Busy Week!

We had a busy 4 day week!  Tuesday was Day 20.  That means Zero the Hero visited and left a special treat with his helper!  McKenzie got to wear the cape and be my helper at Daily Math!

Wednesday was STEM Day!  We completed the Spaghetti Tower Challenge.  Each group had 7 minutes to make a plan and 20 minutes to build their towers.  They all worked very hard!

After we submitted our final products, it was time to compare and measure designs!  Some of the towers were very tall.  Last, we had to figure out how we could improve our designs.



By Thursday, Daily 3 was up and running smoothly!  For one hour of our reading block, students are at Reading, Word Work or are working with the teacher.

Thursday was Open House!  It was great to see so many families.  I hope you enjoyed getting to see your child's classroom.  The kids were VERY excited to show you what they have been working on in school! Thank you for signing up for a conference on our Conference Day.  I will be sending home reminders when the day gets closer.

Here is what we will be working on this week.
Phonics: Short and Long a
Reading Whole Group:  Point of View with different versions of The Three Pigs
Reading Small Group:  Informational Nonfiction (Apples and Johnny Appleseed)
Math 1st Grade:  Commutative Property (Turn Around Facts)
Math 2nd Grade:  Addition and Subtraction within 100
Social Studies:  Good Citizens with Johnny Appleseed
Science:  Inquiry and Investigation with apples

Last I want to tell you how much I enjoyed reading your "My Name" activities that you completed for homework this week.  We will be sharing them with the class on Monday.  They were ADORABLE and I cannot wait to hear the classroom discussions!

At Open House, one mom said, "You have the most fun job in the world!"  She was RIGHT!

Ms. Gilbert

Lots of Learning

Hello Families!  I hope you are enjoying your 3 day weekend.

Lets start with a few important reminders and announcements!

Open House:  I hope to see you at Open House Thursday evening.  We will all be meeting in the cafeteria at 6:00.

Remind 101:  I only had 4 families sign up for Remind 101.  I encourage you to sign up to receive important information from our class.  I promise I will keep the texts to a minimum!  I will have our code available at Open House if you would like to sign up.

Blog:  I am LOVING the recent interaction on this blog!  Thank you for participating in the questions.  Families can also leave comments in the Comment section at the very bottom of each blog post.  

Homework & Planners:  Thank you for continuing to sign your child's planners nightly.  It is a great place for parent & teacher notes!  I check them everyday.  Our homework is to read each night.  Other activities in addition to the reading will be coming home throughout the school year.  At this time, I will NOT be sending home work packets or spelling lists as part of your child's homework.  

We have been busy in 1 & 2.....so busy that I didn't get to take many pictures this week.  I promise I will have more to share with you next week!

We worked on building our stamina at Read To Someone this week.  This week we will begin our Daily 5 3 rotations!

In Science, we learned about inquiry skills and the scientific process!  Here is your chance to SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW!!!

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Bonus:  Students- teach to your parents WHY that happened. Parents- comment BELOW in the comment section what your child taught you.

Enjoy your weekend!

Ms. Gilbert

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It is YOUR turn!

Leave me a "note" answering the question below!

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You might get a bonus jump tomorrow if you answer!

Ms. Gilbert

The Day the Crayons Quit

If your child told you all about The Day the Crayons Quit because they LOVED it, then make their day.   Barnes and Noble is having a Don't Let the Crayons Quit campaign.  You can participate in store or online!
Click the picture below for more information!

Let me know if your family participates!

Ms. Gilbert

Wonderful Week 2

We had a great second week of school!  Here are a few updates, reminders, etc.

• Please check your child's folder and sign their planner each night.  I REALLY appreciate the notes about changes in dismissal.  It is a BIG help!
• Homework is to read and complete the reading log in the planner each night.  
• Since our special area schedule is CRAZY and we all go to Media different days on different weeks, I have arranged with Mrs. Keck for us to go to the Media Center every Tuesday as a class to return and check out books.   
• Remember to sign up for Remind 101 if you would like to receive texts from our class.  If you need our code again, just let me know!
• THANK YOU Samuel and family for donating a soccer ball to our class.  We were so excited to play with it on Friday.  

Now for some pictures!

We started our second STEM challenge.  We are not finished so pictures of the final products will be coming soon!  I was soooooooo impressed with the creativity, determination and hard work of each and every student!

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We are working hard  building our stamina.  We are almost at 15 minutes!

 Zero the Hero left us a surprise on the 10th day of school!

Look Mrs. W.--Seth is smiling!  I complimented him on it when I was snapping
the picture.  Ava and Grace both turned to see if he really was!

Have a FANTASTIC 3 day weekend!  See you Tuesday!

Ms. Gilbert

Welcome Aboard!

What a fantastic first week of school!  We spent the week practicing our rules and procedures, listening to lots of stories and learning the games we will be playing in Math Stations.

We will be getting into our daily routine this week.  (Yea!)  Folders and planners will be coming home Monday.  Please check your child's folder and sign their planner nightly.  For now, homework will be to read for 15 minutes each night.  Please help your child remember to bring their folder and planner to school every day!  If you have any questions or concerns or need to notify me of a change in dismissal, there is a place in the planner or you can just place a note in the left pocket of the folder.  I will check both daily!

A big thank you, parents, for all of the school supplies, hand sanitizer and tissues.  We can never have too many boxes of crayons or boxes of tissues and each item sent in is greatly appreciated!

Don't forget to sign up for Remind 101 if you would like to receive text messages with important notifications and reminders.  If you need our code again, just let me know!

Here are a few pictures from our week for you to enjoy!

We practiced Math Stations and are ready to do them independently next week!

 We completed our first STEM activity.  We had to figure out a way to help the lunch lady get us through the line quickly.  We will be doing a STEM activity most Wednesday afternoons for Science and Math!  I will send home more information about STEM soon.

After reading First Day Jitters, we had some Jitter Juice to help with our jitters.  Ask your student who had the jitters in the story.  We were surprised!

I am looking forward to week #2 and hope your student is too!
Ms. Gilbert