Sterling's Snippets: Pumpkin Fun and Much More!

Good Evening,

Wow, what a week! I am exhausted but feel wonderful about the learning and fun that took place this week. It was pumpkin week and we had lots of fun exploring pumpkins through science, math, and literacy. Thank you so much to everyone that shared pumpkins! A few wonderful parents planned and chaperoned our class party. That's right, they did all of the work! The kiddos had a great time! There were so many pictures from the week and party festivities I decided to share them through a little slideshow! Click here to see it! Enjoy!

We also had the October Character Champion Assembly. Five students in our class were recognized for demonstrating the weekly words, with one student highlighted as our class' Character Champion for the month. Congratulations to all of our students.

Cooperation: Adrien

Respect: Colton

Politeness: Tinah

Golden Rule: Olivia

Our Character Champion for this month was Aubrey. I shared how Aubrey has been extra helpful with a few recent guest teachers. They both commented that she was helpful, kind and caring. Way to go Aubrey!

Conference Notice will go home on Monday. Please return the forms as soon as possible. If your scheduled day or time doesn't work, please let me know and we can adjust. I am more than happy to schedule a before school or alternate day conference if needed.

The November Calendar has been placed in your child's G.O. Book. Please check it for important dates including a few none school days and an upcoming field trip.

We had two birthdays this past week. Happy Birthday Hazel and Aubrey! These two girls were both pretty in purple on their special days!

A Peek at Our Week

Reading: We are finishing up our third unit in reading next week. The students have learned some important skills such as identifying a central message, recalling story events, and comparing two pieces of literature. A key piece to 1st grade reading is grammar and conventions. Don't worry if your child doesn't quite seem to understand nouns, verbs, adjectives, or pronouns. We will spiral through the parts of speech and continue learning about them this year. I will say, this is always one of the hardest skills for my first graders each year (understandably).

Math: We took our Unit 2 Math test last week and you were able to view the results. Math tests are still new to 1st graders since they did not take them in kindergarten. The "writing" component is quite challenging at this time of the year as well. I am trying to keep the students positive and remind them to simply try their best. You will be amazed to see some of their math thinking strategies that they were already able to share! We took the Cumulative Assessment on Units 1 and 2 this week which I will share with you at conferences.

Writing: We are busy writing our Opinion, Blue Ribbon Papers. Students are busy "judging" their own collections and writing about them using the word "because." We added this word to our student dictionaries because it is "so long and so hard!"