Good Morning –
There is read aloud assignment today on SeeSaw. We would love to see you at our 9:00 Zoom. We will review pictures in our Learning Gallery, watch two videos, and reminisce at the wonderful Coolcat Bobcats and all we did and learned together. This certainly was not the school year that any one of us would choose. Remote Learning brought stress, tears, exhaustion, new learning, flexibility, laughter, and the chance for me to get to know my student’s families better (that was a true gift). I will miss our daily get together. See you at 9:00. It’s Field Day!! Use this link to Mrs. Winchell’s website or SeeSaw. Mrs. Winchell has provided you with all the information you will need for today’s outstanding, fun-filled, first-ever Virtual Field Day!
Have a great day. Happy Reading Day.... Today, the First Grade teachers are sharing four favorite books with you. Have fun with your reading adventures. All four stories have been put in SeeSaw. Choose one or have fun reading them all. Mrs. Blythe’s book for you is Grumpy Monkey. Have you ever been grumpy? Listen to this funny story about a grumpy monkey. Then draw a picture of the part you felt was the funniest! Mrs. Veilleux’s book for you is It Came in the Mail. You will be challenged to sequence the story and see if you can figure out why the author chose the character’s name! Miss Welch’s book for you is Mousetronaut! Think about what it might be like to live in space as an astronaut reads you this story from space himself! Mrs. Willard’s book pick for you is Amazing Grace. Can you make a personal connection to the character Grace? Think of ways that you are alike! At 9:30 sign onto Zoom to hear about Mrs. Ballou from the Whipple Free Library as she explains the Summer Reading Programs virtually this year! Mrs. Ballou will be presenting all sorts of fun information about this year's program. An electronic flyer with information for kids and families will be sent home soon from Mrs. Ballou. Register for Summer Adventures online – Registration will be completely online this year. You will track your progress online as well. We will be using the program ReadSquared. We will post information on the website, in our newsletter, in Bobcat news and on Facebook. Mrs. Ballou will explain this at 9:30. 9:30 Zoom with Mrs. Ballou Summer Reading with Mrs. Ballou - - Zoom Information: Meeting ID: 832 5038 4361 Password: 0T8fhJ Today from 1:00 - 2:00 the entire school community will participate in a Read-A-Thon. Check out the video from the classrooms of Mrs. Prive and Mrs. Howe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mXEdCJPpA4 Check out the Challenge Reading Bingo for book ideas for today (and everyday). You can use SeeSaw or the file below.
Let's get ready for Field Day.... Watch the video on SeeSaw and gather up your supplies.
A day without math...is like a day without sunshine! Ready for an Outdoor Math Scavenger Hunt? First listen to The Very Hungry Caterpillar on SeeSaw. The caterpillar found lots of things on his way to being a butterfly. What will you find today on your Scavenger Hunt?
Ready for two more GoNoodle favorites? Check out SeeSaw for: Machines in Motion and Beat Go Pop! You can always revisit games on Everyday Math...Xtra Math and stories on Wonders.
Scholastic News: Summer Safety!
https://sn1.scholastic.com/issues/2017-18/050318.html Class Code: Coolcat Bobcats When you finish reading, try out the fun activity making safety sunglasses! Find out about summer with Annie and Moby https://jr.brainpop.com/science/weather/summer/ User Name: bostonbp Password: brainpop Your Memory Book and Fluency Passage are due TODAY! Need a Movement Break? Go to SeeSaw TO DO: Please complete by Friday, June 5th. Today your child will have a reading fluency check in. Reading fluently means that your child is able to read expressively, at a rate of speed that is not choppy, but is not speedy, and can use strategies such as rereading words and phrases when meaning breaks down. This activity will need to be done on SEESAW. There is not a printable option. It will be important that your child do the reading independently. Keep working on your Memory Book. Everyday Math Lesson 9-9 Place Value Today’s Skills: Review place value - apply understanding of place value to solve number-grid puzzles. Go to Lesson 9-9 and click on Boxes: 2(discuss the Math Message with someone at home), 6(Math Boxes), and 7(Home Link)
SeeSaw: Number Grid Puzzles OPTIONAL Challenge: Number Grid Puzzles, also assigned on SeeSaw. TO DO: Play -- The Digit Game
Look ahead to next week: Tuesday: Read-a-Thon Wednesday: Field Day (see attached file) More information to come on these events.
Wonders: This week is all about traditions. After listening to Wilfrid Gordon Macdonald Partridge (the link is on the SeeSaw assignment), you will create a Memory Book. This is a tradition that we always do as we near the end of first grade. I will be taking some of your Memory Book entries and putting them into our Year End Video. Everyday Math: Lesson 9-6 Two-digit Comparison Number Stories Today’s Skills: Use addition and subtraction strategies to solve comparison number stories. Go to Lesson 9-6 and click on Boxes: 1 (discuss the Math Message with someone at home), 7(Math Boxes), and 8(Home Link)
OPTIONAL MOVEMENT BREAKS: Body Boogie and Body Bop, check them out on SeeSaw Don't forget to keep working on Xtra Math.
Wonders: This week’s focus is about sharing traditions! What traditions do you know about? Words to Know: before, front, heard, push, tomorrow, your READ: Lissy’s Friends. You can listen to it being read, or try reading it independently. Lissy’s friends were created by using a craft called Origami. Read the paired text to learn how it works, and then try it on your own! Directions to make a bird, cat, and dog are listed below.
TO DO:This week we are reading about sharing traditions. It is a tradition in first grade to take time to remember how you have grown! Throughout the school year, you have made amazing growth and experienced many remarkable things! Take a moment to think about the things you have learned, the projects you have created, and the memories that you have made. Print the sign below. I have attached a copy of my poster as an example. Use pictures and words to decorate the sign with memories that you have of first grade, and then share it on SeeSaw! I will be putting your poster in another year-end video.
Optional: Lissy’s Friends Comprehension. File listed below.
Everyday Math Lesson 9-5 Vending Machine Addition and Subtraction Today’s Skills: Apply a variety of strategies to add and subtract 2-digit numbers. Go to Lesson 9-5 and click on Boxes: 2 (discuss the Math Message with someone at home), 5(Math Boxes), and 6(Home Link) Vending Machine: Adding 2-digit numbers. Pick items from the Vending Machine (file attached). Add the totals together. What strategy did you use to add the items?
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: More practice adding. Print the file below and fill it with snacks of your choice. Price your snacks and then show how much it would cost to buy some of these snacks! Try adding three snacks and getting the total. I'd love to see your finished work, so please upload it to SeeSaw!
Wonders: This week’s focus is about sharing traditions! What traditions do you know about? Today’s Skills: Reading and spelling words with three letter blends str-, spr-, scr-, thr- Words to Know: before, front, heard, push, tomorrow, your READ: Spring Birthday Click on the book Spring Birthday. Before you read, click on the arrow on the left side of the screen to check out the Phonics/Fluency pages (280-281) Click on the speakers to listen to information about the spelling patterns. Look for words with these patterns as you read Spring Birthday. You can listen to it being read, or try reading it independently. TO DO: After reading A Spring Birthday: SEESAW Journal: Finish your weather tracking! Your last day, you should have a week's worth of data. Optional Activities: Weekly spelling and grammar work can be found on the Remote Enrichment tab. A Spring Birthday comprehension activity, file below.
Everyday Math Lesson 9-4 Review of Fractions, Clocks, and Fact Fluency Today’s Skill: Review of clocks: hour and half-hour, fractions, fact fluency Go to Lesson 9-4 and click on Boxes: 2 (discuss the Math Message with someone at home), 6 (try the Facts Inventory Record), 7(Telling Time), 8(Math Boxes). There is no Home Link today. SeeSaw: Math Journal page 195, review of clocks **FYI: The SeeSaw activity is the same as Math Box 9-4, page 195. During our Math Zoom we will be going over this in detail. Please do the SeeSaw activity after conclusion of our Math Zoom.
If we were in the New Boston Central School building, we would have our traditional Memorial Day presentation today. During this presentation, members of our community would be recognized for their service to our country. Members of our community would share the meaning of Memorial Day and the history of how it was first known as Decoration Day. Each grade level would have shared songs that honor a branch of the military. Thank you to all who have served. In today's lessons, I have tried to bring you a bit of what we would have experienced as a school community. Memorial Day Link from Mr. Bridle:
https://nbcsdistantlearning.weebly.com/memorial-day-virtual-event.html PebbleGo: Memorial Day USERNAME: newboston PASSWORD: school https://site.pebblego.com/modules/5/categories/5003/articles/5139 Sing along with the Army Song on SeeSaw SeeSaw: Scholastic News: Who are Veterans? Although this magazine talks about Veterans Day, we would discuss how these two holidays are connected. |
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