Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, September 5, 2014

The End to Another Busy Week

We have officially completed our first 11 days of school. Students have been busy getting to know each other and making new friends within our classroom! We have learned and practiced classroom routines and structure as well as school wide expectations through the program called PBIS. Has you child mentioned Cadet Tickets, Cadet Bucks, or Gumballs?! Those are all part of our reward system for making good (Big Me) choices!!

I am so proud of our class for learning how to show respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, and care throughout our school days!! They have also learned how to use their BRAVE TALK to solve problems!! Here is how BRAVE TALK works:

1. Say the person’s name

2. Say the problem

3. Ask them to please stop

An example of brave talk is as follows*** Mrs. Rausch, I don’t like it when you budge in front of me, can you please go to the back of the line?!

Have you been able to visit our classroom’s Facebook Page? I try to add pictures and reminders several times a week! Share this link with grandparents and other family members that may want to be active in following your child throughout the school year!!

https://www.facebook.com/rauschc.class1b

Math “Home Links” are beginning to come home tonight. These are informational forms with a brief homework assignment almost everyday for families’ to stay connected with what we are learning in school! This week we have worked on making tallies, “frog jumping,” and solving word problems. Please take a few minutes this weekend to work with your child on finding numbers at home whether in a magazine or around the house and either draw or cut out these pictures!!

Cadet Time is ½ an hour of our day where students are able to practice reading skills such as phonics, comprehension, tricky words, etc. First grade is lucky to all have the same Cadet Time. If your child mentions spending time in Mrs. Mahr, Mrs. Voves, or Mrs. Berg’s first grade classroom that simply means that they spent that ½ an hour learning in a different classroom environment. Throughout the school year we will be switching up groups based on ability level in whatever skills we are working on in school! This is usually the students’ favorite time of the day apart from pe and recess!

Have a great weekend!!

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, September 5, 2014

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