Mrs. Vella's 1st Grade Super Stars

Lunar Eclipse Sunday

Posted on January 19, 2019 by darsie.vella

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A few days ago, I showed the kids a video clip about the up coming lunar eclipse. We reviewed how the moon. sun and earth rotate around each other and the effects that rotation causes. We are excited about the total lunar eclipse this coming Sunday, Jan. 20th. We learned why the moon appears red during the eclipse on Mystery Doug. We are all hoping for a clear skies so we will be able to see it when it reaches a total eclipse. If possible, it would be so fun for the kids get a chance to view it. I can’t wait to hear about their experience on Tuesday! Happy moon watching! Check out the link below for detailed times for best moon watching!

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/ogden

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Donation Drive

Posted on January 18, 2019 by darsie.vella

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Mother Son All Star Dance

Posted on January 17, 2019 by darsie.vella

Click on flyer for the Quest on line sales link

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Weekly Reminders

Posted on January 17, 2019 by darsie.vella

1- FRIDAY: Early Out 1:30pm
Return math homework with signature
*Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)

2- Farm to Table Cheese Making presentation on January 22nd.

3- Parent Teacher Conferences will be held 3:20-8pm on Tuesday, January 29th and Thursday, January 31st. I would like to meet with each of you, please sign up by clicking the following link: Parent Teacher Sign-Up

4- Scholastic Book Order. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is JBTR2: Scholastic Book Club

5- No School- Monday, January 21

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Farm to Table Presentation

Posted on January 15, 2019 by darsie.vella

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We are excited to have Sheri Allen ACS CCP with Artisanal Touch Events and a Quest 1st grade S.T.E.M. business partner come to our class. She will share a Farm to Table Cheese Making presentation on January 22nd. Since all of you have sign the permission form at the beginning of the year, allowing your student to participate in all learning activities which include food, you don’t need to do anything. If something has changed or you have any questions or concerns, please let me know before then.

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Homework for January 14th-18th

Posted on January 14, 2019 by darsie.vella

1- Math Homework: Lesson 16 Make a Ten to Subtract

A letter titled “Dear Family” will be sent home in your child’s green take-home-folder (Monday). Please have your student review it as the students still need some extra work on it. It provides an activity to do together. Please read the letter and invite your child to share what they know about the concept by doing the activity together.
- PLEASE HAVE STUDENTS SHOW THEIR WORK
- ***Parents, I need YOUR SIGNATURE on the math homework as well as your student’s, indicating you did this activity with your child**
*These are due on Friday. When students return this letter with their name and a parent signature (indicating a parent read it and did the activity with their child), the student will earn “Star Dust”
- Optional: for extra math practice, play any of these Math Fact Activities 2018 also PLEASE have your student work on ways to make ten.
2-Fluency Passage:
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RETURN THE FLUENCY PASSAGE
1st- Using a yellow crayon or high lighter, have your student highlight each word in the passage they can read correctly without any help FLUENTLY.
2nd- Go back through the passage and have a “Good Conversation” about the words they were unsure of or didn’t know. Talk about what strategies good readers use to problem solve/figure out the word. Here are a few suggestions…CVC if there is only one vowel, it USUALLY make the short vowel sound, CVCe-is there an /e/ at the end of the word that makes the first vowel say it’s name. Is there a vowel team that follows the rule…When vowel teams go a walking, the first one USUALLY does the talking such as ee, ea, ai, oa, etc. Are there words within words like “ants” at the end of elephants…”and” in the word land…Go over the fact that they can skip the word and use the content of the sentence to help them figure out what the word is.
3rd- Lastly, Time them for ONE, one minute timing each day. Their accuracy/fluency should increase each time they read the sentences.
WE are looking for how many words they are reading correctly out of how many they read and then what they can retell.

3.-*NEW* Language Arts RAZ KIDS
As a first grade, we have decided to add RAZ KIDS for our LA homework. Please watch our BLOG and DOJO to know when the student accounts are activated (Hopefully in the next couple days). Each Friday I will pull an online report showing student usage for the week and their comprehension scores for the quizzes they have taken.
- This weeks PHONICS FOCUS: We will focus on long /o/ and /u/ sounds spelled CVCe or VCe (consonant/vowel/consonant/e OR vowel/consonant/e : as in hope, nose, note, use, cute and cube.
- Below is a bigger overview of this weeks LA focus:

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Mother and Son All Star Dance

Posted on January 14, 2019 by darsie.vella

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Homework for January 7th-11th

Posted on January 8, 2019 by darsie.vella

1- Math Homework: Lesson 15 Add Three Numbers

A letter titled “Dear Family” will be sent home in your child’s green take-home-folder (Monday). Please have your student review it as the students still need some extra work on it. It provides an activity to do together. Please read the letter and invite your child to share what they know about the concept by doing the activity together.
- PLEASE HAVE STUDENTS SHOW THEIR WORK
- ***Parents, I need YOUR SIGNATURE on the math homework as well as your student’s, indicating you did this activity with your child**
*These are due on Friday. When students return this letter with their name and a parent signature (indicating a parent read it and did the activity with their child), the student will earn “Star Dust”
- Optional: for extra math practice, play any of these Math Fact Activities 2018 also PLEASE have your student work on ways to make ten.
2-Fluency Passage:
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RETURN THE FLUENCY PASSAGE
1st- Using a yellow crayon or high lighter, have your student highlight each word in the passage they can read correctly without any help FLUENTLY.
2nd- Go back through the passage and have a “Good Conversation” about the words they were unsure of or didn’t know. Talk about what strategies good readers use to problem solve/figure out the word. Here are a few suggestions…CVC if there is only one vowel, it USUALLY make the short vowel sound, CVCe-is there an /e/ at the end of the word that makes the first vowel say it’s name. Is there a vowel team that follows the rule…When vowel teams go a walking, the first one USUALLY does the talking such as ee, ea, ai, oa, etc. Are there words within words like “ants” at the end of elephants…”and” in the word land…Go over the fact that they can skip the word and use the content of the sentence to help them figure out what the word is.
3rd- Lastly, Time them for ONE, one minute timing each day. Their accuracy/fluency should increase each time they read the sentences.
WE are looking for how many words they are reading correctly out of how many they read and then what they can retell.

3.-*NEW* Language Arts RAZ KIDS
As a first grade, we have decided to add RAZ KIDS for our LA homework. Please watch our BLOG and DOJO to know when the student accounts are activated (Hopefully in the next couple days). Each Friday I will pull an online report showing student usage for the week and their comprehension scores for the quizzes they have taken.
- This weeks PHONICS FOCUS: We will focus on SOFT /c/ /g/ /edg/: Usually when an i or e follow the letter c, the sound the letter c makes is the /s/ sounds as in: rice and nice. Examples of the soft g and edg are: page, age wedge and ledge
- Below is a bigger overview of this weeks LA focus:

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Mid Year Assessments

Posted on January 8, 2019 by darsie.vella

Students will be taking middle of the year assessments this week. A few things that will help the students during this week:
1- Sleep
2- A nutritious breakfast
3- Attendance, all day long. Please avoid absences or early check-outs this week.

We really appreciate your help with this! It makes a big difference to your student when he/she is in attendance, well rested, and not hungry for testing. We want every student to have the best shot possible at performing well on all mid-year assessments.

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Reminder: Scheduled Testing Days This Week

Posted on January 5, 2019 by darsie.vella

Monday: Language Arts iReady Computer Diagnostic Test
Tuesday: Math iReady Computer Diagnostic Test
Wednesday: DIBLES reading assessment
Thursday: DIBLES reading assessment

Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest and a good breakfast. Please make sure your student is on time to school. Please reassure them that they can do well. Let the know that we just need them to do their best. Please let them know that I know they are amazing and and so proud of them!!!

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