Dear first grade families,

We had a wonderful week back after fall break! Last week we wrapped up our first language arts block, adding letters H, K, B, and G into our practice. To bring these letters to life, students heard a few different Grimm’s Fairy Tales featuring The Hut in the Forest, King Thrushbeard, The Willow-Wren and the Bear, and The Golden Goose. We worked with groups of fives during our number study and practiced skip counting with great success. We will begin our first mathematics block this week which focuses heavily on the quality of numbers one through twelve. We will also be exposed to the initial Roman Numerals this week.

We have been working on using talk moves during our whole class discussions. These involve nonverbal cues, mostly hand signals, to help conversation flow and keep the whole group engaged without talking over each other. Our first graders are mastering this practice and are enjoying how smooth the flow of discussions has become! It’s wonderful how our class is communicating in a whole group setting. Congratulations, first grade!

We celebrated our first birthday as a class last week- happy birthday, Charlie! The students shared what made Charlie a special part of our class. Some of the things her classmates admire are: that she is a good friend, makes us all laugh, and takes good care of plants!

Thanks for your help always. Happy Monday!

Reminders:

Fall Conferences are fast approaching. Please see the link in the main section of the Monday Messenger to sign up!
Please bring boots for Environmental Education Class.
Scarecrow building news will be coming your way from our class rep, Debbie (aka Isaac's mom) soon.

Sincerely,

Ki Hayley