News for week of June 3rd

Notes from Ms. Rau

• End of Year Student Celebration The Webber staff has decided to plan our end of the year celebrations for students and staff only.  This will help us focus on the kids and keep a safe environment for everyone! We will be making ice cream sundaes and watching Charlotte's Web (we are currently reading the book) on Thursday, June 13th in the afternoon to celebrate our time together in first grade. Parents can help by donating items for our celebration on the sign up genius here. Thank you! 
• Show and Tell Schedule
• 6/3 Adrian &  Ella
• 6/4 Tyler & Ryleigh
• 6/5 Jordan & Meghan
• 6/6/ Troy & Drew T.
• 6/7 Xander, Brooklynn & Bailey

Save The Date:

• • 5/27 Memorial Day - No School for Students
  • 6/4 - Safari Day (please wear tennis shoes!)
  • 6/7, 6/14 - Half day for students
  • 6/10 - Field Day 

  
  

  Learning this week:

  • Writer's will...
  • have free writing where they choose to write opinion, narrative, or informational books
  • Reader's will...
  • form nonfiction book clubs
  • research their topic over multiple days
  • create posters and share what they have learned about their topic as a group
  • Mathematicians will...
  • complete high demand math tasks
  • review adding and subtracting within 10 fluenently
  • continue to practice 2 digit addition
  • Scientists will...
  • view daylight patterns
  • observe if shadows change throughout the day 

News for the week of 5/28

Notes from Ms. Rau

• Show and Tell - In order to practice our speaking and listening skills, we will host interactive show and tell starting on Wednesday, May 22nd. Students may bring something to tell the class about on their designated day. Participation in show and tell is optional. It is a good idea to have students practice saying two or three sentences about the topic the night before; they can even write a few notes if they are worried about remembering what to say. The class will also have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions.
  
  
       Students may not bring toys, stuffed animals, electronics, live animals, or anything valuable or fragile for show and tell. Some examples of great show and tell items include rocks, shells, feathers, awards, art projects, photos, trophies, medals, books, maps, menus, or models. While most students prefer to have an item to show, they can also simply tell us about something without a prop. If your child wants to tell about a pet, person, or special event, a photo or drawing of the item can be helpful.
  Show and Tell Schedule

  5/27 NO SCHOOL	5/28 Lauren Luke	5/29 Miles Alice	5/30 Jaden Stevie	5/31 Andrew Ellie
  6/3 Adrian Ella	6/4 Tyler Ryleigh	6/5 Jordan Meghan	6/6 Troy Drew	6/7 Xander Brooklynn Bailey

• Raz-Kids - app login: drau0, student password: banana icon  

Save The Date:

• 5/27 Memorial Day - No School for Students
• 6/7, 6/14 - Half day for students
• 6/10 - Field Day 

Learning this week:

• Writer's will...
• review opinion writing 
• complete their opinion writing assessment 
• Reader's will...
• review how to be a good partner
• look for how their characters feelings change throughout a book
• sign up for nonfiction book club topics
• Mathematicians will...
• review time
• review 3D shapes
• complete the Q4 common assessment
• Scientists will...
• learn how to make a shadow change
• see what happens when you redirect light
• observe light through bubbles

Photos from Last Week:

Using baby powder, a laser pointer, and a mirror to observe light reflecting and noticing how light moves.

Pictures from our field trip

Handing over life lessons from our reading books to our 2nd grade buddies! 

Experimenting if light will pass or will not pass through certain materials. 

News for week of 5/20

Notes from Ms. Rau

• Show and Tell - In order to practice our speaking and listening skills, we will host interactive show and tell starting on Wednesday, May 22nd. Students may bring something to tell the class about on their designated day. Participation in show and tell is optional. It is a good idea to have students practice saying two or three sentences about the topic the night before; they can even write a few notes if they are worried about remembering what to say. The class will also have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions.
  
  
       Students may not bring toys, stuffed animals, electronics, live animals, or anything valuable or fragile for show and tell. Some examples of great show and tell items include rocks, shells, feathers, awards, art projects, photos, trophies, medals, books, maps, menus, or models. While most students prefer to have an item to show, they can also simply tell us about something without a prop. If your child wants to tell about a pet, person, or special event, a photo or drawing of the item can be helpful.
  Show and Tell Schedule

  	5/21 FIELD TRIP	5/22 Ryan Grayson	5/23 Elijah Drew C.	5/24 Olivia Natalie
  5/27 NO SCHOOL	5/28 Lauren Luke	5/29 Miles Alice	5/30 Jaden Stevie	5/31 Andrew Ellie
  6/3 Adrian Ella	6/4 Tyler Ryleigh	6/5 Jordan Meghan	6/6 Troy Drew	6/7 Xander Brooklynn Bailey

• Field Trip - On Tuesday 5/21 we will visit Oakland University to watch James and The Giant Peach. Please bring a lunch from home this day. Please dress to impress for our trip to the theater!
• Raz-Kids - app login: drau0, student password: banana icon  

Save The Date:

• 5/24 Read In - We will celebrate the end of our reading unit by having a read in outside in the courtyard (weather permitting). Please bring a towel or small blanket to school with 10 books from home! 
• 5/27 Memorial Day - No School for Students
• 6/7, 6/14 - Half day for students

Learning this week:

• Writer's will...
• review narrative, opinion, and informational writing this week and complete on-demand writing assessments 
• Reader's will...
• share their opinions about their books
• pass along life lessons to others
• rehearse what they will say 
• Mathematicians will...
• practice 2 digit addition
• focus on mathematical practices
• complete the unit 8 math test
• review time/shapes
• Scientists will...
• learn how light travels
• explore light traveling through different materials
• sort materials into groups:  transparent, translucent, opaque, reflection, shadow

Pictures from last week:

Making shadow puppets to explore light in science.

Finding life lessons authors write in books during readers workshop.

News for 5/13

Notes from Ms. Rau

• Thank you so much for everyone who donated to our donors choose project. It was fully funded in 2 days and more series books are coming to our classroom. I also want to say thank you for all of the teacher appreciation gifts, cards, notes, and kind words. I truly appreciate YOU all and couldn't do this job without your support. 
• Raz-Kids - app login: drau0, student password: banana icon  
• Field Trip - On Tuesday, May 21^st, the first grade team will take a field trip to Varner Hall at Oakland University to see a performance of James and the Giant Peach.
• You're Invited - On 5/15 at 7:45 am we will be having a breakfast celebration for the end of our realistic fiction writing unit. Please see the hard copy in your students FROG binder for more details. Please sign up here if you would like to donate food for our celebration.

Save The Date:

• 5/15 - Writing Celebration 7:45 am
• 5/21 - First Grade Field Trip to Oakland University to see the play James and The Giant Peach 9:00-12:00
• 5/27 Memorial Day - No School for Students
• 6/7, 6/14 - Half day for students

Learning this week:

• Writer's will...
• create series titles
• fix and fancy up a series
• publish and celebrate their realistic fiction writing
• Reader's will...
• always keep life lessons in mind
• make comparisons between two texts
• review what makes a good reading partner
• group books by the lessons they teach
• check in on their goals
• Mathematicians will...
• practice multiple solutions to adding two digit numbers
• Scientists will...
• investigate what makes a shadow
• investigate if you can see in the dark
• In phonics we will...
• add specific details to writing including words with capitals
• play word games to learn more about capital letters
• learn new snap words: always, after, soon

Students created instruments in science out of recyclable materials as an assessment for their sound unit. They described how their instrument makes sound. Below are pictures of there instruments with their band member(s) 

News for 5/6

Notes from Ms. Rau

• Raz-Kids - app login: drau0, student password: banana icon  
• Field Trip - On Tuesday, May 21^st, the first grade team will take a field trip to Varner Hall at Oakland University to see a performance of James and the Giant Peach. All students will need a lunch from home with a drink on this day. We will eat lunch in the classroom. If you wish to order a bag lunch from the cafeteria, please let your teacher know by May 10^th.
• You're Invited - On 5/15 at 7:45 am we will be having a breakfast celebration for the end of our realistic fiction writing unit. Please see the hard copy in your students FROG binder for more details. Please sign up here if you would like to donate food for our celebration.
• Please send in empty cereal boxes this week! We will be using them to publish our "box set" in writer's workshop. 
• Donors Choose Project for more series books!

Save The Date:

• 5/10 - Half day for students
• 5/15 - Writing Celebration 7:45 am
• 5/21 - First Grade Field Trip to Oakland University to see the play James and The Giant Peach 9:00-12:00
• 5/27 Memorial Day - No School for Students
• 6/7, 6/14 - Half day for students

Learning this week:

• Writer's will...
• use their superpowers to work with greater independence
• have a punctuation party
• create illustrations that tell details
• write a "meet the author" page for their series
• Reader's will...
• look for clues in their book that help them know how to read the story
• give feedback like a director
• reread to smooth out their voices
• discover the lessons familiar stories teach
• Mathematicians will...
• explore 2 digit addition
• learn multiple methods to solve 2 digit addition
• solve addition of 10's and 1's
• Scientists will...
• complete their sound assessment by creating instruments out of recyclable materials. Their instrument must create sound! 
• In phonics we will...
• studying the capitalizing of expert authors
• study and fix wise errors 
• practice lowercase letter formation