Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, May 2, 2014

Congratulations! To first grade students for SUCCESSFULLY completing both the reading and math MAPS Testing! Results will be available to parents in the upcoming weeks.

You may have noticed reward baggies being sent home with one piece of candy for each point of growth since their fall scores. As a first grade team, we will be having a POPCORN & MOVIE celebration this afternoon!

Next week we will begin Spring DIBELS assessments. I am hoping to be finished by Friday! Each child will take an individual assessment with me that lasts only 5-10 minutes. Students will be tested on Nonsense Word Fluency and Oral Reading Accuracy.

Welcome back to school MaKiah!! We sure did miss you!

May 2^nd was National “Go the Distance Day.” To celebrate, our class walked the track for 30 minutes to support physical activity.

Today we went to the Cadet Store and turned in some of our Cadet Dollars to buy items! Some of us are choosing to save our money and hopefully buy a bigger item later on!

Thanks Lydia & Erica for hiding your snakes on and under my desk!!

It seems as though some students already have an “end of the year” countdown in their minds!! We are still trying to squeeze as much reading, writing, math, science, etc. into our days as possible! We began both a new literacy and science unit. We are learning about animal habitats, plant and animal needs, adaptations, etc. We put up our fish tank and Michelle Ahern graciously went to WalMart on Wednesday and brought back fish! We will be studying fish characteristics and at the end of May we will travel to Lake Meyer and the Fish Hatchery to see natural fish habitats!

A Look Ahead:

Monday: Library & Guidance

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: PE

* 3 Hour Early Out *

Thursday: Music

Friday: PE

Happy Birthday Sam: May 14^th!

May 15^th: Moon Calendars Due!

Friday, May 23th: Read N Feed: Smores Celebration 2:30-3:00 (more information to follow!)

Happy Birthday Carter: May 23^rd!

May 26^th: NO SCHOOL!!

Wednesday, May 28^th: Fitness Center Swim Day

** Parent Volunteers WANTED!!

Thursday, May 29^th: Field Trip to Lake Meyer & Fish Hatchery

Tuesday, June 3^rd: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

* 3 Hour Early Out *

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, May 2, 2014

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