I am not sure if I sent this information home or not so I thought I would post it! Tuesdays and Thrusday mornings are meeting days for me. I have staff meeting 8am to 8:50am on Tuesdays and Professional Learning Community meetings on Thursdays 8:00am to 8:50am. I may be later returning emails and phone calls on thoes days.
Thank you for understanding.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Before, Between and After
In Math today we learned about before, between and after. We worked on figuring out the numbers that came before, between and after other numbers.
For example:
____, 1, ____ was a problem. We figured out the answers where 0, 1, 2.
29, _____ was a problem. The answer was 29, 30.
____, 13 was a problem. The answer was 12, 13.
We figured out the answers by using our counting skills. We are going to keep practicing this skill.
For example:
____, 1, ____ was a problem. We figured out the answers where 0, 1, 2.
29, _____ was a problem. The answer was 29, 30.
____, 13 was a problem. The answer was 12, 13.
We figured out the answers by using our counting skills. We are going to keep practicing this skill.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Kid's Writing
Below are some "articles" that were submitted by students to be published on the blog. This will occur throughout the year so keep checking!
The prompt for this writing was: "Tell about something we have done in first grade."
Chase
I learned science. I learned math. I learned read.
Bella
We got to go to the Jog-a-thon and we got Popsicles and water too. I like science because we get a special science experiment.
Katrina
I like the picture day. It was fun.
Brookelynn
I liked the Jog-a-thon. That is the part I like the most. It was fun. I really like that I was really excited about it.
Shaylee
My favorite part about first grade is technology, also library. I even love the Jog-a-thon.
Holly
We made an animal book. It was fun.
Eli
We did the Jog-a-thon and I ran 15 laps. Altogether we ran 336 laps. I was excited.
The prompt for this writing was: "Tell about something we have done in first grade."
Chase
I learned science. I learned math. I learned read.
Bella
We got to go to the Jog-a-thon and we got Popsicles and water too. I like science because we get a special science experiment.
Katrina
I like the picture day. It was fun.
Brookelynn
I liked the Jog-a-thon. That is the part I like the most. It was fun. I really like that I was really excited about it.
Shaylee
My favorite part about first grade is technology, also library. I even love the Jog-a-thon.
Holly
We made an animal book. It was fun.
Eli
We did the Jog-a-thon and I ran 15 laps. Altogether we ran 336 laps. I was excited.
Google Docs
I am currently looking to move some papers to google docs so they are easily downloadable/printable. I hope to be including that soon!
Work at Home
October Skills to Work on at Home
Reading:
• One to one matching-does what you say match the words in the book.
• Using the following reading strategies when stuck on a word:
• Check the picture
• Check the beginning sound
• Cross Check
Does it look right?
Does it sound right?
Does it make sense?
• Reading 15 minutes or more a day.
Writing:
• Using mostly lowercase when writing.
• Spaces between words.
• Starting to use a period.
• Using as many sounds as possible. (Mainly beginning and ending sounds.)
• Stories can be read by student.
Math:
• Counting and writing numbers to 100, soon to be 120.
• Recognizing numbers to 100, soon to be 120.
• Adding and subtracting using manipulative and number under 10.
Reading:
• One to one matching-does what you say match the words in the book.
• Using the following reading strategies when stuck on a word:
• Check the picture
• Check the beginning sound
• Cross Check
Does it look right?
Does it sound right?
Does it make sense?
• Reading 15 minutes or more a day.
Writing:
• Using mostly lowercase when writing.
• Spaces between words.
• Starting to use a period.
• Using as many sounds as possible. (Mainly beginning and ending sounds.)
• Stories can be read by student.
Math:
• Counting and writing numbers to 100, soon to be 120.
• Recognizing numbers to 100, soon to be 120.
• Adding and subtracting using manipulative and number under 10.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
All About First Grade in B-5
All About First Grade in B-5
Welcome to B5! Here is some more information for you regarding our classroom and its schedule.
P.E. and Music
Your child will be attending P.E. class 3 days each week: MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. Students need to wear shoes and clothing appropriate for P.E. participation.
Your child will be attending Music class 3 days each week: MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY/
LIBRARY
We will have one scheduled library checkout time per week on THURSDAY. Please make sure that your child returns his/her book on WEDNESDAY TO THE LIBRARY, as that is the policy of the library.
HOMEWORK
Daily all students will bring home a “Read At Home” log.. These are due the following day.
Other work that will be coming home depends on what is going on in the classroom. Please return any homework by the following Wednesday.
Occasionally, other homework or “special projects” will be assigned. The due dates for these assignments will be indicated.
FIELD TRIP VOLUNTEERS
Remember that all volunteers need to have a completed criminal background check on file with the office BEFORE volunteering. This will apply to chaperoning field trips later in the year as well. The background check takes several weeks to process so please fill one out as soon as possible. If you are not sure you have one filled out or it has been a while, send me an email and I can check for you.
BATHROOM AND DRINK POLICY
Students may use the restroom any time during the day except during instruction/teaching time. Students will however, need to check out one at a time. Exceptions will always be made for emergencies.
Students are allowed to get a drink at any time during the day as long as it is not during an instruction/teaching time.
CLASS PARTIES
As you know we can only use pre-packaged food/drinks for class parties, etc… so I would like to collect money from each family to go towards purchasing food, games, paper products and prizes for class parties.
If every family could donate $7.00 to the class party fund we could more than cover the cost to offer several fun parties including: Book Character, Winter Celebration, Valentines Party and a few others. Any money left over will go to the big “End of the Year Party”. These parties are a special time for the kids to celebrate the various seasons of the year and have a little fun too!
BIRTHDAYS
Parents are welcome to help celebrate their child’s birthday by bringing treats to school. Please email, call, or send a note with your child ahead of time, if you plan to do so. Birthday celebrations are generally held a half hour before dismissal (3:00 pm). However, donuts are a fun morning birthday treat if that works better for you.
LUNCH
Recess/Lunch is at 11:20. Families are more than welcome to come and have lunch with their student. Guest will be sitting at the classroom tables due to the number of classes having lunch.
Jog-a-thon
We need volunteers for the Jog-a-thon in October. If you are interested please let us know! Thinks!
Let’s have a wonderful year!
You can reach me at:
503-399-5548 or email white_meredith@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Welcome to B5! Here is some more information for you regarding our classroom and its schedule.
P.E. and Music
Your child will be attending P.E. class 3 days each week: MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. Students need to wear shoes and clothing appropriate for P.E. participation.
Your child will be attending Music class 3 days each week: MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY/
LIBRARY
We will have one scheduled library checkout time per week on THURSDAY. Please make sure that your child returns his/her book on WEDNESDAY TO THE LIBRARY, as that is the policy of the library.
HOMEWORK
Daily all students will bring home a “Read At Home” log.. These are due the following day.
Other work that will be coming home depends on what is going on in the classroom. Please return any homework by the following Wednesday.
Occasionally, other homework or “special projects” will be assigned. The due dates for these assignments will be indicated.
FIELD TRIP VOLUNTEERS
Remember that all volunteers need to have a completed criminal background check on file with the office BEFORE volunteering. This will apply to chaperoning field trips later in the year as well. The background check takes several weeks to process so please fill one out as soon as possible. If you are not sure you have one filled out or it has been a while, send me an email and I can check for you.
BATHROOM AND DRINK POLICY
Students may use the restroom any time during the day except during instruction/teaching time. Students will however, need to check out one at a time. Exceptions will always be made for emergencies.
Students are allowed to get a drink at any time during the day as long as it is not during an instruction/teaching time.
CLASS PARTIES
As you know we can only use pre-packaged food/drinks for class parties, etc… so I would like to collect money from each family to go towards purchasing food, games, paper products and prizes for class parties.
If every family could donate $7.00 to the class party fund we could more than cover the cost to offer several fun parties including: Book Character, Winter Celebration, Valentines Party and a few others. Any money left over will go to the big “End of the Year Party”. These parties are a special time for the kids to celebrate the various seasons of the year and have a little fun too!
BIRTHDAYS
Parents are welcome to help celebrate their child’s birthday by bringing treats to school. Please email, call, or send a note with your child ahead of time, if you plan to do so. Birthday celebrations are generally held a half hour before dismissal (3:00 pm). However, donuts are a fun morning birthday treat if that works better for you.
LUNCH
Recess/Lunch is at 11:20. Families are more than welcome to come and have lunch with their student. Guest will be sitting at the classroom tables due to the number of classes having lunch.
Jog-a-thon
We need volunteers for the Jog-a-thon in October. If you are interested please let us know! Thinks!
Let’s have a wonderful year!
You can reach me at:
503-399-5548 or email white_meredith@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Family Interview
Family Interview
My child’s name is __________________________________.
The people in our family are _____________________________________________________________________________
Our email address is _____________________________________________________________________________
Our phone number is
________________________________________________________.
My child is interested in _____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
My child is great at
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
I would like to see my child improve at
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
My hopes for my child this year are
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
Our family likes to spend time
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
We have
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
My child has the following health concerns
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
We’d like Mrs. White to know
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
My child’s name is __________________________________.
The people in our family are _____________________________________________________________________________
Our email address is _____________________________________________________________________________
Our phone number is
________________________________________________________.
My child is interested in _____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
My child is great at
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
I would like to see my child improve at
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
My hopes for my child this year are
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
Our family likes to spend time
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
We have
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
My child has the following health concerns
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
We’d like Mrs. White to know
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
August Letter
Dear Families,
Welcome to First Grade! I hope everyone had a great summer. Are you as excited about starting school as I am? To help the first week to go smoothly, I thought I would send this information home early so the whole family can be ready for the first week of school.
School Supplies:
I know you have been busy picking out everything needed for school. Please put your student’s name or initials on their supplies. (A permanent marker works best.) Students will be keeping their supplies in their desks. Here’s a list of what will be needed and a few helpful hints. Purchase 5-8 boxes of pencils and then send one box a month (Pencils get sharpened a lot in first grade!), Kleenex, glue sticks (keep some at home to send often), I bottle liquid white glue, 24 count crayons, erasers, scissors, colored pencils, and a backpack. Please do not send a school box, I will be providing one for your student. Also put their names in any coats, sweaters or sweatshirts that might get taken off at recess or PE.
Classroom Supplies:
To help keep our room clean and germ level low, I am asking families to send in baby wipes or cleaning wipes.
“I don’t like school”:
The first month of first grade is a huge transition for your student. You may hear this during the first month. Just think, last year students were at school for 2 ½ hours, now they’re here for 6 hours. In that 6 hours they are learning new routines for recess, walking in the hall, checking out books, P.E., Music, computer lab, math, reading and lunch. They are also learning the personalities and expectations of 25 classmates and at least 6 different teachers. Then there is no nap time and all these rules to follow. It’s a big adjustment. If your student decides they don’t like school, this is normal. Keep being positive about all the fun things that go on at school and soon school will be a fun place again.
Lunch:
For those of you who are not familiar with our lunch system, your student has an account and each lunch is debited from that account. If your student is going to eat hot lunch, please have them drop off money in the morning. It makes lunch time run much smoother.
Going Home:
Please make sure your student knows how they are getting home the first day and the days following. I suggest checking with your student each morning for a week or two on how they are suppose to go home. I know that we have many older siblings, if your student is going to meet their sibling, please have them meet up front by the couch or the bike racks. I walk the entire class down the hall to the front of the building so there is no adult supervision in the classroom at that time. I’ve included a form to help me know where to send students for the first week.
Volunteering:
I will have our volunteering schedule up at Open House for parents to sign up. There will be mostly morning and a few afternoon times. I will begin volunteers in October. Some of the volunteer positions are helping kids work on reading, helping me during our technology class, assembly Thursday Folders and a memory book project. There are other times were volunteers will be needed for special projects or field trips. Please make sure to have your background check done early in the year so you can join us whenever you have time!
Interview Sheet:
Enclosed is an interview sheet to help me get to know the student’s and their families better. Please fill it out and return it the first day of school.
Family Picture:
In our classroom, we have a place for everyone to hang a 4x6 or smaller picture of their family. If you could send one to hang up that would be a great addition to our room.
R.A.H:
Our school has a daily reading at home program. It is amazing how much this daily reading at home has helped students improve their reading. Every month I will set a goal for how much a student is to read at home daily. This is a minimum; please feel free to go over the time if your child is enjoying reading. I will be checking in with students daily about their at home reading. Please know I understand that some days it’s hard to fit in time to read but I promise to keep the time length reasonable. Also the reading could be someone reading to your student, your student reading to someone, or your student reading on their own.
The Teacher:
My name is Meredith White. I have been a teacher for Salem-Keizer Public Schools since 1996. I have a B.A. is Elementary Education from Linfield College, a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Portland State and a Reading Endorsement from Willamette University. In the last several years I have become very interested in integrating technology in the classroom.
My husband, Brian, is the Base Civil Engineer for the Portland Air Base and a major in the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard. We have 2 and a half year old twins, Callie and Nicholas, who constantly keep us on our toes! We live in Woodburn with our two cats and a German Shorthair Pointer. We love to camp and read.
Getting hold of the teacher:
You can reach me at 503-399-5548. You can also reach me by email: white_meredith@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Enjoy that last couple weeks of vacation and I’ll see you September 7 !
*****************************************************************************************************
Please fill out and send with your student! Thanks!!
Child's Name: ______________________________
Address Child Goes to After School: _________________________________________________
Phone Where Parent Can Be Reached: ______________________________________________
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Bus_____ Bus _____ Bus ______ Bus ______ Bus ______
Walk ______ Walk _____ Walk ______ Walk ______ Walk _____
Pick up ______ Pick up ______ Pick up _____ Pick up ______ Pick up ______
Other: ________ Other: ________ Other: ________ Other: ________ Other: ________
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Welcome to First Grade! I hope everyone had a great summer. Are you as excited about starting school as I am? To help the first week to go smoothly, I thought I would send this information home early so the whole family can be ready for the first week of school.
School Supplies:
I know you have been busy picking out everything needed for school. Please put your student’s name or initials on their supplies. (A permanent marker works best.) Students will be keeping their supplies in their desks. Here’s a list of what will be needed and a few helpful hints. Purchase 5-8 boxes of pencils and then send one box a month (Pencils get sharpened a lot in first grade!), Kleenex, glue sticks (keep some at home to send often), I bottle liquid white glue, 24 count crayons, erasers, scissors, colored pencils, and a backpack. Please do not send a school box, I will be providing one for your student. Also put their names in any coats, sweaters or sweatshirts that might get taken off at recess or PE.
Classroom Supplies:
To help keep our room clean and germ level low, I am asking families to send in baby wipes or cleaning wipes.
“I don’t like school”:
The first month of first grade is a huge transition for your student. You may hear this during the first month. Just think, last year students were at school for 2 ½ hours, now they’re here for 6 hours. In that 6 hours they are learning new routines for recess, walking in the hall, checking out books, P.E., Music, computer lab, math, reading and lunch. They are also learning the personalities and expectations of 25 classmates and at least 6 different teachers. Then there is no nap time and all these rules to follow. It’s a big adjustment. If your student decides they don’t like school, this is normal. Keep being positive about all the fun things that go on at school and soon school will be a fun place again.
Lunch:
For those of you who are not familiar with our lunch system, your student has an account and each lunch is debited from that account. If your student is going to eat hot lunch, please have them drop off money in the morning. It makes lunch time run much smoother.
Going Home:
Please make sure your student knows how they are getting home the first day and the days following. I suggest checking with your student each morning for a week or two on how they are suppose to go home. I know that we have many older siblings, if your student is going to meet their sibling, please have them meet up front by the couch or the bike racks. I walk the entire class down the hall to the front of the building so there is no adult supervision in the classroom at that time. I’ve included a form to help me know where to send students for the first week.
Volunteering:
I will have our volunteering schedule up at Open House for parents to sign up. There will be mostly morning and a few afternoon times. I will begin volunteers in October. Some of the volunteer positions are helping kids work on reading, helping me during our technology class, assembly Thursday Folders and a memory book project. There are other times were volunteers will be needed for special projects or field trips. Please make sure to have your background check done early in the year so you can join us whenever you have time!
Interview Sheet:
Enclosed is an interview sheet to help me get to know the student’s and their families better. Please fill it out and return it the first day of school.
Family Picture:
In our classroom, we have a place for everyone to hang a 4x6 or smaller picture of their family. If you could send one to hang up that would be a great addition to our room.
R.A.H:
Our school has a daily reading at home program. It is amazing how much this daily reading at home has helped students improve their reading. Every month I will set a goal for how much a student is to read at home daily. This is a minimum; please feel free to go over the time if your child is enjoying reading. I will be checking in with students daily about their at home reading. Please know I understand that some days it’s hard to fit in time to read but I promise to keep the time length reasonable. Also the reading could be someone reading to your student, your student reading to someone, or your student reading on their own.
The Teacher:
My name is Meredith White. I have been a teacher for Salem-Keizer Public Schools since 1996. I have a B.A. is Elementary Education from Linfield College, a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Portland State and a Reading Endorsement from Willamette University. In the last several years I have become very interested in integrating technology in the classroom.
My husband, Brian, is the Base Civil Engineer for the Portland Air Base and a major in the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard. We have 2 and a half year old twins, Callie and Nicholas, who constantly keep us on our toes! We live in Woodburn with our two cats and a German Shorthair Pointer. We love to camp and read.
Getting hold of the teacher:
You can reach me at 503-399-5548. You can also reach me by email: white_meredith@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Enjoy that last couple weeks of vacation and I’ll see you September 7 !
*****************************************************************************************************
Please fill out and send with your student! Thanks!!
Child's Name: ______________________________
Address Child Goes to After School: _________________________________________________
Phone Where Parent Can Be Reached: ______________________________________________
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Bus_____ Bus _____ Bus ______ Bus ______ Bus ______
Walk ______ Walk _____ Walk ______ Walk ______ Walk _____
Pick up ______ Pick up ______ Pick up _____ Pick up ______ Pick up ______
Other: ________ Other: ________ Other: ________ Other: ________ Other: ________
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Welcome to 2011-2012 Blog!
It is my goal to update this blog often to help families know what we are doing in class. Over the next week or so, I will be adding the letters I sent home in September, things to be working on at home, things to expect in the fall and as many resources as I can to help families out. I also plan on adding pictures and student writing! Let me know if there are things you would like to see on the blog.
I hope you find the blog a helpful resource.
I hope you find the blog a helpful resource.
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