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

Week of October 5th

This week in Language Arts students will...

• Continue working on small moment stories
• Practice stretching out tiny moments using transition words and details
• Plan detailed stories by telling stories aloud before writing them
• Work on strategies to reinforce that stories have a beginning, middle, and end
• Be introduced to new vocabulary and challenge selves to find words in other readings
• Make text-to-self connections with literacy
• Recognize long and short vowel sounds
• Reinforce spelling patterns through spelling sorts
• Continue building bank of tools to use when coming across hard words in reading

This week in Math students will...

• Match numerals with corresponding number words
• Produce numbers with unit cubes and rods
• Problem solve with number lines using vocabulary cues such as after, before, between
• Compare numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to
• Analyze numbers and their properties in relation to others

This week in Science students will...

• Continue our unit on matter but specifically in regards to heat, such as
• how does matter change with heat
• predicting and observing changes caused by heat
• enriching our 'matter' vocabulary
• identifying changes causes by heat and by cooling

Additional Announcements

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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!
4. 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/ 

Calendar!

October Events

5-8-CogAT Testing (Grades 2 and 4)

7-Homecoming Carnival, Parade and Pep Rally at Town Square (4:00pm)

9-Homecoming Game vs. Richland (7:30 kickoff)

10-General PTO Meeting in the Café (9:00 am)

12-No School for Students/Staff Professional Development Day

16-End of 1st Grading Period

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)