Thank You!
We loved seeing our students at the parade this week (we’ve missed them so much!) and truly appreciate the kind, generous, thoughtful gifts and notes. It is our pleasure and honor to have this opportunity to teach your children. Thank you for sharing your child with us this year!
Special thanks to our amazing POQA board who continues to give of their time and talents to help our school be the best! Thanks again for the gifts and notes of gratitude!
Love,
Ms. Smith and Mrs. Teichert
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
You can celebrate by singing a song and doing an art project:
Sing a Cinco de Mayo song
Draw a Cinco de Mayo Boy
Teacher Appreciation Week Activities
Video of Yesterday’s Teacher Parade
Tuesday, 5/5/2020 Lessons
Hello my fabulous First Grade friends! Welcome to Terrific Tuesday!
Small Group meetings today:
–Ladybugs (Dexter, Noah, Kenzi L), use the Zoom link and log-in at 10:00
–Butterflies (Landon, Jaxson, Wynter, Ryleigh, Leilani, Jacob), use the Zoom link and log in at 10:20
–Praying Mantises (Treyson, Stevie, Ryker, Easton, Liam), use the Zoom link and log in at 10:40
Today’s Assignments:
1. 8:30 am: Go to Zoom for our morning meeting. (Use Google Classroom to get the Zoom meeting link.) Daily attendance will be taken during this meeting.
2. Watch the Wonders Language Arts Lesson Video
- Complete Your Turn pages 310 & 313
- Writing Journal
3. iReady READING: Go to clever.com and log in with your QR code. Complete at least 10 minutes or more. Your goal is to have 50 minutes by the end of the week.
4. ECRI Phonics Lesson Part 1
ECRI Phonics Lesson Part 2
Part 2 Decodable called Gram’s Cat
5. Lunch Break
6. Watch this Math Lesson Video. We are working on Lesson 34, Session 4 today. This lesson is about putting shapes together.
- Complete Ready Math Review Pages 809-812.
7. iReady MATH: Go to clever.com and log in with your QR code. Please complete any Teacher Assigned lessons first. (These will be the blue boxes on the left-hand side.) If already completed, work on the green box under My Path.
8. Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lesson
9. 12:45 Optional final check-in using Zoom. You only need to join if you have questions or want to say hello.
Additional Learning Ideas: (Optional):
Reading Homework passage called “Turns of Phrase”
Math Homework (Dear Family letter Lesson 34)
Read for 20 minutes or more.
RAZ kids Click on “Kids Login”. Teacher’s Username: FirstRams
Wonders Online Activities
Mrs. Vella Reading: Goat’s Big Adventure
Ms. Smith is teaching today. Feel free to email me (lsmith@questac.org) with any questions you have. I’ll be available via email from 8:00am to 4:00pm today. Happy learning!
Jr. High Game Coding Competition
Now it’s your turn to play the games and vote for your favorites. The winner will be the game developer with the highest ranking. To play and vote, click here: https://bit.ly/gamecodingcomp
Happy Birthday Marayah!
Monday, 5/4/2020 Lessons
Good morning and welcome to Mindset Monday. Our quote for the week is: “Do the right thing, even when no one is looking”.
Small Group meetings today:
–Dragonflies (Brighton, Gabe), use the Zoom link and log-in at 10:00
–Grasshoppers (Gabe, Kenzie M, Brenlie, Bria, Miles), use the Zoom link and log in at 10:20
–Bees (Emma, Marayah, Violet), use the Zoom link and log in at 10:40
Today’s Lessons:
1. 8:30 am – Library. Go to your Google Classroom and find the “1st Grade Library” class. Use the link Mrs. Anderson provides and join her for some library fun.
2. 9:00 am – Join Ms. Smith on Zoom. (Use the link found in our Google Classroom.) Daily attendance will be taken during this meeting.
3. Watch the Wonders Language Arts Lesson Video
- Complete Your Turn pages 307, 308, 309
- Writing Journal Sort Video
- Practice Sight Words/Fluency Phrases (When you can read through your list easily and fluently a parent/caretaker can “pass” it off!)
4. iReady READING: Go to clever.com and log in with your QR code. Complete at least 10 minutes. Your goal is to have 50 minutes of iReady Ready by the end of the week.
5. ECRI Phonics Lesson Part 1
ECRI Phonics Lesson Part 2
Part 2 Decodable called Scrape And Scratch
6. Lunch Break
7. Watch the Math Lesson Video. We are working on Lesson 34, Session 3 today. This lesson is about putting shapes together.
- Complete Ready Math pages 803-808
8. iReady MATH: Go to clever.com and log in with your QR code. Please complete any blue Teacher Assigned lessons first, then work on the green My Path box.
9. Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lesson
10. No 12:45pm meeting today. I am cancelling the 12:45 check-in meeting so we can get ready for the Teacher Parade at Quest. As a reminder, if your last name starts with letters A-M, you can drive by Quest and see your teachers between 1:30 and 2:00. Last names starting with N-Z, drive by between 2:00pm and 2:30pm.
Additional Learning Ideas: (Optional):
Ms. Smith reading “The Book With No Pictures“
Math Game and printout
Reading Homework passage called “Turns of Phrase”
Math Homework (Dear Family letter Lesson 34)
Read for 20 minutes or more.
RAZ kids Click on “Kids Login”. Teacher’s Username: FirstRams
Wonders Online Activities
STEM Challenge Idea: Sun Scientist. Watch the video and print out these two worksheets: Worksheet #1 and Worksheet #2
P.E. video with Mr. Ryker
Mystery Doug Video
Ms. Smith is teaching today. Feel free to email me (lsmith@questac.org) with any questions. I will be available via email from 8 AM to 4 PM today. Happy learning!
Friday, 5/1/2020 Lessons
Small Group meetings today:
–Dragonflies (Brighton, Gabe), use the Zoom link and log-in at 10:00
–Grasshoppers (Gabe, Kenzie M, Brenlie, Bria, Miles), use the Zoom link and log in at 10:20
–Bees (Emma, Marayah, Violet), use the Zoom link and log in at 10:40
Today’s Assignments:
1. 8:30 am: Go to Zoom for our morning meeting. Use Google Classroom to get the Zoom meeting link. Daily attendance will be taken during this meeting.
2. Watch the Wonders Language Arts Lesson Video
- Complete Your Turn pages 305-306
- Complete Close Reading Companion page 186
- Writing Journal
- Practice Sight Words/Fluency Phrases (When you can read through your list easily and fluently a parent/caretaker can “pass” it off!)
3. iReady READING: Go to clever.com Complete at least 10 minutes today.
4. ECRI Phonics Lesson Part 1
ECRI Phonics Lesson Part 2
Decodable for Part 2: The Rusty Knight
5. Lunch Break
6. Watch the Math Lesson Video. We are working on Lesson 34, Session 2 today. We are learning to put shapes together.
- Complete Ready Math Pages 797-802
8. Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lesson
9. 12:45 Optional final check-in on Zoom. You only need to join if you have questions or want to say hello.
10. 1:00 “Guess Who?” game with Ms. Smith for friends who have finished all their weekly work. We will meet on Zoom.
- Ms. Smith reading “I Broke My Trunk”
- Reading Homework passage called “A Boy Who Cried Wolf”
- Math Homework (“Dear Family” letter. Lesson 34)
- Read for 20 minutes or more.
- RAZ kids Click on “Kids Login”. Teacher’s Username: FirstRams
- Wonders Online Activities
- Art project: How to make an origami dog
- SeaQuest field trip – Episode 2
- SeaQuest field trip – Episode 3