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friend, we showed it to our
friend who then had to act
out the sentence. This was a
VERY fun activity for the
students!
Math:
In math, we
are work-
ing on
graphing.
This week
we worked
on counting
and creating tallies.
We then used this new skill
to do surveys (i.e. What is
your favorite weather?) Af-
ter completing our surveys,
we made pictographs and
bar graphs.
Next week, we will continue
to practice reading and un-
derstanding bar graphs.
In the Morning……………..
1st Grade Newsletter
Language Arts:
This week we have been reading the story, “Pam and
Sam” by Nancy Tafuri. Pam and Sam are friends
who like to play together, but they both cannot do
the same things (i.e. Pam can jump, but Sam can’t.)
We are also reading a cute story about three baby
birds who learn to fly.
In center activities, we are working on identifying
high frequency vocabulary words through a variety
of hands-on activities. The students enjoy acting out
sentences with stuffed animals (i.e. My gray cat can
run and jump.)
We are also learning to read and follow written di-
rections (i.e. Color two flowers red.)
Next week, we will read a story about friends who
like to jump—but one of their friends can not jump.
He has something surprising that he can do!
In writing, we are working on understanding the dif-
ferences between letters, words, and sentences. We
are also learning that sentences are composed of two
parts (who and what do?). We did a writing activity
where the students had to write sentences about their
friends (i.e. Jett runs. Nevaeh jumps. Dorina hides.
Elijah sleeps.) After writing a sentence about a
Dates to Remember:
November 8 - No School/
Parent Teacher Conferences
November 9 - Pancake
Breakfast (8-11am)/Arts &
Crafts Festival (9am-3pm)
November 14 - Swimming
November 19 - Hispanic
Family Night 6pm
November 25 - Board Meet-
ing 6pm
November 27-29 - No
School/Thanksgiving Break
December 3 - PTG Meeting
6pm
December 12 - Swimming
December 16 - Board Meet-
ing 6pm
December 20 - ASL Winter
Festival 1:30pm
December 23 - January 1 -
No School/Winter Break
11/07/13
Volume 1, Issue 2
PE (Kelley Cole)
In science, we have been learning about weather. We
learned about three different kinds of clouds: stratus,
cirrus, and cumulus clouds. We hung up a rain gauge
and have checked it several times. It had snow in it
yesterday!! We have also started to learn that when
air moves—it is wind. We used bubbles to show the
direction the wind was blowing. We will next use pin-
wheels and the anemometer to measure wind
speed.
In technology class, the stu-
dents have been working on
logging into the computers
with their user names and
passwords. They have also
been playing games to learn
where the different letters are
on the keyboard.
Science (Kelly): Social Studies (Kelly):
ASL (Kelly Kryzska):
The students viewed
the story "Go Away,
Big Green Monster" by
Ed Emberley in ASL.
Then they practiced
describing the mon-
ster’s face. They
worked on stating the
noun before signing the
adjective or verb.
Page 2 1st Grade Newsletter
In the Afternoons…………
Ar t (Lisa Johnson): October was the month for "Bully Awareness". There-
fore, all the students at MDS- including the first grad-
ers - drew an "anti-bully" poster. Their posters focused
on activities that "good friends
do together" (i.e. sharing dolls,
playing nicely together, etc.).
They used oil pastels and a wa-
tercolor technique to make their
art. They turned out beautifully,
with vivid colors!
The 1st graders also made ador-
able feathered owls using egg
cartons.
In social studies we have started a unit called “Our
Neighborhood.” We used Google Earth to find our houses.
This was VERY exciting! We also discussed different
kinds of houses
(townhouse, apart-
ment, and house). In
addition, we dis-
cussed that houses
can be made of dif-
ferent
materi-
als (i.e.
brick,
wood, or
stone).
Technology (Erik Queen) K-1 students have transitioned to stations in PE. We
are working on balance, coordination, forward and log
rolls, jumping, and cardio-based activities. The next
swimming day is Thursday, November 14th. Parents
(especially dads!) are needed for locker room supervi-
sion. Let Kelley know if you're available!