100th Day Info!

The 100^th day of school will be celebrated on Monday, February 8th. For 100’s day I am asking each child to put together a display of 100 items. You may simply want to put 100 items into a baggie or you may want to make a display of 100 items on a poster board or perhaps you want to build something with 100 "somethings". The only thing I ask is that it fit on the top of your child’s desk, as that is where it will be displayed. In addition to the display, I will require that your child write at least 4 sentences about the project. What he writes is entirely up to him. Lastly it must come to school on Friday, February 5^th.
We will have an OPEN HOUSE on February 8^th to view our 100-day projects and anything else your child would like to show you. Your child will host the Open House, so be sure to bring him with you. The Open House will be from 8:10-8:40am.  Enjoy these examples (2015 projects)!

 

 

 












 

 


  

 

                                  

  

We have a dream!

Do not litter



Only good things on the internet



People are kind to each other





Don't cut down too many trees

                                                




 Martin's Big Words          MLK - The King and His Dream      I Have A Dream Song

 

 

Overview of Social Studies in First Grade:

In First Grade we learn about major historical events, figures, and symbols related to the United States of America and its national holidays and why they are important to Americans.

Subtraction math game

 We played a fun subtraction math game today. One partner spun a number from mat A and one from mat B. Then we wrote the subtraction problem on our whiteboard and the person who got the answer first got a tally. We played for 15 minutes and when Mrs. Suther rang the bell the person with the most tallies won the game! It was a great way to practice our subtraction strategies!

Duncan and Theo

Hope and Ryan

Kyla and Vivienne

Jake and Hayden

Emily and Hunter

William N and Camden

Zoe and Alexis

We spun an 11 and a 6 ~ this is our sentence!

Nice work Vivienne!

I would like to give a quick overview of this week's subtraction strategy.
When solving the problem 15-3 we have learned to make 15 into 10 and 5.
Then we ask can we subtract 3 ones from 5 ones. Yes we can, so that leaves 2 ones.
We then add the 2 plus 10 and our answer is 12. So 15-3=12.
When solving the problem 15-6 we know to make 15 into 10 and 5.
Then we ask can we subtract 6 ones from 5 ones. No. So that means we need to subtract the
6 ones from the 10 leaving 4 ones. We then add the 4 plus 5 and our answer is 9.
So 15-6=9.
All of this prepares us for more difficult problems involving regrouping!
As always if you have any questions please email me. Thanks for your help!

Standard 1.OA.C.6

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Add and subtract within 20.

6. Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).

Play IXL for extra practice

Animals in the winter

             Essential question: How do  some animals survive in the cold weather?

We researched our question through our Scholastic News. Each group took a different animal.

Yellow group researched the penguin chick.

Red group researched the Artic fox.

Green group researched the walrus.

Blue group researched the polar bear.

The artic fox uses camouflage.

The walrus has blubber.

The polar bear has two layers of fur.

The penguin chick huddles with other chicks.

Red group shares their learning.

Green group shares their learning.

Yellow group shares their learning.

Blue group shares their learning.

 animals with winter coats

Animals in Winter

Happy New Year!

Dear Parents,
I hope you all had a wonderful and restful vacation. Please note that the most recent newsletter is up and that you all should receive a hard copy via the mailbox!
Hopefully you all receive my heartfelt thank you note in the mail but I want to thank you once again for being so thoughtful and generous. I will be able to buy a lot of wonderful supplies for our class!
Happy, Happy New Year 2016!

And remember........

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.