Thursday, October 5, 2017

News for 10-9


Announcements:
·       Raz-Kids - Your child can read now read online on their Raz-Kids Account. You can do this on a computer or an iPad. Download the Raz-Kids App (if using the iPad). It is a robot. If you are using a computer go to the kids Raz-Kids login here: https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login/teacherUsername/. Raz-Kids accounts are shared in our building so Raz-Kids logins are as follows:

Last name Accardo-Harrington login: jdimaggiok
Last name Jones-Xia login: dburkse
The password is the banana graphic for every student
Click on the Reading Assignment and books at their independent reading level will come up. They can listen to the book, read it on their own, and answer comprehension questions. Once they take the quizzes they will earn starts which they can in turn buy items to build their rocket with. We have practiced using Raz-Kids on the iPads on Friday so they should be familiar with it.

·       Team Mom – Mrs. Goethals has asked that each classroom have a “Team Mom” who is a previous Webber parent. Our Team Mom will be Maureen Bucci. You may contact her if you have any information regarding Webber that you are unsure of (i.e. lunch, attendance, lost and found, parking, etc) instead of contacting me. Her email address is buccim4@aol.com and her cell phone number is 248-229-5010.\

·       Volunteering – As you become finger printed please let me know. I am working on a formal Volunteer calendar which will start at the end of October and I will gladly add you to it. Remember I do have both a morning (8:15-9:15) and an afternoon (1:00-2:00) volunteer time.


This week in Reader’s Workshop students will
·       Practice good reading partner habits
·       Be organized using their planning mats
·       Set goals with their reading partners

This week in Math students will
·       Learn addition strategies such as counting on from the greater number
·       Learn to play the addition game Unknown Totals

This week in Writer’s Workshop students will
·       Notice features in a mentor text does and try it in their own writing

This week in Science students will
·       Learn how pumpkins grow and stay alive
·       Compare the life cycle of a pumpkin to the lifecycle of an apple
·       Observe plants on a nature walk
·       Learn the job of the plant parts

Specials This Week:
·       Monday: P.E.
·       Tuesday: Art
·       Wednesday: Media
·       Thursday: Music
·       Friday: P.E.

Dates to Remember:
·       10/15 Lake Orion Homecoming Parade 3:30
·       10/16-10/20 Spirit Week
    • Monday Oct 16th - PJ day
    • Tuesday Oct 17th - College Day
    • Wednesday October 18th - Class Color Day RAU: BLUE
    • Thursday Oct 19th - Detroit Sports day
    • Friday Oct 20th - Dragon UNITE day- Green and White 
·       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:





Flash light reading with small groups to increase our stamina and celebrate the end of a bend in our unit!





Fire cadets visited us and taught us about fire safety. We learned to only call 9-1-1 if there is an emergency, to sleep with our door closed, to have a safe spot outside our house in case of a fire, and to stop, drop, and roll. 

Kyler and Vivienne sharing the "counting on" strategy for addition. 

Students practice signing our school song! Lyrics are below.


We’re growing up together, here at webber


we love to play together, we love webber

we love to learn together, here at webber
working as a team, we love webber 

Webber is so cool, webber’s the best school
webber is so cool, webber’s the best school
  

We’re growing up together, here at webber
we love to learn, we’re a team forever

we love to learn together, here at webber
working as a team, we love webber 

working as a team, we love webber 
working as a team, we love webber  

Monday, October 2, 2017

Newsletter for 10-2

I have changed the format of our newsletters so it is easier to view in our blog. I am unable to upload a PDF to the blogger website so I was previously taking a screen shot of the PDF and it was hard to enlarge without making it blurry. I hope this helps!

In Reader’s Workshop students will…
·       Try vowel sounds in two ways when reading to figure out tricky words
·       Work hard in partnerships introducing their books to eacher
·       Practicing helping their partner, not telling!
·       Do something at the end of their book when reading with a partner such as “this reminds me of…” or “I think this part is surprising because…” or “I think this part is important because…”
·       Celebrate their best reading habits

In Math students will…
·       Begin unit 2
·       Use circle drawings to represent addition
·       Tell math stories and create drawings to match
·       Review addition equation vocabulary such as partners, total, and plus

In Writer’s Workshop students will…
·       Review ways to bring their stories to life
·       use drama (by acting out) to bring their stories to life even more
·       use familiar words to spell new words
·       edit their small moment stories so that their readers will be able to read them
·       study a mentor text and make their story similar

In Science students will…
·       look at the life cycle of an apple and notice how it turns into a parent plant over time
·       observe an apple tree during all four seasons and answer the question, “Will it survive?”
Specials This Week:
·       Monday – Music
·       Tuesday – P.E.
·       Wednesday – Art
·       Thursday – Media
·       Friday - Music

Dates to Remember:
10/4 - Walk to school Day!
10/5 - T.R.A.K.S. Assembly
10/31 – Classroom Halloween Party 2:00-2:45 following the school-wide parade. We are still in need of 3 volunteers to run centers. Please let me know if you are willing to help.
11/14 & 11/16 – Parent Teacher Conferences. Please sign up here if you haven’t done so yet: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d45acab2fabf85-fall2

Classroom Donations
If you took an apple off of our donation tree during curriculum night, please send the supplies in asap. The supplies will be used to create our morning STEM bins.  Thank you!

Volunteering
I will begin to work on creating an October Volunteer Calendar. You can only volunteer if you have been finger printed and have completed the background form sent home on curriculum night. I only have 8 background check forms that were turned back in. If you need another, please let me know. The Lake Orion Police Department will fingerprint you for a discounted price of $55. You need to go to the board office to get a form first.

Photos from our week







Friday, September 22, 2017

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Newsletter for 9-18 & Photos


Our Donor's Choose Grant was funded! Yay!

Math Partner work

Getting down our Reading Workshop Partner routines and setting goals during individual reading time (notice the sticky note :) )
Observing grass in science. We have lots of questions we hope to learn by planting our own grass. 

Monday, September 11, 2017

Monday, August 21, 2017

Meet Ms. Rau


My name is Ms. Rau and I am so excited to be your child's teacher this year. We are going to do so many fun things and of course learn lot. I hope you and your family had a fabulous summer and I can’t wait to hear about it from your child. This blog will be the best place to find information about what's happening in our classroom. I will post weekly updates with our newsletter that share what we will be learning as well as any updates and reminders. I will also post pictures and videos on this blog. I will talk to you more about what we will be learning in first grade on curriculum night on Wednesday, September 14th. Thank you for bringing in supplies. There will be a wish list available on curriculum night if you would like to contribute more to our classroom supplies as well as a sign up sheet to volunteer in our classroom and/or classroom parties. Want to know a little more about me? Here are some of my favorite things below: 

Color: turquoise
Snacks: popcorn, fruit, trail mix
Drinks: coffee and water
Sports team: MSU
Sport: football
Animal: dog
Things to do: run, cook, bake, go up north, watch movies, hangout with my friends, family, and dog named Wilson

Love, 
Ms. Rau