorite

birthday song and had a special treat. The kids have been an A-MAZ-ING team since we tracked

back in. Today we celebrate 10’s in specials 10 days in a row. WOW! For that we voted and we are

going to paint with marbles next week. We also earned 10 BEARS Tickets as a class. WON-DER-

FUL. For that we voted and we will have popcorn and a “movie” next week as well. They are really

on a roll. We are still working on our research and All About books for our community. This time we

will publish using Google Slides. The kids can’t wait. Once they complete their “education” (Ie, their

All About slide show) their payment will be a house and they can start construction on their place of

work for our community. We should be able to finish this up by next week.

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Spot and Dot strategy to decode two syllable words, using text features and text to

read non-fiction

Writing: Completing and publishing using Google Slides, reviewing the components of

narrative writing, being a narrative piece about a day in the life of a worker in our community

Spelling: Unit 21

Math: solving word problems with 2 digit numbers  using number lines and subtracting 2 digit

numbers

Social Studies: How and Why do communities change? Building our community

This week’s trait is ZEST/ENTHUSIASM Click here to learn more. This week’s challenge

is -  What is something that makes you feel excited?

…  There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),

Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is

key. For Math there are two sets of word problems practicing different strategies. One page

practices using 10 sticks and 1’s and the other is using a number line. See the example on the

number line page to see how we are working on regrouping.

Upcoming Events…

• 3/19 - 3/15 Spring Book Fair
• 3/5 Media by Moonlight and Writer’s Showcase (our class will feature Opinion Writing)
• 3/ 8 Early Release! School out at 1;15
• 3/12 Field Trip to see Dr. Suess live
• 3/22 Spring Learning Experience being planned by our wonderful Room Parents

     

“Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress. Working together is

SUCCESS! ~unknown

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  for the week of Jan. 11

Quarter 3  Week 2

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break and is gearing up for

possible winter weather this weekend. Report Cards went home on Friday. Please be sure to sign it

and send back the envelope. The report card and other reports are yours to keep. There is a spot for

you to mark if you would like a conference.  Of course over track out I will offer a special Track Out

Reading Challenge. This time of year I make snowman lanterns with the kids to encourage them to

read in a new fun way. Please send your child to school with a cleaned out empty glass jar. It can be

the size of a pickle jar/tomato sauce jar. If you have extras please send them in as well  in case

someone doesn’t bring one in. This is always a fun art project to promote reading by “snowman

lantern”!   

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: More strategies to figure out unknown words and meanings of unknown words, how

to use text features to learn more about a topic

Writing: Revising and editing informational writing, planning and writing informational piece

independently

Spelling: Unit 18

Math: solving word problems with 2 digit numbers

Social Studies: What is income? How do families decide how to spend income? What is supply

and demand?

This week’s trait is FAIRNESS Click here to learn more. This week’s challenge is …. Look

for something that you think is unfair. What ideas do you have to change the situation so it is

fair? Draw and write about it.  

…  There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),

Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is

key. For Math there is one page matching equations to word problems. There is one page for

Social Studies homework. Your child is to interview someone about their job.  

Upcoming Events…

• 
  
• 1/21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day _No School
• 1/18 No longer an Early Release. This is a FULL DAY
• 1/18 JARS FOR SNOWMAN LANTERN ARE DUE
• 1/25-2/15 Track Out
• 12/18 Track In Day. We will be in room 2111

     

“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate

mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.”

~Jon Kabat-Zinn

for the week of Dec. 7

Quarter 2  Week 7

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. Thank you to everyone for helping your child with their Family

Celebrations project. They are amazing!!!! And the kids are very proud of them. I will send

interims home on Monday. Please look for them in your child’s D.O.T. notebook. Lots of

assessments have been added to the D.O.T. notebook so check them out so you can get an idea

of how your child is progressing.   

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Determining if we learn information from text or text features, identifying main idea

and key details

Writing: Learning the part of an informational writing piece, brainstorming ideas, choosing

ideas and beginning a rough draft.

Spelling: Unit 16

Math: the rules of measuring, measuring with accuracy

Social Studies: traditions from different cultures

This week’s trait is SELF CONTROL Click here to learn more. This week’s challenge is

…. Do something this week that you have to do even though you don’t like it. Draw and write

about what you had to do, how you felt before, during, and after.

…  There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),

Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is

key. For Math there are two sets of word problems practicing different strategies.. One page

practices using 10 frames and crossing out and the other is using a number line.  

Upcoming Events…

• 12/14 Winter Learning Experience planned  by our amazing room mom’s from 10:30-11:00. Lunch will be provided.
• 12/21 Early Release. School out at 1:15.
• 12/24-1/1 Winter Break. No school.
• 12/17-12/21 Spirit Week (see blog post for details)
• 12/21 Class Book Exchange

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  for the week of Nov. 16

Quarter 2  Week 4

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. Please welcome the Marriott family to our class. They are

coming to Brassfield from Ohio. We are happy to have you joining our class community. We are

settling nicely into our new space and picking up where we left off in October. Next week we

will continue this week’s standards since this has been a short week for us. I will send home

Scholastic Catalogs to order books on Monday. I would like the orders to be made by Dec. 4th

so I can order and get books before winter break. This is especially important if you are

planning to get your children books for the holidays. Some of the 1st grade classes do a

Positivity Project Challenge each week. See our new Positivity Project Challenge section of our

newsletter and learn more about what trait we are studying each week.   

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Text Features and what we learn from them (table of contents, photographs,

headings, bold print, glossary, captions, punctuation guide, timeline, labels, maps)

Writing: Putting opinion plan into writing a friendly letter

Spelling: Unit 13

Math:  place value, comparing numbers using place value

Science: Performance task and assessment of unit

This week’s trait is GRATITIUDE. Click here to learn more. This week’s challenge is ….

What are you grateful for? How do you show others that you are grateful?

… No homework since we only have 1 ½ days next week. .  

Upcoming Events…

• 11/20 Early Release. School out at 1:15
• 11/21-11/23 No School. Thanksgiving Break
• 12/14 Winter Learning Experience planned by our amazing room mom’s from 10:30-11:00.
• Lunch will be provided.
• 112/4 Scholastic Book orders due! Ordering will occur at 8:00 pm
• 12/21 Early Release. School out at 1:15.
• 12/24-1/1 Winter Break. No school.

     

“It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.  ~ Anonymous