Volunteer Hours: To all those wonderful Nicholson volunteers, we
want to thank you for all you do here at Nicholson. We currently have logged
1,091 volunteer hours. Our goal is to log 3,000 by the end of the school year.
On the volunteer sign-up on the desk in the front lobby, all you have to do is
record your name and the hours you spent volunteering. We’ll do the rest.
Gradually, you will see our Volunteer-o-meter rising higher and higher every
week. Everything you do here at Nicholson, whether big or small, helps make
Nicholson shine even brighter!
CURRICULUM UPDATE
MATH:We will continue using strategies to make number combinations to help us add and subtract.
Math Standards Addressed:
MCC1.OA.7 Understand the meaning of the equal sign and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false.
MCC1.OA.8 Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers. Determine the unknown number that makes the equation true.
MCC1.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing with unknowns in all positions by using objects, drawings, equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
MCC1.0A.2 Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20 by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
MCC1.NBT.5 Given a two digit number mentally find ten more or ten less than the number without having to count; explain the reasoning used.
MCC1.NBT.6 Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of ten in range 10-90 using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
READING: We continue to read in Guided Reading groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you.
WRITING: We will focus on opinion writing this 9 weeks. Students will select a topic or a book, state an opinion, supply reasons to support their opinion, and provide a closing.
PHONICS: We will identify, differentiate, and sort pictures and words for the word families all, ell, ill.
HEALTH: Students will identify the major muscles of the body and describe the functions of muscle groups.
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September 18, 2011
Weekly Newsletter for 9-18-11
It was great seeing so many of you and your families at Movie Night Friday evening! I think fun times were had by all that attended, the young and old!
Below you will find a note from our principal outlining some CCGPS opportunities coming up late September, followed by an outline of this week's curriculum, a reminder of NES events, and then a note from me.
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards
Dear Parent(s)/Guardians:
On September 21, 2011 from 3:00PM-4:00PM, State Superintendent of Education, John D. Barge, along with staff in the GA Department of Education Curriculum and Instruction division, will host a web-delivered broadcast through Georgia Public Broadcasting to introduce to all stakeholders the upcoming Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS).
To provide you with a brief history, the state of Georgia, along with 47 other states, has adopted a new set of standards that are geared towards unifying the standards that are used from state to state and enabling students to be college & 21st century workplace and career ready upon graduating from high school.
If you are unable to view the initial broadcast, it will air again from 4:00PM-5:00PM, and then an archived version will appear the following day. Three days later, a closed-caption version of the broadcast will air through the same site. The Web link for the initial broadcast and the archived sessions will be:
http://www.gpb.org/education/common-core
We hope that all stakeholders will find an opportunity to view this broadcast and learn about the future of education, not only in Georgia, but across the United States. Your participation in viewing this broadcast will provide your student with the greatest level of support.
Wanda A. Shue
Nicholson Elementary
WEEKLY CURRICULUM UPDATE 9/19-9/23
MATH: This week begins our study of various types of graphs...tally, picture, and bar graphs. Students will study, create, interpret, and analyze data collected and illustrated on these types of graphs. Help your child at home by sorting objects and discuss which group has more,less etc.
Math Standards Addressed:
M1D1 Students will create simple tables and graphs and interpret them.
M1D1a Interpret tally marks, picture graphs and bar graphs.
M1D1b Pose questions, collect, sort, organize and record data using objects, pictures, tally marks, picture graphs, and bar graphs.
READING: Students continue reading in Guided Reading Groups.Ask your child to retell the story including the beginning, middle, and ending, setting, main characters and even share their favorite part of the book.
PHONICS: Short Aa word families continues (-ad,ag,ap) sorting pictures and finding words that rhyme.
WRITING: In our narrative writing we will focus on organization(beginning, middle, ending) and learn how to use sequence words( first, next, last) to make our writing better. We also adopted a "hamburger" style of writing which essentially is a main idea (top bun), 3 details related to the topic (patty, lettuce, pickles, etc.) and a closing summary sentence (bottom bun) that is similar to the opening sentence. At times, your child will also construct a graphic organizer, which simply is a way to organize their thoughts in an illustration before writing.
SCIENCE: We will continue our study of weather to identify different types of weather and ways to measure and record weather. Watch the weather at home and predict the forecast for each day!
Dates to Note~
Friday (Sept. 23) PTA Fundraiser Packets due
Dear Parents,
Just some important things to remember............. Please check your child's take home folder daily. This is where we can have daily communication with notes. I check their folder every morning and if there is anything I need to know you can just put it in their folder. Homework goes home on Friday and is not due back until the following Friday. I know how things can get hectic during the week with busy schedules so this way you can always have a weekend to catch up. We have snack time everyday so please send in a healthy snack daily. Also, with the days becoming cooler, be sure to send a jacket or sweater to school and label all their clothing so it is easily identified. Enjoy this cooler weather.........get outside and play. As always, thank you so much for all your support.
August 14, 2011
Weekly Blog
Welcome to Mrs. Brown's First Grade Class
Our class blog will be updated weekly (every Monday morning) to help keep you informed of classroom activites, curriculum, instruction, celebrations, as well as, school events.
August 14, 2011
WELCOME BACK to a NEW SCHOOL YEAR....and WELCOME to 1st!!
I enjoyed meeting parents, students, and siblings at Meet and Greet! I look forward to working with each of you!
This blog serves as a part of our weekly communication. Please take a few minutes to read it weekly so that you will become aware of what's going on both in and out of the classroom.
The daily Take Home Folder is another link between home and school. Please check the folder daily and return it with your child the following day.
Your child is learning many important skills this year. Start the year off on the right track by trying these ideas at home:
- Set aside time each day to go over the work your child brings home from school.Let your child tell you what was taught that day. Let them tell you what they like best or what was easy or hard that day.
- Read and enjoy books with your child. Children benefit from being read to even if they can read on their own. Reading to your child will help expand vocabulary and foster a love for reading.
- Establish a place where your child puts all items that must be taken to school. This will help to elminate chaos in the mornings.
Math: This week we will be focusing on numbers to 30. We will make a number book that represents numbers in 3 ways: number, number word, and symbol. You can reinforce this at home by counting items around the house (i.e. how many peas did you each eat for dinner? :). We will also play various math games to reinforce concepts that were taught in Kindergarten.
Reading: I will be spending time during our reading block assessing your child one-on-one so that I know where to begin Guided Reading instruction. This assessment was given to your child at the end of Kindergarten, but their level may have changed depending on how much or little you read at home this summer.
Writing: We will begin our Narrative Writing unit this week. Narrative Writing includes "writing about something I know or have done".
Our school-wide theme for 2011-2012 will be “Nicholson Stars make a difference each day…changing the world along the way.”
This year, as a school, we will look at how “bucket filling” can influence productivity, health and happiness. (taken from How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath and Donald Clifton) The children’s book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud talks about each of us having an invisible bucket and making a choice to fill our buckets and others’ buckets by making good choices, offering random acts of kindness and making our school a better place. This supports our school emphasis on creating a positive culture and Nicholson Stars making appropriate choices about their learning and behavior.
Throughout the year, we will focus on our theme and provide our students with positive, ongoing examples of what it means to make a difference. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have potential to change the world in which we live. As a staff, we will conduct class meetings to emphasize the power of kindness, empower students and teach them effective ways to deal with difficult situations. In addition, we will focus on increasing our student’s sense of responsibility, cooperation, problem solving skills, accountability, self-discipline and mutual respect for one another. All of these things will work in conjunction with our ultimate goal of increasing student achievement. Students will be encouraged throughout the year to exemplify the characteristics of a true Nicholson Star!
Please read the information in the Cobb County folder that was sent home today. Return any needed paperwork signed. This will help maintain accurate records on each child. THANKS!!
August at Nicholson:
August 25 OPEN HOUSE 5:30-6:10 Session 1
6:15-6:55 PTA Meeting
7:00-7:45 Session 2 (choose which session best suits your schedule...attend only one!)
August 26 SPIRIT DAY/ Chick-fil-a biscuits on sale for $3
PLEASE remember that your child's safety is my biggest priority and getting them home in the afternoon safe and where they are suppose to be is my greatest concern, SO, please remember IF you should have any transportation changes that a note is sent into school with your child noting the date and how they are to get home that day....ASP, car rider, bus, or walker....thank you!
