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Room 2 News
October 13th, 2014
Homework OKAY families, CHANG! A"#OA$%%%%% Reading Homework. will be done with books from your home libraries. Please use the Green Folder to record the rea&i'( each 'i(ht with the name of the book, 10-1 minutes. !he Green folder should li"e in your child#s back$ack and go back and forth with change% & the difficulty in getting books returned to the correct classroom & e'$ectations will be consistent in both first grade classrooms. !ome s)((estio's for (oo& books* (t. )incent Good *ill *alter"ille#s +'cellent ,ibrary -ou will want to choose books that your child en.oys, that you en.oy. /0o more !am 1at sat on a mat2 3 4f your child can read all the words great, if not, they can read the ones they 150 read. $his weeke'& + ,)rchase& -.0/00 worth of books from 1ostco for the "ery early readers. 4f you would like to borrow these books for a cou$le of days, 4#d #O0 to share2 Please e,mail me or send a note. Rea&i'( m,hasis 1ho'emic Aware'ess- 6lending sounds in words, rhyming words 1ho'ics !o)'&s- b, r, h, g, and the short i sound as in igloo. Com,rehe'sio'- 1ause and +ffect, /*hen one e"ent causes another thing to ha$$en.3 1om$aring the !e't /7eaning the story3 to (elf /7eaning something in the child#s life3, !e't to !e't com$arisons. 5sk your child to find the $ages in the story that you are reading that tell them why they think a certain e"ent ha$$ened. 2ath 1hildren will be able to% draw story $roblems with $ictures, 8uick draws, and circles identify e8ual numbers identify un-eaual sets begin learning the 91ounting :n; strategy Katie Stocks 1st Grade Teacher Walterville Elementary School Springfield Oregon email; [email protected].!s "e# page; http$%%katiestocks."ee#ly.com &ollo" my classroom on T"itter$ https$%%t"itter.com%'%katiemstocks@1stgrade"alterville &riend me on face#ook !nder the name( kmstocks Room 2 News October 13th, 2014 1 2ost chil&re' ha3e safe shoes for 1/ Yahoo% Hiking boots, !oms and Romeos are great shoes for kids, and good for most $lay that young children do outside and in. 6ut, for the 8uick turns and fast sto$s that we do in the gym in P+ class, they are not the most stable or fle'ible. 1hildren 0++< to ha"e athletic shoes that tie or )elco. *hile 4 don=t want to get into arguments about footwear, 4 do want to make sure that kids can $lay hard, get their hearts $um$ing and don=t want them to s$rain an ankle2 4 know this is not High (chool )arsity 6asketball > -3, but, we want kids to be able to be stable while they $lay. 4=m ha$$y to su$$ort getting some shoes if needed. ,ast !hursday afternoon all *alter"ille teachers went to a class that will bring in ?real? trainers to su$$ort or P+ classes2 4=m so e'cited to ha"e the kids meet (am, our ?trainer?. !he kids will lo"e him and his ideas for e'ercise and Physical +ducation2 !che&)le 2o'&a45 7usic @ P+ $)es&a45 ,ibrary @ P+ 6e&'es&a4- ,ibrary Return books @ P+ $h)rs&a4- 7usic @ P+ "ri&a4- 5rt Cale'&ar* 10A1B 10 am Cog-a-thon 10A1B 1>D0 :ur !rainer comes to $lay2 10AEF 11-1E>D0 ($ecial Guest ,uncheon 10AEF 1$m +arly Release 10AEF G $m Fall Festi"al 10AEB-D1 6ook Fair 5ll week 10AEH 1>D0 $m H+5R! 5ssembly 11AF <ri"e your ballot to the collection site if you ha"en#t mailed it yet2 11AG-B 0o school for children. (tay tuned for conference schedules. Katie Stocks 1st Grade Teacher Walterville Elementary School Springfield Oregon email; [email protected].!s "e# page; http$%%katiestocks."ee#ly.com &ollo" my classroom on T"itter$ https$%%t"itter.com%'%katiemstocks@1stgrade"alterville &riend me on face#ook !nder the name( kmstocks Room 2 News October 13th, 2014 0ol)'teer !che&)le* 2o'&a45 H>F0-10>1 5llie Rowe, Coy 1E>F-1>D0 Culia (o$er $)es&a45 H>F0-10>1 ,ana 6ennett and 1andyee 1E>F-1>D0 5mber 1hristian 6e&'es&a45 H>F0-10>1 Can IooJer and 7egan 1E>F-1>D0 Camie Robert, and !ina $h)rs&a45 H>F0-10>1 Cennifer 6asker"ille 1E>F-1>D0 5mber !hom$son "ri&a45 H>F0-10>1 6rittany (earcy and Culia 1E>F-1>D0 Culia $ha'ks%%%%%% Katie Stocks 1st Grade Teacher Walterville Elementary School Springfield Oregon email; [email protected].!s "e# page; http$%%katiestocks."ee#ly.com &ollo" my classroom on T"itter$ https$%%t"itter.com%'%katiemstocks@1stgrade"alterville &riend me on face#ook !nder the name( kmstocks