Be Responsible 
Be Prepared Be Respectful
SCHOOL HOURS ARE:
| Building Open to Staff | 7:00 AM |
| First Bell | 8:35AM |
| Tardy Bell - Homeroom | 8:45 AM |
| Dismissal | 3:055 PM |
| Building Closed | 4:30 PM |
welcome to ms. cohen's class
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CHILDREN IN 1C ARE BUSY GROWING AND LEARNING IN A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT. EACH CHILD IS RESPECTED AND VALUED AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
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Everyday math online games are here!! Please contact me if your interested in practicing at home. Check it out at EMgames.com I can give you your child's login password. Thank you for working withyour children on the math games! We are using the computers at school and it helps to have them know where to go and how to use it.
Ask your child what they are writing about in science. We have started learning about Earth Science. We have loved knowing about magma, lava, igneous rock, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. We are writing our own nonfiction book as well as a class nonfiction book that we wrote. We used the IIM method of investigating writing to develop our book from notefacts. Once completed we will get it hard bound for
the classroom.
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1-C HAS WRITTEN A spring poem FOR A POETRY CONTEST-- CHECK IT OUT 1-C Spring poem
8:35-9:00 Bellwork
9:00-9:20 Calendar/meeting/Relevant shared reading
9:20-11:00 Math
11:00-11:45 Lunch and Recess
11:45-12:55 Reading and Writing
12:55-1:35 Special
1:35-2:20 Reading and Writing (science and Social Studies)
2:20-3:00 Recess, Snack and Pack
BELLWORK- Independent work is done as a settling in process for the morning. During this time, I take attendence, collect homework, get lunch count...
CALENDAR/MEETING- Jobs done, date written. weather checked and data collected. We see how many days we have been in school, we count by ones, tens and eventually hundreds. We notice patterns in the calendar and we go over our daily schedule.
MATH- Everyday math is our program. It teaches numeration, operations and computation, patterns, fractions, algebra, geometry, measurement and data and chance. The children will be getting a UNIT letter at the beginning of each unit, please hold on to this letter, it explains what is coming up as well as has the homework answers so that you can help your child with math. We have begun counting by 5's and making tallys-- Click on to see what we are doing!!!!
LUNCH/RECESS- Lunch money is sent in every Monday in an envelope with your child's name on it-- Money will be set on their account and parents will be notified if they need to add more money. Breakfast is also served each day for $1.00
READERS WORKSHOP- Good Readers READ, your children will chose books with teacher direction and have them in their book boxes for independent reading with conferencing. They will also learn to buddy read, readers theater, fill in missing words in a morning message, figure what happens next in sequencing story activities...
WORKING WITH WORDS- This is our WILSON program. We learn sounds, do word wall activities, word of the day, workbooks, sound flashes, word families.... Paper is provided on this site so that you can practice handwriting with your child at home. Please also check out
star fall for computer games and books your child can use for extra practice. We also practice word making through literacy centers.
WRITERS WORKSHOP- Good Writers WRITE, your children will write in journals, label pictures, make lists, write poetry, write stories... they will learn to edit, what makes sense and to be accountable for spelling words learned during word wall activities and working with words. They will start off with inventive spelling and will learn to edit and expand their works. As of January- we are editing and sharing our works- We have completed our HOW TO BOOKS and they have been presented. Now we are starting to work on MEMORIES- I have incorporated Memoirs in our shared reading. We are reading about a girl that has to move and she is nervous-- Nervous to move and to start school and make new friends. The Memoir that they will be writing about will be the start of first grade-- This book will be saved in their portfolio for you to keep for them as a "Memoir of First Grade" We have completed nonfiction books about rocks. We have celebrated our rsearch and book writing with an authors chair share. Each
child had a chance to read their book aloud to our class. Once we competed the nonfiction writings-- we moved ahead into autobiography writing. The children wrote a book about themselves- this book included their family, their school, their homes, their favorite thing to do as well as what they want to be when they grow up. We also had a chance to celebrate with authors chair share. We have now begin our work on writing friendly letters. I will continue to update you but at this point we have decided to write letter to our favorite fairy tale characters. We will be asking questions of the witch from Hansel and Gretel as well as finding out what is going on with the wolf at Granny's house... stay tuned First Grade is sooooooo creative!!!!!
SPECIALS- Art, music, health, gym, and library (SPECIALS- art and computers will be alternating weeks with art being one hour long.) see class schedule for specific days
SNACK- Please provide your child with a small healthy snack and juice or water. Place this snack in a pocket of their backback so it is not confused with their lunch. There is a link with some healthy recipes that you can make together. Healthy recipes to try Please help you child remember to pack a small snack each day. We have snack about 2:20-2:35.
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES- We will be studying life science using butterflies to teach life cycle and habitats... and we will be studying government using classroom rules and safety.
We just released our first butterfly into the sky this morning!!!!!! We have been very lucky that we have had three almost ready to fly away... Click the word butterfly to see pictures of our morning BUTTERFLY
We have been finishing up our habitat units-- we know that a habitat consists of
1. shelter
2. food
3. air
4. water
Next we will be gum shoes and start our wonderings about Earth science- We will investigate, explore, wonder, discover, wait, watch and examine what happens outside when SPRING starts to come!!!!
GOOD READERS READ GOOD READERS READ GOOD READERS READ GOOD READERS READ GOOD READERS READ
We have started a study group with a grant from Tufts. The teachers have been studying Readers Workshop and the most important information I want to share with you so far is this: GOOD READERS READ. Take some spare time during the day and ask your young reader to read. If you wish you may also ask them to record what they have read using Just right book report or help them to organized their thoughts by using this graphic organizer story map to sequence events from the story.
PBIS PBIS PBIS PBIS PBIS PBIS PBIS PBIS PBIS PBIS
respect responsible
be prepared
We will be getting together weekly with all the first grade classes and teaching what their job is at school. The whole school has adopted these three words and their meanings to create a place where everyone can have fun and be safe. We will show your child what it looks like to be prepared for gym: sneakers, gone to the bathroom, ready to play.
Or responsible for your work: Eyes on your own paper, best effort or respectful in the halls: Walking on the right, hands by your sides, listening for adult directions.
By teaching the children what we expect, they are not confused by different sets of rules for different activities.