Treasure Chest Fun Pass/ Writer's Workshop

Your child may come home telling you that they got a fun pass from the treasure chest!

It is true! They may wear a hat, bring a small stuffed animal or 1 Show & Tell item from home. The other passes are rewards in the classroom.  

Thank you for all the wonderful reading that has happened our first full month of school. Reading to your child is such an important part of first grade. As of mid September the class has read a total of 2,010 minutes!!! 

Yahoo! Way to go First Grade Families!

Tomorrow is October already!!! Please be looking for the new reading log in their binder. We are going to try to go past our September total and set a goal for our October minutes. 

Writer's Workshop Update:

The students have been working so hard on their small moment writing! They have been trying to write like our Mentor text- The Night of the Veggie Monster, written by George McClements. Our motto is  let's write like George and bring our stories to life. 

They are putting stickers by the things that George does really well in his writing. These are things they want to try as a writer!

Here are the things they are trying in their writing: 

• tell a story across the pages
• bring our characters to life ( move and talk, think and feel)
• use quotation marks around speaking words
• use story teller words
• use spelling strategies

They are working so hard! I cant wait to share their work with you later this month.

Please look for the scavenger hunt that came home today on orange paper. This weekend may be a great time to work on the scavenger hunt. Please send in an item or a photo from the hunt when you complete the activity!

Don't forget: Emma wants everyone to wear pink or red tomorrow! 

Student Spotlight

Emma is in the spotlight this week! 

She would like everyone to wear pink or red on Thursday! 

Buddy Time

We enjoyed getting together with our buddy class last Friday! We talked about Habit # 1.

Thank you to Mia's mom for being Mystery Reader today! The book was so cool! Thank you!

FYI: Spelling Test Thursday!

Reading Mini Lesson/ Setting Goals

Reading Mini Lesson:
Last week the students worked on partner reading and practicing good reading habits. Here are a few things we have been working on so far...

Setting Goals: 

These Fabulous First Graders filled out their learning goal and personal goal sheet for the first quarter. They did an awesome job considering this was the first time they have set goals. It will be very exciting to see their goals evolve throughout the school year. 

Wonderful Resource: 

Here is the link to our Capstone eLibrary which has an awesome collection of over 1800 online, free books for our Concord students. Here is short video explaining how to log in to the website.

Username: concordes

password: school

Don't forget: School Picture Form and Money due by September 30th.

Spelling Words

Please look for the Spelling Words paper in your child's binder. The students will take their test on Friday. Your child may want to do some of the optional activities on the bottom of the spelling paper. These activities do not need to be turned in to Mrs. Boyd. 

Thank you to Lily's mom for being a Mystery Reader today! We LOVED the book and the treat!!

Pajama Day

Don't Forget- 

Our class earned a pajama day today!

Way to go First Graders!

Setting Goals

The students were assessed on the first 50 snap words. You will find these two papers in their binder under goal setting. These are papers that we will fill out in the classroom. Please do not highlight or color in the graph at home. As they spell words correct on the weekly spelling test, they will highlight those words on their paper. 

The snap word assessments are not completed. You will see more lists in their binder as they complete the assessments.

The "Greeters" pod won the most points for August. They voted to have a Pajama Day. 

Mrs. Boyd's class will have a Pajama Day on Tuesday, September 15th.  

Reading Minutes

Please start tracking reading minutes each night. You may track from the beginning of the month 
(my family reads every night as part of the bedtime routine - that way we are sure to get 10 minutes each night) or you may start tracking tonight. This log will be in their binder under goal setting. 

Your child may need your help with shading in the correct number of light bulbs. Please remember that your child may be read to or read 'just right' books during their ten minutes. At the end of the month parents will need to sign the bottom of the log. Please keep in mind that this is an expectation that your child reads each night since it is their weekly homework. They will also have 5 spelling words to learn each week. 

Thank you in advance for your support. 

FYI: Mrs. Boyd will be gone next Monday- Jury Duty. 

(spelling will start next Tuesday)

Thank you/ Math Workshop

Thank you so very much for coming to Curriculum Night this past Tuesday evening! I hope you have a better idea of what it is like to be a first grader at school!

We had a great week of learning! Take a look: 

They have been working on Math Workshop routines this week. On Monday the mini lesson had a video component about skip counting. They loved rockin' out and counting by 10', 5's and 2's. 

Independent practice: 

Using highlighters to show the

 skip counting patterns. 

Center Work: 

After they finished their skip counting 

patterns they went to their math center. 

Reading Mini Lesson:

They did a great job using their own "Reading Mat"- keep track and set goals! 

Read more and more!

1. I make a stack.

2. I read all of my books.

3. I read my way back.

Dates To Remember: 

9/7 No School

9/11 Concord Movie Night

9/16 Early Release

9/25 No School PD day

9/30 School Pictures