Mrs. Nathan's 1st Grade Class

Week of November 12th

Field Trip: Tuesday, November 13th. Please make sure that your child has turned in the permission slip, there are still several children that have not returned it. Your child should bring a sack lunch, no lunch kits; everything must be disposable. Also, have your child wear his/her Nathan's Nighthawks t-shirts, it makes is easy to spot a child in our class :) Thank you to all the parents that are joining us!

Early Dismissal (12:30) on Wednesday, November 14th.

High Frequency Word Evaluation: I will finish assessing the kids this week, additional assessments will take place in the spring if necessary.

Language Arts: this week we will focus on interrogative sentences, or asking sentences (questions). We will read Get the Egg! The genre is Realistic Fiction. The spelling pattern this week is short e and initial consonant blends such as bl, st, sm.

Math: we will work on patterns this week.

Science: we continue working on energy: light and sound.

Planner: we will wrap up our current planner this week with a visit to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts!

Week of Nov. 5th

Ten-frames practice on the Smartboard

How we express ourselves through art: creating texture

Creating patterns

Week of October 22th

Please remember that there will be a Spelling test each Friday, along with the weekly language arts assessment.

Early Dismissal (12:30) on Wednesday, October 24th. Parent Conference invitations were sent home last week. If you did not receive one and want to schedule a time please email me.

Language Arts: this week we continue focusing on the subject of a sentence and reading Pig in a Wig! The genre is Animal Fantasy.

Science: I had gotten my weeks mixed up :( We will work on the light, heat, and sound energy this week.

Social Studies: we continue working on historical figures

Planner: we continue learning about the different ways people express themselves through art. This past week we looked at a piece of art and noted all the different things we saw and wrote down questions that we have about the piece. This is the first step in the Independent Investigation Method (IIM), determining a topic. This first time, we will be investigating and researching as a group, to learn about the process.

Mrs. Bradford came in and lead an Art a la Carte lesson on Friday. The kids thoroughly enjoyed it! The lesson was on Henri Matisse, creating art with cut paper.

Their work is posted ourside our room, what a gallery!

Thanks for all the work at Spooky Spaghetti! Our booth was very popular, and I know that it was very hard work so please thank all the volunteers!!!

Both my daughters enjoyed getting their nails done. Below, Jackie is attentively watching as Mrs. Friesen begins working on hers.

Week of October 15th

Please note that the homework looks a little different this week. A spelling list is included in the packet and there will be a Spelling test on Friday, along with the weekly language arts assessment.

Language Arts: this week we continue focusing on detailed sentences and reading Sam, Come Back! The genre is Realistic Fiction which is a made-up story that could happen in real life. We will discuss Character and Setting.

We had several special activities this week that set us back:
Social Studies: we continue working on historical figures

Planner: we began our second planner entitled How We Express Ourselves: the central idea is that through art, people express ideas, thoughts and feelings. It is an inquiry into different art forms and styles, materials used over the world to create art, and personal reactions about art.