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  for the week of May 10

Quarter 4  Week 5

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. Thank you to everyone for all the birthday wishes. 48 is feeling

pretty great :) Just a reminder that this Thursday is McTeacher night. I’ll be working from 5 to 6.

Hope to see you there. This week is Student Led conferences at Brassfield and Green Road Library.

Please be sure to check your calendar for your date and time and don’t forget to bring your student.

They are super excited to share their learning with you.   

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Reading with fluency, accuracy, rate and expression, self correcting, retelling stories,

reading plays

Writing: How-To informational writing

Spelling: Unit 29

Math: Using partitioning of shapes to tell time, parts of clocks, time to the hour and half hour

Social Studies: Reducing and Reusing, Types of communities (rural, urban, suburban)

This week week’s character trait is CURIOSITY. Click here to learn more. This week’s

challenge is - Write a list of all the things you are curious about and share it with Mrs. Chern.

…  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. It is a MAJOR part of this reading unit.  For Math there is one sheet for math reviewing

shapes.

Upcoming Events…

• May 20-23 Student Led Conferences
• May 22nd Conferences at Green Road Library from 5:00-7:00
• May 23 McTeacher Night: I will be there from 5:00-6:00 Hope to see you there
• May 27th: No School Memorial Day!
• May 31 Volunteer Luncheon and Spring Carnival: I will be doing the Nose Picking Game from 5:45-7:00 and the Dunk Booth from 7:30-8:00. Hope to see you there.

     

“Be thankful for what you are now and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow”! ~unknown

Homework Help...

For math your child needs to use 3D vocabulary to describe solid shapes. Here is a page from one of our math journals to help them if they  need it. 

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  for the week of May 10

Quarter 4  Week 4

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. I hope everyone had a wonderful track out. Happy Mother’s Day!

The kids made you a special gift. If they didn’t already give it to them remind them to on Sunday. It’s

been a while and they may not remember where they “hid” it from you. We have 7 weeks left of 1st

grade. Let’s make them amazing.

So far, 7 families have signed up for Spring Student Led Conferences. The kids work really hard to get things to together to share with you what they are learning in school. Plenty of slots left. Click HERE to get to the Sign Up Genius at Brassfield Elem. If you need a time at Green Road Library let me know and I will let you know which slots are left.

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Reading with fluency, accuracy, rate and expression, self correcting, retelling stories,

comparing characters/adventures in stories

Writing: Author’s Choice (narrative, informational, opinion), what do you need to include which

each type of writing

Spelling: Unit 28

Math: Partitioning shapes into halves and quarters

Social Studies:: How do humans change the environment? How can we help the environment?

This week week’s character trait is LEADERSHIP. Click here to learn more. This week’s

challenge is - Be a role model for others around you. Tell your teacher about what leadership skills you

need to be a role model.

…  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. It is a MAJOR part of this reading unit.  For Math there is one sheet for math reviewing

shapes.

Upcoming Events…

• May 27th: No School Memorial Day!
• May 20-23 Student Led Conferences
• May 23 McTeacher Night: I will be there from 5:00-6:00 Hope to see you there
• May 22nd Conferences at Green Road Library from 5:00-7:15
• May 31 Volunteer Luncheon and Spring Carnival: I will be doing the Nose Picking Game from 5:45-7:00 and the Dunk Booth from 7:30-8:00. Hope to see you there.

     

“Be thankful for what you are now and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow” ~unknown

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  for the week of Mar. 15

Quarter 3  Week 7

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A note from Mrs. Chern…. What an amazing week. We finished our community, went on a

field trip, got our Donors Choose funded, received our Donors Choose games and did a Breakout

box. We got a lot done!  The kids want to publish our next piece of writing with paper and want to

have hard book covers. If you could please send in any used cereal boxes we would appreciate it. We

are going to cover them to make book covers.  

Upcoming Week’s Standards…

Reading: Spot and Dot strategy to decode, feature of non-fiction texts

Writing: adding dialogue and details to narrative writing, revising, editing

Spelling: Unit 23

Math: subtracting 2 digit numbers, unit assessment, begin shape unit

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

This week week’s character trait is HUMOR. Click here to learn more. This week’s

challenge is - Think of someone who makes you laugh. What do they do that is funny?

…  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.. Number

lines and Quick Tens and Ones are the most efficient strategies. We are not using 10 Frames

because it takes so long to draw them. Please let your child choose between Number Lines or

Tens and Ones.

Upcoming Events…

• 3/20 Cultural Arts Program
• 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. 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