Spelling - Glued sounds -ang, -ing, -ong, -ung 

bang

ring

song

lung

hang

wing

long

hung

gong

thing

Vocabulary A-Z is a great resource for practicing spelling words at home!  Each week I upload the current spelling list into assignments.   

To access the website, students will again go to 

https://www.raz-plus.com/

Once there, go to kids login.

*If you haven't logged in before, it will have you put in a teacher username.  The 

teacher username is jsullivan 174.  If you have already logged into Raz for reading, you will have to click change teacher.  From there, you would type in jsullivan 174.

Once in, the student will click on their name.

The password is the apple.  

Press go.

Click on vocabulary.

Click on the assignment.

The students can choose either phonics, spelling, or vocabulary.  All choices have different games with the weekly spelling list for them to choose from.

If you are using Clever, this website is linked to our class Clever page.  The Clever QR code is in your child's Bee Binder.

Reading - The last few weeks in November we worked on running records and sight word checks during our meet with teacher time in daily 5.  This week we will get back to working in our reading groups.  This week in centers we will be finishing up the Thanksgiving centers and transitioning to centers that focus on Christmas.  In our reading groups we work on stories at each child's level.  

Our reading goal is to read at least 20 minutes a day at home.  Sight words, which are in the Bee Binder, are another thing the students can practice at home.  By the end of first grade, the students should know 175 words.

Raz Kids is a great resource for reading at home.  Each student's page has books at their level.  

To access Raz Kids, you can either go to the website or download the app.  

The website is https://www.raz-plus.com/

Once there, go to kids login.
The teacher name to enter is jsullivan100.
Once in, the student will click on their name.
The password is the apple.
Press go.
Click on the purple planet - reading.
Then there are some choices.  
     *If the student would like to read the stories we have read (or will be reading) in our reading groups, they will click on my assignment.
     *If the student would like to choose books on their own, they will click reading room.
       In reading room, they have lots of options on how to choose the books they want to read.  If they want to read books at their level only, they may press leveled books.  Every student has their level entered in the website.  This allows them to read books at their level, as well as 2 levels above and below.

If you are using Clever, this website is linked to our class Clever page.  The Clever QR code is in your child's Bee Binder.

Phonics - We are learning about 4 new glued sounds -ang, -ing, -ong, and -ung.

Math - In math we worked on identifying odd and even numbers, putting all 12 numbers on the clock face, telling time to the :00, counting dimes and pennies, symmetry, and the fraction one-half.  We also did a fun, yet challenging math turkey sheet.

Religion - We have been working a lot out of our Friendzy book and discussing "You First".  We also spent some time working on our safe environment curriculum from the diocese.  In safe environment we talk about being kind, using self control to do the expected behaviors, the difference between tattling and reporting, discussing who is a person you can trust, and making safe choices.

We will start a new virtue and values card this week.  Advent begins this week.  We will discuss our Advent wreath, make our own Advent wreaths, learn about Advent in our Promise Paper, and start working on our class Jesse Tree.

Writing - We work on writing and handwriting daily in our class.  In handwriting our goal is to write neatly, write the letters on the correct lines, form the letters correctly, and use correct spacing.  In writing, we work on adding more details.  We journal often.  Now that we have been in first grade for a few months, the students should be writing complete sentences, as well as using capitals and punctuation in the correct places.  We are starting our first writing unit.  The unit is writing personal narratives.

Dates to Remember

* Friday, December 3rd,  is our walk for South Sudan.

* Tuesday, December 7th, we are heading to NDA to watch their Christmas show

* Thursday, December 16th is the Christmas concert

* Thursday, December 23rd, is an early dismissal day

Have a great week!

Spelling - We will not have a spelling list this week.  We are on a long unit.  Our focus this week is still suffix s.

Reading - We work in daily 5 and reading groups every day.  Each group works on stories at their reading level.  When the students are not in meet with teacher, they are in one of the daily 5 centers.  Reminder - our reading goal is to read at home for at least 20 minutes every day.  Sight words, which are in the Bee Binder, are another item you can practice at home.  By the end of first grade, the students should know 175 words.

In the month of November, all of the word work centers have something to do with Thanksgiving.  Some of our word work and writing centers are making words out of the letters in Thanksgiving, rhyming turkey words, cloze activities with Thanksgiving poems, writing thankful letters, Thanksgiving sight word activities, word searches, word scrambles, and putting Thanksgiving words in ABC order.

Raz Kids is a great resource for reading at home.  Each student's page has books at their level.  

To access Raz Kids, you can either go to the website or download the app.  

The website is https://www.raz-plus.com/

Once there, go to kids login.
The teacher name to enter is jsullivan100.
Once in, the student will click on their name.
The password is the apple.
Press go.
Click on the purple planet - reading.
Then there are some choices.  
     *If the student would like to read the stories we have read (or will be reading) in our reading groups, they will click on my assignment.
     *If the student would like to choose books on their own, they will click reading room.
       In reading room, they have lots of options on how to choose the books they want to read.  If they want to read books at their level only, they may press leveled books.  Every student has their level entered in the website.  This allows them to read books at their level, as well as 2 levels above and below.

If you are using Clever, this website is linked to our class Clever page.

Phonics - We are working on suffixes.  Our first suffix we are learning about is suffix -s.  We are learning about suffix -s as a plural of a word and as an action word.  

Math - Recently we have worked on odd an even numbers, counting coins (dimes and pennies), telling time to the hour and the half hour, counting by 2's, and subtracting a number from itself.  We have also been doing some fun Thanksgiving math worksheets.  

Religion - Our new Friendzy unit is "You First".  We have been talking about putting others before you.  We learned an acrostic for others.

O - Observe

T - Think

H - Honor

E - Encourage

R - Respect 

S - Serve

In our Promise Paper we learned about the parable of the poor widow who gave the smallest amount of money, but she gave more than all the others because she gave all that she had.  Our parable went perfectly with our Friendzy theme of you first!

In our virtues and values, we are focusing on gratitude.

Social Studies - We finished up our weather unit with our visit from Mr. Beylon.  In Social Studies we have been learning about the origin of Thanksgiving.  We also learned about veterans and the branches of the military.  

Buddies - We wrote Thanksgiving stories with our buddies.  They turned out fantastic!

We made turkeys out of our hands and feet!  It's my favorite project!  They are so cute!

Have a great week!

 Spelling - Glued Sounds - am, -an

fan

pan

man

can

ran

ham

jam

ram

Sam

lamb

Vocabulary A-Z is a great resource for practicing spelling words at home!  Each week I upload the current spelling list into assignments.   

To access the website, students will again go to 

https://www.raz-plus.com/

Once there, go to kids login.

*If you haven't logged in before, it will have you put in a teacher username.  The 

teacher username is jsullivan 174.  If you have already logged into Raz for reading, you will have to click change teacher.  From there, you would type in jsullivan 174.

Once in, the student will click on their name.

The password is the apple.  

Press go.

Click on vocabulary.

Click on the assignment.

The students can choose either phonics, spelling, or vocabulary.  All choices have different games with the weekly spelling list for them to choose from.

If you are using Clever, this website is linked to our class Clever page.

Reading - We just finished a new round of running records.  I also checked all of the students on sight words.  By the end of first grade, the students should know the first 175 sight words.  All of the sight word lists are in your child's Bee Binder for them to practice at home.  Another at home goal is to read with your child at least 20 minutes a day.  

We are now back to working in our reading groups, as well as working in the daily 5 centers.  Our centers are read to self, read to someone, listen to reading, work on writing, and word work.  Our word work has been Halloween centers.  Some examples are putting Halloween words in ABC order, making words out of the letters in Halloween, coloring Halloween pictures according to sight words, filling in the blanks on some Halloween poems, writing out the words and making illustrations to the poem Jack 'O Faces, making digraph spiders, and putting all the words of the poem Five Little Pumpkins in order on note cards.  Starting today, November 1st, our word work centers all focus on Thanksgiving.

Raz Kids is a great resource for reading at home.  Each student's page has books at their level.  

To access Raz Kids, you can either go to the website or download the app.  

The website is https://www.raz-plus.com/

Once there, go to kids login.
The teacher name to enter is jsullivan100.
Once in, the student will click on their name.
The password is the apple.
Press go.
Click on the purple planet - reading.
Then there are some choices.  
     *If the student would like to read the stories we have read (or will be reading) in our reading groups, they will click on my assignment.
     *If the student would like to choose books on their own, they will click reading room.
       In reading room, they have lots of options on how to choose the books they want to read.  If they want to read books at their level only, they may press leveled books.  Every student has their level entered in the website.  This allows them to read books at their level, as well as 2 levels above and below.

If you are using Clever, this website is linked to our class Clever page.

Phonics - We are working on two new glued sounds - am and -an.  The letter/keyword/sounds are am/ham/am and an/fan/an.  We spend a lot of time working on dictation, sentence writing, vocabulary words, and trick words.

Math - We are working on -1 facts.  We worked on counting money using dimes.  We had a written assessment and a fact assessment.

One day last week, we used our garden for math!  Mrs. Anderson and I picked the bean plants out of the garden.  Our class used the beans for math.  First, we counted how many beans we picked.  (116!)  Each student then chose a bean.  We measured our beans in inches.  Our longest bean pod was 10 inches.  Next, we opened our pods and counted how many seeds were inside.  In the beans that our class chose, we came up with 60 seeds!  The most that was in one pod was 6.  We also cut a few seeds apart to see what they looked like on the inside.  We saved many seeds - and we will plant them in the garden in the spring.

Speaking of our garden, we also harvested the celery last week.  It was a little strong.  Some kids liked it - some did not.  :)

Religion - Our Friendzy unit is "Love at All Times".  We had a lesson about how love has a ripple effect on others - both big things and small things.  We learned that it's hard to love when you are HALT - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired - but that we can keep working to love.

We are also working on a clock that has many emotions on it.  Each "time" on the clock reminds us to love at all times!

In our Promise Paper we learned about the story of Bartimaeus.  He was blind and healed by Jesus.  After we read the Promise Paper, we made our own books of the Gospel story.

Today, November 1st, is All Saints Day.  We went to church where our fifth grade class shared a presentation of saints with us!

Science - In our weather unit, we are learning about the water cycle.  We also started tracking the temperature each day.  This Friday, Steve Beylon, a meteorologist from channel 2, will be zooming with our class from 10:00 - 11:00 to talk with us about weather!

Buddies - We got together with our fourth grade buddies.  We worked on reading, writing, and puzzles together!

Have a great week!