Reimers' 2021-2022

  Valentine’s Day Reminder: all our Valentine enjoyment will be done in-house.  Please do not send anything in. 101st Day Please remember to send in a shirt for your Firstie for this big day! Planetarium Our class will attend a show at the Upton Planetarium on Thursday, February 17th February Choice Board Meet the Author of Click Clack Moo, Betsy Lewin Read for 20 minutes Spend some time reading some silly poems on Fizzy Fuzzy Funny Work on Seesaw assignments Play a board game. Have a family member name a number.  Tell them 10 more/less and 1 more/less for each number they say. Make a map of a room in your house and label everything in it.  Go to Wixie and make some exciting Valentines for your family!  Organize your toys or do a chore for your family.  Write about what you did. Give this a try: Beaver Coding Make a list of everything in your refrigerator.  Put the words in ABC order. Write and illustrate a story.  Make the setting your home and a family member or pet the main charact

  Week 19 January 24-28 Academic Updates We will: Count large collections of objects Add and subtract 10s Study Long E words (speak, tree, please, beak, etc) Summarize text Read fairy tales Half Days We have half days on Thursday and Friday.  Enjoy your afternoons! Masks Students have been going through a lot of masks lately.  I think they’re easier to misplace since there are so many other things to keep track of this time of year. If possible, please be sure your child has extras in his or her backpack.  Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day in 1st grade is very low-key, but we do celebrate! We make our Valentines in class, so please DO NOT have your child prepare them at home.  We will have hot chocolate, festive cookies, exchange  Valentines, and watch a movie.  This is for students only. 101st Day We celebrate the 101st Day of 1st Grade in style! This day is a big deal and falls on February 15 this year.  The theme is 101 Dalmations.  We will be making dalmatian shirts with 101 spots in

  Week 18 January 17-21 Academic Updates We will: Do lots of subtraction! Use 10s to subtract Relate counting to addition and subtraction Read and write long i patterns (sight, bike, kite, fight, etc.) Practice making inferences  More editing Write about penguins Learn about perseverance Masks Students having been going through a lot of masks lately.  I think they’re easier to misplace since there are so many other things to keep track of this time of year. If possible, please be sure your child has extras in his or her backpack.  Conferences I will be emailing out times to conference this week. If you do not receive an email by Friday and you would like to conference, please let me know. Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day in 1st grade is very low-key, but we do celebrate! We make our Valentines in class, so please DO NOT have your child prepare them at home.  We will have hot chocolate, festive cookies, exchange  Valentines, and watch a movie.  This is for students only.

Week 17 January 10-14 I hope everybody enjoyed their snow day!! We have a number of exciting things coming up.  Please read on for details! Conferences Our next round of conferences will be on January 27th.  If you have not received an email from me requesting a conference I do not feel that one is needed for your child at this time.  If you would like to discuss your child’s progress I am happy to do so.  Please email me and we will set it up! Academic Updates We will: Subtract from teen numbers Use 10s to subtract Relate counting to addition and subtraction Read and write long 0 patterns (note, home, roam, cold, cloak, joke, etc.) Share opinions Tell the difference between facts and opinions Practice editing Continue learning about penguins Have the STEM time we missed last week  Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day in 1st grade is very low-key, but we do celebrate! We make our Valentines in class, so please DO NOT have your child prepare them at home.  We will have hot chocolate, festive

  Week 16 January 3-7 Welcome Back! This is the time of year when the magic happens in First Grade! It is amazing to see all the learning that occurs during the winter months. We have a lot of exciting things to learn, do, and experience this month! Quarantining? If your child will be home for covid quarantines or any other reason, please let me know.  I appreciate knowing when I will have students absent. If your child is well enough to participate in school he or she is welcome to join our daily Morning Meeting STARTING THURSDAY at 8:50.  Join using this link on your child’s computer. Additionally, the digital choice board will provide various learning opportunities while your Firstie is at home.   January Digital Choice Board Math Reading/Writing  Phonics/Sight words Fun/Inquiry Week 1 January 3-7 Subtraction Practice Listen to Owl Moon . Draw and write about your favorite part. Sneaky E to make Long A Owls! Week 2 January 10-14 Animal Weight Problems The Koala who Could Sight W