Ask Me Abo

Reading/ Writing
D.E.A.R. in our classroom- what does it
stand for, what do you do during this time
and how many minutes have we built our
stamina to?
* Some of my favorite read alouds we have
had in our class

Quiet 10- what do we do during this time and

what is playing on the CD player
* The book we read 10 Black Dots and the book I
am creating- we have created page 1 and 2
* The I PICK rap we watched and the story Mrs.
Warstler told using shoes to help us
understand how to choose a just right book

Theme
Building our classroom/school community
and all the activities we have done to do
this
Having Mrs. Mason talk to us about rules
Meeting Mr. Dixon our security guard
- Listening to Mrs. Soderberg read us a story
-Meeting Mrs. Keeran and learning about her

job
* Creating classroom rules: Take care of
yourself, others, your space and use C.A.R.E.S.

Phonics
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The Phonics Dance- what is it and ask me to

show you
The What letter is it? papers we have been
doing to practice and review our short vowel
sounds
(So far we have done short a and e)
Building words using letter tiles and how we
talked about root words and adding
suffixes! (Can you believe it already in 1st
grade!) ex. cat- cats, nap-naps

Math
My math workbook and where I keep it
My math notebook and talking about where
numbers can be found (What were your
numbers?)
Practicing written numbers 1-10
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* Using the number line and the number lines we
made outside using chalk to play the game

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Monster Squeeze
* Playing the Penny Dice game, Comparing and
Ordering Numbers game and Bunny Hop with a
partner

REMINDERS!
- The first book order of the year is coming
home today! If you are interested in
ordering please make checks payable to
Scholastic and return the order form and
check to school by next Friday, September
11th.
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No School Monday, September 7th- Enjoy

the long weekend!

- Check out our class Shutterfly site to find

volunteer opportunities and our class blog:
mrswarstlersfirstgradeclass.blogspot.com
to see the latest pictures and activities
happening in our classroom!

Other
* Morning meeting greetings and games
that we have done
* The Calendar and the jobs we have- what
is yours?
* Celebrating the 10th Day of School and
the 10 Frame Bowling game we played
The Spaghetti and Marshmallow
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Structure Challenge
* All of my new specials and Assembly