January and February Gifted Choice Board

Please click the link below to view enrichment opportunities for January and February!  Have fun!!!

Choice Board

 

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Welcome to the first full week of school in 2022!!!!

Looks like we will get in a full week of learning this week!  Most of the plans for last week will be moved to this week.

News for the week!

  1.  New homework sheet! This sheet will review skills we have learned to help with our comprehension of a story.  It will continue to be due on Friday.
  2. Participation weekly in Dreambox is a requirement.  Students are expected to complete one complete lesson a day or 5 lessons a week.  If you have not had time to sit with your child and view Dreambox activities, please take time this week.  Your child will need your help to see that the 5 lessons a week are completed.  Students will be given some time at school but will likely need more practice time at home to complete all five required lessons each week.  Thank you for your support!
  3. Students will bring home a map skills study guide on Monday.  Please use it to review and practice the skills we will be learning over the next 2 weeks.
  4. Please be sure to go through your child’s folder/grade papers on Tuesdays.

This week we will learn:

Language:  Compare long i with long a, learn about long o, begin a unit on how to do research, finish our bold beginnings with onomatopoeia (sound), learn how to use transitional words in our writing and expand our story writing

Math:  Place value and value of a digit in a 2 and 3 digit number

Social Studies:  Map skills (map/globe, compass rose, legend and symbols), make our own maps

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Happy New Year 2022!

I hope everyone had a safe, relaxing and happy Winter Break!   I hope to see my friends tomorrow and hear all about their adventures!  Pease keep an eye on your email for any updates from Henrico County!

I want to say that I am sorry I have not been able to post this week.  My computer battery died on Sunday and I have been without power since early Monday morning.  That means no electricity, no water and no heat!  (Fortunately, we have a small wood stove!)  I am still without power but have found a place to charge my devices!!!! 🙂

I would like to thank everyone once again for the generous gifts I received before break.  I am truly blessed with such a wonderful class.

Please take a few minutes to enjoy the photos from our Winter Party.  We created snowmen from marshmallows for a snack, we made gingerbread men from fun foam and designed an igloo from toothpicks and marshmallows to catch a snowman!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9mK851c94u2Hg5jt8

Note:  When we do return to school this week, we will not have any homework.  I will begin a new homework routine next week with a full week of school.

My plan this week will be to teach about the following:

Language:  long i with the silent e (examples: kite, ride, mile), research skills, using bold beginning in writing and transitional words.

Math: place value

Social Studies: Maps and globes, map keys, cardinal directions (north, south, east, west)

 

 

 

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The Countdown Is On To Winter Break!!!!!!

We are all very excited for this week of school and the upcoming Winter Break!  Our daily schedule will be as routine as possible.  We will be including more seasonal activities in our rotations and look forward to having our Winter party on Friday.

Special thanks to all the families who signed up to send in supplies for our Winter party.  Please feel free to send them on Monday if you have them.  I will be collecting them all week.

12 Days of Joy Continues:

Monday – Spark Joy – write a note to a teacher or friend

Tuesday – Winter White Out – wear all white, silver, light blue

Wednesday – Warm it Up Day – Wear your favorite winter hat, scarf and gloves

Thursday – Crazy Sock Day – Wear your favorite crazy socks

Friday – Tacky Sweater Day – wear your festive sweater, vest or shirt to kick off the winter holiday

This week we will learn:

Language: long a with silent e (students need to be able to fluently read and correctly spell words with the long vowel sound), we will use a venn diagram to help us compare stories and a story map to help identify important parts of a story.  In writing we will continue to learn about using “Bold Beginnings”  and how to use transitional words in our stories

Math:  adding doubles and using doubles to subtract, problem solving with word problems

Science: properties of materials, what materials of made of (ex. wood, plastic, metal, glass, fabric), light and transparent or opaque materials

Social Studies:  we will learn about winter celebrations around the world

Important Dates:

Winter Break – December 20 through January 2.  School will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022

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Half Day for Students on Friday!

Last week we worked hard learning and practicing different addition and subtraction strategies.  Please work with your child at home on addition and subtraction facts to 20.  Now is the time to purchase or make flashcards for daily practice!

We also learned about Hanukkah and Kwanzaa!

This week we will learn:

Language: long a with silent e, writing a story with a bold beginning, retelling a story with beginning, middle and end and asking questions when we read

Math:  practice addition/subtraction and equality

Science: We will continue our unit on properties of materials

12 Days of Student Joy continues:

Monday – Dream a Little Dream – wear Cozy Pajamas (Please were tennis shoes for the playground!)

Tuesday – Jingle and Bright – wear bells and twinkling lights

Wednesday – Winter Vacation – wear for favorite Hawaiian shirt

Thursday – Deck the Halls – wear your favorite holiday accessories (jewelry, festive headbands, necklace etc.)

Friday – Candy Cane Day – read read and white stripes

Dates to Remember:

Friday, December 10 – 1/2 day for students – dismissal begins at 11:35

 

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Welcome Back!

I can’t wait to welcome everyone back to school tomorrow and hear all about their adventures over the Thanksgiving Break!  I also look forward to getting back to our regular schedule.  Don’t forget library books tomorrow!

Pajama Drive

SCA is asking for your help in collecting new pajamas to support this cause. All collections are due on Wednesday, December 1st. For more information about Pajama Program, visit scholastic.com/pajamadrive and pajamaprogram.org.

What to donate:

  • New pajamas only.  All sizes, from newborn to adult
  • Pajamas should be a complete set-a top and matching bottom-or a onesie (please refrain from donating nightshirts or nightgowns).
  • Pajamas for all seasons, but especially warm, cozy ones at this time of year.

Please remember to join PTA!       http://www.ctespta.org/

This week we will learn:

Language: long vowel sounds by adding /e/ (cap/cape), writing a story using beginning, middle and end, adding adjectives to our writing

Math: addition and subtraction strategies

Science: properties of matter

 

 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving.  Please take time to think about all the amazing things we have to be thankful for and to spend some quality time with your family.

This week we will have only two days of school.  We will try to keep our regular schedule as much as possible!

Thanks to Coach LeClair we will have our annual Turkey Trot on Tuesday.  First grade will run at 1:30.  Please be sure to dress your child for the weather and running.  (Tennis shoes!)  We will be outside on a course around the school!!  Please were your class t-shirt on Tuesday!

This week we will learn about:

Language:  story retell, diagrams

Math:  conclude our unit on estimation and assessment will be this week!

Social Studies:  We will conclude our study of Jamestown, Christopher Newport, Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan

Reminders:

Tuesday, November 23 – Turkey Trot 1:30-2:00 (Dress for weather and running!)

Wednesday – Fall Break Begins – Students return to school on Monday, November 29.

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Friday is a Half Day! Dismissal starts at 11:15!

We have a fun and exciting week ahead!

On Monday your child will bring home a Ziplock bag to be filled with items for the class to practice estimation.  Please have them fill the bag with one type of item.  The item must be the same size and shape.  You can use cottonballs, q-tips, Legos (all the same size) or any other item your child can find.  Write the number of the items on a piece of paper folded in the bag.  Please tell your child not to tell the class how many are in the bag!  Return the bag by Friday!

On Tuesday, your child will bring home a Turkey Disguise project.  We will read the book Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano.    Your child will be asked to design a disguise for the turkey.  Please feel free to draw/color/paint, add fabric, sequence, cotton balls or any other items to help disguise the turkey.  Let your child be creative!!!  Then they will need to complete the writing page about the disguise they designed for the turkey.  The project will be due back at school on Monday, November 22.  We will share them in class.

Monday is Spirit Day!  Please celebrate by wearing one of your CTES shirts.  It can be one of the shirts purchased from PTA or our orange class t-shirt!  Show your CTES spirit every Monday!

*** Please assist your child with checking their homework sentences.***

This week we will learn:

Language: doubling ending consonants ss, ll, ff and zz, writing complete sentences, ABC order, rhyming words, how to get information from non-fiction text, text features (table of contents, diagrams, index, headings)

Math:  skip counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.  Assessment this week.  We will also begin a unit on magnitude/estimation.  See baggie coming home on Monday!

Social Studies: Jamestown, Christopher Newport, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan.  Assessment planned for the end of the week.

Reminders:

Monday, November 15  – Estimation bag will come home (directions are in the bag)

Tuesday, November 16 – Turkey Disguise project will come home.  Due Monday, November 22

Friday, November 19 – Half Day for students.  Dismissal will begin at 11:15

Tuesday, November 23 – Turkey Trot – Wear your orange class t-shirt!

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Updated link to Gifted Choice Board

Sorry for the problems with the first link.  This one should work for the Gifted Choice Board for November and December.  Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I6uB7NFvG9a8xRZbO-7-2qHAejuUz5yB4qSfGHefoU4/present

 

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Veteran’s Day November 11th!

Our first Young Scientist lesson will be on Monday.  We will be learning about matter!!!!!  If you have not submitted your field trip fee of $20.00 and permission slip, please do so by Monday morning.  The link for payment is:

http://osp.osmsinc.com/HenrisoVA

Special congratulations to Ellis and Chakshan for being our “Sparks Joy” award winners for the first nine weeks!  See photos tab for pictures of our first Pep Rally!

We will celebrate Veteran’s Day on Thursday, November 11.  All students are asked to wear red, white and blue that day to help us celebrate and honor our veterans!

We will have a full week of school this week!  I am excited to start our regular reading groups daily with all students.  Look for information coming home about book bags and ways to help your child with reading comprehension at home.

This week we will learn about:

Language: ending l blends /lk//lp//lt/, graphic organizers to use with non-fiction, ABC order, complete sentences

Math:  Counting to 110 and skip counting by 10’s, 5’s, and 2’s.  Assessment planned on Friday!

Social Studies:  Jamestown, Christopher Newport, Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan

Dates to remember:

Thursday, November 11 – Veteran’s Day Celebration – Please wear red, white and blue

 

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