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

News for 10/21

News from Ms. Rau 

• 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. 
• Halloween Celebration - Our Halloween party will be from 8:30-9:30am on Thursday, October 31st. Students should wear there costumes to school. The school wide parade is at 9:45 am. Please check out our sign up for Halloween Celebration Donations . If you are not already volunteering for an assigned center (curriculum night sign up), but would like to attend our Halloween party and volunteer as an assistant to help a game, craft, or snack please let me know by the end of this week. I have to send all volunteer names to Mrs. Goethals by Friday. Thank you! 
• 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

• October Book Order see digital catalog here

• October order due 10/25

Save The Date:

• 10/24 Trunk or Treat
• 11/12, 11/14 - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences

Learning this week:

In reading students will...

• learn that everyone rereads
• make a plan for partner reading
• read together in many different ways
• triple check their reading
• move on when they have used lots of strategies and mark it to show their partner

In math students will...

• practice with subtraction
• subtraction bowling 
• generate subtraction
• relate addition and subtraction
• mixed practice with equations

In science students will...

• plant seeds and predict the outcome with different variables
• study are seeds are the same and different
• review what a plant needs to survive
• investigate if plants have different parts besides seeds
• learn where seeds come from
• explore the inside of fruits and vegetables and taste test

In writing students will...

• study how-to books
• create a whole class how-to book
• think of expert ideas of their own
• write step by step directions in how-to books

In phonics students will...

• review long and short vowels
• review blends and digraphs

Photos from the previous week:

First graders meet "Botley" and begin coding with LO stem coach, Mrs. Bohm.

Crazy Hair & Hat Day!

Circle talk about what we would do in certain situations to show integrity (doing the right thing even when no one is watching)

Rehearsing our published pieces

Science investigation: What's inside a seed? We found out that seeds have baby plants inside of them. 

News for 10/14

News from Ms. Rau 

• Halloween Celebration - Our Halloween party will be from 8:30-9:30am on Thursday, October 31st. Students should wear there costumes to school. The school wide parade is at 9:45 am. Please check out our sign up for Halloween Celebration Donations .
• 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

• October Book Order see digital catalog here

• October order due 10/25

Save The Date:

• 10/16 Crazy Hair Day 
• 11/12, 11/14 - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences

Learning this week:

In reading students will...

• answer how do readers know to go back and fix things?
• think what would make sense? when they are stuck
• think "this reminds me of..." to help solve tricky words
• think what would sound right?
• do a triple check: what would make sense? what sounds right? what looks right?

In math students will...

• play addition games
• practice counting on
• represent subtraction
• subtraction drawings and equations
• complete a math exemplar: higher level math task 

In science students will...

• observe a seed collection
• learn how plants survive
• plant grass

In writing students will...

• use all they know to revise
• add more details
• edit with a checklist
• make their writing ready for the library
• illustrate their writing
• celebrate their published piece

In phonics students will...

• use all they know to write longer words
• tackling super hard words to read
• go on a snap word hunt around the school
• play snap-o

News for 10/7

Notes from Ms. Rau 

• Rockin’ the Decades- The 2019 Lake Orion Homecoming Parade will be on Sunday, October 6^th at 3:30 P.M. in downtown Lake Orion. They will begin lining up at about 2:45 P.M. All students from Webber are invited to walk in the parade with an adult. The theme this year is Rocking the Decades, so feel free to dress up if you would like. 

• Spirit Week 10/7-10/11

• Monday- Music Monday-Wear music inspired clothing (instrument on a shirt or a band name)

• Tuesday- PJ Dance Party-Wear your pajamas to school (be sure to bring appropriate shoes for PE and recess.) There will be music played at lunch.

• Wednesday- Decade Day-Honor the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s by dressing in clothing that represents that decade.

• Thursday- Rock Your Favorite… Day- Wear clothing that represents your favorite sport, college, or color.

• Friday- Rockin’ Lake Orion Gear-Wear Lake Orion or Webber gear or dress in green and white.

• October - December Classroom Volunteer Calendar 

• Fall Parent Teacher Conference Sign up - If you prefer an AM slot any day during conference week (7:45-8:05) let me know!

• 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

• October Book Order see digital catalog here

• October order due 10/25

Save The Date:

• Homecoming Parade - 10/6
• Spirit Week 10/7-10/11
• Reading Celebration - 10/11 send in 10 books from home and a stuffed animal friend to read to
• 11/12, 11/14 - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences

Learning this week:

In reading students will...

• celebrate all they've learned and set new goals
• learn how to talk about books
• review their good habits

In math students will...

• explore solution methods
• count on
• count on from a greater number
• play addition games

In writing students will...

• study a mentor text to learn ways the author makes it special
• try out a craft move from a mentor text
• try out another craft move (pop out words)
• study more mentor texts

In phonics students will...

• play snap word bingo
• learn power words to help them make new words
• make even more words from snap words
• make more new words using blends/digraphs
• fix Rasheed's errors

In social studies students will...

• learn about families now and then comparing school, transportation, and toys. 

Photos from last week:

Our phonics mascot, Rasheed, brings us new snap words!

Playing guess the covered word during partner time.

Working on math drawings and math equations.

Perfecting our Partner Reading.

Interactive Writing, where the students and I share the pen. We are practicing spelling our snap words!

Fire Cadets come and teach us about fire safety!