Last Day of School!!! I will miss you my Firsties!!!
Scholastic Problems of the Day-First grade friends: Click on for math and language problems of the day and fun facts!
You could do everyday for extra practice and challenge!
Summer News...Happy Summer!!!!
May 26
Have a fun Memorial Day Weekend! We will be headed to the lake to enjoy family, hoping the wind will calm down. This week, I moved my classroom with the help of Mr. Wittrock. I have so much stuff! I hope you are enjoying your summer break!
I miss you, my Rockstars!
Email or Write me...
Mrs. Wittrock
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May 18
We had a super fun day for our last day of school. We had an awesome pizza party, Thanks so much Daveys! We played several games: eraser tag, heads down-seven up, black socks, etc. We finished up adding papers to our portfolios! Enjoy the wonderful keepsakes. The last 30 minutes we chose photos I printed off. You may want to make a scrapbook for 1st grade, you could even add some of the pics to the backside of the School Memory book that we made this week. Have your child write a caption for the photos in the memory book or scrapbook. If your child didn't get his or hers finished you can always have finish when complaining of being bored!
I will continue to add some of our pix to our Photo Gallery this summer. Check back often. Any pictures you would like save to your computer, I will leave up all the pictures until first week of August. I also gave my rockstars, some paper for them to finish their books that we were in the process of beginning. The brainstorming and 1st draft is in your child's workstation folder. The bookmaking paper is paper clipped. In the fall, I would love to see the completed books. I hope your child will write many books this summer. The math workbook we used some, for practice of skills learned have your child work on throughout summer when needing something to do. Also Compass should be up all summer and Razz Kids, if any questions let me know. The journals I sent home this week, have your child read them to you. Any words that are hard to make out, you should write what your child says it says underneath like I have done on some of the journal entries and in your child's portfolio. This will help later when they are looking through it as they grow up and graduate from High School. I know hard to believe, but it will be here before you know it!
Again I would like to Thank all of you so much for the gifts, giftcards, flowers, and recipes, sweet cards, and emails of praise. I didn't get to my thank you notes this week, everything just snuck up on me. So Sorry! : ( I will miss having your child in my class and having you as my class parents. We have had such a fantastic year! I am so so proud of all the progress my students have each gained! Have a wonderful summer break and don't forget how important is to read each night for at least 20-30 minutes. Keep up the great reading by practicing books, magazines, Razz Kids, sight word phrases, sight words, etc. on your level!
If your child would like to email me, there is a tab at left to click on: Email. I would love to hear how your summer is going and what you are up to. You will need to help them by adding your email address. Also I love getting mail from my first grade friends, my address is P.O. box 4 Okarche, OK 73762. I will write back!
Have a fun-filled summer break! Come by and see me this fall, we will be in the same hall! Yea! Enjoy your kiddos, I will miss them!
Mrs. Tiffany Wittrock
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May 12
Thank you for all the sweet cards and notes, the wonderful giftcards, yummy recipes, gifts, and beautiful flowers. I have been so blessed to be your child's teacher this year! I will miss having your child in my class. Next year, I will be in the same hall, first grade classes are moving into the third grade classes. I will be just a few doors down, so I know I will be seeing my sweet first grade friends next year every day. ;-)
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May 14-18
Return all Library books, Mrs. Wittrock's books or materials borrowed, etc. I will not be able to give report cards out until all books are returned.
Lunch money-please make sure your child has lunch money or there is money in his/her account. The cafeteria will be serving cheese sandwiches to students that have a negative balance.
New Update!!! Wear class t-shirts on Friday!!! We will have a "Pizza party" for our class during lunch, Thanks Mrs. Davey!
Looking forward to our last week together, with fun activities.
No spelling! Yea!
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May 7-11
Thank you for all the kind notes of appreciation today! It meant so much to me!
Spelling: gets, they, bought, didn't, house, please, were, where, our, ate, walk, when
Challenge words: trip, picture, awesome, I'll (I've added to spellingcity.com, look under kid websites-spelling) This will be our last week for spelling words, The words I chose this week are review words that are often misspelled in our journals and writing.
Phonics and Reading: Suffixes and prefixes: -er, -est, -ful, un-, pre-, dis-, and reviewing concepts from throughout the year. Sight words: father, through, and eight
Library Books/Basals/Mrs. Wittrock's Library books: All due this Friday, May 11.
A.R. reading goal challenge will end on May 11th. Please help encourage to read A.R. books this week and return every one to two days library books and take an A.R. quiz.
Math: Reviewing many concepts from this year! Assessment of counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100, time to hour and half-hour, counting money, place value, addtion and math facts, etc.
Have an Awesome week! I can't believe we are down to just 2 weeks left of school!
Mrs. Wittrock :)
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April 30-May 4
Spelling: pages, hold, kind, draw, about, over, yellow, foundation, mention, fantastic, today, once. Challenge words: mother, grandmother, teacher
Phonics/Reading:We are finishing up letter "a" that sounds like short o as in wallet, digraph ei as in veil and receipt,and ew as in cashew. Next week suffixes and prefixes: -er, -est, -ful, un-, pre-, dis-, and reviewing concepts throughout the year. Sight words: father, through
A.R. Reading Goals-Keep up the great reading and taking A.R. quizzes in the classroom, working towards reaching your individual reading A.R. Goals!
Library books, Basals, and Classroom library books: All Library books are due by May 11th, Friday. Also begin returning Basal Treasures books and any of my classroom library books by May 11th.
Math-This week and next, introduction to fractions and measurement, reviewing concepts we have learned throughout year.
Assessment- I will be assessing your child this week and next in Reading and Math: Dibels (words per minute), Reading book levels, Computerized Math and Reading tests (Dibels Math and Star Math), sight words, etc.
Science/Social Studies-National Geographic Magazine
Writing Toolbox-Working on completing our books! I can't wait to read/listen to my Rockin' Writers books they have made!
Thank you to Wyatt Cain's family for donating Leap Frog learning systems to our classroom!
Have a wonderful week and weekend!
Mrs. Wittrock
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April 23-27
Spelling:old, find, taking, fault, saw, plastic, now, shouted, joining, starvation, word, four. Challenge Words: pollution, recycle, special
Phonics/Reading: We are finishing up from last week practicing using tch and ch and dge and ge in our spelling. I sent home a homework sheet this week practicing this new spelling rule, digraph ie as in pie and shield: we made a necktie and shield and brainstormed words that use this digraph and found ie says long e more often in words than long i, digraph wh as in whale, and the a sound in words like wallet: when "a" is following a w or qu or followed by two l's it will make the sound of short "o". Work on looking for new learning when reading each night, and we review our rules in our spelling words each week. Next week we will be learning digraph ei and ew, and several new suffixes and prefixes.
New sight word: father, keep practicing your sight words reading and spelling them for additional challenge. We have 2 Saxon readers this week 44 and 45.
Math-we are finishing up our clocks to help tell time to the 5 minutes. Please practice telling time using this tool, keep in reader bookbag/toolbox. We are continuing our learning practicing facts, fact families, money counting coins, and time.
Science-Earth and Arbor Day, we will be learning facts about our Earth. Next week we will go more in depth with Space.
Writing Toolbox-We are working on the writing process to make our 1st book in class. We are learning you go through the steps: Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, and then Publishing.
A.R. Challenge: Mrs. Story's class won the ipad! Congratulations! Thank you PTO for the Awesome Rumble celebration!!! We had so much fun!!! Please keep reading, we still have our personal goals we are working to reach by the end of the 9 weeks!
Reminders...Send water bottles to use in class, Lifetouch picture money if you haven't paid yet, I will be sending home book flyers for our last book order that I will place on May 5th in the evening. Don't forget if you order online there are more catalog options. If the Spring Book Order doesn't let you order online just send that paper order with payment to me, all the other orders should work. If you want to order from a catalog that isn't open just email me and I can open it for ordering. Thanks so much for your order! Also Thank you toKylie Challisand family for our 2 pkgs of thin markers, we appreciate you!!! Don't forget to check out the new ipad apps, Rockstar Photo Gallery pix, and Class Wish List.
Have a fantastic week!
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April 16-20
A few reminders...
Don't forget to start sending water bottles again for your child to keep at school.
Please return LifeTouch pictures or payment for pictures by the end of this week.
I've updated ipad apps, Rockstar Photo Gallery, and Class Wish list...
We will go to the Library in the afternoon on Tuesday, please send Library books back when your child is ready to check out a new book and take an A.R. quiz on at least one of their Library books. My students should be taking 2-3 or more A.R. quizzes each week.
Spelling:how, round, dishes, blue, argue, diver, enjoy, overpay, afternoon, vacation, early, learn
Phonics/Reading: vowel pattern vcv', trigraph tch as in patch and wathc, trigraph dge as in bridge, digraph ie as pie, and shield. Spelling rules: use tch and dge after a short vowel and use ch and ge after anything else.
New sight words this week are: often, enough, rough, tough, every, very.
Readers:42, 43, and 44 (Remember to have your child work on fluency by practicing the reader 2 to 3 times. If too hard to read practice echo reading with your child the reader. Ask comprehension questions about the story and have them practice retelling in order what happened in the story, with readers and any books read at home.
Last week students could check out new basal readers to read at home or at school if they returned the first basal I sent home. Remember the main selection stories are A.R. stories and students can take an A.R. quiz on in class.
Math-This week we will continue to practice and review same concepts listed from last week. Please check in Reader bookbag/Toolbox, your child should have some fact cards that we have made in class, doubles facts, doubles +1, and sums of 10. Please have your child practice these facts 3 to 4 times each week, you can also record on the form in the bookbag. We will continue to add facts until the end of the year to work on fact fluency. One day a week I will give a quiz on practiced math facts. This week we are learning how to fill in fact platters or math wheels to practice our facts. You will be seeing on math pages and homework over the next few weeks. We will also be practicing fact familes with 3 numbers, for example: 5, 6, 11: 5+6=11 so 6+5= 11 and 11-6= 5 so 11-5=6. We will be making a clock to practice telling time, I will send in bookbag soon to practice at home also.
Science: Our theme for the next few weeks will be weather and Earth day!
A.R. challenge: We are so close to reaching our new goal of 120 points by Thursday pm. Please help me encourage your child to take as many A.R. quizzes as they can by Thursday afternoon!!!
Have a Superb Week!
Mrs. Wittrock
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April 8-13
A few reminders...
Don't forget to start sending water bottles again for your child to keep at school. I will send home with your child at the end of each week to be cleaned and returned to school.
Please return LifeTouch pictures or payment for pictures as soon as possible. There will not be retakes. If questions about pictures you can contact LifeTouch.com.
Thank you Laynee Woody & family for Clorox and regular wipes for our classroom! Also Thank you Max Brown & family for the large Expo eraser and wipes!
This week...
Phonics/Reading:Soft G as in giraffe. J & G spelling rule:use a j before a,o, and u; use g before e,i, or y. Sight words: change, strange, stranger, danger. Spelling with the doubling rule: When the final syllable of a word is accented and ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the final consonant before adding a vowel suffix. example:stop + ed= stopped; clap + ing= clapping. Ghost letter digraphs: kn as in knot, gn as in gnat, and wr as in wreath. Sight word-often. Spelling with the doubling and dropping rules. Dropping rule: When a word ends with a silent e, drop the e before adding a vowel suffix.
Language Arts:We are continuing to practice beginning all sentences with a capital letter, and end with punctuation in our writing. Working on not adding too many "ands" between sentences. Seperating a list of items with commas. Ex: He likes red, green, and blue. We are practicing our writing daily in our journals, Rockstar of the day books, spelling sentences, etc. We have been focusing on adjectives, nouns, and verbs in our parts of speech.
Spelling:by, say, for, even, point, nation, portion, sliding, September, carnation, only, answer. Some students have challenge words that we chose from their journals or words they would like to work on if they missed 3 or less on spelling pre-test (be sure to study these).
Math:We added sums of 10 to our math fact bag. Ex: 4+_= 10, 5+_=10; each week we will focus on 1 to 2 new fact strategies. Please practice 3 to 4 times each week, mix up cards with other previous facts for more challenge, and return in bookbag/write on sheet-fact practice. We will review turn-around facts ex: 5+6= 11 so 6+5=11 also. Now until the end of the year, we will be practicing previous taught concepts with money, time, place value, facts, story problems, etc. We will begin working with fractions and measurement in the next few weeks.
A.R. Reading/Book bags/A.R. challenge:Keep up the great reading at home and working on sight words! Please check reader book-bags for books that students have checked out from me. Listen to your child read the book that is his/her level. Ask questions to help with comprehension and remind them to sign up for an A.R. quiz when they are ready. Read 2 to 3 times picture books working on fluency and comprehension. They then will choose a new A.R. book on her/his level to practice at home and in the classroom. Don't forget to be reading Library books. Your child can return any day of the week to the Library. Help remind to take A.R. quiz if an A.R. book. WE are working on our next A.R. class goal of 120 points!!! We can do it! We are up to 85 points.
Please return Treasures Basal readers and I will check out a new level basal to your child if they wish. If he/she is not reading the basal at home with you please return to school.
Have an AWESOME week and weekend!!!
Mrs. Wittrock
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April 2-6
A few reminders...
Don't forget to start sending water bottles again for your child to keep at school. I will send home with your child at the end of each week to be cleaned and returned to school.
Please return LifeTouch pictures or payment for pictures as soon as possible. There will not be retakes. If questions about pictures you can contact LifeTouch.com. We should be getting our group photos very soon from LifeTouch!
Our class would like to earn the Antler Spirit Award, this Friday wear lots of DC Blue!!! I have some party horns we will take with us to Rendezvous! Let's show our DC Spirit!!!!
If you have any neat APPS that your child loves to use on your Iphones, Ipads, etc. that are educational or even just for fun, send me a note or quick email. I am working on adding a Tab on our Website with COOL APPS to check out for students and parents!
Needs for classroom-we are low on Clorox wipes if you would like to donate! Thanks so much! Thank you to all who have donated this year to help us keep our classroom as germ-free as possible.
Some children are bringing balls to play with outside, I would rather my student's not bring balls. In the past, several have been thrown over the fence, there is not an easy way to go get the ball, so bring at your own risk!
This week:
Spelling words:off, boy, hiding, turtle, disturb, survive, acorn, Friday, elbow, hurt, many, any (Work on b's and d's which one to use, and don't forget to capitalize Friday, ur is the bossy r focus) No challenge words, tricky words this week!
Phonics/Reading Focus:digraph oa as in soap-read oa words we brainstormed in class that we put in our boats, digraph ey as in key-we are making keys this week and adding several ey words to read and practice at home, vowel pattern vc'v, and digraph ph as in phone-we will be making our own Iphones and practicing dialing words with ph. We will have 2 readers this week. Keep practicing readers, sight words, items in Reader bookbag/Toolbox, write down and sign sheet in bag. New sight words: animal and America.
Math:I taught a new game called Allowance (can purchase at Lakeshore Learning), it is a board game that helps with counting money, it is kind of like Monopoly.It really helps with counting money and change. We also learned some card games called Addition Top-it with 2 or 3 cards, Money Top-it, and Time Match. Ask your child about the new games. Addition Top-it can be played with regular cards, just have the face cards be worth 10, ask your child to show you! Top-it is a fun game to practice math facts. This week I am teaching different strategies to learn math facts, we are focusing this week on doubles facts and doubles +1 facts. We will be making fact cards to practice at school and home,they will be in the Bookbag, please practice and write down on bookbag sheet.
We met our class A.R. goal of 60 points on Tuesday! Yippee!!! We will now be working to double our goal so we can get our class name added in 2 or more times for the IPad drawing! Please help me encourage your child to sign up and take A.R. quizzes on their A.R. Library books or any A.R. books they have checked out from me. We can take several A.R. quizzes when we visit the computer lab on Friday! So challenge your child to READ!!! We also have 2 student computers in our room that are always busy with kids taking A.R. quizzes. You can see check to see if any of your books are A.R. at home also, visit the Deer Creek Library Catelog-Rose Union Library link under kid websites. Type in book and it will tell if A.R. or not. A.R. quizzes can only be taken at school.
Have a Spectacular Week!
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March 26-30
Welcome back from Spring Break, I hope all my first graders had a fun week off! We had fun getting out on the weekend to go to the movies, park, and the zoo! I enjoyed hearing all the stories and reading journal entries about spring break plans!
Thank you for attending your child's conference! My first graders are really taking off in their reading! So proud of them!!!
Report cards will come home on Thursday, March 29. Please return envelope signed and empty. You keep the report(s)! If any questions, don't hesitate to email or ask!
Spelling this week: grow, open, away, started, passing, table, invite, crispy, she'll, wisely, give, people. Challenge words are vacation, giving, April Fool's Day, recess.
Phonics: digraph au as in faucet, digraph aw as in straw, wild colt words for example child, blind, gold, Wild Colt rule a vowel followed by two consonants makes the vowel be long.
Reading:2 readers, #36, and # 37. Remember to return library books and encourage to sign up to take an A.R. quiz in class. WE are working towards reaching a 60 point goal as a class. When we reach this goal we get our class name put in a drawing to receive 1 Free IPAD for us to use in our class! We are getting close, we have 46 points! If we double the goal we get to put our name in twice! Keep up the great reading!!!
Math:Reviewing different fact strategies, working with function machines: which is another way to practice facts by putting information in a table format and writing the rule at the top, like + 2, -5, +6, -5, etc. If rule is +2, and 5 goes in then 7 would come out of the function machine. (5+2=7). We are continuing to practice telling time to the half hour, quarter after, quarter to or til, and this week reviewing telling time to the 5 minutes. Practice this at home with analog clocks. We also are discussing am and pm using our clocks, show on digital clocks.
Workstations: We are learning how to use our Tag Reader pens that Caylee Mann's family purchased for our classroom! Thank you so much Mann Family! I purchased a solar system booklet and a Toy Story book at Walmart/Target to use with them. If you would like to donate a Tag Book. I will put a few wishlist items on our classroom Wish List tab this weekend. Thanks so much! Our class is having a lot of fun with these neat pens! We are also practicing our math facts by using a fun manipulative called Function Machine, they get to put a card into the function machine and actually see what # comes out after writing the problem and their answer down on a card. Learning math facts can be made FUN!!! Also during workstations we are practicing our spelling words different fun ways while at Spelling station. We are buddy reading/read to self in the Lily Pad reading area of our room, and taking many A.R. tests on the computer. Yippee!
Have a great rest of the week!
Mrs. Wittrock
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March 5-9
Library Book checkout is only on Tuesday this week! We will also visit the bookfair. Send money with your child if you want him/her to purchase books/goodies from the bookfair. The bookfair will also be open during Parent-Teacher conferences on Tues. and Thurs.
No spelling this week due to short week, and no paper homework. We are finishing up work from last week and reviewing skills this week. Your child should be bringing home 2 readers: 35, and 36. Keep working on sight words, reading and spelling the words. Look for our previous learning when reading readers and books.
Dress up days this week to support WWF: Monday-crazy socks, Tuesday-Hat, Wed.-Crazy hair, Thursday-Backwards day, Friday-No School!
Last Friday, I sent home 2 sheets that your child can use with the website Compass found under Kid websites. The activities are jump rope rhymes and a fun way to introduce story writing with clipart!! Enjoy!
I hope everyone has a safe and fun Spring Break!
Mrs. Tiffany Wittrock
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March 12-15
First Grade Friends,
I added some story creators in Compass. Go to kid websites and type in the activity finder # on the compass homepage! You can find under Compass on Kid Websites. Enjoy and have fun creating your stories!
I've updated the schedule below, and added in a few students that I haven't received a request from. Parents please let me know by sending a quick email, my scheduled time works for me! I put an X by student's time if I have heard back from their parent! Thanks for confirming ASAP!
Here is a tentative schedule for Parent/Student/Teacher conferences. Email or send me a note that the date and time will work with you at your earliest convenience. If you have not scheduled a conference by emailing me or sending back the conference sign-up sheet, please see openings and email me as soon as possible. These are the available times that are open/blank as of now. I will keep updated as I hear back from parents.
March 13, Tuesday March 15, Thursday
4:15 X 4:15 Matt M.
X 4:30 Walon C. X 4:30 Jafet G.
X 4:45 Laynee W. X 4:45 Max B.
X 5:00 Haley A. X 5:00 Caylee M.
X 5:15 Aubren A. X 5:15 Isaac R.
X 5:30 Abby B. 5:30 Catch up/Break
5:45 Catch up/Break X 5:45 Kiera B.
X 6:00 Brayden A. X 6:00 Hayley V.
X 6:15 Asa S. X 6:15 Wyatt C.
X 6:30 Alli B. X 6:30 Kylie C.
X 6:45 Camryn H. X 6:45 Ashton G.
Christopher X 7:00 Carrie D.
Picture Day!!!! Group and individual pictures are this Wednesday, March 7. I would like my students to wear their class t-shirts for the group picture and then they can wear what they wish for the individual pic. I think they will do Group pics first so just have your child wear the t-shirt over their clothes for the Individual pix. Group pictures you pay for ahead of time and the individual pix you pay for after you see the proof. If questions please email me.
Spelling:way, try, such, part, glass, stuff, former, show, letter, barnyard, sure, they. Challenge words: lucky, rainbow, daylight
Phonics/Reading: digraph ue, suffix es and rule of when to use es or s, diphthongs ou and ow as in mouse and cow and spelling rule when to use ou or ow, vowel pattern vc ccv and vcc cv. Sight words this week: four and country
Math: We are beginning Topic 12 Comparing and ordering numbers to 100. WE will be studying a 100 chart/Grid looking at 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less than a given #, comparing #'s with greater than, less than and equal to symblos, ordering #'s on a number line, greatest to least. We will continue skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100, and being able to tell if a # is odd or even, along with telling time to the hour/half-hour, and counting coins. Please practice at home these concepts as well. Over the next several days I will be assessing for report cards: telling time to hour and half hour, recognizing coins, values of coins, and counting coins, uses strategies in addition facts, and counts to 100 by 1, 2, 5, and 10's. Please keep practicing at home.
Author Study:We will continue this week learning about Dr. Seuss, reading many of his books and completing many language Arts and math activities using his books. It is always a fun week with Dr. Seuss. His birthday was Friday, March 2!
Science: Solids, Liquids, and Gases, we will be making Oobleck.
Have a Great Week!
Mrs. Tiffany Wittrock
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March 7
Please send back enrollment forms unfilled out, I didn't notice when I was putting them in mailboxes that they had student names on them! So Sorry!!! I will return your child's packet to you as soon as possible to be filled out! When I get you the correct packet, all packets will need to be filled out even if you are not planning on returning next year to Rose Union.
Thanks so much!
Tiffany
Please wear class T-shirts on Wednesday!!!
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Feb. 27-March 2
Parent/Student/Teacher conferences are fast approaching, and it is time to schedule your child’s spring conference. Please mark 1, 2, and 3 by your preferred block of time. Conferences are scheduled on a first come-first serve basis. Conferences are scheduled at 15 minute intervals. If you feel you have a special situation where we may need more time, please let me know. You will receive a note or email confirming your scheduled conference time. I will also post the conference schedule on our homepage. Please email me your preferred time and date or send back this paper by Friday, March 2. Please note-If one night you are not available due to prior engagements, if you have already scheduled an appointment for one of your other children (I will try to schedule it closely if possible), or if you are flexible (day and time doesn’t matter.) I am looking forward to sharing your child’s progress!
Let me know if you would like Tuesday, March 13 or Thursday, March 15:
1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices
_____4:15-5:15 ______5:30-6:30 _____ 6:45-7:00
Any notes:___________________________________________
Thanks so much!
Mrs. Wittrock
Feb. 27-March 2
Spelling: far, much, play, gave, upon, after, handy, dribble, spell, shapeless, says, should (No challenge words this week) I've added to spelling city, we will work on our penmanship using one of the handwriting sheets and the fill in spelling word to complete the sentence (this helps with our STAR reading test that gives us our reading range, which I am assessing this week and next.)
Phonics/Reading: On Monday, we finished our Bossy R booklets-keep these to practice reading bossy r words-could add other bossy r words that you find when reading, learning and practicing when to use diphthong oi and oy, a new vowel pattern vc/cvc/cv as in words like Atlantic, September, chimpanzee,fantastic, etc. We learned to usually divide between the consonants. A reminder every syllable has to have a vowel sound, so this should help when spelling and reading longer words. final stable syllable -tion as in lotion, question, subtraction, digraph ue as in glue, blue, argue. Readers this week are # 33, and # 34, practice and remember to write down on Bookbag, practice sight words this week and next. I will be accessing sight words, and reading levels over the next several days.
Math: We are continuing to work with place value using our base 10 blocks, we will be introducing and practicing writing 2 digit #'s in expanded form, place value form, and standard form. Example: 327= 300 + 20 + 7 and 327 is 3 hundreds + 2 tens + 7 ones, skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100, and being able to tell if a # is odd or even, along with telling time to the hour/half-hour, and counting coins. Please practice at home these concepts as well. Over the next several days I will be assessing for report cards: telling time to hour and half hour, recognizing coins, values of coins, and counting coins, uses strategies in addition facts, and counts to 100 by 1, 2, 5, and 10's. Please keep practicing at home.
Social Studies: We have continued our learning about our American symbols through reading posters, books, photographs, and magazines with a buddy in our classroom.
We choose 4 symbols and wrote 1-2 facts about each symbol, have your child share with you all they have learned. We have also watched 1-2 videos about our American symbols: Statue of Liberty, The monuments in Washington D.C.- Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mt. Rushmore, Flag, Liberty Bell, The Bald Eagle. I have shared several books during story time and photographs from my travels to New York, and Washington D.C. They have been very excited and interested in our study about our American Symbols.
A.R. Goals this week: Congratulation Alli, we several others working hard to reach their A.R. goal.
Author Study: We will begin this week and all next week learning about Dr. Seuss, reading many of his books and completing many language Arts and math activities using his books. It is always a fun week with Dr. Seuss. His birthday is this Friday, March 2!
Homework always due on Friday: one homework side of phonics paper, stapled together phonics ea paper/doubles fact practice. If still working on doubles use strategies:counters, 100 grid, counting on, touch math, etc.
Assessment: I will be sharing all data from assessment this week and next at parent/child/teacher conferences March 13 and 15.
Have a Fabulous Week!
Mrs. Wittrock
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Feb. 21-24
I hope everyone enjoyed the 3 day weekend!
Spelling: No spelling this week and No spelling test on Friday, we will work on spelling and reading our sight words this week for review.
Phonics/Reading:We will continue working on our Bossy R booklets, when these come home, have your child practice reading the bossy r words. Keep as a resource. Digraph ea has 3 sounds,as in leaf, thread, and steak,Spelling with the Dropping rule and Spelling by Adding a Consonant suffix. The Dropping rule: When a word ends with the silent e, drop the e before adding a vowel suffix. Adding a consonant suffix: To spell a word with a consonant suffix, just add the suffix to the end of the root word. We will also learn diphthongs oi and oy as in oil and toy. A diphthong is two vowel sounds that come together so fast that they are considered to be one syllable. When spelling with oi and oy, usually use oi in initial and medial position, and oy in the final position. We will be learning more about nouns and verbs this week in language arts, and looking for them in our reading and writing. Look for our new learning when reading each night.
Two readers will come home this week in reader bookbag, we will work on getting caught up on adding last weeks sight words to our sight word rings, please return each day and practice nightly.
Math: We are continuing to work with place value using our base 10 blocks, skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100, and being able to tell if a # is odd or even, along with telling time to the hour/half-hour, and counting coins. Please practice at home these concepts as well. I will send home a place value game, for the longs or 10's you could use markers, crayons, popsicle stix, or even paper clips, for the 1's us single paper clips, pennies, pasta, beans, etc. I will send home on Wednesday!
Social Studies:This week we will continue our study of Presidents and symbols of the United States this week and next.
A.R. Goals: Congratulations Kylie and Hayley V. for making your A.R. Goals! Yea!
It will take 1 to 2 weeks for our book orders to arrive!
Have a Fantastic Week!
Mrs. Wittrock
Feb.18
Thank you for all my parents who ordered books online and with paper forms. I received orders from Carrie, Alli, Haley A, Caylee, Camryn, Kiera, Brayden, and Asa. If you didn't get to order there will be a bookfair mid-March during Parent-Teacher conference week! I will do one more book order in April.
Thanks so much and have a wonderful 3 day weekend!
Mrs. Wittrock
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Feb. 13-17
Thank you to all my parents for sending items needed for our Valentine party and to Andrea Davey and Elizabeth Clinton for organizing the party. Our class had fun opening their valentines, eating lots of candy & heart shaped rice crispy treats, and playing Heart Bingo. Thanks for all the yummy chocolates and valentines!
Class Book orders are due Friday, Feb. 17, paper orders due at 4:00! You can order online until 8:00 pm. Thanks for your orders!
Remember no School Monday, Feb. 20-President's day!
Spelling:day, fly, trusted, weekly, campfire, blooming, under, myself, inside, problem, thought, where (I've added in Spelling city to practice this week)
Challenge words: President, valentine, Lincoln, Washington
Phonics/Language Arts:We are learning the vowel pattern vcv with all the vowels to help break up and read longer words. Examples: crazy, bacon, minus, music, focus, even, zero,etc. Readers: #29 and #30. We are writing sentences using conversation hearts in work stations this week.
Sight Words: today, together, tomorrow,again
Math: In work stations-we are measuring items with marshmallows and then a ruler by inches, and playing a game with dice to recognize coins. We are continuing to work with place value using our base 10 blocks, skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's. and telling if a # is odd or even.
Social Studies:We are continuing our study of famous Presidents and will make a Can you guess which President report by writing 3 facts about their chosen president. These will be in the hall at the end of the week! In Library this week students who were able to check out books chose one library book on a president.
A.R.Goals: Congratulations to Haley A. and Aubren for making their A.R. Goal!
Happy Valentine's Day and President's Day!
Mrs. Wittrock
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Feb. 6-10
Spelling:my, tell, her,soon, shall, stringy, made, feelings, packed, number, want, don't
Challege words: sniffles, holiday, mailbox
Phonics:We will continue making our bossy r booklets to practice reading bossy r words. Digraph ch as is cheese, combination qu as in quilt, Soft (cedilla) C as in circle, spelling rule: In the medial position, the /s/ sound is regularly spelled with the letter c when the sound is followed by e,i, or y, Final /s/ spelling rule: use ss after a short vowel, use ce after a long vowel, use se after anything else. Digraph ow as in bow.
Reading: Students will be bringing home saxon readers: #25,26,27, and 28 this week. Be sure to practice each night and record on Reader Bookbag/Tool box sheet. Return baggy to school each day with Sight word ring and this weeks readers. If the readers are too difficult for your child to read, first try reading it to your child, then have them read the reader to you. Don't forget about echo reading if still struggling, you read a line or page then they read back to you. Point to words as you model reading with tone and fluency. Another strategy we are practicing in class when reading longer words is to cover up parts of the word, break into syllables, and cover up suffixes. Also look for digraphs, combinations, blends, word chunks we have studied in difficult words.This seems to really help break up and read the longer challenging words when reading readers and library books.
A.R. Quizzes: Remind your child to sign up for A.R. quizzes on any library books they have read or listened to you read. Read 2-3 times and ask your child comprehension questions about the story. I like for my students to take a quiz on at least one of their A.R. books they have checked out. Several students have already met their A.R. goal of 5 points this 9 weeks. When your child meets his/her goal they go visit Mrs. Edwards for a prize. If they continue reading and taking A.R. quizzes, they can earn other rewards from me. Way to go: Max, Camryn, Carrie, Walon, Matt, Caylee, and Abby! I have several other students who are very close to meeting his/her goal! Remember I can help your child pick out books if they will check them in on Tuesdays at our scheduled Library day. Students that take quizzes on their books, can go to the library several times during the week. Also we have a classroom Library that students are more than welcome to check out A.R. books from. Please put back in Reader bookbag to protect my books.
Sight Words: We only have one new sight word this week: once
Please practice sight word ring and Dolch sight word sheet (only if I sent home with your child last Thursday) nightly! I will assess each week children that needing extra help in reading/sight words.
Treasure Basal readers-I have checked out basal readers to all my students (books that have a collection of stories in one hardback book written on 1st grade reading levels). When these come home, listen to your child read as many stories as they wish, may keep at home for a few days at a time,or put back in backpack each day. In the basal 1.2-1.5 (which can be found on side or back), the main selection stories are A.R. stories and students may take a A.R. quiz on these stories at school. Once your child has read all of the basal let me know and I can switch out for a new basal.
Math:We will begin topic 10, working on skip counting, and looking at patterns on the hundred grid. We will also work out of topic 11, introducing place value of 10's and 1's, using base 10 blocks. At home, I sent home a blue money mat last week to practice counting money, we use these in the class by laying our money on when counting coins. Give your child a few coins starting with pennies and nickels, then add in dimes and quarters for more challenge. Let them show you how we use the mat to count money. Work on recognizing the coins and values of each first, then begin counting the coins.
Social Studies/Science/Enrichment: We will be learning facts about some of our famous presidents, recognizing which president's are on our coins and dollars. We will make a booklet about facts that we learn about the presidents.
Report Cards: On our report cards this 9 weeks we will add to our assessment, Language area-same areas will be assessed, Reading & Language arts we will add applies comprehension strategies, in math we will add Counts by 1,2,5, and 10 to 100, uses strategies for addtion facts 1-10, Identifies, names, and counts pennies, nickels, and dimes, tells time to the hour and half hour. We will access in all the same areas as last 9 weeks. If any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Have a Super week!
Mrs. Wittrock
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Jan. 30-Feb. 3
Tuesday I was absent due to the funeral of one of my sweet aunts. Thank you for your patience in updates this week.
Spelling: me, run, thing,take, she's, looking, little, title, will, shell, one, two
Phonics:Bossy r combinations ar, or, er, ir, ur, we are learning that when you see a r following a vowel, it changes the sound of the vowel. We will be completing phonic sorts in class. Please have your child always read the words to you at home on activity sheets we do in class to practice their reading skills, and discuss any vocabulary words they don't understand.
Reader bookbag/Toolbox:Don't forget to sign off when working on Sight words SW, math facts, # of readers, any books they have checked out from our class library, and if have word family sliders in bag.
Basal readers-I will allow students to check out basal readers (books that have a collection of stories in one hardback book written on 1st grade reading levels) when these come home, listen to your child read as many stories as they wish, may keep at home for a few days at a time, unless otherwise noted.
Sight words this week: something, were, early, earth, heard, learn, another, brother, mother, other, word, work, world. I gave your child two colored notecards labeled Know and Practice, go through and sort any words that your child doesn't know as they read the words to you quickly. If they hesitate, then put in stack to practice.
-Some other ways to practice, make another set of notecards of Practice stack, hang up on door or entry into other room in house, have practice reading before they can leave room with sight words. Can post somewhere they see before going to bed, practice while drifting off to sleep. Lay out practice sight words, tell them to find a certain word, ex. find brought. Then mix up review in a stack again.
Challenge-Students that already know sight words, work on spelling the sight words.
Don't forget about resources at left under Saxon and Dolch sight words.
Math: At home play the Coin Exchage game with real coins, can use touch math money sheet if having trouble counting coins, or a 100 grid also. In class each day we practice making the date with money, and sometimes with a # of the day. In class we will continue with our calendar math folder reviewing many concepts including time to the half hour and counting money. We are continuing working with different subtraction and addition strategies. Read and practice any booklets we make in math.This week we make some math facts on notecards that will be in Reader bookbag/toolbox baggy. Last week we made a practice booklet for the doubles, countinue practicing those facts also.
If you are ever needing ideas of how to help your child at home please don't hesitate to contact me. I am here to help!
Have a nice rest of the week!
Mrs. Tiffany Wittrock