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ISSUE 8 OCTOBER 26, 2018 

Reading  
Reading Math  
Math
This week in Reader’s Workshop, first  This week, we continued working on composing and 
graders continued building good  decomposing numbers 10-20. ​Here is a list of the names we 
reading habits. We learned to use  are calling these numbers to help you at home as you work 
meaning to figure out challenging  with your child: 
words, looking at the picture and the 
10​:​ ten or "ten zero" 
10 zero" 
rest of the text on the page. First 
graders also learned to do a double  11​:​ eleven or "ten one" 
11 one" 
check, asking “Does it look right?” and  12​:​ twelve or "ten two" 
12 two" 
“Does it make sense?” At the end of the week, we learned  13​:​ thirteen or "ten three" 
13 three" 
that readers don’t give up when faced with a challenging  14​:​ fourteen or "ten four" 
14 four" 
word, they try, try again!  15​:​ fifteen or "ten five" 
15 five" 
  16​:​ sixteen or "ten six" 
16 six" 
Fundations  
Fundations 17​:​ seventeen or "ten seven" 
17 seven" 
We kicked off Unit 3 in Fundations this week! First graders  18​:​ eighteen or "ten eight" 
18 eight" 
are learning about consonant digraphs: wh, ch, sh, th, and  19​:​ nineteen or "ten nine" 
19 nine" 
ck. These digraphs have two letters, but make one sound.  20​:​ twenty or "two tens" 
20 tens" 
We “marked up” the digraphs by underlining them in the  First graders practiced modeling numbers as ten and some 
words we wrote. We were digraph detectives! Practice the  more, completing number bonds, drawing pictures, and 
digraph sounds at home with the Fundations helper words:  writing number sentences to represent their work. We noticed 
how number sentences can be written in two ways to show 
two parts that make a whole (i.e. 10+5=15 and 15=10+5). 
 

Oak Tree Field Trip 

Trip 
This week, Mrs. Denby’s and Mrs. 
  Teehan’s classes participated in the Oak 
We also learned four new trick words this week: as,
​as, has, to, 
to,  Tree Program at the Science Center at 
into. 
into. Newman School. First graders acted out 
  the lifecycle of an oak tree, went on a 
nature walk through the Eastman woods, 
Writing  
Writing found oak leaves and acorns, and 
In Writer’s Workshop, first graders continued writing Small  cracked open acorns to discover what 
Moment Stories. They learned how to storytell and plan with  was inside. Students loved the hands-on 
writing partners and practiced reading their writing like we  experience and were able to connect the 
read our books in reader’s workshop. They carefully read  lifecycle of an oak tree to the lifecycle of a pumpkin. Mr. 
their stories and revised them, adding details and fixing  Daitch’s and Mrs. Hasenfuss’ classes will go on their field trips 
spelling and missing words. The classroom transformed into  next week. 
a museum as students were able to walk around and admire   
their peers’ writing.. 
 
This week, we also continued  Save the Date  
learning about verbs. First  October 29th​
29th​: Field Trip to Science Center (Mr. Daitch) 
graders learned that verbs are  October 31st​
31st​: Field Trip to Science Center (Mrs. Hasenfuss) 
special words just like nouns,  October 25th​
25th​: Early Release Day (12:15pm) 
but they tell an action. We  November 6th​
6th​: Delayed Opening (12:15pm) 
enjoyed working in verb books,  November 12th​
12th​: Veteran’s Day (NO SCHOOL) 
completing sentences with 
November 22-23rd​
22-23rd​: Thanksgiving Recess (NO SCHOOL) 
creative verbs and drawing 
 
pictures to match. 
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