Would you like to monitor your child's progress with sight words? If so, be sure to check out this site! I really like this site because it is differentiated to meet the needs of each individual student in my class. Thanks to Madison's mom (Ms. Stover) for sharing this site with me :)
http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~kcofer/fry_words_pg.htm
Friday, August 31, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Spirit Week
Spirit Week is coming! This is bound to be a student favorite for the school year. Spirit Week begins on Friday, September 7 with "Wear School Colors" of blue and green or your official BRES t-shirt. Monday, the 10th brings out the hats. Wear your favorite hat to school! Get your red, white and blue out for Tuesday the 11th. On Wednesday, get ready for "Backwards Day!" Wake up early on Thursday to prepare for "Wacky Hair" day. We will also have our second school Spirit Night from 5-8 p.m. at McDonald's in Fuquay Varina. Join us for supper or get dinner to go to support the BRES PTA. We will end the week by once again showing our school spirit by wearing our school colors or our official BRES t-shirt.
Math Homework Challenge for Week of August 27th
Problem #1
I have six coins that are worth 51 cent. What coins do you think I have? Is there more than one answer?
Problem #2
Five children are playing on the playground. The teacher called the children in for a snack. She had twenty cookies. How many cookies did each child get?
I have six coins that are worth 51 cent. What coins do you think I have? Is there more than one answer?
Problem #2
Five children are playing on the playground. The teacher called the children in for a snack. She had twenty cookies. How many cookies did each child get?
Monday, August 27, 2012
Mastery Club
http://bb9.wcpss.net/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_3271_1%26url%3D
Mastery Club
This is an optional activity for students who are interested in going above and beyond the normal classroom expectations. These activities are optional and meant for a challenge. Track out would be a great time for your child to work on these activities!
All you have to do is learn all about the topics on your own. Please let me know if you come across a link that does not work. Find the answers, write them down neatly, STUDY , and give me your answers and be ready for a short oral quiz.
You can become a 1-star member all the way up to an 80-star member.
You will earn 1 point for each topic. When you reach 10 points your name will be added to Mrs. Bishop's Wall of Fame.
You will be recognized and you will also receive a small prize.
*Once you click on the link, you will need to click on my classroom webpage to locate the mastery club assignment. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Mastery Club
This is an optional activity for students who are interested in going above and beyond the normal classroom expectations. These activities are optional and meant for a challenge. Track out would be a great time for your child to work on these activities!
All you have to do is learn all about the topics on your own. Please let me know if you come across a link that does not work. Find the answers, write them down neatly, STUDY , and give me your answers and be ready for a short oral quiz.
You can become a 1-star member all the way up to an 80-star member.
You will earn 1 point for each topic. When you reach 10 points your name will be added to Mrs. Bishop's Wall of Fame.
You will be recognized and you will also receive a small prize.
*Once you click on the link, you will need to click on my classroom webpage to locate the mastery club assignment. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Friday, August 24, 2012
Tumblebooks
I want to encourage all students to visit Tumblebooks online if you have access to the Internet at home. In class we have practiced logging into this site. Students are working towards logging in independently, as an adult is not always available to assist students with logging in. This is a great site for all students to practice their reading. There are a variety interests and book levels for students to choose from. There are also comprehension quizzes that students can take to make sure that they are comprehending what they read. In addition, students may read books online and count this as their 10 minutes of reading homework each night!
www.tumblebooks.com
username: banksrd
password: books
www.tumblebooks.com
username: banksrd
password: books
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Scholastic Online Activation Code
Please use the following code when placing Scholastic orders online: GRKDY
THANK YOU and please let me know if you have any questions!
THANK YOU and please let me know if you have any questions!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Update 8-21-12
Thanks for taking time to check our classroom blog! My original plan was to update our blog by Friday of each week but I'm learning that this is a lot easier said than done :)
In class, we continue to work hard each and every day! In math we have continued to focus on calendar concepts and representing numbers in a variety of ways. When problem solving, students are working towards equations and drawing pictorial representations to match their equations. Students are encouraged to draw circles with a break apart line instead of taking time to draw beautiful pictures. We have discussed that math is not always pretty :)
In writing, I have started writing conferences with individual students. I look forward to using the data collected to begin forming small groups to focus on specific skills. Daily 5 is still a work in progress. Students are doing very well working independently. We will begin reading groups very soon!
Today we began working as scientists and the students had the opportunity to experiment with a card board crayfish. Our little scientists came up with a question, formed a hypothesis, experimented, came to a conclusion, and tomorrow they will record their observations.
I am excited about all of the work that we are all doing together! It's hard to believe we are into our fourth week of school. Soon I will be sending home a sign up for our first quarter parent/teacher conference. More information to come...
Thank you to those who attended our open house last week. I will be sure to post the parent links onto our blog later this week.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bishop
In class, we continue to work hard each and every day! In math we have continued to focus on calendar concepts and representing numbers in a variety of ways. When problem solving, students are working towards equations and drawing pictorial representations to match their equations. Students are encouraged to draw circles with a break apart line instead of taking time to draw beautiful pictures. We have discussed that math is not always pretty :)
In writing, I have started writing conferences with individual students. I look forward to using the data collected to begin forming small groups to focus on specific skills. Daily 5 is still a work in progress. Students are doing very well working independently. We will begin reading groups very soon!
Today we began working as scientists and the students had the opportunity to experiment with a card board crayfish. Our little scientists came up with a question, formed a hypothesis, experimented, came to a conclusion, and tomorrow they will record their observations.
I am excited about all of the work that we are all doing together! It's hard to believe we are into our fourth week of school. Soon I will be sending home a sign up for our first quarter parent/teacher conference. More information to come...
Thank you to those who attended our open house last week. I will be sure to post the parent links onto our blog later this week.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Bishop
Math Homework Challenges
Each week I will post at least 2 critical thinking/problem solving activities for your child to complete. This assignment is optional and it will only be posted on the classroom blog. If your child chooses to complete these activities, he/she should be able to read the problems and solve them independently. Please be sure to print and return the completed activities back to school each Friday for me to see. Thank you!
Week of 8-20-12
#1 You have the following digits...7, 5, 2, 4, 6, and 3. What is the largest 2 digit number you can make? What is the smallest 2 digit number? What is the largest 2 digit number you can make with the digits that are left over? What is the smallest 2 digit number you can make with the digits that are left over?
#2 Mary likes to dress up her dogs. One wears a hat, one wears a coat, and one wears a scarf. Their names are Spot, Tag, and Barney. Tag loves to wear a scarf. Spot won't wear the coat. Match each dog with what it wears. Explain your thinking with words and pictures.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Update
Last week…
In class, we have continued to focus on letter formation (handwriting), sight words, and Daily 5. Daily 5 is a large part of our literacy time in first grade. Daily 5 includes: read to self, read to someone, word work, listening to reading, and work on writing. We have spent the past two weeks focusing on read to self and read to someone. We have also spent a lot of time discussing the importance of comprehending what we read. We learned to “think aloud” and ask ourselves questions when reading stories. We have read at least 1-2 stories every day. The students seemed to really like the stories Pete the Cat, Baghead, and Have you Filled a Bucket Today? In math, we have focused on math vocabulary, representing numbers in a variety of ways, and collecting/analyzing data. We have also practiced word problems that involve single digit addition, as well as single digit subtraction.
FYI
*Homework was accidentally sent home in your child's daily folder this past Friday. Homework will typically be sent home on Mondays. Homework will always be due on Fridays. Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns about homework. Thank you!
In class, we have continued to focus on letter formation (handwriting), sight words, and Daily 5. Daily 5 is a large part of our literacy time in first grade. Daily 5 includes: read to self, read to someone, word work, listening to reading, and work on writing. We have spent the past two weeks focusing on read to self and read to someone. We have also spent a lot of time discussing the importance of comprehending what we read. We learned to “think aloud” and ask ourselves questions when reading stories. We have read at least 1-2 stories every day. The students seemed to really like the stories Pete the Cat, Baghead, and Have you Filled a Bucket Today? In math, we have focused on math vocabulary, representing numbers in a variety of ways, and collecting/analyzing data. We have also practiced word problems that involve single digit addition, as well as single digit subtraction.
FYI
*Homework was accidentally sent home in your child's daily folder this past Friday. Homework will typically be sent home on Mondays. Homework will always be due on Fridays. Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns about homework. Thank you!
Friday, August 3, 2012
First Week
We have officially made it through our first week of first grade! Congratulations :) The students have worked very hard this week and they all deserve time to relax and have some fun!
We have spent a lot of time learning classroom routines and procedures. We have reviewed letters, sounds, numbers, number words, color words, calendar concepts, etc. Please be sure to look in your child's Friday folder for work samples and return the Friday folder back to school on Monday.
On Monday, your child will bring home the weekly homework assignment/worksheets to complete throughout the week. Please remove these from the green daily folder and return all homework back to school on Friday.
Friday is school spirit day. Please have your child wear his or her Banks Road t-shirt for the opportunity to win the school spirit contest.
Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns. Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Bishop
We have spent a lot of time learning classroom routines and procedures. We have reviewed letters, sounds, numbers, number words, color words, calendar concepts, etc. Please be sure to look in your child's Friday folder for work samples and return the Friday folder back to school on Monday.
On Monday, your child will bring home the weekly homework assignment/worksheets to complete throughout the week. Please remove these from the green daily folder and return all homework back to school on Friday.
Friday is school spirit day. Please have your child wear his or her Banks Road t-shirt for the opportunity to win the school spirit contest.
Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns. Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Bishop
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