Last Week of 2017-2018 School Year

Happy Last Week of the 2017-2018 School Year!  We have lots planned this week, including daily rewards that students can earn.  Here is the updated schedule for this week:

Tuesday June 26th--Students are able to bring a stuffed animal to school (must be able to fit in a bookbag).

Wednesday, June 27th--Shhhh....Surprise Pizza Party at lunchtime.  Students may still purchase lunch or bring their lunch.  Our PE special today will be at 2:00 instead of 10:00 a.m.

Thursday, June 28th--First Grade Beach Party in the afternoon!  Students will rotate through all the first grade classrooms reflecting on their learning, creating a craft or playing a review game and having special treats.  This promises to be a lot of fun!  Reminder: 6:00 is Meet the Teacher on Thursday, June 28th.

Friday, June 29th--Last Day of the School Year--Report cards will be sent home on this day.

Have a great week and thank you for all your support!

Happy Track In!

Welcome back 1st graders!  We have 7 more weeks until the end of the school year and our days will be packed with learning.  Here are the things we are learning about:

Reading: We will be focusing on identifying main idea/details and determining the central message or "lesson learned" with fiction texts.  We will spend a lot of time reviewing RAPS (restate the question, answer the question, prove your answer from text evidence and say it out lout) to prepare for the end of year reading assessments.

Math:  We are continuing to work on reading, analyzing, and answering word problems.  We will begin working on adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers next week.

Science:  We are beginning our living things unit today!  In this unit we will investigate and plant seeds as well as observing millipedes and pill bugs.

Writing:  We are finishing up our "author's as mentors" unit.  We will then be focusing on reviewing the writing types from the year (letters, all about, opinion, narrative, etc...) and becoming experts on these types of writing.

Specials Schedule for 4/16-4/18

Our specials this week will be:

Monday 4/16--Media

Tuesday 4/17--Technology

Wednesday 4/18--PE

4/19--Track out begins😊

Spring Pictures Tomorrow 4/5/18

Just a reminder that we have spring pictures tomorrow, April 5, 2018.  We will be taking the class picture at this time.  I can't wait to see all the smiles! 😀

Math Fact Fluency

We have spent a lot of time in math this year learning various strategies for adding and subtracting.  Now we are adding in time building our fluency on facts within 10.  Now they’ll have time in class (during math time) to work on building fluency, and I’d love for you to give them time to practice at home also! I told them that my kids and I used to keep flashcards in the car so they could practice as we were going to and from school, the grocery store, etc. You can find flashcards at Dollar Tree and many other local stores. There are also many websites with games and activities to practice, like THIS ONE or THIS ONE for addition, and THIS ONE and THIS ONE for subtraction.

Tissues Needed

We are in desperate need of tissues for our classroom.  If you can donate any, we would appreciate it.

Thank you!

Hat Day!

We have earned a total of 75 compass coins this year!  Great job class!  The classroom reward is a hat day!  Our hat day will be Wednesday, March 27, 2018!

Geo Animal Zoo

Parents you are invited to the

Banks Road Tracks 2 & 3 Geo-Animal Zoo

Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Time: 2:00-2:30

Location: Media Center

*Please remember that your child’s Geo Animal is due on Thursday, March 22nd! ☺

Track Change Requests

TRACK CHANGE REQUESTS for 2018-2019:

If you are interested in a track change for next school year, please contact Betty Keith at 919-790-7333 Ext. 20219 or email her your request at bkeith@wcpss.net. Track Change Requests will be accepted from Monday, February 26, 2018 through Monday, March 12, 2018. Decisions on track changes may not be made until early April once all class size information has been considered. You will be notified by the school with the results of your requests. Please call the main office (919-790-7333) if you are unable to reach Mrs. Keith.

What we are learning...

The next few weeks, we are learning...

Reading--using information texts to practice perseverance with reading strategies.  We will continue to use the RAPS strategy to answer written comprehension questions.

Writing--We are using a variety of websites and books to research our geo animals.  We will then take the notes and write an geo animal information essay including an introduction, text features and even an about the author page.

Math-we will be learning about 3 dimensional shapes an using attributes to describe them.  Vocabulary words students will need to know are: cone, cube, rectangular prism, sphere, cylinder, faces, and apex.

Social Studies--we will be focused on goods, services, producers, consumers, and income.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss

Read Across America is next week! 

Monday, February 26th--Wear your favorite hat

Tuesday, February 27th- Wear crazy socks or mismatched shoes

Wednesday, February 28th--Wackiness rules!  From wacky hair to wacky clothes.

Thursday, March 1st--Dress like your favorite animal.

Friday, March 2nd--Wear your best party hat.

Happy 100th Day

100th Day Trail Mix!

Friday, February 16th is our 100th Day!  We celebrate this day with lots of fun and one of the things we will make is trail mix.

If you are able to donate, please sign up and send the item in no later than Thursday, February 15th!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4faeab2aa5fd0-100th

Happy Track Out!

Since we did not have school today I wanted to wish everyone a happy track out!  While on track out, I am hoping everyone will be reading every day.  When your child gets stuck on a word, review with him/her the strategies in the picture above.  You may also want to have your child respond in written form comprehension questions about the book they are reading.  Using the RAP strategy, listed in the picture below, can help your child answer the questions fully.

3rd Quarter Parent Conferences

We are having  our 3rd quarter parent conferences on February 8, 2018! I am looking forward to discussing with you your child's progress thus far.  Please use the link below to sign up for a conference.


3rd Quarter 1st Grade Parent Conferences--Mrs. Wern

No Homework!

This week, December 18th, students will not be assigned any homework.  We always encourage nightly reading!  Happy Holidays!

BRES School Spirit Week!

BRES student Council Presents School Spirit Week!

Join us as we celebrate the holiday season!  

Monday December 18th-Thursday December 21st show your school spirit with these themes:

Monday: Wear a winter/holiday hat

Tuesday: Wear a winter/holiday sweater

Wednesday: Dress as a winter/holiday character (reindeer, snowman, elf, etc..)

Thursday: Wear winter Pajamas (early release day!)

Special Schedule Change

I have just been made aware of a special change for this Friday and next Friday.
Our specials on Friday December 8th and 15th will be the same special as what we have December 7th and 14th (Art).

Thank you for your flexibility.

Book Fair!

The book fair is here!  On Monday, November 27th, we will have a preview time (1:15-1:45).  Students will get to window shop to see the books available at the book fair.  On Wednesday, November 29th from 1:15-1:45 is our classes book fair buying time.  If your child has brought in money on Wednesday, at 1:15 we will send your child down to purchase his/her books.  Those without money on Wednesday will stay in the classroom with the teacher.

Just a reminder that on Wednesday, November 29th at 5:00 p.m. is our Family Moonlight Reading Night.  You will be able to purchase books from the book fair  with your child.

Headphones

Please send in headphones or earbuds for your child to use.  They will be used only by your child and will be kept in your child's book bag.  This will aid in BYOD or the use of school technology.

Thank you!

Hooray for BYOD day!

Today we began BYOD in our classroom!  We will try to have a BYOD time at least once a week--usually Friday's.  Here are some things to remember:

*If your child has not turned in a signed permission slip, he/she may not participate in BYOD.
*Please let me know if you would not like to participate (they will use a school device instead).
*Devices need to be charged before coming to school (we will not charge them here).
*Please supply your child with headphones for their BYOD device.
*When not in use, students will "park" their device and headphones in their book bag.

BYOD schedule:  (Your child may bring their device to school on these dates, as long as we have a signed permission slip!)

November 20th
November 21st
December 1st
December 8th
December 15th