Ms. Haywood

Welcome to Mrs. Haywood's Class Blog!

 

I will be updating frequently to keep you informed of the curriculum and events in our class!  Please check back regularly.  I am looking forward to a GREAT year!

WEEKLY CURRICULUM UPDATE 1/30-2/3

MATH:We are working on numbers and place value from 1 to 100, skip counting, greater than, less than, equal to.

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N1a Represent numbers up to 100 using a variety of models, diagrams and number sentences. Represent numbers larger than 10 in terms of tens and ones using manipulatives and pictures.

M1N1c Compare sets using terms greater than, less than, and equal to.

M1N1d Understand the magnitude and order of numbers up to 100 by making ordered sequences and representing them on a number line.

M1N3a Identify one more than, one less than, 10 more than, and 10 less than a given number

M1N3b Skip count by 2's, 5's, 10's forward and backwards; to and from numbers up to 100

 

READING: We will be reading in Guided Reading Groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you to practice fluency. Students will learn how to read and understand non-fiction text.

PHONICS: We will identify, differentiate, and sort pictures for the word families an, un, in.

WRITING: We continue  to write to inform the reader through Informational Writing and Non-Fiction features.

SCIENCE: Light and shadows will be our focus for Science.

Weekly Curriculum Update: 1/23 - 1/27

WEEKLY CURRICULUM UPDATE 1/23-1/27

MATH:To prepare for the 100th day of school and for the 100 and 100+ Club we will be reviewing strategies to help us add and subtract facts to 18. We will be practicing using flashcards here at school and with partner games. Please reinforce this practice at home.

 To be in the 100 Club in First Grade students must be able to solve 50 addition facts in 7 minutes and 50 subtraction facts in 7 minutes with 90% accuracy (along with 100 sight words for reading). To be in the 100+Club students must know an additional 25 addition facts  to 18 in 7 minutes and 25 additional subtraction facts to 18 in 7 minutes (along with 150 sight words).

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N3e Understand addition and subtraction number combinations using strategies such as counting on, counting back, doubles, and making tens.

M1N3f Know the single digit addition facts to 18 and corresponding subtraction facts with understanding and fluency.

M1N3h Solve and create word problems involving addition and subtraction to 100 without regrouping. Use words, pictures, and concrete models to interpret story problems and reflect the combining of sets as addition and taking away or comparing elements of sets as subtraction.

READING: We will be reading in Guided Reading Groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you to practice fluency. Students will learn how to read and understand non-fiction text.

PHONICS: We will identify, differentiate, and sort pictures for the word families at, ot, it.

WRITING: For the next several weeks we will be learning how to write to inform the reader through Informational Writing and Non-Fiction features.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will begin our study of George Washington Carver and discuss his contributions to make our life better today.

 

NICHOLSON EVENTS~

Tuesday (January 24) Chick-fil-A Family Night/Sprayberry location

Friday (January 27) 100th Day Celebration

                           SPIRIT DAY/WEAR YOUR NICHOLSON COLORS

                           Chick-fil-A biscuits on sale for $3

Parents~ please remember to send your student to school every day with a winter coat, healthy snack, and their Take Home folder. Thank you!

WEEKLY CURRICULUM UPDATE 1/10-1/13

Welcome Back....hoping that everyone had a great winter break enjoying time with family and friends!!! Looking forward to some great content this 3rd 9 week period....buckle up as we continue working hard this second half of the year! A blink and your first graders will be in second grade!! :)

MATH:We will be reviewing money from the last 9 weeks (making fair trades and showing different ways to make combinations to $1).

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N1e Exchange equivalent quantities of coins by making fair trades involving combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters up to one dollar; count out a combination of coins needed to purchase items up to one dollar.

M1N1f Identify bills ($1,$5,$10,$20) by name and value and exchange equivalent quantities by making fair trades involving combinations of bills; count out a combination of bills needed to purchase items that total up to twenty dollars.

We continue to work on addition/subtraction math facts for fluency. To be in the 100 Club in First Grade students must be able to solve 50 addition facts in 7 minutes and 50 subtraction facts in 7 minutes with 90% accuracy (along with 100 sight words for reading).

READING: We will be reading in Guided Reading Groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you.

PHONICS: We will continue working with blends and sort pictures and words beginning with pr, tr, dr, br.

WRITING: For the next several weeks we will be learning how to write to inform the reader through Informational Writing and Non-Fiction features.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We begin our study of Harriet Tubman and her positive character traits and contributions.

NO HOMEWORK this week....HW schedule will resume this Friday, January 13th and be due the following Friday. Thank you for your support in getting HW completed and turned in on time!

January at Nicholson

January 10 Stevi B's Pizza Night

January 13  Report cards sent home

January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday/ No School

January 20 Bingo Night    6-8PM

January 24 Chick-fil-A Family Night/Sprayberry location

January 27 100th Day Celebration

                    SPIRIT DAY/WEAR YOUR NICHOLSON COLORS

                   Chick-fil-A biscuits on sale for $3

Calendar Change!

Due to a county wide modification in the testing schedule for Gifted Services, the TARGET ‘Open House’ scheduled for Thursday January 19^th has been cancelled.  This meeting for parents of newly identified TARGET students will be reschedule for early February.  Thank you for your patience as begin the testing process of students in first, third and fifth grade.

Check out the new fence on the primary playground.  It was installed over the break.  Thank you to Mrs. Katie Schulz-Ditchen for writing the grant to purchase this great safety equipment! 

Gym Floor Update~ We are about ½ way to meeting our goal for the new gym floor.  We will look forward to the Spring Fun Run which should raise the remaining funds. 

School Improvement Survey~The 2012 School Improvement Survey window is open and staff, parents and community members can participate online via the following link:http://www.cobbk12.org/sisurvey. The survey will be accessible through any computer with Internet access through Friday, February 10th.

Weekly Curriculum Update: 12/5 - 12/9

WEEKLY CURRICULUM UPDATE 12/5-12/9

MATH:We are working with money, counting coin combinations up to 50 cents and bills to $20. For reinforcement, ask your child to practice counting change, to name the coins you find in your pocket or purse, and to make "fair trades" which is showing the same amount of money in different ways. For example 33 cents can be made with a quarter, a nickel, 3 pennies or 3 dimes and 3 pennies. We will soon be working with $1, $5, $10, and $20 bills. Ask your  child to help you count out some bills when shopping to give him/her real world experience.

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N1e Exchange equivalent quantities of coins by making fair trades involving combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters up to one dollar; count out a combination of coins needed to purchase items up to one dollar.

M1N1f Identify bills ($1,$5,$10,$20) by name and value and exchange equivalent quantities by making fair trades involving combinations of bills; count out a combination of bills needed to purchase items that total up to twenty dollars.

We continue to work on addition/subtraction math facts for fluency. To be in the 100 Club in First Grade students must be able to solve 50 addition facts in 7 minutes and 50 subtraction facts in 7 minutes with 90% accuracy (along with 100 sight words for reading).

READING: We continue reading in Guided Reading groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you.

PHONICS: This week's sort is the S blends. We will sort pictures and words beginning with sc, sn, sw.

WRITING: In our narrative writing pieces, we will focus on including capital letters and proper nouns correctly.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will conclude our study of the explorers Lewis and Clark as we review the character traits they modeled and their contributions.

Please remember that homework is sent home every Friday to be returned the following Friday. Guiding your student in HW completion builds a foundation to how HW is done from this point throughout their schooling years. Please stress the importance of being thorough, writing neatly, and taking pride in completing their work. Thank you for your support!!!

Weekly Curriculum Update: 11/14 - 11/18

MATH: We are beginning geometry. We are learning about 2 and 3 dimensional figures including circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, pentagons, hexagons, spheres, cubes, cylinders, cones and rectangular prisms. You can help at home by having your child identify these shapes by searching for them in the home.

Math Standards Addressed:

M1G1 Students will study and create various two and three dimensional figures and identify basic figures(squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles) within them.

M1G2 Students will compare, contrast, and/or classify geometric shapes by the common attributes of position, shape, size, number of sides and number of corners.

M1G3 Students will arrange and describe objects in space by proximity, position, and direction(near,far,below,above, up, down, behind, in front of, next to, and left or right of).

READING:We will be reading in Guided Reading Groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you.

PHONICS: We will work on the consonants s, t, and st and will sort pictures and words beginning with these sounds.

WRITING: We are continuing to work on our narratives. Our writing focus is to use details, write neatly using word walls and books to help with spelling, and to use graphic organizers to help with ideas. We will continue to use capitals and correct punctuation in our writing.

SCIENCE: We are beginning our investigation of sound and how vibrations produce sound. We will learn about high and low sounds (pitch) and volume(loud or soft). You and your child may choose to talk about emergency sounds that keep us safe.

IMPORTANT DATES

Tuesday, November 15 – Terrific Kids Ceremony

Tuesday, November 15 – Book Fair/International Night 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Tuesday, November 15 – Sell Your Gold at Nicholson (2:45 – 7:00 PM)

Thursday, November 17 – Thanksgiving VIP lunch for 1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th grade (K, 2^nd and 4^th is Wednesday, November 16)

Friday, November 18 – Spirit Day – Don't forget to wear your Nicholson T-shirt and buy your Chick-fil-A biscuit

Congratulations to Ky for representing our class as Terrific Kid this month! Ky is eager to learn, willing to help others, and is a shining star every day! Way to go Ky....we are proud of YOU!!!!

Weekly Curriculum Update 10/31 - 11/4

November at Nicholson

November 4  Art Fundraiser Orders due

November 7 Thanksgiving Food Drive

November 8  NO SCHOOL (PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY)

                       Stevi B's Night

November 10 Veterans Day Performance 1PM and 7PM

November 14-18 Scholastic Book Fair is here in the Media Center

November 14 Nicholson Star Tree

November 15 Terrific Kids  7:30 AM

                        Book Fair Family Night/International Night 5-7PM

November 16 Thanksgiving VIP Lunch Grades K,2,4

November 17 Thanksgiving VIP Lunch Grades 1,3,5

November 18  SPIRIT DAY/Chick-fil-a biscuits on sale for $3

November 21-25 NO SCHOOL/THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS

November 29 Chick-fil-a Family Night/Sprayberry location

 

WEEKLY CURRICULUM UDPATE 10/31-11/4

MATH: We will be working on addition and subtraction facts to 12. We will be reviewing strategies your child can use such as number lines, counting on and back, and drawing pictures.

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N3e Understand addition and subtraction number combinations using strategies such as counting on, counting back, doubles and making tens.

M1N3f Know the single-digit addition facts to 18 and corresponding subtraction facts with understanding and fluency.

M1N3h Solve and create word problems involving addition and subtraction to 100 without regrouping. Use words, pictures, and concrete models to interpret story problems.

READING: We will resume Guided Reading Groups this week. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you and extend with comprehension questions as shared at conferences.

PHONICS:We will be working on the consonant digraphs -th and -wh and will sort pictures and words with these sounds. Continue to hunt @ the house for objects that have the digraphs th, wh, ch, and sh at the beginning or middle of the word.

WRITING: We will complete our pattern books using our shared reading books as models for our own stories. We are focusing on using capitals, periods, and punctuation marks correctly and making our pictures match our words.

SOCIAL STUDIES: This week begins our study of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.We will discuss his contributions that have impacted and  made our lives better today!

Parents~ thank you again for taking time from your busy schedules to me with me this past week to share celebrations and areas of potential growth. The home-school connection is vital to the success of your student! I am fortunate to have you all supporting my efforts in making your child's education as challenging, engaging, and successful as it can be! Continue to contact me by email as I do check it periodically throughtout the day and make it a priority to respond in less than 24 hours. Thank you again for your time, interest, and support!

Weekly Curriculum Update: 10/24 - 10/28

MATH: We are working on numbers and place value from 1 to 100, greater than, less than, equal to, and practicing math facts up to 12.

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N1a Represent numbers less than 100 using a variety of models, diagrams and number sentences. Represent numbers larger than 10 in terms of tens and ones using counters and pictures.

M1N1c Compare small sets using the terms greater than, less than and equal to.

READING: We may not get to guided reading groups every day this week with the conference schedule. Please read nightly with your child.  A list of the 2nd 9 weeks sight words recently came home, or will be coming home this week, with your child.  I have already assessed them and highlighted words for them to practice.

PHONICS: We will begin the consonant digraphs -sh and -ch and sort pictures and words with these sounds.

WRITING: We will begin to write pattern books by choosing repeating words, phrases, or sentences to include in our books.We will use our shared reading books as models for our stories.

SCIENCE: We will continue our study of magnets. We will identify different objects that are attracted to magnets or repelled by magnets. Look for magnets you may have in your home.

THIS WEEK IS CONFERENCE WEEK WITH AN EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:20.

Please be on time and knock on the classroom door at  your conference time. I want to be respectful of your time and do my best to stay on schedule. Conferences are 20 minutes and have been scheduled in advance to work with your schedules. If you have a need to cancel, please call the office, leave a message with Mrs. Gentilello or Mrs. Allen, and I will get back to you ASAP to coordinate another time. I look forward to seeing you all and sharing with each of you the progress that your student is already making in first grade! Thank you!

Wednesday (October26) Lifetouch Picture Retakes/Make-Ups

Friday (October 28) SPIRIT DAY/WEAR YOUR NICHOLSON SHIRTS/COLORS Chick-fil-a biscuits on sale for $3

Coming Up...

Tuesday (Oct. 11) Stevi B's Pizza Night

Thursday (Oct.13) Cafeteria/Custodial Appreciation Day

Friday (Oct 14) End of 1st Nine Weeks

Tuesday (Oct. 18) Terrific Kids - CONGRATULATIONS, MASON!!!

Friday (Oct. 21) Fall Carnival

Weekly Curriculum Update: 10/10 - 10/14

MATH: We will continue learning about money this week. We are working on counting coins to 30 cents, making fair trades and coming up with different ways to show an amount. You can help your child to identify the penny, nickel, dime and quarter at home. Having them count the spare change in your pocket is a great way to practice. Always start counting with the highest value coin. We will also review the concepts taught this 9 weeks: addition/subtraction facts to 10, place value, greater than/less than/equal to, and graphing.

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N3b Skip count 2's,5's,10's forward and backwards; to and from numbers to 100

M1N1e Exchange equivalent quantities of coins by making fair trades involving combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters up to one dollar; count out a combination of coins needed to purchase items up to one dollar

All standards previously covered.

READING: We will be reading in Guided Reading Groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you.

PHONICS: We will begin studying the "short u" sound and sort pictures and words for the word families -un,-ug,-ut.

WRITING: In our narrative writing we will continue to focus on using different types of sentences (telling, asking, exciting). We will also practice stretching our sentences to make them longer and add describing words to make them more interesting to the reader.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be discussing Benjamin Franklin. We will talk about his many inventions that make life better for us today.

Weekly Curriculum Update: 10/3 - 10/7

All first graders will be taking the Cognitive Abilities Test on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. The CogAT is a multiple-choice test that measures student performance on abilities related to success in school subjects. To help your child prepare for this test:

• make sure they get a good night's rest
• eat a healthy breakfast at home or at school
• make sure they are at school by 7:50 as the test will start promptly at the beginning of the school day
• please provide a snack for a break after testing

 

WEEKLY CURRICULUM UPDATE   10/3-10/7

MATH:We will introduce money this week. We are working on counting coins to 30 cents, making fair trades and coming up with different ways to show an amount. At home help your child to identify the penny, nickel, dime and quarter. Good practice is having them count the spare change in your pocket. Start counting with the highest value coin first. We will also review the concepts taught this 9 weeks: addition/subtraction facts to 10, place value, greater than, less than, equal to, and graphing.

Math Standards Addressed:

M1N3b Skip count 2's,5's,10's forward and backwards; to and from numbers to 100

M1N1e Exchange equivalent quantities of coins by making fair trades involving combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters up to one dollar; count out a combination of coins needed to purchase items up to one dollar

All standards previously covered.

READING: We will be reading in Guided Reading Groups. Please remember to let your child read the guided reading book to you.

PHONICS: We will begin the "short e" sound and sort pictures and words for the word families -en,-et,-eg showing words that rhyme.

WRITING: In our narrative writing we will continue to focus on using different types of sentences(telling, asking, exciting). We will also practice stretching our sentences to make them longer and adding describing words to make them more interesting to the reader.

SOCIAL STUDIES:We will be discussing Benjamin Franklin. We will talk about his many inventions that make life better for us today.