Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, January 31, 2014

Our Busy Week !!

In Lead 21, we finished discussing Communities. Our class created Popplet Presentations demonstrating their knowledge of communities. We also began investigating and researching a large city. We are in the process of creating Animoto videos to present to our class! They will be posted next week!!

On Monday, we will begin our 4^th unit of study. This is a Science-themed unit. It is called: “Earth’s Treasures”

In writing, we have continued practicing proper handwriting technique (letter formation, spacing, punctuation, etc.) We hung up 2 “I CAN” statements in our classroom. We practice these in our handwriting daily:
1. I can add details to strengthen my writing

2. I can use digital tools to produce and publish my work

In math we continue to work in unit 5. This unit we are practicing using base-ten blocks to help us learn place value. We are discussing fact patterns, weight, and greater-than/less-than.

Have you checked out our class Facebook Page?? If not, please log-into your Facebook account and search for: “Crestwood Elementary Class 1B.” I believe it should be available for parents, grandparents, family, and anybody you feel like sharing this page with! Please “like” our page!!

Phew! We survived a week full of MAPS, DIBELS, and Lead 21 assessments. Our class did GREAT! I will have reports by conferences and will share them with you at that time!

Parent-Teacher Conferences are approaching very quickly!! You should have received a “bright pink” note from our office regarding sign-up. Beginning on Monday morning, you will be able to schedule your children’s PT Conferences. Please be sure to add your child’s Title 1, Reading Recovery, or Resource Room teacher (if applicable) to our scheduled conference!! I look forward to meeting with each and every parent to discuss your child’s progress in first grade!!

Snow-Makeup Days:

January 6, 2014 May 23, 2014
January 14, 2014 May 27, 2014
January 23, 2014 May 28, 2014
January 27, 2014 May 29, 2014
January 28, 2014 May 30, 2014

* Mr. Carver is considering using Monday, February 17^th and Monday, April 21^st as snow-makeup days. If you have any thoughts positive or negative, please contact him at jcarver@howard-winn.k12.ia.us!

A Peek at Next Week:
Monday: Library

Guidance

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: PE w/ Mrs. Larson

~* 3 Hour Early Out *~

Thursday: Music

* Happy ½ Birthday, Lydia *

Friday: PE w/ Mr. Schmauss

Reading Strategies

Determine Important Information

When students read, they should pick out the most important ideas. The most important ideas are the ones the author wants readers to remember.

Compare and Contrast

When we compare certain things, we tell how they are alike or the same. When we contrast things, we tell how they are different!!

Make Inferences

Making inferences helps readers make sense of what they read. Sometimes the author doesn't tell us everything we need to understand. We can use clues in the story and what we already know to help fill in gaps which the author has left in the text. This is called MAKING INFERENCES!

Identify Text Structure

Stories are set up in different ways. They usually are told in sequence, or the order in which events happen. Knowing how a story is set up, or its structure, can help a reader remember the story.

Identify Details & Facts

Finding small bits of information that tells us more about important ideas.

Making Predictions

Using clues from the story and what you already know to guess what will happen next.

Summarize

Tell in your own words what has happened in the story or text.

Ask and Answer Questions

Asking questions and looking for answers in the text or pictures will help you to understand what you read!

Facts and Opinions

Facts and be proven! They are TRUE!

Opinions are people's thoughts. They might not be true! When giving an opinion, you might hear "I think...."

Monitor Comprehension

Stop and think about what you are reading. Are you understanding what you are reading? If not, use an accuracy strategy to help.

Recall and Retell

Tell about the setting, characters and most important events in the beginning, middle, and end of the text. Readers gain a better understanding of what a story is about when they can recall events from a story.

Make Connections

Use what you already know to understand what you are reading. We use text to text connections. We use text to self connections. And we use text to world connections.

Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, January 31, 2014

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