Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, October 19, 2012

A Huge "Thank You"

to all parents who helped to make the Chipshoppe Fundraiser a huge success! It was fun to see how much pride the students took in their abilities to sell items in order to win prizes! The items that you have ordered (and family & neighbors) will be available for pick-up on November 19th!

Please.... sign up for PT Conferences, if you have not! A note was sent home last week and again this week giving you directions to the online PT Conference sign-up sheet. If you are having problems accessing this website, or if the website is not working correctly, please call Linda at our office (547-2340). She can help you to sign up for conferences!

If you do not have access to a computer, please send a note with your child. I can sign you up for your preferred date/time. Thanks! I cannot wait to meet with you in person to discuss your child's academic and social progress in first grade!!

Lead 21 has pushed us to think about "How Can Matter Change?" We discussed the 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, gas. Students have learned properties to be able to describe each state of matter! Go ahead and quiz your child at home!!

As we culminate our Unit 2 studies, I am asking you, the parents & families of 1B students to sit down with your children and create a project answering one of the very important unit questions "On The Move."

This letter was sent home yesterday on bright yellow paper! Refer to it for the guidelines! Please notice that the due date is NO LATER than Tuesday, October 30th! Have fun!!

Math : We have been learning about patterns, counting up & back, and the most fun.... studying odd & even numbers! Please look at your child's "math homelinks" for more information!

Let's Look at Next Week:

Monday: Hats off to Respect & Being drug free! ** You may wear your hats today!

ART

Tuesday: Trustworthy Team Tuesday ** Wear your favorite team jersey or sportswear

MUSIC

** Picture Retakes. Please send your child's picture packet back to school if you would like them to take "retake pictures"

Wednesday: Responsible Rock Star Day & Rock The Vote ** Dress like a rockstar!

3 Hour Early Out

Thursday: Caring Citizens Career Day! ** Dress like what you want to be when you enter the world of work!

LIBRARY

** Special Snack: Layton

Friday: Fairness Friday! ** School Spirit -- wear blue, black, & white

Character Counts Citizenship Project

Please bring in tasty snack foods and/or toiletries for our soldiers overseas and residents of the Veterans homes located in Marshalltown and Des Moines, Iowa.

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, October 19, 2012

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