First Grade Families,

Here is what your CA first grader will be learning about this 9th week:

Reading: We will be talking more about feelings and actions this week, specifically action words we hear in the text or see in an illustrations. We will also be talking about how character's feelings can change, and why that happens. We will be reading "Recess Queen" 

Phonics: We will begin to learn about blends this week. Blends are two (or sometimes three) consonants put together at the beginning or end of a word. This week we will be focusing on blends with r. For example, br in bring, cr in crab, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, and wr. 

Writing: We are starting our "How To..." writing this week. We will be focusing on how to write a "How to..." story by going through a procedure as a class. We will be talking about some sentence starters like; First, Then, Next, After that, and Last. We will be using these sentence starters to write five sentences about how to perform that procedure.

Math: This week we will be talking about missing numbers in a math sentence. For example, given the problem 4+__=9, students will be able to determine that the missing number is 5, because 4+5=9. They will also be performing this task within subtraction problems.

IXL: If you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:

• Counting and Number Patterns (Section A)
• Addition (Section B)
• Subtraction (Section D)
• Mixed Operations (Section F)

Core Knowledge: We are starting a week long study on maps and cardinal directions.

Core Virtue: Core Virtue this month is Honesty/Integrity and Friendship. We will be emphasizing these values within our classroom ans school for the month of October, and throughout the year. We want to focus on telling the truth always, what it means to be a good friend, to stand up for others, and have good character.

Have a great week!!

Hello First Grade Families

Here is what your CA first grader will be learning about this week:

Reading: We will be talking more about feelings and actions this week, specifically action words we hear in the text or see in an illustrations. We will also be talking about how character's feelings can change, and why that happens. We will be reading "How Do Dinosaurs Go To School", and "Petunia". 

Phonics: We will begin to learn about blends this week. Blends are two (or sometimes three) consonants put together at the beginning or end of a word. For example, in the word truck, tr is the beginning blend. In the word fold, ld would be the ending blend. Students will be practicing identifying blends in words, as well as reading and spelling them. 

Writing: We are starting our "How To..." writing this week. We will be focusing on how to write a "How to..." story by going through how to grow a pumpkin. We will be talking about some sentence starters like; First, Then, Next, After that, and Last. We will be using these sentence starters to write five sentences about how to grow a pumpkin.

Math: This week we will be talking about how equations can be true or false. For example is this equation true or false? 5+2=3+4. It is true because both sides equal seven. If one side had more or less it would be false. We will also talk about position words like first, third, behind, near, far, and related words. Finally, we will be talking about fact families. This is where we give them 3 numbers, and they need to make the math facts that go with those numbers. For example, given the numbers 3, 2, and 5, they can create these 4 math sentences; 3+2=5, 2+3=5, 5-2=3, and 5-3=2. 

IXL: If you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:

• Counting and Number Patterns (Section A)
• Addition (Section B)
• Subtraction (Section D)
• Mixed Operations (Section F)

Core Knowledge: We are beginning our unit on matter this week. Students will learn that there are many physical properties of matter such as temperature, height, length, size, fullness, color, odor, and more. We will also be talking about how matter can change states. For example an ice cube would be a solid state, water a liquid state, and water vapor a gas state.

Core Virtue: Core Virtue this month is Honesty/Integrity and Friendship. We will be emphasizing these values within our classroom ans school for the month of October, and throughout the year. We want to focus on telling the truth always, what it means to be a good friend, to stand up for others, and have good character.

Just a reminder, if you have not signed up for conferences yet, please do. We would love to see you!

Fall Break opportunity...

Field Trip - Peter's Pumpkins & Carmen's Corn

Wednesday October 19th 

Wednesday, October 19th CA's Clubhouse is offering a Field Trip for ALL students to Peter's Pumpkins & Carmen's Corn in Shakopee. 

Cost is $40 per student which includes the daily Clubhouse rate ($25) plus the field trip cost ($15).

Thursday & Friday Clubhouse will remain at school, cost of care is $25 per day. 

Registration for both closes Monday, October 10 and payments must be made in advance. 

We cannot guarantee space after the registration deadline.

Please contact Cathy Kerber at ckerber@cologneacademy.org for registration.

Click Here for Field Trip Permission Slip

**We reserve the right to cancel Clubhouse for a specific day(s) if enrollment does not reach 10 students.  You will be notified October 11 if Clubhouse will not be open and your payment will be credited. 

First Grade Page

On this blog page you will find the objectives for our academic subjects.  It will be updated at least every month.  Please check out your individual child's teacher page for more information that pertains to that classroom.

We, the first grade teachers, are really looking forward to getting this year underway.  We are very excited to meet some new faces and also get reacquainted with past families.  Please feel free to send us an e-mail or leave us a voice message at school if you have any questions or concerns. Our personal information is at the bottom of our individual blog pages.  We look forward to meeting with each of you.

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning these first week:

Reading: This second week, we are reading books that identify the who, what, where, when, and why in our stories..  Our read-aloud books include several Pete the Cat books, The Night Before First Grade, First Day Jitters, Rainbow Fish, Dr. DeSoto, and How to Fill Your Bucket.

Phonics: In the first two weeks, we are reviewing kindergarten phonics concepts, including letter sounds, short vowels, syllables, and rhyming. 

Writing: Students will begin writing their letters to practice their handwriting.

Math: In the first two weeks, we are reviewing kindergarten math concepts such as addition strategies, numbers to 31, shapes, patterns, and number bonds.

Core Knowledge: Our first unit in Core Knowledge is Fables.  We are studying fables from different cultural backgrounds: stories from Aesop’s Fables, Anansi, and Brer Rabbit. 

Core Virtue: September’s core virtues are Respect—treating others with high regard—and Responsibility—doing your part for others and your community. 

News:

September 5  

Labor Day - No School

September 19 - 23  

Spirit Week

September 27  

Parent's Night 

6:30 

September 28   

Lifetouch Photos

September 30  

College T-shirt Day 

                                      First Grade Schedule

                                       1^st Grade Schedule

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:15-8:30	Arrive	Arrive	Arrive	Arrive	Arrive
8:15-8:30	Morning Work	Morning Work	Morning Work	Morning Work	Morning Work
8:30-8:45	Calendar	Calendar	Calendar	Calendar	Calendar
8:45-9:40	Math	Math	Math	Math	Math
9:40-10:05	Phonics	Phonics	Phonics	Phonics	Phonics
10:15-10:55	Specialist	Specialist	Specialist	Specialist	Specialist
11:00-12:15	Guided Reading	Guided Reading	Guided Reading	Guided Reading	Guided Reading
12:25-12:45	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
12:45- 1:05	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
1:15-1:55	Specialist	Specialist	Specialist	Specialist	Specialist
2:00-2:30	Core Knowledge	Core Knowledge	Core Knowledge	Core Knowledge	Core Knowledge
2:30-2:55	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing
2:55-3:20	Read Aloud	Read Aloud	Read Aloud	Read Aloud	Read Aloud
3:20-3:30	End of Day	End of Day	End of Day	End of Day	End of Day

Links:

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Cologne Academy Calendar 2016-17:  

http://cologneacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-2017-Calendar.pdf

Cologne Academy Website: 
http://cologneacademy.org/

2016 Rewards School- 

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