Hello,
We are settling back into our first grade routines after our break. It is amazing the gains that students make this time of year! We are growing so much as learners! Thanks for all you do at home to support this growth.
In January, New Directions begins to think about enrollment for next year. We have several informational sessions scheduled during the month of January for any families who would like to learn more about New Directions for their child. Word of mouth is the best way to spread the great things happening at New Directions, so if you know of any families who would be interested in sending their children to New Directions, here are the dates of our upcoming information sessions:
Thursday, January 12th-6:00-7:30 PM District-Wide Info Session held at Tanner Early Learning Center
Monday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at New Directions
Wednesday, January 18th-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House ant New Directions
Tuesday, January 24th-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions
Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set up individual tours.
Upcoming Events:
Monday, January 16th-Friday, January 20th-Celebrate New Directions Week!
Monday, January 16th-Family Night-Art Night 5:30
Wednesday, January 18th-No School-Staff Inservice
Thursday, January 19th-Family Night-Gym Night/Jump Rope for Heart
Friday, January 20th-Half Day
Reading: Readers are working hard to be in charge of their own reading. We are focusing on using the right tool for the job and doing a triple check by asking, “Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?” We’ve been using our reading strategies chart to help us set goals for which strategies we can use to help us.
Writing: We are continuing to judge our collections. Students are very motivated to write their opinions about the “best in class” in their collections. We used our opinion checklist to help us set goals to add more to our writing. We learned how writers can disagree with each other respectfully and give examples and reasons for their opinion. We will be learning how writers can use what other people say (quotes) to make their writing even more convincing. We will be spending a bit of time editing and publishing these pieces at the end of the week before we begin writing persuasive reviews. Writers will be reviewing games, toys, movies, restaurants and anything else they are able to review. Writing folders will be coming home tomorrow to be decorated with ideas of things that students can review such as restaurants, movies, toys, places, or books.
Word Work: The new words this week are: for, of, said, want, love. We have also added the word because. We are using the word because in our opinion writing and it will be helpful if it becomes one of our snap words!
Math: We will be finishing up our Place Value unit this week, with our assessment on Friday. We are reinforcing the concepts of adding a one-digit number to a 2-digit number, comparing 2-digit numbers and representing 2 digit numbers with ten sticks and circles.
Content: Yesterday in content we read two different books. We drew pictures of our family and wrote about what we like to do with our families after we read the book Families are Different. We also read When I Was Young in the Mountains. It was fun to look at how things have changed. Many were surprised that they didn’t have pencil sharpeners and that they had to get water from a well! Later this week we will look closer at Families Then and Now and we will also talk more about our relatives.
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