January 30th - February 3rd

Calendar:

• February 13th - Valentine's Day Party  2:00 - 3:00  All parents are welcome!! 
• February 14th - NO SCHOOL for students
• February 17th - Weather Day (No school if we DO NOT use a weather day)
• March 9th - 13th - NO SCHOOL  Spring Break

Look At What We Will Be Learning Next Week:

Language Arts:

• Spelling: We will talk about when to use /oa/ and /ow/ to make the long /o/ sound
• Writer's Workshop:  We are discovering ways to make longer sentences with more descriptive words and connecting words like "and" and "because".
• Reader's Workshop:  The best way to become a better reader is to read, read, and then read some more.  We love having time each day to read independently and with a partner. 

Social Studies:  The learners will understand that everything that happens today connects to                                           the past.

Math:   The learners will continue to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s to 120.  We will identify coins and represent each coin by their value.  

Please see the link to practice identifying coins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARNqyQ0CuY

Please see the link to practice counting coins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtmucV-U2c

Please see the link below to exercise while counting to 120 by 5s. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKg0eu9_fsM

Please see the link below to count by 2s to 100  (1st grade's goal is to count to 120 by 2s) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwydguSKOU

Science:
Learners will research about each season and what makes that season special.

Discussions At Home:

Don't forget to read to your child every night.  There are so many great benefits to reading to your child!!!!

• builds vocabulary
• helps with fluency
• promotes communication
• teaches inflection in voice 
• increases reading level
• increases imagination in children
• builds academia in subject matter
• and many more!!!! 

Grab some coins and work with your child to find the value of the coins.  Discuss all the ways to make a dollar.  

In Other News:

We can't wait to celebrate Valentine's Day!!  Our room moms are busy getting a wonderful party together for us.  All parents are welcome on February 13th from 2-3.  A letter will come home with your child about valentine cards for  friends in our class.  They LOVE to open their valentine cards at our party.   If you have any questions about the cards, please let your teacher know. 

Mark your Calendars!!!!  First grade is going on a field trip on April 2nd to Kidzania in Frisco.  More information will follow but we wanted to let you know in case you would like to accompany us and need to take a day off of work. We can't wait!! 

3rd Annual TCE Cultural Night
Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 20th from 5:30-7:00pm for Town Center’s 3rd Annual Cultural Night! Learner art will also be showcased in our gym! Last year was such a great time celebrating our cultures with family, friends, food, and fun! Look for a flyer to come home in your child's backpack. We can't wait to celebrate this wonderful night!

First Grade Pics:

We finished our middle of the year MAP testing
in language arts.  Test taking sure has changed
since our teachers were in school!!! 

We are 100 days smarter!!  Happy 100th day of school!!!

     

Who doesn't love a little indoor recess?  

Best of friends!  

So Handsome!  

January 27 - January 31

Calendar:

• January 27th - Happy 100th day of school!!!! 
• January 28th - Spring Creek Fundraiser night
• February 13th - Valentine's Day Party  2:00 - 3:00  All parents are welcome!! 
• February 14th - NO SCHOOL
• February 17th - Weather Day (No school if we DO NOT use a weather day)
• March 9th - 13th - NO SCHOOL  Spring Break

Look At What We Will Be Learning Next Week:

Language Arts:

• Spelling: We will learn how /ie/ and /igh/ can make the long /i/ sound. 
• Writer's Workshop:  Our expository writing is AMAZING!!!  We are working hard on adding details to our writing pieces.
• Reader's Workshop:  We will continue to study our next list of sight words and continue to work on fluency and comprehension when reading our leveled books.  
• Next week we will be taking the middle of the year MAP test for language arts.

Social Studies:
We will continue to learn how famous Americans in our history affect our lives today. We are so fortunate to have these wonderful examples of kindness, bravery, and perseverance in our American history!

Math:

We will continue to skip count to 120.  We will begin to introduce coins and the value of each coin.  We will discuss the importance of graphs and use data to create picture and bar-type graphs.

Please see the link to practice identifying coins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARNqyQ0CuY

Please see the link to practice counting coins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtmucV-U2c

Please see the link below to exercise while counting to 120 by 5s. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKg0eu9_fsM

Please see the link below to count by 2s to 100  (1st grade's goal is to count to 120 by 2s) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwydguSKOU

Science:
Learners will discuss how weather changes with the seasons.  We will be tracking the weather and compare to other areas around the world.

Discussions At Home:
Please continue to discuss the importance of skip counting.  We use skip counting for basic tasks such as telling the time or dealing with money.  Activities such as sports, shopping or even counting large quantities are made easier by acquiring the ability to skip count.  Practice skip counting at home with your child.  Give your child pennies and have them skip count the value.  It is so much fun and it will benefit your child.

Take a walk around the neighborhood, in the park, or at a local botanical garden.  Ask your child to observe and describe the weather, temperature, and the changes they see in the trees, plants, and wildlife for the season and weather.

Listen to a sentence and find which word is the noun and which word is the verb.  Can you make the sentence better by adding an adjective?

Don't forget to read to your child every night.  There are so many great benefits to reading to your child!!!!

• builds vocabulary
• helps with fluency
• promotes communication
• teaches inflection in voice 
• increases reading level
• increases imagination in children
• builds academia in subject matter
• and many more!!!! 

In Other News:

Mark your Calendars!!!!  First grade is going on a field trip on April 2nd to Kidzania in Frisco.  More information will follow but we wanted to let you know in case you would like to accompany us and need to take a day off of work. We can't wait!! 

First Grade Pics:

Thank you PTO!  We loved the science experiments from High Touch High Tech!  

  Morning Announcements Speakers! Way to go 1st grade! 
                                                   

What will happen when we combine vinegar and baking soda? 

How can we break molecules apart? 

Can you make a solid by combining 4 liquids? 

Thank you High Touch/High Tech for teaching us
all about Matter!!! 

January 20th - January 25th

Calendar:
January 20th - No School 
January 22nd - Wacky Wednesday schedule
January 28th - Spring Creek Fundraiser night
February 13th - Valentine's Day Party  2:00 - 3:00  All parents are welcome!! 
February 14th - No School
February 17th - Weather Day (No school if we DO NOT use a weather day)

Look At What We Will Be Learning Next Week:

Language Arts:

• Spelling: /ea/ makes the long /e/ sound.  "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking".
• Writer's Workshop:  We will continue our study of expository writing. 
• Reader's Workshop:  We will continue to work on our comprehension and fluency when reading. We will also be talking about "Author's Purpose" -- to inform, entertain, and persuade

Social Studies:
We will continue our unit on history and discovering how events from the past affect our present and future.  We will talk about the connections between the past and present.  Our Mind Missions reflect our unit of study. This week we designed a stretcher to help Clara Barton carry injured soldiers.  Next week we will make a ladle to help Eleanor Roosevelt serve soup in her soup kitchen.  We will also finish our exploration into MLK's life.

Math:

We will review all the ways to decompose a number up to 120.  Learners will practice counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 120.  We will begin introducing coins and identifying their value.

Please see the link below to exercise while counting to 120 by 5s. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKg0eu9_fsM

Please see the link below to count by 2's to 100  (1st grade's goal is to count to 120 by 2's) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwydguSKOU

Science:
We will discuss how the weather changes from season to season.

Discussions At Home:

What events in our past affect how we live now?
Clara Barton helped start the American Red Cross.  How does this organization still help people today?

Discuss the importance of skip counting.  We use skip counting for basic tasks such as telling the time or dealing with money.  Activities such as sports, shopping or even counting large quantities are made easier by acquiring the ability to skip count. Practice skip counting at home with your child.  Give your child pennies and have them skip count the value.  It is so much fun and it will benefit your child.

Watch a weather forecast with your child or look at one together in the newspaper or on the internet. Ask your child to identify and explain the weather symbols and describe what the weather will be like.

In Other News:

Mark your Calendars!!!!  First grade is going on a field trip on April 2nd to Kidzania in Frisco.  More information will follow but we wanted to let you know in case you would like to accompany us and need to take a day off of work. We can't wait!! 

Next week we will have High Touch/High Tech come to visit first grade!  We are excited to have some hands on science with this amazing company!!  Thank you PTO!!!!

Coats, coats, and more coats...........Please make sure to write your name on the tag of your child's coat. Let's try to keep those coats out of Lost and Found!  Also remember, if the temperature is above freezing, we will go outside.  Don't forget to send your child with a coat each day.

First Grade Pics:

We love working with Mrs. Hruby!  

I love working with my friends! 

I love numbers!

WOW!  I know a lot about numbers!

For our Social Studies Mind Mission Project, we
built a stretcher to help Clara Barton and the Red Cross.

First Grade Learners are the announcement
 helpers for the next few weeks!! 

Trying out our new Puzzlers to code our
Dash Robots! 

Can you code your Dash to follow a path and make
a fun movement at each stop?  

Working hard!!

We loved coding this week! 

A little Texan Town fun!

More Texan Town fun!

January 13th - January 17th

YEARBOOK ORDERING............ The last day to order is January 11th (Saturday)!!!!!  Don't forget to get your yearbook!  The learners LOVE having their friends sign the yearbooks on the last week of school!  You will not be able to purchase a yearbook after this date. 

Calendar:

January 10th - Report cards go home (please sign and return)
January 11th - LAST DAY to order a yearbook for this year
January 20th - No School 
January 22nd - Wacky Wednesday schedule
January 28th - Spring Creek Fundraiser night
Febraury 13th - Valentine's Day Party
February 14th - No School
February 17th - Weather Day (No school if we DO NOT use a weather day)

Look At What We Will Be Learning When We Get Back:

Language Arts:

• Spelling:  /ay/ and /ai/ are other ways that we can make the long /a/ sound
• Writer's Workshop:  We are working on our new writing unit using expository writing techniques to inform and explain. 
• Reader's Workshop:  We will continue to work on our comprehension and fluency when reading. 

Social Studies:
We will continue our unit on history and discovering how events from the past affect our present and future.  We will talk about the connections between the past and present.

Math:

Learners will practice adding a multiple of 10 with a 1 digit number.  We will practice skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's to 120.  We will continue to decompose and compose numbers to 120 in more than one way.

Please see the link below to exercise while counting to 120 by 5s. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKg0eu9_fsM

Please see the link below to count by 2's to 100  (1st grade's goal is to count to 120 by 2's) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwydguSKOU

Science:
We are learning about Earth in our solar system.  We are exploring cycles such as the seasons and day and night.

Discussions At Home:

In Other News:

Mark your Calendars!!!!  First grade is going on a field trip on April 2nd to Kidzania in Frisco.  More information will follow but we wanted to let you know in case you would like to accompany us and need to take a day off of work. We can't wait!! 

Coats, coats, and more coats...........Please make sure to write your name on the tag of your child's coat. Let's try to keep those coats out of Lost and Found!  Also remember, if the temperature is above freezing, we will go outside.  Don't forget to send your child with a coat each day.

First Grade Pics:

Sharing big news with friends in 1A!!!!!
Congratulations Ava!!!

2020 is off to a great start!  

So happy to be back together!

Congrats to our Red and Black Super Star!!!
We are proud of you Ty!!