September 19th Weekly Update

I would like to thank you all for the school supplies for our classroom. It was very generous of you. we are putting out supplies to good use!

As we have started our year together, we are building our classroom community. We have a morning meeting every day where we greet each other and discuss our daily schedule.

Math Update-
We have been working on our first math unit. We have been counting, skip counting, estimating, working with number lines and our calendar routine.

Writing Update-
We have begun our Being a Writer, writing lessons. This week, we are generating ideas for stories. We will be drawing a picture and writing about "things I can do". We will be learning how to add details to our stories and picture and sharing our writing. When sharing, we will commenting on what we notice and like about our classmate's work. We will be saving our writing in our writing folder.

Spelling Update-
I have sent your student home with their first week of spelling homework! The spelling words are a combination of commonly used words in reading/writing and words containing the phonics skill being taught each week in class. Once they have demonstrated mastery on the quiz, they will be expected to spell the words correctly in their daily writing!
The activities attached to the spelling words are designed to help your students learn and have fun! Please have your student complete one activity each night Monday through Thursday. It is important to spread out the activities and not complete them in one night.
The students will be assessed on Fridays. Please take a moment to make sure that your student in ready to take the quiz before he/she hands in their packet. On weeks we have Friday's off the assessment will be on Thursday. Spelling Words: at, cat. can, back, sack, the, of, and, a. 

Printing Update-
We have started our Handwriting Without Tears printing lessons and are working on our Magic C letters, how to hold our pencil and focusing on doing "quality work".


It takes quite a while for kids to adjust to being back at school and the routine & expectations of being a first grader. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I will contact you if I have any questions as well.

Enjoy your week!

Miss O'Neil


P.S. - Don't forget that Wednesday is a half day!