News for 1/27

• Amazon Wish List - Some items have been uploaded that we are running out of. Please consider making a donation to our classroom. Thank you so much! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WL8GR2NVSMWK?ref_=wl_share
• Valentines Day Celebration - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th 
• If you choose to do classroom valentines day cards we have 27 students. Please leave the To section blank and have your child write their name in the From section. This makes passing out cards much easier. Have your student bring all their cards in a box or gallon size ziplock bag with their name on the outside. We will decorate bags to store our valentines day cards/candy so there is no need to make a card box or bag at home. Thank you! 
• Please view our sign up genius and consider donating Party Item Donations for our friendship snack recipe! 
• Eyeglasses- Feel free to drop off your used eyeglasses in Webber’s main office to be donated to the Lake Orion LIONS club.
• PJs for PB&J - Webber students and staff are invited to wear pajamas to school on Friday, January 31^st, if they donate a jar of peanut butter and/or jelly. All donations will go to the Lighthouse organization in Clarkston. Thank you for your support!
• Go Red Day-Lake Orion will be participating in the American Heart Association Go Red Day on February 7^th to build community awareness about heart health. Everyone should wear RED to school on February 7^th. 

• 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 online flyers due 1/31

Save The Date:l

• 1/31 - donate a jar of PB and/or Jelly and wear PJ'S to school
• 2/7 - Wear Red to recognize heart health
• 2/13 - Valentine's Day Celebration
• 2/17-2/18 - No School, Mid Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• reread to find the just right sound
• compare and contrast key words
• find interesting parts of share
• read with feelings
• rehearse reading aloud nonfiction 

Mathematicians will...

• play 2 digit addition games
• complete the unit 4 test
• do a higher level math task
• see math in the real world

In Phonics we will...

• create a endings blend chart
• make sure writers use strong endings
• learn about phonographs that end in blends
• learn new snap words
• read words part by part

Writers will...

• create a table of contents
• create chapter titles
• plan their chapter titles
• write with details
• give examples in their nonfiction writing

In science this week students will become engineers and design a safety item out of recycle material inspired by a plant or animal. 

In social studies this week we will explore great leaders.

News for 1/21

• Valentines Day Celebration - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th (I will be out of town on Friday,  I apologize for any inconvenience) If you choose to do classroom valentines day cards we have 27 students. Please leave the To section blank and have your child write their name in the From section. This makes passing out cards much easier. Have your student bring all their cards in a box or gallon size ziplock bag with their name on the outside. We will decorate bags to store our valentines day cards/candy so there is no need to make a card box or bag at home. Thank you! Please view our sign up genius and consider donating Party Item Donations for our friendship snack recipe! 
• Eyeglasses- Feel free to drop off your used eyeglasses in Webber’s main office to be donated to the Lake Orion LIONS club.
• PJs for PB&J - Webber students and staff are invited to wear pajamas to school on Friday, January 31^st, if they donate a jar of peanut butter and/or jelly. All donations will go to the Lighthouse organization in Clarkston. Thank you for your support!
• Go Red Day-Lake Orion will be participating in the American Heart Association Go Red Day on February 7^th to build community awareness about heart health. Everyone should wear RED to school on February 7^th. For more information about the American Heart Association visit https://www.heart.org/.
• 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 online flyers due 1/31

Save The Date:l

• 1/23& 1/24 - Half days of school (dismissal at 11:30)
• 2/13 - Valentine's Day Celebration
• 2/17-2/18 - No School, Mid Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• learn new words as they read
• be flexible with vowels
• find and think about keywords
• reread a page to find the just right sound

Writers will...

• use readers to help add or take away information
• self assess and set goals
• edit for spelling, capitals, and puncuation

Mathematicians will...

• count on from a two digit number
• practice with two digit numbers
• play two digit addition games

In phonics we will...

• learn blends come at the end of words sometimes
• make a hidden blends chart

Scientists will...

Photos from last week:

Showing a two digit number with ten sticks and ones

Becoming nonfiction readers

Engineering towers using toothpicks and spaghetti. We were able to redesign our towers after looking at our friends towers. 

 

Learning about tricky y!

 

 

Engineers were inspired by turtles, acorns, armadillos, coconuts, and watermelon to build bike helmets! Engineers are always improving their designs. Check out our new and improved bike helmets. 

News for 1/13

• Valentines Day Celebration - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th (I will be out of town on Friday,  I apologize for any inconvenience) If you choose to do classroom valentines day cards we have 27 students. Please leave the To section blank and have your child write their name in the From section. This makes passing out cards much easier. Have your student bring all their cards in a box or gallon size ziplock bag with their name on the outside. We will decorate bags to store our valentines day cards/candy so there is no need to make a card box or bag at home. Thank you! Please view our sign up genius and consider donating Party Item Donations for our friendship snack recipe! 
• Eyeglasses- Feel free to drop off your used eyeglasses in Webber’s main office to be donated to the Lake Orion LIONS club.
• PJs for PB&J - Webber students and staff are invited to wear pajamas to school on Friday, January 31^st, if they donate a jar of peanut butter and/or jelly. All donations will go to the Lighthouse organization in Clarkston. Thank you for your support!
• Go Red Day-Lake Orion will be participating in the American Heart Association Go Red Day on February 7^th to build community awareness about heart health. Everyone should wear RED to school on February 7^th. For more information about the American Heart Association visit https://www.heart.org/.
• 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 online flyers due 1/31

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...

• work on fluency, stress, and intonation
• celebrate learning and create new goals
• not let hard words get in the way
• crash word parts together
• check that the words make sense and look right

Writers will...

• teach with pictures and words
• use number, size, color, and shape words to add detail
• spell fancy topic words with all their strength 
• use readers to help add or take away information
• self assess and set goals

Mathematicians will...

• add with groups of 10 
• practice with 10's and 1's
• use place value to compare numbers
• add with 10's and 1's
• mix addition with 10's and 1's

In phonics we will...

• listen for the difference in es/s sounds
• learn about tricky y
• learn blends come at the end of words sometimes
• listen for endings in words (ing, s, es, er, ed)

Scientists will...

• think about where an idea for a solution could come from
• be an engineer and create a boat, bridge, or tower

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