News from Ms. Rau
- Monday Mac & Cheese MADNESS! - On Monday, October 28th, 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
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.
