The Week of December 14th...

This week in Language Arts, we will…

·       Choose a piece to publish

·       Fix up and celebrate our writing

·       Predict while reading

·       Create questions before, during, and after a story

·       Discover new vocabulary through a weekly read aloud

·       Be able to recognize the root words that create contrations

·       Work on IStation while in computer lab.  

This week in Math, we will…

·       Play games to reinforce addition

·       Solve problems of the day independently, then as a class

·       Participate in our math stations

·       Work on Reflex Mathwhile in computer lab

This week in Social Studies, we will…

·       Continue our study on different cultures and celebrations

This week in Science, we will…

·       Continue our study on weather

·       Differentiate between the characteristics of seasons

Additional Announcements!

1. Please make sure your child has a snack everyday.

2. Don't forget tennis shoes on PE days!

3. When cooler temps are present, a jacket is always a great idea!

4. Your child was tested on First Grade High Frequency Words this week. He/she should be able to read and spell the following: all, as, be, but, by, for, had, have, he, his, not, on, or, this, to, what

Finally...

 Need to know our Encore schedule?

December Events

12^th       4th Grade Choir Performs Holiday Carols at Park Village Shops (2:00-3:00)

14^th       November/December Ticket Winner Party (2:00-2:30)

15^th       December/June Birthday Lunches on the Stage 

17^th       Kids Rule the School

18^th       4th Grade Choir & Recorder Performance w/ OUES Sing-Along (8:30-9:30)

Holiday Parties (2:00-2:45)

Week of December 7th ...

This week in Language Arts we will ...

- visualize while reading

- predict the end of stories

- ask questions before, during and after our reading

- continue writing small moments

- discover new vocabulary through a weekly read aloud

- sort our spelling words and discover patterns

- work on iStation (we encourage this at home as well!)

This week in Math we will...

- skip count

- review adding strategies

- solve problems of the day independently, then as a class

- participate in math stations

- work on Reflex Math while in the lab to increase automaticity

This week in Social Studies we will...

- learn about different cultures and costumes celebrated during winter months

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OUES December Events

11th - Kindergarten Gingerbread Houses, 2nd grade PTO Part

12th - 4th grade choir performs holiday carols at Park Village Shops (2:00 pm)

14th - November/December Ticket Winner Party (2:00 pm)

15th - December/June birthday lunches on stage

17th - Kids Rule the School

18th - 4th Choir and Recorder performance wit Sing Along (8:30 am)

18th - Holiday Parties (2:00 pm)

Additional Notes:

1. Make sure your child brings appropriate weather related clothing! We will be outside for recess even when it's cold!

2. Second reporting period ends in two weeks. Can your child 

read and spell the following: 

all, as, be, but, by, for, had, have, he, his, not, on, or, this, to, what

3. Need to know your child's Encore schedule?

The Week of November 30th...

This week in Language Arts we will...

• write focused narratives
• remember to write and spell words we know correctly
• spell check our own writing
• increase productivity by trying to begin and end story in one writing session
• be introduced to new vocabulary to recognize in our readings
• pay attention to what a character learns when a problem gets solved
• think about life lessons from our characters
• visualize our stories using all our senses
• work on rereading to increase comprehension
• recognize spelling patters in our current sort

This week in Math we will...

• create cultural/holiday themed art using geometric shapes
• write two digit numbers using expanded notation, words, rods and cubes, tens and ones
• working with numbers that add to 12

This week in Science we will...

• study relevant vocabulary related to weather
• compare different types of storms
• study different types of weather conditions

Announcements

If you are interested in more information regarding iStation – a program we strongly suggest utilizing at home - please watch our “Parent’s Guide to iStation.” I think you will find it very useful! Please view when you have a free moment.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAw2gDb03Gs

Can your child tie his/her shoes? Now is the time to really reinforce that at home! Try taking a large shoe and putting it in your child's lap. Sit behind them and model how to do it. Your First Grade teachers thank you!

It's that time of year! LICE! Be on the lookout for itchy heads. It may not be just dry scalps! When weather changes and more hats and scarves are used, transmission can be on the rise. It's best to be cautious! We always recommend to students that they put all jackets inside their zipped up backpack.

Here are a list of high frequency words your child should know by the end of our first semester:  all, as, be, but, by, for, had, have, he, his, not, on, or, this, to, what.

November Events

23-27 Thanksgiving Break

30 - November Birthday Lunches on the Stage

December Events

4 - Christmas Is For Children (Food Collection and Bag, Tag, Bow Gifts)

      Spirit Shop Open During Lunch

      DMS Band Performance in the Gym (1:30-2:30)

8 - PTO Executive Board Meeting

11 - Kindergarten Gingerbread Houses

       2nd Grade PTO Party

12 - 4th Grade Choir Performs Holiday Carols at Park Village Shops (2:00-3:00)

14 - November/December Ticket Winner Party (2:00-2:30)

15 - December/June Birthday Lunches on the Stage

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!

The week of November 16th ...

This week in Language Arts we will...

• write so that readers can read our writing
• stretch out words in writing to strengthen our spelling skills
• reinforce sight words
• analyze current stories or correct spacing
• extend current use of new vocabulary by finding newly acquired words in additional books as well as apply to new writing
• continue studying characters in literature by showing character's feelings by adapting our voice while reading, using clues from the author to bring characters to live, reread to make our voices smooth to show character's big feelings
• recognize spelling patterns with our current sort

This week in Math we will...

• model sums of different numbers focusing on the fact that addends can be in any order
• reinforce the strategies of adding horizontally and vertically
• work with making a ten

This week in Social Studies we will...

• describe how technology has changed our lives
• learn about the importance of Thanksgiving
• compare Thanksgiving celebrations both past and present

This week in Science we will...

• wrap up our unit on weather

Announcements

1. Science Fair is next week! Preview will take place on Monday. You may start purchasing items beginning Tuesday afternoon. If you are planning on shopping with your child, please try to do it before or after school, or during our recess time.
2. Can your child tie his/her shoes? Now is the time to really reinforce that at home! Try taking a large shoe and putting it in your child's lap. Sit behind them and model how to do it. Your First Grade teachers thank you!
3. It's that time of year! LICE! Be on the lookout for itchy heads. It may not be just dry scalps! When weather changes and more hats and scarves are used, transmission can be on the rise. It's best to be cautious! We always recommend to students to 
4. Here are a list of high frequency words your child should know by the end of our first semester:  all, as, be, but, by, for, had, have, he, his, not, on, or, this, to, what

Reminder of Encore Schedule (please wear tennis shoes on PE days)

November Events

16-20-Science Week

19-Family Science Night (4:30-6:30pm)

23-27 Thanksgiving Break

30-November Birthday Lunches on the Stage

The Week of November 9th...

In Language Arts we will....

• reread our stories and write them so others can read them
• work with writing partners to peer edit stories
• edit stories for spelling
• check for correct punctuation in our stories
• recognize new vocabulary in our reading
• look for characters in our reading
• pay attention to details about characters we are reading about
• reread to learn more about our characters
• read for meaning by questioning things in our stories
• use our one breath boxes to work on fluency with sight words
• recognize patterns in our spelling sorts

In Math we will...

• model putting numbers together/joining
• understanding what happens to numbers when a zero is added
• work on adding numbers in any order
• put together numbers to reach the sum of 10
• show different ways to compose the number 10

In Science we will...

• record weather information including relative temperature using appropriate vocabulary including but not limited to hot, cold, clear, cloudy, calm, windy, rainy, icy, etc.
• Discuss patterns we see in weather

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Book Fair is next week! Preview will take place on Monday. You may start purchasing items beginning Tuesday afternoon. If you are planning on shopping with your child, please try to do it before or after school, or during our recess time.
2. Can your child tie his/her shoes? Now is the time to really reinforce that at home! Try taking a large shoe and putting it in your child's lap. Sit behind them and model how to do it. Your First Grade teachers thank you!
3. Here are a list of high frequency words your child should know by the end of our first semester:  all, as, be, but, by, for, had, have, he, his, not, on, or, this, to, what

Reminder of Encore Schedule (please wear tennis shoes on PE days)

November Events

9-13 Book Fair Week

10-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (6:00-7:00pm)

11-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (8:30-9:30am)

            Taziki’s Dining for Dragons OUES Fundraiser

12-1st Grade PTO Party

16-20-Science Week

19-Family Science Night (4:30-6:30pm)

23-27 Thanksgiving Break

30-November Birthday Lunches on the Stage

The Week of November 2nd

This week in Language Arts we will...

• write focused narratives
• use a bank of tools to help with spelling in our stories
• try to improve productivity by trying to write an entire story in one writing session
• learn how to preview stories to get minds ready for reading
• use what is happening in a story to predict what will come next
• mark important parts in our books to retell and retain
• learn the importance of rereading and to notice new details in our stories
• sort words according to our spelling patterns

This week in Math we will...

• use expanded notation to show numbers
• learn the Touch Math strategy to use with addition
• work with adding to or joining a group
• problem solve during cooperative BUILD learning

This week in Science we will...

• observe and describe how soil is formed

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Book Fair is coming!  Mr. McCoy needs volunteers to make this year a success.  Use http://vols.pt/fhpQFh to sign up! Questions? 
   Email chad.mccoy@southlakecarroll.edu
   
   
2. Dragon Dash has been rescheduled to next Friday, November 6th. Hopefully the weather will accommodate outside! It will be during our Encore time which is 9:05 – 10:00 am. 
   
   
3. If you plan on having lunch with your child at school, we have stressed to our students that they only pick one friend to join you. We have found that when we open up invitations to multiple friends, feelings can get hurt.  If your child is having a hard time picking between friends please know that it is not required! You can always enjoy lunch with just your child and then he/she doesn’t have to worry about the stress of choosing. I like to call it the “One or None” Plan. J We also appreciate your help making sure that all cafeteria rules are being followed. I know it’s exciting to have you there – and to potentially have a friend join, but we do have to make sure that rules are followed to ensure the safety of everyone in the café. Again, thank you so much for your help with this!
   
   
4. Spelling. Please work with your child on his/her spelling patterns at home. Two pieces of homework are due on Thursdays. Spelling tests are also on Thursday mornings, so we ask that you please try to have your child to school on time. New sorts come home on Fridays.
   
   
5. Station. As a reminder, we encourage all students to read at least 15 minutes a night. Remember that one of your reading tools at home is iStation. Earlier in the year we sent home login information so your child could access this program. This program is EXCELLENT and provides us as teachers a great picture of what your child is mastering and is yet to master. There is also a parent portal that you can access as well. We cannot stress enough what a valuable tool this program is. I would personally encourage your child to make this one of his/her reading options at least twice a week. This can replace book time or can be used in addition to it. But it makes a huge difference in your child’s ability. If you have any questions or have lost your login information, please contact me.

November Events

3-October Ticket Party (8:15-9:00)

5-Club Photos

9-13 Book Fair Week

10-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (6:00-7:00pm)

11-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (8:30-9:30am)

            Taziki’s Dining for Dragons OUES Fundraiser

12-1st Grade PTO Party

16-20-Science Week

19-Family Science Night (4:30-6:30pm)

23-27 Thanksgiving Break

30-November Birthday Lunches on the Stage

The Week of October 26th...

This Week in Language Arts we will...

• work on our stories so that readers can understand and read our writing
• hear and record sounds in the words they write
• work on writing sight words with automaticity
• double check that we are spacing between words 
• draw from our repertoire of word-solving strategies to tackle challenges with greater automaticity
• work on improving our fluency
• work in partners to use strategies to read hard words
• strengthen our knowledge of spelling patterns through our sorts

This Week in Math we will...

• represent numbers using tens and ones then identify as odd or even
• find patterns in numbers by identifying even and odd characteristics
• use our strategies to break down word problems into manageable pieces

This week in Social Studies we will...

• learn about the importance of recycling
• learn about natural resources and how we use them
• identify examples and uses for natural resources
• identify goods and service
• analyze the importance of having both goods and services and how they impact our communities

Additional Announcements

Report Cards. Report cards are available today through Skyward Family Access. Your child’s report card will be available under the Portfolio tab. The last report card of the school year will be printed and mailed home.

·       Dragon Dash has been rescheduled to Friday, November 6^th. Hopefully the weather then will be fantastic! It will be during our Encore time which is 9:05 – 10:00 am. 

Calling all Characters! Book Character Day parade is Friday, October 30th. Please have your child dress as a favorite book character and bring that book to school on that day. We will have a Parade first thing in the morning and then students will be able to share their books with the class during our Reading Workshop time.

·       If you plan on having lunch with your child at school, we have stressed to our students that they only pick one friend to join you. We have found that when we open up invitations to multiple friends, feelings can get hurt.  If your child is having a hard time picking between friends please know that it is not required! You can always enjoy lunch with just your child and then he/she doesn’t have to worry about the stress of choosing. I like to call it the “One or None” Plan. J We also appreciate your help making sure that all cafeteria rules are being followed. I know it’s exciting to have you there – and to potentially have a friend join, but we do have to make sure that rules are followed to ensure the safety of everyone in the café. Again, thank you so much for your help with this!

Spelling. Please work with your child on his/her spelling patterns at home. Two pieces of homework are due on Thursdays. Spelling tests are also on Thursday mornings, so we ask that you please try to have your child to school on time. New sorts come home on Fridays.

    iStation. As a reminder, we encourage all students to read at least 15 minutes a night. Remember that one of your reading tools at home is iStation. Earlier in the year we sent home login information so your child could access this program. This program is EXCELLENT and provides us as teachers a great picture of what your child is mastering and is yet to master. There is also a parent portal that you can access as well. We cannot stress enough what a valuable tool this program is. I would personally encourage your child to make this one of his/her reading options at least twice a week. This can replace book time or can be used in addition to it. But it makes a huge difference in your child’s ability. If you have any questions or have lost your login information, please contact me.

     Twitter. First Grade is all a twitter! That’s right, we are officially tweeting! Please follow us on Twitter @OUES1stGrade to catch glimpses of all our hard working kids throughout the week!

Week of October 19th

This week in Language Arts we will ...

• Work with partners to revise and edit our small moment stories
• Work on adding new vocabulary into our schema for reading and writing
• Use the sequence of events to retell a story with a simple narrative structure
•  Monitor for meaning in our reading not only when problem solving harder words but also reading across whole parts of longer, more challenging books
• Checking to make sure we understand what we are reading
• Work on envisioning the scene of the story we are reading
• Use clues in illustrations and text to infer the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary 
• Continue practicing our automaticity of high frequency words
• Master our current spelling sort and apply it to our reading and writing

This week in Math we will ...

• Order numbers using place value
• Use units and rods to represent numbers
• Create numbers and be able to order them from least to greatest
• Represent numbers in a variety of ways

This week in Science we will...

• Identify forms of energy using light as our model
• Identify and discuss how different forms of energy are important to everyday life
• Work on science specific vocabulary in relation to energy

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Reporting Period. Our first reporting period ends Friday, October 16th. Report cards will be available next Friday, October 23rd through Skyward Family Access. Your child's report card will be under the Portfolio Tab. The last report card of the year will be printed and mailed home.
2. Dragon Dash. Our Dragon Dash event will be Friday, October 23rd. Additional information may be found at http://www.ouespto.com/ The actual pledge link: https://ouespto.wufoo.com/forms/dragon-dash-pledge/
3. Calling all Characters! Book Character Day parade is Friday, October 30th. Please have your child dress as a favorite book character and bring that book to school on that day. We will have a Parade first thing in the morning and then students will be able to share their books with the class during our Reading Workshop time.
4. Spelling. Please work with your child on his/her spelling patterns at home. Two pieces of homework are due on Thursdays. Spelling tests are also on Thursday mornings, so we ask that you please try to have your child to school on time. New sorts come home on Fridays.
5. iStation. As a reminder, we encourage all students to read at least 15 minutes a night. Remember that one of your reading tools at home is iStation. Earlier in the year we sent home login information so your child could access this program. This program is EXCELLENT and provides us as teachers a great picture of what your child is mastering and is yet to master. There is also a parent portal that you can access as well. We cannot stress enough what a valuable tool this program is. I would personally encourage your child to make this one of his/her reading options at least twice a week. This can replace book time or can be used in addition to it. But it makes a huge difference in your child’s ability. If you have any questions or have lost your login information, please contact me.
6. Twitter. First Grade is all a twitter! That’s right, we are officially tweeting! Please follow us on Twitter @OUES1stGrade to catch glimpses of all our hard working kids throughout the week!
7. Flu Shot. If interested, the Passport Health/North Texas Flu Shots will be providing a clinic for Carroll ISD on October 27th from 3pm to 6pm at Carroll Senior High in the SAC. It is available to employees, students, families, and community members. To sign up, please use this link. https://www.passageware.com/ClinicSignUp/SLCISD/
8. High Frequency Words. Just a reminder that your child should be able to read and write the following words by the end of the first semester:
9. 
   

   all

   as

   be

   but

   by

   for

   had

   have

   he

   his

   not

   on

   or

   this

   to

   what

October Events

19-22-ITBS Testing (Grades 2 and 4)

23-Dragon Dash

23-Dragons vs. Colleyville: PINK OUT Game (7:30 kickoff)

26-30-Red Ribbon Week

29- All Pro Dads in the Cafeteria (7:00-7:45)

30-Storybook Character Parade

30-Dragons at Haltom (7:30 kickoff)

November Events

3-October Ticket Party (8:15-9:00)

5-Club Photos

9-13 Book Fair Week

10-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (6:00-7:00pm)

11-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (8:30-9:30am)

            Taziki’s Dining for Dragons OUES Fundraiser

12-1st Grade PTO Party

16-20-Science Week

19-Family Science Night (4:30-6:30pm)

23-27 Thanksgiving Break

30-November Birthday Lunches on the Stage

This week in Language Arts we will...

• Add important details to our Small Moment writings and distinguish between what is needed in our story and what isn't.
• Reveal internal stories (reactions, thoughts, feelings) in our writing pieces.
• Analyze effective strategies for ending a story
• Bring analogies into our reading strategies by solving new words by recalling similar ones
• Use familiar letter combinations to solve unknown/new words
• Continue to strengthen our sight word knowledge base
• Strengthen reading and writing skills with spelling sort patterns
• Be introduced to various type of nouns including common and pronoun

This week in Math we will...

• Successfully make groups of tens and ones
• Discuss and analyze various similarities and differnces between number properties
• Continue to distinguish between greater than, less than, and equal to 
• Problem solve using the strategy of CUBES
• Revisit the steps to creating successful graphs including data collecting, graphing, observing results and building questions from our final product

This week in Social Studies we will...

• Identify and describe the physical characteristics of land forms, bodies of water, and natural resources (including valleys, mountains, lakes, hills, etc.)

Announcements

1. Reporting Period. Our first reporting period ends Friday, October 16th. Report cards will be available online the following week. More details to follow in next week's weekly email.
2. Dragon Dash. Our Dragon Dash event will be Friday, October 23rd. Additional information may be found at http://www.ouespto.com/ The actual pledge link: https://ouespto.wufoo.com/forms/dragon-dash-pledge/
3. Spelling. Please work with your child on his/her spelling patterns at home. Two pieces of homework are due on Thursdays. Spelling tests are also on Thursday mornings, so we ask that you please try to have your child to school on time. New sorts come home on Fridays.
4. iStation. As a reminder, we encourage all students to read at least 15 minutes a night. Remember that one of your reading tools at home is iStation. Earlier in the year we sent home login information so your child could access this program. This program is EXCELLENT and provides us as teachers a great picture of what your child is mastering and is yet to master. There is also a parent portal that you can access as well. We cannot stress enough what a valuable tool this program is. I would personally encourage your child to make this one of his/her reading options at least twice a week. This can replace book time or can be used in addition to it. But it makes a huge difference in your child’s ability. If you have any questions or have lost your login information, please contact me.
5. Twitter. First Grade is all a twitter! That’s right, we are officially tweeting! Please follow us on Twitter @OUES1stGrade to catch glimpses of all our hard working kids throughout the week!
6. Flu Shot. If interested, the Passport Health/North Texas Flu Shots will be providing a clinic for Carroll ISD on October 27th from 3pm to 6pm at Carroll Senior High in the SAC. It is available to employees, students, families, and community members. To sign up, please use this link. https://www.passageware.com/ClinicSignUp/SLCISD/
7. High Frequency Words. Just a reminder that your child should be able to read and write the following words by the end of the first semester:
8. 
   

   all

   as

   be

   but

   by

   for

   had

   have

   he

   his

   not

   on

   or

   this

   to

   what

October Events

19-22-ITBS Testing (Grades 2 and 4)

23-Dragon Dash

23-Dragons vs. Colleyville: PINK OUT Game (7:30 kickoff)

26-30-Red Ribbon Week

29- All Pro Dads in the Cafeteria (7:00-7:45)

30-Storybook Character Parade

30-Dragons at Haltom (7:30 kickoff)

November Events

3-October Ticket Party (8:15-9:00)

5-Club Photos

9-13 Book Fair Week

10-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (6:00-7:00pm)

11-3rd Grade Veterans Day Program (8:30-9:30am)

            Taziki’s Dining for Dragons OUES Fundraiser

12-1st Grade PTO Party

16-20-Science Week

19-Family Science Night (4:30-6:30pm)

23-27 Thanksgiving Break

30-November Birthday Lunches on the Stage