Peek at My Week

Ahhh Monday!!! How I love you when you are not a work day!?! That's right NO SCHOOL for this teacher, thanks to Casimir Pulaski!!!

My teaching bestie, Molly, at Miss K's Little Ray's and I are sharing what our week looks like! It's a fun short week in the kinder/first hall!!!

ELA: We are working on Dr. Seuss again!!! This week we will see what happens when The Cat in the Hat Comes Back! Our spelling words will have the final "th"!

MATH: Addition word problems are in the air and we are choosing the best strategies!!!

Science/Social Studies: we will continue learning about Weather, while also learning about close reading! We will also learn about our core value, COURAGE!

WRITING: We will work on picking our favorite parts of the story, while also fine tuning our sentence writing skills!!! All of this leading up to next week, when we compare and contrast the adventures of the Cat and the Hat!!!

That is a quick look at our short week! What are you doing in your room???? Don't forget to check out what Molly and her little rays are up to!

Peek at My Week!!

It is seriously crazy how it is already February. I mean, seriously, WHERE HAS TIME GONE?!?! We are back to Monday, so my teaching twin, Miss K's Little Rays, and myself are sharing our Peek at My Week with you!!!! This Peek at My Week will give you a glimpse into what we will be teaching in our classrooms for the week!

Peek at my week!

This is our first week back to school in 2016! To ease us in, teachers work today and students come tomorrow!  

This week isn't your typical week in 1st grade, why you ask???? Because we are heading to Boot Camp, PBIS Boot Camp that is.  My awesome teaching buddy and across the hall neighbor has been hard at work planning and organizing this awesome review of our skills. For those of you not familiar with PBIS it is our schools behavior plan.  PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports.  Our firsties are going to go through multiple mini lessons on our school wide expectations of Be Safe, Be Respectful, & Be Responsible.  Students will review (or for some will be relearning what previously didn't stick) these expectations and what they look like throughout our building.  Fun activities will assist their learning.  Boot Camp will culminate in a graduation of our 1st grade cadets.    Be sure to check back for a recap on our trip to Boot Camp!

When we are not reviewing our expectations, we will be easing back into first grade skills.  In Reading, we will be reading Splat the Cat Blow Snow Blow.

We will ease back into Spelling by reviewing some short vowels!!

In Math, we will review some of our 1st semester skills and prepare for our NWEA testing coming up!!

That's just a peek!!! Stay tuned to our Instagram to see it all come to life!!

A Peek Into My Week..

Before I get into a Peek into My Week, I will give you a little peek into my life!!! We have now been in school for one full month!  Progress Reports went home on Friday and we are half way through Quarter 1!  WHAT??!!??!!??  I know all you teachers out there will understand when I say, where the heck did the month go?  I mean, I love FALL and all....but October is 11 days away, how did that happen??  Well as always, I had a plan and it has been a rough start to the school year!  Not rough in a bad way, just rough on my side...trying to learn to juggle life, school, and my amazing little three year old!  To add to the fun, we of course experienced the hottest temperatures of the whole year...once we started back to school in our non-air conditioned building!  No one knows hot, til they are hanging out with 22 first graders in a room with temps WELL over 90!  We survived and the smell of crisp air is on the horizon.  The amazing three year old is adjusting to our new schedule (thank God for her amazing babysitter). And I, am beginning to keep my head above the water! I have a new plan and I think it is attainable!  So be sure to stop by more frequently, as there are amazing things happening in Room 105 and you won't want to miss it!!!!

Now on to our week...

Events for the Week:

SIP Day

Back to School Showcase

Core Value Assembly

DIBELS testing

Our current focuses:

ELA- Pete the Cat Unit: Story Elements, Punctuation, Nouns, & CVC Blending

Math: Ways to Make 6,7,8,& 9 & Number Sense to 120 

Science: Objects in the Sky

Daily 5 looks a little bare on purpose!  We will be using that time to tweak our skills, as well as work on some projects for our Back to School Showcase!  

A few of the resources we will be using are:

The Groovy Cat Pack from Teacher by the Beach

ABC ya

My Math

Give the Dog a Bone

100 Chart Puzzles from First Grader at Last

So there is your peek!  Now be sure to check back and see how it goes!!!!