Mrs. Horn' s First Grade Class: October 2015

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Happy birthday!!!

Friday, October 16, 2015

Important Information

*I hope everyone had a terrific fall break! Please remind students of school expectations and being proactive.

*Check out the new photos on our class blog! http://mrshornsfirstgradeclass.blogspot.com/

*Red Ribbon Week kicks off this week. Please wear red to school on Monday, October 26^th.

*Our Character Costume Party is this Friday! First graders are encouraged to dress like their favorite (or semi-favorite or a familiar) character from a book on Friday, October 30^st. No need to panic or spend money. Get creative and look through old costumes, toys, clothing. For example: while I really, really love the book Go Dog, Go! - I do not own anything that would be suitable for a dog costume. But, I do have a Viking costume from a Halloween party...so I may dress up as the main character from How to Train Your Dragon because I also like that book. I also enjoy reading The Recess Queen - and all I need for that is my regular clothes and a crown that I wore at my birthday party. Please send in the book that matches the character as we will be getting together to show off our costumes and read with all the first grade classes. The public library and school library are great resources for this! No masks, please.

Here are three exciting event coming up! Please send me an email if you’d like your child to participate:

Build a Lego city with Mrs. Horn

Do you like to build? Let's build a Lego City! This will need architects, engineers, and designers! I am looking for a crew to build a Lego city. Together we can work to design stores, parks, playgrounds, and houses. We will make cars, roads, and schools. We will make everything we need to make our city look like a real city! If you are interested, bring your imagination and come build, build, build with Mrs. Horn!

The more architects we have the bigger and better our city will be! All grade levels are welcome. Send a note or email and a check for $15 per child (payable to Harmony PTA) and join us on Thursday, November 5^th from 2:30-3:45pm. A small snack and drink will be provided. Everyone’s a winner!

Spa Day with Mrs. Horn

Do you like to be pampered like a princess? Let Mrs. Horn treat you to a spa day! Salon services include a pretty manicure, stylish hair style (with ribbons and bows if desired), and make-up.

The more princesses that join the better! Sign up for just $15 per child and join us on Thursday, January 14th from 2:30-3:45pm. A snack and drink will be provided.

Mrs. Horn's Pretend Sleepover

Come in your PJ’s.

Eat some good treats!

(S’mores and Popcorn)

It’s a pretend sleepover party

Where we all stay awake!

Join us in a night filled with good treats to eat, games to play, and watch a movie on the big screen! Wear your pajamas; bring your pillow, stuffed animal, and sleeping bag.

Students can be dropped off at 6:00 pm and picked up at 9:00 pm on Friday, December 11^th, 2015 at school. Mom and Dad can go do some holiday shopping without the kids! We will be having our sleepover the same night as Mrs. Bowden, Mrs. Schardein and Mrs. Reed. The fee will be $25 and all students are welcome to attend.

Important Dates

October 26^th-30^th-Red Ribbon Week

November 5^th-Picture retakes (please send an email if you’d like your child’s photo retaken)

November 5^th-Lego City

December 11^th-Pretend Sleepover

January 14^th-Spa Day

What are we learning?

Word Work

Our new 1^st grade word wall words are always, let, may. We are reviewing these kindergarten words: all, so, an. We are also studying short e words.

Reading and Writing

We will wrap up our unit on questioning, and explore and create an alphabet book on animals.

Math

We will continue our study of geometry this week. We will shift our focus to 3D shapes. Science

We are continuing our first unit in science. This week, we will learn more about what scientist do, how they collect data, and tools and procedures they have.

Related Arts

Monday - Enrichment

Tuesday - Enrichment

Wednesday - Enrichment

Thursday - Enrichment

Friday – Enrichment

Friday, October 9, 2015

Important Information

*Harmony Harvest is this Saturday, from 5-8 PM. I hope to see you all there!

*The book fair will be open during the Harvest if you are interested in stopping by to shop.

* Picture re-takes will be on November 5. Please write me a note or email if you’d like your child’s picture retaken.

*Fall Break is October 19-23

What are we learning?

Word Work

Please practice reading and spelling the Word Wall Words daily. We will also be practicing short vowel i.

Word Wall Words: ask, help, three

Word Wall Words to review: her, said, can

Writing

In writing we are beginning our study on non-fiction text. We will read non-fiction stories and practice writing topic statements and details about the book. We will also begin exploring ABC books in preparation to write our own class ABC book.

Math

We will begin the week with our shapes museum. Make sure to have your child bring objects from home for the museum. Their objects should represent a shape and should not be valuable or breakable, but they will bring them back. We will begin learning about three dimensional shapes next week and discuss symmetry.

Reading
In reading, we will continue our study about asking questions before, during, and after we read. We will talk specifically about the difference between “thick” and “thin” questions. A thick question is something that keeps you thinking for a while, while a thin question is usually quick and easy to answer. We will work next week to ask thicker questions that allow us to think deeply about what we are reading.

Social Studies

We have completed our introduction into the 7 Habits of Happy Kids. We will continue to discuss, review, and practice these habits in our community throughout the year.

Science

This week we are beginning our first science unit. This unit will help us develop our science expectations that we will use throughout the year. We will discuss our science notebooks and how we can think, talk, and act like scientists. We will also begin practicing our observation skills.

Related Arts

Monday – Friday: PE