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.