Thank you to all of the parents who attended Parent Teacher Conferences this week. We have one more day of conferences on Wednesday, November 16.
Monday – Send in your child’s library book. We get new ones today.
Wednesday – Last night of parent-teacher conferences. I will be seeing:
- 4:20 Gelan
- 4:40 Banks
- 5:00 Brambila
- 5:20 Nash
- 6:00 Mays
- 6:20 Maweri
- 6:40 Katip
Thursday – Pasta Night in the Geer Park Cafeteria from 5:30-7:30
We need your help. Please consider sending in some nonperishable items for our food drive. We only have 7 days left. So far we have 53 items. Thank you to the families who have donated so far.
Please buy your tickets in the office for the Geer Park Pasta Night on Thursday, November 17 from 5:30-7:30. They are $10 for an adult and $8 for children 3 and older. I hope to see you there. I bought my ticket on Friday. Yay!
Geer Park started their first math-a-thon in October. These are our first, second, and third place winners.
Congratulations guys! Everyone should start practicing their FAST addition and subtraction math facts now. Our next math-a-thon is in January.
Spelling
These words have blends at the end of the word. At the end, there will be mp, nd, and st.
- jump
- clamp
- mist
- west
- trust
- bland
- send
- wind
- good
- by
- them
- who
Reading
We read together every day in our Benchmark Unit booklet. However, we are expected to get to our individual groups too. This has been a bit of a struggle lately due to behavior. We feel that we should be running around and at other students’ desks instead of following directions. Misdirection eats up time. Due to that, I have had to flip-flop math and reading.
I will be having small reading instructional groups every day, next week.
Writing
We will have our next writing “A Time When I Was Responsible” finished on Friday.
Math
We are in the last part of Module 1. It is fluency with subtraction. This was a bit tricky today. I understand the first graders might know they fast math facts, but they are required to show a math picture to get the full points on the quizzes and final assessment. Oh my goodness, about 15 out of the 20 would not or could not draw the math picture. We worked and worked. Here is an example of what I need from your child.
It is to show your child’s thinking. It is to help your child check for their own errors too. These math drawings will be required on our assessments. Please practice.
Science
We will learn about reptiles, fish, insects, and amphibians. Then we will be assessing.