I hope that you enjoyed a fun filled weekend together! It sure was an exciting weekend for sports. This week we have our annual charity volleyball game. The game will be held at Geisler Middle School (Pontiac Trail) at 6:30pm on TUESDAY. The WLE Staff will be playing the Hickory Woods Staff! All proceeds will go to Team Joseph (raising money for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. I will be there playing for WLE and would love to have some cheerleaders.
This week we have been learning about non-standard measurement in class. Non-standard means that we are using objects like cubes and sticky notes as our unit of measure. In 1st grade, you child will learn about standard measurement for length (ruler). Earlier in the week, each child had a piece of cut string that was exactly their height. They went around the room to see what things in our classroom were as long as they were. On Thursday, they used sticky notes to measure how long they were to determine if they were tall enough to ride a carnival ride. The kids have so much fun thinking about measurement!
In Reading we have been learning about strategies that readers use to figure out unknown words. One strategy that they have been working with is to point to the words as they read, look at the cover and pictures to think about what the story might be about, and looking at the first letter and the picture. In writing, we have been working on saying words slowly to listen for the beginning, middle and ending sound.
Your child will continue to bring home a book bag at least 3 times each week. Sometimes they will be bringing a book that they have read in a reading group with me and other times they will be bringing a self selected book.
Report Cards will be available in FamilyAccess on Wednesday at 4:00 pm.
We have been all around investigators this past week. During morning work, one group of kids built a long tower with interlocking cubes. They laid down on the floor next to it and learned that it was 5 kindergartners long. We also thought like an engineer and created toys that could be moved with a PUSH or a PULL. We presented our creations to the class. We also learned about gravity and how things that are heavier fall harder.
