Monday, October 14th
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October 21 - October 25
Students do not have school next week. We will return to school on Monday, October 28th.
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Raz-Kids Daily Reading
G1 students need to read at least 10 minutes every day during fall break. School books will not be sent home, so please help your child complete this homework on Raz-Kids. Thank you!
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Wednesday, October 31st - Dress up in a costume!
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1,000 yen
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Address: TOP TERRACE 2031 〒150-0047 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Kamiyamacho, 16−4 RF
We will have an Earthquake Drill at school
on Monday, October 28th.
Show and Tell - Week of Nov. 4th
*Show and Tell materials will be sent home on Monday, Oct. 28th.
Math
Subtraction Facts to 10
Big Idea: Subtraction can be used to find how many are left.
During this chapter, students are practicing these skills:
- Take away to subtract
- Count on to subtract
- Count back to subtract
- Use number bonds to subtract
- Write and solve subtraction sentences
- Tell subtraction stories about pictures
- Solve real-world word problems
- Recognize related addition and subtraction sentences
- Write fact families
- Use fact families to solve real-world problems
- Determine if number sentences involving addition and subtraction are true or false
Math Vocabulary
take away
subtract
minus
subtraction sentence
less than
subtraction story
fact family
This week students learned different strategies to subtract and are using these strategies to begin solving subtraction stories.
Ways to Subtract
- take away
- count back
- number bonds
Writing
Personal Narratives
Our new writing unit is all about narrative writing. This week students learned that when you write a narrative piece, you share a story about something that really happened. Each child chose one special time to write about.
Sentence Starters
One day...
One summer...
One night...
Students will publish their writing when we return from fall break.
Reading
Tackling Trouble
We started a new unit in Reading called Tackling Trouble. During this unit, students will practice reading strategies to help them read new, tricky words. During Reading students were introduced to four reading strategy buddies: Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish, Stretchy Snake, and Chunky Monkey. When we return from break, our class will meet Flippy Dolphin, Skippy Frog, Tryin' Lion, and Helpful Kangaroo.
Science
Sound and Vibrations
This week we started our first Science unit, which focuses on sound. Students participated in an investigation to explore sound and vibration. We asked the question, "What causes sound?"
Making Sounds - What causes sound?
Students worked in groups using cups with rubber bands and wooden craft sticks to explore producing sound. We discussed the source of sound and found out it is vibrating. I made a table fiddle and students shared their observations when we plucked the string. At the end of the investigation, we learned that sound always comes from objects that are vibrating and vibrating objects always make sound.
Science Vocabulary
vibrate
vibration
sound
sound source
pluck
back-and-forth motion
Have a wonderful Fall Break!
- Ms. Allison