Week 13

Here are some highlights for the week...

A HUGE shout out to Carrie (Eleanor's mom), Matt (Eleanor's dad) and Kim (Grant's mom) for organizing/facilitating our class auction art project! The first graders used paint markers to design and decorate wooden chips.The unique wooden chips will come together to form a beautiful collage with all the first grade designs. Can't wait to see the final masterpiece at the auction!

We had some serious publishing happening this week! The first graders planned, wrote, revised and edited their writing, and ultimately put it on our fancy publishing paper using sharpies! It was an extensive process and I truly appreciate all the adult support as the first graders diligently worked on making their writing stronger! We will be submitting the book order forms and they should arrive in a couple weeks :)

The week ended with Grandparents/Special Friends' Day! It was truly special to see and meet all of the guests in Room 112, and the first graders were absolutely beaming! What a great way to end the week!


Now that the first grader's are published authors...here's something you can try at home:
At home activity to support reading and writing: Make a nonsense book!

Materials: 
  • Ten or more index cards
  • A small notebook
  • Pencils, crayons, colored pencils, or markers
  1. Divide the cards into two sets. On each of the cards in the first set, have your first grader write a sentence subject like Dad, Justin, The cat, and so on. On each card in the other set, write a predicate like has a bath, is tired, has a bib, is in bed, and so on. Write all the subjects in one color, and all the predicates in a different color. This will make the cards easier to use.
  2. Now let the fun begin! Allow your child to pick a subject card and a predicate card. Then have them join the two cards to form a sentence, for example: The hat has a bib or The cat is in bed. Your child can read the sentence aloud, or you can read the sentence for him.
  3. If you’ve got an emerging writer on your hands, have them practice their printing by writing the sentence at the bottom of one page of the notebook. Now break out those markers and crayons! Let your child illustrate the sentence. Repeat this process several times until you have at least a half a dozen pages. Now read it aloud. You’ve made a nonsense book!
Reminders:
November 25-26: Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences, AM/PM/EVE
November 27: NO School for Students and Staff, Bldg. CLOSED 
November 28-29: Thanksgiving Holiday, PPS CLOSED 
December 2: Season of Sharing Begins 
December 6: PTA Winter Bazaar Set-Up, 6:00pm-9:30pm


Here are some photos from the week...










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