News for 1/6

• Happy New Year - I hope you had a wonderful, relaxing break. Looking forward to a successful 2020 in first grade! 
• January - March Volunteer Calendar Sign Up (note: time has been changed to AM)

• Raz Kids - You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice.

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• January flyer to come

Save The Date:

• 1/20 - No School
• 1/23& 1/24 - Half days of school
• 2/13 - Valentine's Day Celebration (please note date change, I will be out of town on 2/14)
• 2/17-2/18 - No School, Mid Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• being their non-fiction reading unit
• studying pages to learn more
• guess what might comes next
• learn by chatting about what's happening
• reread to understand nonfiction books

Writers will...

• get ready to write nonfiction chapter books by teaching all about a topic
• tell information across their fingers, sketch, then write
• keep readers in mind, writing answers to their questions
• elaborate by writing twin sentences
• teach with pictures and words

Mathematicians will...

• learn teen addition strategies
• investigate doubles
• understand 10's and 1's
• integrate 10's and 1's
• group ones into 10's

In phonics we will...

• read carefully looking all the way across the word
• learn new snap words
• get to know some common word endings
• predict the right endings
• learn a rule about adding -ing to CVCE words

Scientists will...

• learn what an engineer is
• engineer a nature investigation

News for 12/16

News from Ms. Rau 

• First Grade Read In - on 12/19 Webber First Grade will participate in an hour long read-in in the cafeteria. Please bring at least 10 books from home AND a small blanket for your student to get cozy. They will spend half the read in time reading privately and half of the time reading and listening to a partner. Please NO STUFFED ANIMALS. 
• Polar Express Pajama Party - on 12/20 send your student to school in their pajamas. They may bring slippers in their backpack and a small blanket. Please NO STUFFED ANIMALS. 

• Raz Kids - You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice.

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• January flyer to come
• Donations for our Polar Express Pajama Party Celebration

Save The Date:

• 12/19 - 1st Grade read in 
• 12/20 - Polar Express Pajama Party
• 12/20 - Half Day of School
• 12/23-1/3 No school, Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• read with expression
• show of their word detective skills
• flashlight read to increase stamina

Writers will...

• write a letter to a family member
• respond to a letter by answering questions
• write a letter to a specials teacher

Mathematicians will...

• explore teen numbers
• represent and compare numbers
• visualize teen addition
• learn teen addition strategies 

In phonics we will finish our word detectives unit

In social studies we will study Dia De Los Muertos and Diwali

We will skype a scientist who is a turkey expert. We will ask questions about animal adaptation, body parts, and survival !

News for 12/9

News from Ms. Rau 

• First Grade Read In - on 12/19 Webber First Grade will participate in an hour long read-in in the cafeteria. Please bring at least 10 books from home AND a blanket for your student to get cozy. They will spend half the read in time reading privately and half of the time reading and listening to a partner :)

• Raz Kids - You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• December/Holiday book order digital flyers
• order due 12/9 
• Donations for our Polar Express Pajama Party Celebration

Save The Date:

• 12/11 - HOLIDAY wacky wednesday
• 12/19 - 1st Grade read in 
• 12/20 - Polar Express Pajama Party
• 12/23-1/3 No school, Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• watch our for unusual words (contractions)
• watch our for compound words
• smooth our their reading
• reread to build meaning

Mathematicians will...

• play the number grabber game and math quilt game
• see math in the real world
• practice with story problems
• complete the unit 3 assessment

Writers will...

• begin to write letters
• practice appropriate punctuation and capitalization

In phonics students will...

• solve the case of words in disguise
• play contraction pick up
• solve the compound word puzzle
• solve the case of look alike words
• learn new sight words

In social studies students will study holidays celebrated around the world. 

Photos from the previous week:

Comparing baby animals to their parent animal based on traits.

 

Solving case #1: The case of the twin letters

Typing front covers to publish our how-to writing!

News for 12/2

News from Ms. Rau 

• Donations for our Polar Express Pajama Party Celebration
• Snow Gear - Please have your student wear boots to school and remember to bring in a pair of shoes to change into. Have them bring a separate bag with their snow pants, hat, and gloves. Please label all gear. If you have two sets of snow pants and wish to have students leave one set of snow pants in their locker they may. Please send in a note or email me. Boots, hats, gloves, coat must come back and forth each day. 
• Holiday Lessons  - We focus on the theme of family in first grade social studies. So far we have explored how families are alike and different and how families change over time.  For the holidays, we are going to learn about different family holiday traditions. We will explore fall and winter holidays from around the world and compare them to how our own families celebrate at this time of the year. All holidays tend to feature gatherings and food, and the use of lights as decorations and in ceremonies is another common thread. My goal is for our students to understand that there are a lot of different ways to celebrate. The social studies state standard address by these activities is “Use components of culture to describe diversity in family life.” With that in mind, please consider sharing with me if your family has unique or interesting traditions that we could learn about in class. With this in mind, we will do projects, crafts, and games from a variety of cultures throughout December. On the morning of December 20th we will get cozy with a movie and pajama party (details to come). 
• Wacky Wednesdays-12/4 and 12/11 - Webber Student Council invites all students and staff to wear their holiday attire during Wacky Wednesdays on December 4^th and December 11^th. Students and staff that donate $1 or more are encouraged to wear holiday sweaters, holiday pajamas, holiday shirts, etc. on these days. All the proceeds will be used to purchase toys for the Detroit Children’s Hospital Snowpile. Thank you for your support!

• Raz Kids - You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• December/Holiday book order digital flyers
• order due 12/9 

Save The Date:

• 12/4 - HOLIDAY wacky wednesday
• 12/11 - HOLIDAY wacky wednesday
• 12/19 - 1st Grade read in - more info to come
• 12/20 - Polar Express Pajama Party

Learning this week:
In reading students will...

• review that there is more than one way to solve words
• not let vowels trip them up (learn about vowel teams)
• notice vowel teams that hide in words
• use word detective strategies to solve mystery words
• use parts they know to read new words

In writing students will...

• pick a how-to book to publish
• create a dedication page for their book
• edit their how-to book with a checklist
• fancy up their how-to book

In math students will..

• practice with subtraction stories
• relate addition and subtraction
• solve mixed story problems
• create and illustrate their own story problem 

In phonics students will...

• collect new snap words
• solve the case of twin letters
• solve the case of sticky letters (3 letter blends)
• solve the case of contractions

In science and social studies students will...

• review animal body parts and behaviors that help them survive
• notice similarities and differences in adult and baby dogs
• begin to learn about holidays around the world 

News for 11/18

News from Ms. Rau 

• Snow Gear - Please have your student wear boots to school and remember to bring in a pair of shoes to change into. Have them bring a separate bag with their snow pants, hat, and gloves. Please label all gear. If you have two sets of snow pants and wish to have students leave one set of snow pants in their locker they may. Please send in a note or email me. Boots, hats, gloves, coat must come back and forth each day. 
• “Food Frenzy” Food Drive November 18^th through November 22^nd- All donations will go to the Lake Orion Lions Club. We are accepting the following donations: instant mashed potatoes, stuffing, muffin mix, canned soup, evaporated milk, gravy, canned vegetables, canned fruit, Jell-O, pasta, granola bars, pancake mix, and any other non-expired, non-perishable food.  The grade level that donates the most food will earn a grade level movie time.
• Raz Kids - I have uploaded our class onto my raz-kids account. You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• December/Holiday book order to come

Save The Date:

• 11-27-11/29 No school for students

Learning this week:
In reading students will...

• turn new words into snap words
• scoop up words to make their reading smooth
• break words into parts
• pay special attention to the beginning of words
• watch out for endings

In math students will...

• play the unknown partners game
• solve subtraction stories
• play subtraction games
• create subtraction problems

In science students will...

• learn how penguins use their body parts to survive
• learn how pill bugs survive
• learn how whales use their body parts to survive

In phonics students will...

• learn new snap words
• investigate words with vowel i
• investigate words with vowel u
• investigate words with vowel e
• play the i spy game on their personal word wall

Photos from the week:

Enjoying our Friday read in!

Mrs. Herron reads us a social story every Friday.

Mrs. Burks kindergarten friends celebrate their reading with us.

Studying and sharing out how the body parts of different animals help them survive.

Learning how human body parts help us survive.

Continuing to learn about sea turtles and how their body parts help them survive.

News for week of 11/11

News from Ms. Rau 

• Snow Gear - Please have your student wear boots to school and remember to bring in a pair of shoes to change into. Have them bring a separate bag with their snow pants, hat, and gloves. Please label all gear. If you have two sets of snow pants and wish to have students leave one set of snow pants in their locker they may. Please send in a note or email me. Boots, hats, gloves, coat must come back and forth each day. 
• “Food Frenzy” Food Drive November 18^th through November 22^nd- All donations will go to the Lake Orion Lions Club. We are accepting the following donations: instant mashed potatoes, stuffing, muffin mix, canned soup, evaporated milk, gravy, canned vegetables, canned fruit, Jell-O, pasta, granola bars, pancake mix, and any other non-expired, non-perishable food.  The grade level that donates the most food will earn a grade level movie time.
• Raz Kids - I have uploaded our class onto my raz-kids account. You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• November digital book club magazines 
• Order Due: 11/18

Save The Date:

• 11/14 - half day dismissal 
• 11/12, 11/14 - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences 
• 11/15 - Read In: please send in 10 books from home and a stuffed animal to read in

Learning this week:

In reading students will...

• use snap words as clues to think what would make sense
• change new words into snap words
• take old words off the word wall and put them in the word jar
• scoop up words to make reading smooth
• break words into parts

In math students will...

• solve equations with unknown partners
• play the addition game with unknown partner cards
• play the # grabber game
• create equations using our names

In science students will...

• learn how a sea turtle survives
• learn how the body parts of an animal help it survive 

In writing students will...

• make sure every step is there, act out directions to a partner
• know the audience they are writing to
• be the boss and tell exact directions using the word "you"

In phonics students will...

• solve and check words as they read
• play guess the covered word 
• find evidence for the silent e 

News for 11/4

News from Ms. Rau 

• Webber Student Council Invites You to Help Honor America’s Veterans! On Monday, November 11^th, 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/
• “Food Frenzy” Food Drive November 18^th through November 22^nd- All donations will go to the Lake Orion Lions Club. We are accepting the following donations: instant mashed potatoes, stuffing, muffin mix, canned soup, evaporated milk, gravy, canned vegetables, canned fruit, Jell-O, pasta, granola bars, pancake mix, and any other non-expired, non-perishable food.  The grade level that donates the most food will earn a grade level movie time.
• Raz Kids - I have uploaded our class onto my raz-kids account. You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• November digital book club magazines 
• Order Due: 11/18

Save The Date:

• 11/12, 11/14 - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences 
• Please sign up if you have not already done so

Learning this week:

In reading students will...

• check words slowly
• investigate what makes a good partner
• read words in a snap
• use snap words as clues to think what would make sense

In math students will...

• complete the Q1 common assessment
• review learning in math centers

In science students will...

• go on a nature walk to find plant parts
• understand the parts of a plant and how they help a plant survive
• complete their cycle 1 assessment

In writing students will...

• draw detailed diagrams to teach more
• add tips and warnings
• reflect and set goals
• put how-to books up in areas around the school that make sense

In phonics students will...

• find patterns in words
• learn new skills (-ane, -ake, -ate, -ame)
• learn new snap words
• solve and check words as they read

Photos from the previous week:

Happy Halloween from Room 6!

Word detectives solve missions each day! 

Making models in science

Making exact steps in writer workshop. How to Make a Peanut Butter & Jelly

Sharing our thinking during a math exemplar

Pumpkin Investigation! We found 350 seeds

News for 10/28

News from Ms. Rau 

• Deck of Cards Donation - Please donate a deck of cards to use as math games for fast finishers, thank you!
• Monday Mac & Cheese MADNESS! - On Monday, October 28^th, students can bring in boxes of macaroni and cheese to be donated to Lighthouse of Oakland County. The grade level that donates the most boxes of macaroni and cheese will be awarded with music at lunch, along with an additional grade level recess. 
• Raz Kids - I have uploaded our class onto my raz-kids account. You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - Class Code: MHGW6
• November book order to come next week 

Save The Date:

• 10/31 -Halloween Parade @ 9:45 (parents welcome outside on blacktop!)
• 11/12, 11/14 - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences

Learning this week:

In reading students will...

• become word detectives
• always be on the lookout 
• look closely at words
• use everything they know

In math students will...

• focus on mathematical practices and real world situations
• complete their unit 2 assessment

In science students will...

• investigate the life cycle of an apple to learn understand the steps from a seed to an apple tree
• investigate how the parts of a plant change
• begin a pumpkin investigation and compare the life cycle to that of an apple

In writing students will...

• answer  a partners question to give more detailed steps
• label their diagrams to teach even more

In phonics students will...

• investigate tricky words
• begin using detective word notebooks to jot down unusual words in their reading

Photos from the previous week:

Observing and recording day 1 of planting grass seeds

Making popcorn to immerse into How-To writing

Finding powerful snap words inside longer words

Math bowling to practice subtraction within 10

On a seed hunt! Comparing the similarities and differences of seeds we find. We learned that all seeds have a baby plant inside.

Drawing models for the needs of a plant with small groups