News for the week

Announcements:

• SNOW GEAR - Please have your students bring in a separate bag for snow gear (let me know if you need one). It is too much to put in their backpack. Please label snow pants AND boots and make sure to send in shoes to wear in the classroom as we keep the boots outside of our classroom. I will be sure to communicate with specials teachers to make sure students have on their coats, hats, gloves, and boots when leaving their classroom at the end of the day. 
• Our Holiday Celebration will be on Tuesday, December 19th from 8:30-9:30. 
• In the afternoon on the 19th we will have our Polar Express Day. Children are invited to bring in a small blanket. We will be watching the movie and doing related learning activities.
• On Wednesday, December 20th we will have a read-in during readers workshop time with all four first grade classes in the cafeteria. Your child can bring a separate bag of 10 books from home, a small blanket, and a small pillow.
• Instead of a holiday gift, please consider donating to my latest donor's choose project to help benefit my current and future students. Your donations would go towards more books for our leveled classroom library. You can read more about the project by clicking on the link - Books, Books, and more Books! Donors Choose Project

Specials This Week:

•         Monday: MUSIC
•        Tuesday: P.E.
•         Wednesday: ART

Dates to Remember:

• 12/19 Class Holiday Party 8:30-9:30 & Polar Express Day
• 12/12 Read-In
• 12/21-1/3 Winter Break NO SCHOOL

Photos from Last Week:

Elf Traps built with our 5th Grade Learning Buddies

Playing the Dreidel Game as we learn about Hanukkah

News for the Week

Announcements:

• SNOW GEAR - Please have your students bring in a separate bag for snow gear (let me know if you need one). It is too much to put in their backpack. Please label snow pants AND boots and make sure to send in shoes to wear in the classroom as we keep the boots outside of our classroom. I will be sure to communicate with specials teachers to make sure students have on their coats, hats, gloves, and boots when leaving their classroom at the end of the day. 
• Our Holiday Celebration will be on Tuesday, December 19th from 8:30-9:30. 
• In the afternoon on the 19th we will have our Polar Express Day. Children are invited to bring in a small blanket. We will be watching the movie and doing related learning activities.
• On Wednesday, December 20th we will have a read-in during readers workshop time with all four first grade classes in the cafeteria. Your child can bring a separate bag of 10 books from home, a small blanket, and a small pillow.
• Instead of a holiday gift, please consider donating to my latest donor's choose project to help benefit my current and future students. Your donations would go towards more books for our leveled classroom library. You can read more about the project by clicking on the link - Books, Books, and more Books! Donors Choose Project

This week

Reader’s will…

• smooth out their reading
• use partners to help make reading smoother and cheer each other on
• show off their word detective skills
• tackle the final word detective mission
• celebrate all their hard word being word detectives by reading to Mrs. Burks class

Writer’s will…

• use different kinds of writing in their nonfiction chapter books such as lists or how-to writing
• write introductions and conclusions for their nonfiction chapter books
• fix up their writing by pretending to be a reader
• use a checklist to edit their writing
• use commas in lists and dates

Mathematicians will…

• gain a better understanding for place value
• practice grouping 1's into 10's
• add with groups of 10

In social studies this week we will learn about different winter holidays around the world and learn how they are celebrated. We will compare them to Christmas.

Specials This Week:

•         Monday:  MEDIA
•        Tuesday: MUSIC
•         Wednesday: P.E.
•         Thursday: ART
•         Friday: MEDIA

Dates to Remember:

• 12/19 Class Holiday Party 8:30-9:30 & Polar Express Day
• 12/12 Read-In
• 12/21-1/3 Winter Break NO SCHOOL

News for the Week

Announcements:

As the weather becomes colder please make sure children have appropriate gear for lunch recess. We go to recess at 10:45 and it is still very chilly. Please label coats, hats, gloves, etc to the best of your ability!

Our Holiday Celebration will be on Tuesday, December 19th from 8:30-9:30. Please check our sign up genius if you are able to donate items to make our party successful. Party Sign Up

In the afternoon on the 19th we will have our Polar Express Day. Children are invited to bring in a small blanket. We will be watching the movie and doing related learning activities.

On Wednesday, December 20th we will have a read-in during readers workshop time with all four first grade classes in the cafeteria. Your child can bring a separate bag of 10 books from home, a small blanket, and a small pillow.

This week

Reader’s will…

• use parts they know to read new words
• write a thank you letter to the super secret detective agency
• watch out for unusual words
• look for contractions in their reading
• watch out for compound words

Writer’s will…

• write a table of contents
• create chapter titles
• plan and write chapters in their nonfiction books
• write with details and help readers picture the details

Mathematicians will…

• visualize teen addition 
• review the counting on strategy
• investigate adding with doubles
• understand 10's and 1's using our math board
• participate in a math exemplar challenge

In science we will continue to explore animals and their adaptations. We will look closely at how animals survive in the winter.  

Specials This Week:

•         Monday:  ART
•        Tuesday: MEDIA
•         Wednesday: MUSIC
•         Thursday: P.E.
•         Friday:ART

Dates to Remember:

• 12/2 Pancakes with Santa
• 12/19 Class Holiday Party 8:30-9:30 & Polar Express Day
• 12/12 Read-In
• 12/21-1/3 Winter Break NO SCHOOL 

Student work from our Friday Math Exemplar:  

A New Fish Tank Erin has a new fish tank. First, Erin puts five fish in the new fish tank. Next, Erin puts six fish in the new fish tank. Last, Erin puts nine fish in the new fish tank. How many fish does Erin put in the new fish tank? Show all your mathematical thinking.

Our Class "All About Peterbilt Trucks" book we made after having the chance to see one, get inside, and pull the horn. A fun day! 

News for the Week

Announcements:

As the weather becomes colder please make sure children have appropriate gear for lunch recess. We go to recess at 10:45 and it is still very chilly. Please label coats, hats, gloves, etc to the best of your ability!

Our kindness elf will begin on Wednesday 11/29 

This week

Reader’s will…

• break words into parts
• pay special attention to the beginning of words
• watch out for endings
• don't let vowels trip them up
• solve mystery words with vowel teams 

Writer’s will…

• use diagrams and labels to teach
• be brave enough to spell fancy and specific words
• use our partners to help us see what doesn't make sense
• set new goals using a checklist
• edit for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization 

Mathematicians will…

• be introduced to 10 groups
• explore teen numbers using the secret code cards
• represent and compare teen numbers
• complete a math exemplar in small groups

In science we will continue to explore animals and their adaptations. We will look closely at how animals survive in the winter.  

Specials This Week:

·        Monday:  P.E.

·        Tuesday: Art

·        Wednesday: Media

·        Thursday: Music

·        Friday: P.E.

Dates to Remember:

·        11/28 & 11/30 Smencial Sale

·        12/2 Pancakes with Santa

·        12/19 Class Holiday Party 8:30-9:30 (details to come)

·        12/20 Polar Express Day (details to come)

·        12/21-1/3 Winter Break NO SCHOOL 

Readers set goals for themselves on which strategy to practice when they are stuck on a word. 

Featured Writers

Below are some pages in students informational books that show examples of twin sentences. Twin sentences help teach our readers more!

You need a bag. In your bag you need a mask and a helmet, a glove and a rain jacket in case it rains. (Teaching all about Softball)

We find decorations. We decorate with Christmas Lights. (Teaching all about Christmas)

There are different types of dance. The different types of dance are jazz, tap, contemporary, ballet, tap, and there is something called acro. Acro is a stretch class. (Teaching all about Dance)

News for Next Week

Announcements:

Please view the video at the link below from our director of curriculum which helps explain reading plans for students below grade level due to legislation. We will discuss more at conferences.
https://youtu.be/QageP9OLfjI

As the weather becomes colder please make sure children have appropriate gear for lunch recess. We go to recess at 10:45 and it is still very chilly. Please label coats, hats, gloves, etc to the best of your ability!

Lake Orion Book Drive: Do you have outgrown or unread books clogging up your shelves at home? You can put those books into the hands of young readers by donating them to the annual Lake Orion book drive! Simply bring ANY used or new books, from infant to adult, to the collection bin at your child's school. Staff will collect and sort donations and Preschool through 12^th grade teachers will be invited to select books for classroom use. Books not adopted into classrooms will be donated to local literacy programs. Our book drive has placed thousands of books in to the hands of Lake Orion students over the years! Bring books anytime now through November 28.  Thank you and happy reading!

Conferences: I look forward to seeing you next week for parent teacher conferences. If you cannot make your time or need to reschedule please let me know ASAP. Please knock when you are here, if it is your exact time, to keep me on track. I will ask you to write your child a compliment on his or her published piece of writing that is hanging outside our door either before while you are waiting for your conference or after when your conference has finished.

This week

Reader’s will…

• Use snap words as clues to think about what makes sense
• Solve mystery words by thinking of similar snap words
• Turn new words into snap words
• Become a class of word collectors
• Scoop up words to make their reading sound smooth

Writer’s will…

• Begin our all about nonfiction unit
• Tell information across their fingers, sketch, then write
• Keep readers in mind writing to answer questions
• Elaborate by writing twin sentences
• Teach with pictures as well as words (diagrams, labels)

Mathematicians will…

• Relate addition and subtraction stories
• Solve mixed problems
• Review positional words

In science we will continue to explore animals. We will look closely at how animals survive in the winter.  

Specials This Week:

      Monday: Art
Tuesday: Media
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: P.E.
Friday: Art

Dates to Remember:

• November 9th – 17th – Book Fair (send money in FROG Binder)
• November 13th – 6:15 p.m. Principal Coffee, 7:00 p.m. PTO Meeting
• November 14th and 16th – Parent/Teacher Conferences
• November 16th – ½ day for Students (No P.M. Latchkey)
• November 22, 23, and 24 – No School

Pictures from the Week:

 

Meagan and Mitchel teaching us about their expert topics

Angie and Eni teaching us how to count in Chinese during Angie's presentation All About China.

Celebrating the end of How-To writing by reading to Mrs. Burks' kindergarten friends

News for this week

Announcements: 

Webber Student Council Invites You to Help Honor America’s Veterans! On Wednesday, November 8th, we will be raising money for GI Go Fund and America’s VetDogs. Students that donate $1 or more can wear a hat to school on this day.

As the weather becomes colder please make sure children have appropriate gear for lunch recess. We go to recess at 10:45 and it is still very chilly. Please label coats, hats, gloves, etc to the best of your ability!

Family Tree homework is due 11/17 – let me know if you have any questions.

Team Mom – Maureen Bucci
email address:  buccim4@aol.com
phone number: 248-229-5010

This week

Reader’s will…

·        Check their words slowly

·        Investigate what makes a good reading partner

·        Play guess the covered word

·        Read words in a snap and add a personal word wall to their reading bag

Writer’s will…

·        Pick a how-to book to publish

·        Revise and edit their published piece using a checklist

·        Fancy up their published piece by becoming an illustrator

·        Celebrate all they have learned in how-to writing

Mathematicians will…

·        Play the unknown addend game

·        Practice with unknown partners

·        Create subtraction stories on our own and solve them

·        Relate addition and subtraction equations

In science we will continue to explore animals. We will look closely at how animals survive in the winter.  

Specials This Week:

Monday:  P.E.

Tuesday: ART

 Wednesday: MEDIA

 Thursday: MUSIC

Friday: P.E.

Dates to Remember:

·        November 8^th - Students can donate $1 to wear a hat in honor of Veterans

·        November 9th – 17th – Book Fair

·        November 13th – 6:15 p.m. Principal Coffee, 7:00 p.m. PTO Meeting

·        November 14th and 16th – Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        November 16th – ½ day for Students (No P.M. Latchkey)

·        November 22, 23, and 24 – No School

Check out the lyrics and video of our "Word Busters" song. We are signing with Mrs. Bruce's class here.

Our Class on Halloween

News for this week

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Announcements:
Webber Student Council Invites You to Help Honor America’s Veterans! On Wednesday, November 8th, we will be raising money for GI Go Fund and America’s VetDogs. Students that donate $1 or more can wear a hat to school on this day. Staff members that donate $5 or more get to wear jeans to work. Each participant will receive a sticker that recognizes their participation in this event. For more information, check out these sites: https://www.gigo.org/ https://www.vetdogs.org/

Please join us for our Halloween Party on Tuesday from 2:00-3:00 following the school wide Halloween parade at 1:45. If you are coming for the parade please join us outside at 1:45. 

Team Mom – Maureen Bucci
email address:  buccim4@aol.com
phone number: 248-229-5010

Reader’s will…

·        Read together in many different ways

·        Become word detectives, solving missions

·        Look closely at tricky words and find ways to solve them

Writer’s will…

·        Study a mentor how-to text and try what they notice in their own how-to writing each day (bold words, tips and warnings, introductions, conclusions, specific words)

Mathematicians will…

·        Explore the unknown partners in an equation

·        Solve equations with unknown partners

·        Learn to play new addition game with unknown partners

In social studies students will continue to learn about generations and families. We will begin to work on our family trees.

In science we will begin to explore animals and their babies. We will talk about features certain animals have on their bodies that help them survive.

Specials This Week:

·        Monday:  MUSIC

·        Tuesday: P.E.

·        Wednesday: ART

·        Thursday: MEDIA

·        Friday: MUSIC

Dates to Remember:

·        Halloween Celebration 10/31

o   Parade: 1:45-2:00pm

o   Party: 2:00-3:00pm

·        Fall PT conferences 11/14 & 11/16

·        No school 11/22-11/25

Photos from last week:

The photos below show friends working on a math exemplar. This is a math challenge that requires higher level thinking. I read students the story problem below and got them started and they then worked in small groups to figure out the answer. They proved their answer with drawings and explained their thinking in front of the class. 

Problem:

 Frog and Toad want to plant a garden. They have 5 tomato plants, 6 pepper plants, 7 onion plants, and 6 corn plants. there is only room for 6 plants in each row. how many rows will Frog and Toad need in the garden?