Mrs. Ginn's First Grade
Dogwood Room 1-10-22 Classroom News: We have been working on a Growth Mindset inspired lesson: Goals for the new year. We have been discussing self awareness and what that means, along with practicing and improving on skills and relationships. Some topics that the kids have been writing about: a goal at home, a goal at school, a friendship goal, and something new I want to try. Ask your child about their goals! Olivia and I gave everyone in our class nice new warm mittens! Olivia has a big collection of gloves herself and some are fingerless. Olivia told the kids that the gloves were made from her husbands old socks so it's been a joke in our class. We decided they all needed their own gloves. It was also Olivia's birthday, so a fun day last Wednesday! In math we are working on subtraction. We continue to work on fluency and also on different ways of showing a number. We worked all last week and this coming week on silent e words and incorporating them in our reading and writing. We turn cap to cape, hop to hope, etc. Updates: Garden-Taking a winter break this month Toolbox-Ms. Rebecca just introduced Toolbox to the class and they made their paper toolbox. Each week we will work on one of the 12 tools. ART-They have been working on different lines and mediums. Mid week they made turtles that hopefully made it home. Dates to Remember: 1/17 No School Mid February will be conference week ( I will be sending out a google doc next week for sign ups) First Grade Schedule: 8:15-8:30 - Drop off/ breakfast 8:30-10:00 - Circle/Phonics/ACT (Friday Music) 10:00-10:20 - snack and recess 10:20-11:05 M and Friday Music 11:05-11:55 Math 11:55 - 12:40 - lunch and recess 12:40-3:05pm Read Aloud, Science, Social Studies, P.E., STEAM, Free Choice, Toolbox Library-Tuesdays 2:15pm Garden- Wed 12:45pm and Fridays 2:20pm Music-Mondays and Fridays 10:20am Art- everyday but Thursdays 1:30pm Toolbox- Wednesdays at 2:20pm Big Buddies-every other Friday 1:50pm Home Learning Resources: Lexia is an online reading program used at school. Students can log on here: www.lexiacore5.com/ Username: lowercase first name Password: lowercase first name Example: dawn dawn Students who have used Lexia before will be taken to the place where they were when last used. NEW students to Lexia at Harmony will be taken to a placement test to find the appropriate level for their learning. Parents, please let the students complete this assessment on their own. If they are placed too high in the program, it will not be a benefit to their learning. Epic Books: Digital Reading Platform. Books at all reading levels. www.getepic.com/students 1. Go to this link (above) and enter the class code: vkw2561 2. Select their name 3. Start Reading/Listening to books I can also assign books individually to students as we move forward. We use Fountas and Pinnel as a reading level guide, which helps in assessment. Our book room is full of F & P leveled books which we using during our ACT time (Guided reading groups). The link below is a graphic that breaks down the reading levels per grade level expectations. Letter E is the benchmark for this time of year. Hopefully this will help make sense of the number given under the "Language Arts" category on the report card. A number 3 is at grade level (reading at a level E). Fountas and Pinnel reading levels: images.app.goo.gl/nS4QHcgCaSUsw2gY9 I am grateful for the ACT time we have four days a week, where each child receives direct instruction and practice at their level. This is where we have seen great improvements. An example of a level E book: marinet.bibliocommons.com/list/share/639091434/664817751 (Go Dog Go! and Biscuit books are good examples of a level E) We have access to Epic Books, an online book resource, that your child can access at home. We are also using this a little in class, but will be using more. They are highly motivated to use this at home and asked me to give you the access code again! Class Log In InstructionsLaptops Have your students open up their web browser and
iOS/Android After opening the Epic app, ask students to:
Reminders: Return library book by Tuesdays Return book bag by Fridays Back to School Night Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/181H1oeVBlUTsSE72MR6-ozHmqZiaALIJEDGigC08QXM/edit?usp=sharing Amazon Wishlist: Click on link: https://a.co/eAsvA4l Google Photos Shared Folder: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9ecE6drsrcnJYTwW9 Resources From Ms. Rebecca our School Counselor: Working from home tips, mental health resources, and much more! https://sites.google.com/harmonyusd.org/counselorscorner/home Our School website: all the latest information (school calendar, School Board info, reminders): www.harmonyusd.org/
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