Old Union Elementary First Grade

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