Announcement

This blog will no longer be updated

Miss G's First Grade blog has been moved to: http://lineupforlearning.com/
Please visit us there for the latest happenings in the classroom and school.

Subjects

Here is what we are learning about this week!

Word Study:

• Distinguishing short vowel sounds
• Reading words with short vowel sounds
  

Reading:

• Reading for a purpose (to be informed or entertained)
• Using strategies to figure out unknown words (sounding out, skipping a word and coming back to it, using picture clues, identifying parts of words that you know.)

Writing:

• Learn how to write a complete sentence
  

• Work on our handwriting
  

Math:

• Decomposing (breaking apart numbers) using manipulatives (ex. the number 10 can be broken into a group of 6 objects and a group of 4 objects or a group of 2, 4, and 4 objects etc.)
• Playing Heidi's game to decompose the number 10 (located at www.fcpsteach.org; look on the side bar and click on mathematics- elementary- scroll down to games)
  

Social Studies:

• Learning about helpers in our school community (principal, assistant principal, nurse, secretary, custodian, teachers, councelor etc.)

Homework

Monday:

• reading- read your fruit boat recipe that we made in school today and sing your Columbus Day song (on the recipe)
• math- measure things around your house using your hands. Were the things that you measured greater than 10, less than 10, or equal to 10?
  

Tuesday:

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News/Reminders

• 10/14 & 10/15 school opens 4 hours late
• 10/16 school dismisses 3 1/2 hours early
• 10/17 school closed
  

• Remember to bring your book baggie back to school everyday!
• Please remember to sign your child's agenda each night!

Favorite Websites

Here are some great websites with some valuable learning activities. Check them out!

Famous people read popular stories to you: http://www.storylineonline.net/

Word family sort: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/

Making words: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/construct/

Math fact practice: http://www.funbrain.com/math2/index.html

Guess the number: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A1=choices&A2=gn&A3=2&A4=0&A7=0&A8=math

All About Me

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my first grade blog. Here is just a little bit about me:


This is my eighth year of teaching first grade and I love it! I taught 3 years at a private school and this is my fifth year at Twin Ridge. I've wanted to be a teacher since I was in the second grade!


I have a mom and dad who live in Pennsylvania, which is where I am from. I also have 3 older brothers. I love to read and to teach kids how to read. I also enjoy playing sports. I've played volleyball, soccer, basketball, and lacrosse. I just ran the Army 10-miler in D.C. What a great experience that was! I am running the Baltimore Marathon Relay too. I also enjoy cooking and gardening.


I attended Mount Saint Mary's University to get my degree in education and went on to get my graduate degree as a reading specialist from Loyola College in Maryland. I have written curriculum for Frederick County for the past 5 years and am also a New Teacher Consultant. Thanks for visiting the blog!