September 3rd - 6th

Calendar:

September 2nd - NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)
September 5th - Picture Day 
September 13th  - Special Friends Day (1:30 - 2:30)

BOOK FAIR

The TCE Book Fair is coming soon!!  It will take place  the week of September 9th - 13th. Please click on the link below if you would like to volunteer!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/904044eaca62d6-20191 

Look At What We Are Learning:

Language Arts:

• In spelling we will talk about the short /i/ sound.
• During Reader's workshop we are learning how to shop for the right books, staying focused when reading, and building stamina.
• During Writer's Workshop we will continue to focus on Narrative Writing and how to make a story flow with transition words. 

Social Studies:

We will continue our unit on Communities and being a good citizen.  We will talk about citizenship and roles within the community.

Math:

Next week, we will continue to subitize numbers. The goal is for our learners to instantly recognize numbers. Learners will also be ordering numbers on a number line while practicing counting to 120 from any given number. 

Please see the links below to practice subitizing at home.

Subitizing with tally marks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmWGHnoCOng

Subitizing up to 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yyz_OycV4A

Subitizing up to 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR9LK3zfho

Subitizing up to 20 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVjvswqL-Ow



Science:
This week we will be wrapping up Science Safety and Tools.  We will start lots of investigations about solids and liquids and their properties.

Discussions At Home:

Don't forget to study your spelling words each week.  Spelling tests will be given on Fridays.

Practice counting to 120 from any given number with your child.  Parents pick a number and take turns saying the next number until you reach to 120.  

In Other News:

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it out to curriculum night.  Here is the presentation that we shared with everyone.  There are some great links to first grade information in the presentation.
We are also linking the presentation to the left side of the blog so you can find it quickly.

Curriculum Night

First Grade Pics: