Happy New Year! I sincerely hope that you all had a wonderful winter break with family and friends! It’s hard to believe it is January already!
I would like to extend a special “Thank You” to the PTC for planning a fabulous Holiday Extravaganza for the students and staff at McCormick Elementary School. We all enjoyed our visit from Santa, a special picture frame decorating craft, and the magic show performance by Christina Kringle. Thank you to our homeroom head, Mrs. Maritato, for organizing our holiday party. Thank you to Mrs. Gomez, Mrs. LaRue, Mrs. Lunz, Mrs. Polster, and Mrs. Spezialetti for assisting with the games, snacks, and activities. We had a joyous time! Check out highlights from our special day!
Happy 2012!
The students had no trouble getting back into our busy school routine this week!
-In Language Arts, we worked on summarizing and sequencing story events from beginning, middle, and end. The students enjoyed reading Beth and the Band, a story about kids who make instruments and play in a band.
*Ask your child to retell the story.
*Which instrument would you play if you could perform in a band?
*Ask your child to retell the story.
*Which instrument would you play if you could perform in a band?
Thank you for your participation in the first Book Review of the school year. It is my goal to help the children gain a love for reading, and with that, work towards building writing and communication skills.
-In Spelling, we worked on digraphs (th) and (sh). The students practiced annunciating words throughout the week to practice reading and making these sounds. Here are a few websites for further practice.
http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/sh/load.htm?f
http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/th/load.htm?f
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/begin_dia.htm
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/final_dia.htm
http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=159
http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/th/load.htm?f
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/begin_dia.htm
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/final_dia.htm
http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=159
-Our Grammar lessons focused on proper nouns. We talked about the importance of using a capital letter when writing the names of holidays, days of the week, and months of the year.
*Mrs. Swisher wrote a note to her students. Oh no! This was her first draft, which has 5 mistakes. CHALLENGE: Help Mrs. Swisher by correctly writing the 5 proper nouns on a sheet of paper. Please turn in this challenge assignment by Friday, January 13th.
Dear First Grader, I am proud of your hard work in class! Did you have fun in december? Did you celebrate on new year’s eve? january will be a fun-filled month of learning! Next week is a review week. We will not have a spelling test on friday. Have a great weekend. See you on monday! Love, Mrs. Swisher |
-In Math, we continued to practice making graphs and interpreting information from graphs and charts. The students have enjoyed collecting data by using interviewing skills, marking tallies, and creating and presenting picture graphs and bar graphs! Here are some samples of our most recent work:
Math Practice:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx (We created the graph below using this fun website!)
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/calculator_tally_table/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/calculator_tally_table/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/dino/build.html
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/record-data-with-tally-charts-picture-graphs-tables
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/interpret-data-in-tally-charts-picture-graphs-tables
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/interpret-bar-graphs
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/which-bar-graph-is-correct
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/record-data-with-tally-charts-picture-graphs-tables
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/interpret-data-in-tally-charts-picture-graphs-tables
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/interpret-bar-graphs
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/which-bar-graph-is-correct
