Notes for Parents:
- Scholastic Book Order forms will come home with your child next week! If you would prefer to place an online book order, visit clubs.scholastic.com. Our class code is VXMGQ.
- Information about classroom birthdays can be found here.
- Please practice shoe-tying with your first grader! This is a BIG BIG help for us as we have lots of little shoes to tie each day.
CELEBRATIONS
Star of the week– We had three “Star students” in our classroom this week. Each student shared an “All About Me” page, and was the line leader!
Quote of the Week – Each week, our class learns about a new quote and spends the whole week trying to embody that quote. At the end of the week, Miss Garrison awards a friend from our class who really shined with that quote’s energy from throughout the week. This week’s quote went to Charlotte for being a kind friend!
First Grade Family Time – Every Friday, all of the first graders at Georgetown get together for a little assembly! At the assembly, we celebrate our learning, give awards for the quote of the week, and celebrate birthdays from the week. Here are our “Quote” & “Birthday” first graders from today’s family time.
OUR LEARNING:
Reading– We started reader’s workshop this week by learning about how we will spend our reading time each week. We also learned how to take a “sneak peek” at a book before we start reading. Plus, we practiced book shopping from our classroom library!
Writing – We began our “Small Moments” writing unit this week! To begin, we learned about the difference between a watermelon story & a seed story. Then, Miss Hutchison modeled how to THINK, PLAN, SKETCH, & WRITE a small moment story while first graders followed along on whiteboards.
Math – This week’s math lessons focused on simple addition and subtraction from 0-10. We used our math workbooks for the first time, and we wrote lots of partner equations. We also spent time on Friday having “number talks,” which our class-wide discussions about math problems.
Social & Emotional – We met Mr. Penguin, a stuffed penguin who will help us talk about our emotions throughout this school year! We brainstormed lots of different emotions and made our own chart to show different feelings. We ended the week by making a penguin craft!
SOAR – All of Hudsonville Public Schools are focused on SOARing this year! Be Safe, Own It, Act Responsibly, & Be Respectful. We added some new SOAR posters to our classroom and talked about how we will SOAR in the classroom, on the bus, on the playground, and more.
