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  • See Our Work
  • Weekly Celebration
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  • Books Alive!
  • Mathematicians at Work
  • Meet Mrs. Frazier
  • Science
  • We Read

June 02nd, 2016

6/2/2016

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June 02nd, 2016

6/2/2016

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Dear Families,
​Today the students will be put mystery QR codes in our notebooks. QR codes look like those barcodes you find on groceries at the store! When you scan them, they can bring you to websites, videos, or even audio files.


The notebook is now interactive and exciting for students if they are able to scan the QR codes and access the content. You will need a QR reader on your mobile device. Most of them are free in the app store. (I use QRReader.)
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UpDate's Galore! 

2/1/2016

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**Special Attention** Interims will be handed out on conference night. If you haven't schedule a conference and would like to schedule visit http://bit.ly/1m6JfSE to signup.

KID BLOG

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We are all very excited to have our very own blog! We will be using KidBlog to share our learning and connect with others. The success of our blog depends on YOU! Bloggers love comments and parents love seeing what their first graders are doing in school, so this should be easy!  
Here are a few things you should know:
  • Help teach our kids how to be safe online. First names only, no face photos, and when you comment, please comment as Jane's mommy, daddy, grammie, grandpa, etc. and never share your location name. 
  • Keep us feeling brave as writers. When your child writes on the blog, allow them to spell like a first grader. Respect the process and avoid correcting or heaven forbid-typing for them! They can do they need to know you believe in their abilities. When asked to help spell here's your line. "Say the word slowly and type the sounds you here. When your done slide under to see if you hear any other sounds. If you MUST, you can ask them to try it three times on a post-it note and bring it to you. When you get the post-it note, celebrate all the right sounds and add the necessary letters. 
  • COMMENT!! Comment often and comment on other students blogs too! 
  • Share with your family and friends and ask them to comment too! 
  • Encourage blogging at home! 
  • Rest assured this is a safe and fantastic tool! I moderate all incoming and outgoing post and comments. You won't see your post or comment immediately. 

First Grade: Myself and Others

I am unique and special. I have relationships with others including family and friends.  There are all kinds of families.  My family loves me unconditionally. I know how to be a friend and can make friends by smiling, being friendly and letting friends know that I care. My world of caring grows as I grow.
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Support Groups
 
Our Syntero counselor, Amy Figluiolo, will be leading Grief Groups (For those who have had a loved one die) and Bully Groups (for students who want to learn healthy ways to respond to bullying.).   If interested, contact Mrs. Hawley for the necessary forms.  ([email protected])

Reading & Our New Learning Opportunities 

​I am sure you've the news about reading instruction. We are so fortunate to be serving kids in a district where we are encouraged to dream big and think creatively to meet best the needs of our students. This creative freedom and level of professionalism from our administration is truly a blessing for your learners.  
All three first grade classrooms and teachers along with Mrs. Mere (reading specialist), Jen Hay (English as a second language teacher) and Donna Bradley (literacy coach) have come together in the interest of supporting our first-grade readers. 
We have divided students from all three classrooms into reading classes, and here's where it gets exciting! While all three teachers are instructing the same reading skill, each class is differentiated to the needs and learning style of the students in the group. We are so excited about this new way of doing things!
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Animal Parade

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 It's time for our Annual Animal Parade! First graders have been learning about French artist; Henri Rousseau (video below )in art class. He was an artist who was fascinated by the zoo and botanical gardens and all the animals in the zoo and garden. Your young artist has made a jungle masks in the art from tag board, acrylic paint, raffia, foam and pipe cleaners. It's time to show off our artistic creations in The Annual Animal Parade. If you can watch your first grader prance through the hallways, please join us on Friday February 5th at 1:50. After the parade, I would like to gather the artist for a photo. Please fell free to snap a few pictures at this time. The school day will continue as usual after the photo. If you plan to take your child home, please return to the main office to sign your child out. The office will then call down to the classroom for your child. Dismissing students from the large group or the classroom door is unsafe and disrupts our valuable learning time. Thank you for understanding. 

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Our Exciting day with Elephant, Piggie, the Squirelles, the dog and the Penguine! 

12/17/2015

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Dear World, 
Today we went to the exciting Elephant and Piggie play! Most of us felt like we were in an Elephant and Piggie book. Some of us felt tired. It looked like we were in the book because Piggie and Elephant painted a book and speech bubbles on the floor. Some of us thought we were being watched like we were the story characters.

We noticed how the actors did a little bit of each story and then added a little bit more. Elephant, Piggie and the Squirrelles danced on almost every page. We had to dance too! We did Floppy Flippy hands, clapping and they made us say banana! There was a dog he delivered the mail and then there was a Penguine and he was the ice cream Penguine. 
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Coming Soon To Darby Creek...

11/1/2015

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All classes are being asked to make a donation. We are asked to donate a box of pencils. Kindergarten- Crayons/Makers/Colored Pencils Carr- Toothpicks Frazier- Pencils Nixon- Scotch Tape Braley- Masking Tape Fisher- Envelopes Hayes- Foil Berkey- Foil Culp- Scrapbook Paper (any color or design) Scott/Oliver- Scrapbook Paper (any color or design) Weaver- Ribbon Blamble- Yard Cercone- String Dennis-Straws Mescher- Cups (Dixie, Solo, styrofoam) Bradley/Capretta- Duct Tape (colors and designed ones are the best!) Holtkamp- Duct Tape (colors and designed ones are the best!) Woods- Masking Tape Thank you so much for all your help and support with this project. Pretty soon we will have a room in the building where all students can image, create, invent, learn and play! Thank You Mrs. Yeager for designing our MakerSpace!
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The Halloween Story by Sophie

10/29/2015

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Reading Workshop

10/10/2015

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Book Selections Coming Home Monday Oct 12!

PictureClick the photo to go to the actual board. Browse over 100 wild reading photos. Double click on the board to add a picture of YOUR WILD READER!
Goal- Building WILD readers who read for life, not for school, not for you , not for me, but for themselves!  
Look for books to come home each night and please help ensure they come back each day. My hope is the kids come home excited to read the book with you or alone. Reading at home should never be a chore nor homework. If your child struggles with a word, tell them, if your child wants to add the book to Shelfari, add it. Making reading fit into your family life is the expectation and how you do that is as individual as the reader and family! The point is to teach the kids to choose their own books and to make reading enjoyable! Of course, reading everyday is ​IMPORTANT and expected! 
Looking for ideas to raise readers in your home? Visit Colby and Alania Sharp's post on the Nerdy Book Club blog and Mrs. Merkle's post on her blog, The Page Turning Librarian. great ideas and tips to raise readers in natural ways, no timers, no set times, and no rules! These post both offer ideas that make reading a natural part of your families lives, and isn't this the best way to raise REAL readers? WILD readers who will read for life, not just for me, you or school but for just them! 

Global Read Aloud

Goal- Connect as readers, building a reading community enjoy reading. 
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Friday was a special day in room 208! Today we read a book with classrooms ALL AROUND THE WORLD! Yep, it's true! We read Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal as members of the Global Read Aloud. You can learn more about the Global Read Aloud by clicking here and you can follow the Tweets by clicking #GRAAmy.  


Writing Workshop

As a member of a writing community we can support one another, offer feedback and share writing ideas. 

Word Study- 

Learn about words to make and read new words, build a bank on commonly known words for ease in reading fluently and writing.
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High frequency words on our Word Wall- (words we memorize to learn)
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Word Pattern- (patterns help us make and read new words)
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n the beginning of first grade students are often letter name spellers. They spell words by listening for the sounds.  As the year progresses, students need to begin to move from writing words by the way they sound to making sure they also look right.  


Practicing writing words is one way to build this word knowledge.  Here are some tips:  


​Rainbow Write:  Write words on a large card or piece of paper.  Students then trace words with colorful crayon or marker, saying the sounds as they write the letter.  

Window Markers:  Crayola makes window markers that are a fun way to practice writing words.  

Write It:  Other fun ways to practice writing words: pudding, sand, shaving cream, finger paint.

Build It:  Use magnetic letters, cut printed letter squares, letter dice, etc. to practice building the world.  Build it, say it, take it apart and try again.  

Connections:  Use words you know to make new words.  (look can make book, took, crook, shook, etc.  /  the th at the beginning of this is also in the, them, they, etc.)

Find It:  Search for words in books, newspapers, magazines, and other print around our daily worlds.  

Apps:  These apps may be helpful in practicing:  ShowMe, Skitch and Kids Learn.  


Math Workshop

​Mathematicians are ORGANIZED AND EFFICIENT (goal- count to 120)
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We Are Joining the Global Read Aloud! 

10/1/2015

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sOne amazing author- Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and a world of possibilities!

We are excited to announce ...
                                                 We will be participating in the Global Read Aloud with classrooms of all ages and from all around the world! We will read Amy Krouse Rosenthal's books and share our learning via Twitter, Facebook, and here on the classroom blog page! 
The possibilities are wide open ahead of us and we are excited to share and learn with classrooms all around the world and we hope you'll follow our journey here! 
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