Mrs. Vella's 1st Grade Super Stars

There aren’t many times when someone is able to, and chooses too, step up to the plate like the Wolfley family has. The office notified me yesterday that the Wolfley family  graciously donated $200.00 to our 1st grade field trip account. We now have enough money to ensure that buses can be paid for. Words CAN NOT express our gratitude for the sacrifice I am sure this was for them. Thanks again Wolfley family for helping make our trip to the Hill Air Force Aerospace Museum possible.
It’s easy to see where KC gets his loving kind heart.

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Spring pictures will be taken on Tuesday, April 17th. Thus, uniforms are not required on this day. Please note that students should still follow dress down day guidelines by wearing appropriate attire. All students, unless you indicated otherwise, will have their picture taken. A picture packet will be sent home later for you to review before you purchase.

 

There are 5 Components to Homework this week.
1. My Math Homework Worksheets: Chapter 9 Lessons 5-8
2. Math Timings
3. Reading 20-3o minutes/day
4. Timed Fluency Passages  
5. Spelling/Vocabulary Words


 
1. Math Homework:
Monday Lesson Lesson 5: Composite Shapes
Tuesday Lesson 6: More Composite Shapes
Wednesday Lesson 7: Problem Solving:Use Logical Reasoning
Thursday Lesson 8: Equal Parts

• 1. Worksheets: PLEASE COMPLETE EVERY PROBLEM  since there are only a few 2-4/ assignnment and the kids need the practice. Please check your child’s answers for accuracy.

• 2. Fluency Timings:  This week, we will be REVIEWING Subtracting by  1, 2, or 3.  I am WATCHING for MASTERY from now on. The target goal in first grade is to finish 22/25 (OR 18/20) problems correctly in 1 minute. PLEASE TIME YOUR STUDENT FOR 1 MINUTE ONLY EACH DAY.  Your student NEEDS TO GET accustomed to only having only 1 minute to complete the timing !!!!

• Have your student place their math timing on the sheet protector in their homework folder to practice on M-W, then on Thursday, have them use a pencil and to complete the timing. They should be able to complete the entire page in that on minute to be on target. 

• I will test for MASTERY each Friday. The following students achieved mastery (90%) on Adding by “Counting on 1, 2, or 3.”

• If you DO NOT see your student’s name below, THEY DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD AND NEED MORE PRACTICE TO MEET 1ST GRADE END OF YEAR GOALS.                                                                                                               Jocelyn                                                                                                                                     Lia                                                                                                                                        Addlee                                                                                                                                     Kylie  
  

I Love to read!
3. Reading 20 minutes/5 days or a total of 100 minutes/week.

YOU CAN USE ANY TIME SPENT ON READING THE FLUENCY PASSAGE WITH YOUR STUDENT TOWARDS YOUR 100 WEEKLY MINUTES.

***Reading comprehension strategy: Help your child read a story and think of a title for it.
Then ask your child to RETELL the STORY IN THEIR OWN WORDS. The DETAILS need to be IN ORDER  from the story.UNDERSTANDING what you are reading is just as important as how fast you read (FLUENCY)!!!

PLEASE use these Re-Tell Ropes whenever you are reading with your student checking for understanding.  THIS  HELPS STUDENTS PREPARE FOR OUR  LANGUAGE ARTS WORK ON AND DIBELS  TEST COMPREHENSION.



















4. Reading Fluency Passages:

• Please follow the steps below EXACTLY for greater success

1. Have your student go through and HIGHLIGHT EVERY WORD THEY KNOW.
2. ****Talk about any of the other words they didn’t know OR were unsure of. Look for words within words like before, stand. Look for words with vowel teams like sail, goat, seat and see. Look for consonant digraphs like th, sh, wh , and th. Look for vowel digraphs like  oi, and oy.  Look for CVCe  words like, like and bike, . 
3. Read the entire passage with your student. They should be pointing to/ tracking each word as you are reading together. They should also be reading ALL the words that they HIGHLIGHTED.  
4. Lastly, talk about all the fun, cool, interesting facts from the passage. There will be many!!!
5. You may count this time towards your reading minutes for the day as it is more lengthy AND if done the right fun for your student!
6. Time your student for 1 minute and see how far they get each day. Circle the last word they read each night.

5. Spelling/Phonics and High Frequency Words:   This week’s phonic sounds are variant vowel sounds, a, au, aw, augh, al; as in call, law, haul, taught, and salt.

NEW PHONICS FOCUS WORDS:
haul
cause
saw
claw
paw
jaw

REVIEW WORDS:
moon
soup

VOCABULARY HF WORDS:
love
friend

1- FRIDAY:  Early Out 1:30pm
   Homework due
$1.00 Dress Down Day fundraiser for our Rube Goldberg team  (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).

2- Get a BOOK from Scholastic Books. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is JBTR2: Scholastic Book Club 
Now is a great time to start stocking up on some fun, inexpensive books for summer reading. They have some great deals books your student will love.

3- Spring pictures will be taken on Tuesday, April 17th.

4- SAVE THE DATE! Hill Air Force Aerospace Museum Field Trip: Friday, May 18th from 8:45 -12:45. We had to change the date from Monday, May 21st to Friday, Math 15th. due to conflicting schedules.  As always,  I will be asking for parent volunteers. If you still need to get volunteer hours in this year, feel free to join us on our field trip. 

5- SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, May 22 @ 5:00 in the Q1 gym. First Grade Patriotic Concert AND Presentation to the Crismer’s K9 Rescue Mission  

 

1- FRIDAY:  Early Out 1:30pm
   Homework due
$1.00 Dress Down Day (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).

2- Give a BOOK from Scholastic Books. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is JBTR2: Scholastic Book Club

3- Spring Break- No School April 2-6th

4- NO HOMEWORK!!!