Falcons in First
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Back To School 2019-2020
The first day of school is TOMORROW, and I am bursting with excitement! I am looking forward to a year full of mind-expanding concepts and fruitful experiences. I wanted to first introduce myself. I am Mrs. Kelsey Stacy Pearson, and I will be your child's first grade teacher. We are going to have so much fun this year! I also wanted to post a friendly reminder that Back to School Night is September 5th from 6:30-7:30. I am looking forward to meeting all of you!
Monday, March 18, 2019
March 18-21, 2019
Hi Families!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Thank
you to everyone who volunteered Friday. I believe the students had a great time
at the RICE museum. Just a reminder that next week is Spring Break. Also, on
April 4th I am taking the students to see The Legend of Rock, Paper,
Scissors at the Oregon Children’s Theater and I am looking for volunteers. If
you’d like to volunteer, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=w.ProcessCreate5
The PTA is auctioning off baskets this
year. Our theme is Home and Garden. I have created a list of item ideas if you’d
like to donate, but feel free to donate anything you’d like. These items are
due April 1st. To sign up for items, see list here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=w.ProcessCreate5
Please let me know if you have any
questions. Here is our week at a glance:
Riggs:
Continuing multiletter phonograms, daily spelling words! Please remember to go
over your child’s spelling words with them every night. They are tested every
morning on their words. You can make it fun! Write in shaving cream, pudding,
bathroom markers, dry erase markers on the window, etc. You can find their
words in their Riggs notebook and planner.
Monday: price, money, class, horse,
copy
Tuesday: copied, copies, more, delay,
pound
Wednesday: behind, around, fifth,
return, camp
Thursday: clear, bear, bare, clean,
finish
Math:
Enduring Understandings - The student
will understand that:
•
numbers can be
shown using a drawing or picture
•
when adding
two-digit numbers, the sum may be greater than 100
•
there are
five-minute intervals between each number on the clock
•
the median is the
number in the middle of a set of numbers ordered from least to greatest
Essential Questions:
•
How can I draw a
picture to show the amount for a three-digit number?
•
How can I tell if
the sum of two-digit numbers will be greater than 100?
•
How can counting
by 5’s help me tell the time?
•
How do I find the
median of a set of numbers?
Mathematical Language:
• capacity, cubes, cup, difference,
flip, full, gallon, greater than, half-inch, median, liter, minute, quart,
fewest, greatest, half hour, hour, least, left, length, line segment, minus,
o’clock, parallelogram, subtract, subtraction
Reading: The Leprechaun’s Gold by Pamela
Duncan Edwards
Comparing texts using a Venn diagram
Ask and answer questions about key details
in a text.
Retell stories, including key details,
and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and
major events in a story, using key details.
Explain major differences between
books that tell stories and books that give information. Reading a range of
text types.
Use illustrations and details in a
story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Identify the main topic and retell key
details of a text.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and
word analysis skills in decoding words.
Read with sufficient accuracy and
fluency to support comprehension.
IEW/Writing:
Students will continue participating in choral reading of source texts, create
story sequencing charts, locate nouns and verbs in sentences, and write key
word outlines. Using those key word outlines, we are now practicing sentence
and paragraph writing. We also write about our weekly reading on Writing
Wednesday! We then practice illustrating our writing.
Core Knowledge: American Revolution
·
FROM COLONIES TO INDEPENDENCE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
o Locate the
original thirteen colonies.
o The Boston
Tea Party
o Paul Revere’s ride, “One if by land, two if by
sea”
o Minutemen and
Redcoats, the “shot heard round the world”
o Thomas
Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal. . . .”
o Fourth of
July
o Benjamin
Franklin: patriot, inventor, writer
o George
Washington: from military commander to our first president
§ Martha
Washington
§ Our national
capital city named Washington
o Legend of
Betsy Ross and the flag
·
EARLY EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICA WEST
o Daniel Boone
and the Wilderness Road
o The Louisiana
Purchase
§ Explorations
of Lewis and Clark
§ Sacagawea
o Geography:
Locate the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Mississippi
River.
Thank you,
Ms. Kelsey Stacy
Monday, March 11, 2019
March 11-15
Hi Families!
I hope everyone had a wonderful
weekend. We are now studying the American Revolution and Westward Expansion. In
first grade, we only discuss a few events from this time. Further details
regarding the American Revolution and the Westward Expansion will be addressed
in third and fourth grade. This Friday is our field trip to the RICE Museum. If
you have volunteered to chaperone, I will send a separate email to you shortly.
Please remember students can wear their red field trip t-shirt (or any red
t-shirt) with jeans, or they may wear their uniform. Students must wear tennis
shoes. Please also remember that school lunch is not provided on field trip
days. When packing your student’s lunch, keep our healthy school lunch policy
in mind. Thank you.
Please let me know if you have any
questions. Here is our week at a glance:
Riggs:
Continuing multiletter phonograms, daily spelling words! Please remember to go
over your child’s spelling words with them every night. They are tested every
morning on their words. You can make it fun! Write in shaving cream, pudding,
bathroom markers, dry erase markers on the window, etc. You can find their
words in their Riggs notebook and planner.
Monday: even, without, afternoon,
Friday, weigh
Tuesday: state, head, juice, great,
gentle
Wednesday: story, open, short, reach,
fruit
Thursday: guide, worse, water, round,
cost
Math:
Enduring Understandings - The student
will understand that:
•
numbers can be
shown using a drawing or picture
•
when adding
two-digit numbers, the sum may be greater than 100
•
there are
five-minute intervals between each number on the clock
•
the median is the
number in the middle of a set of numbers ordered from least to greatest
Essential Questions:
•
How can I draw a
picture to show the amount for a three-digit number?
•
How can I tell if
the sum of two-digit numbers will be greater than 100?
•
How can counting
by 5’s help me tell the time?
•
How do I find the
median of a set of numbers?
Mathematical Language:
• capacity, cubes, cup, difference,
flip, full, gallon, greater than, half-inch, median, liter, minute, quart,
fewest, greatest, half hour, hour, least, left, length, line segment, minus,
o’clock, parallelogram, subtract, subtraction
Reading: Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato
Comparing texts using a Venn diagram
Ask and answer questions about key
details in a text.
Retell stories, including key details,
and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and
major events in a story, using key details.
Explain major differences between
books that tell stories and books that give information. Reading a range of
text types.
Use illustrations and details in a
story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Identify the main topic and retell key
details of a text.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and
word analysis skills in decoding words.
Read with sufficient accuracy and
fluency to support comprehension.
IEW/Writing:
Students will continue participating in choral reading of source texts, create
story sequencing charts, locate nouns and verbs in sentences, and write key
word outlines. Using those key word outlines, we are now practicing sentence
and paragraph writing. We also write about our weekly reading on Writing
Wednesday! We then practice illustrating our writing.
Core Knowledge: American Revolution
·
FROM COLONIES TO INDEPENDENCE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
o Locate the
original thirteen colonies.
o The Boston
Tea Party
o Paul Revere’s ride, “One if by land, two if by
sea”
o Minutemen and
Redcoats, the “shot heard round the world”
o Thomas
Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal. . . .”
o Fourth of July
o Benjamin
Franklin: patriot, inventor, writer
o George
Washington: from military commander to our first president
§ Martha
Washington
§ Our national
capital city named Washington
o Legend of
Betsy Ross and the flag
·
EARLY EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICA WEST
o Daniel Boone
and the Wilderness Road
o The Louisiana
Purchase
§ Explorations
of Lewis and Clark
§ Sacagawea
o Geography:
Locate the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Mississippi
River.
Thank you,
Ms. Kelsey Stacy
Monday, March 4, 2019
March 3-7, 2019
Hi Families!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.
I cannot believe I missed such a crazy week last week. I hope you had a
wonderful snow day! I wanted to remind you that this Thursday night is our Core
Knowledge Showcase. Here is some information regarding the showcase:
You are invited to join the staff and students of Cascade
Heights on March 7th at 6:30 PM for an evening performance highlighting Core
Knowledge units by all 9 classes. Each class will perform twice, once in
the gym and once in the cafeteria, so feel free to sit in either room.
Our evening performance begins at 6:30 PM. Family and friends
may take their seats beginning at 6:10 while students make their way to their
classrooms. We are expecting a full house, so be there early for the best
seats. Guests may park in the staff parking lot on the north side of the
building, in front of our building, and in the gravel parking lot south of the
building. We ask that everyone enter through the front doors, unless you need
an accessible entrance. If you have someone with you that needs a more
accessible entrance, you may pull into the staff parking lot, park in the
accessible spot, and use the buzzer on the breezeway door.
Reminders:
~ Students can wear their school uniform.
~There will be concessions available for purchase.
~ The single user bathroom is located to the right as you exit
the gym.
~ You are more than welcome to take pictures or film the show,
but please do so from your seat or standing in the back of the room.
~ Please silence your cell phone and all other noise making
devices.
~ At the end of the performance, students will need to be picked up from their
classrooms. Please send one parent down to pick them up. In order to minimize
interruptions to the performance, students will not be released until the end
of the show
Please let me know if you have any
questions. Here is our week at a glance for the next two weeks:
Riggs:
Continuing multiletter phonograms, daily spelling words! Please remember to go
over your child’s spelling words with them every night. They are tested every
morning on their words. You can make it fun! Write in shaving cream, pudding,
bathroom markers, dry erase markers on the window, etc. You can find their
words in their Riggs notebook and planner.
Monday: shall, may, might, would,
could
Tuesday: week, weak, mile, sent, cent
Wednesday: cents, sense, seem, seems,
six
Thursday: were, see, saw, seen, even
Math:
Enduring Understandings - The student
will understand that:
•
numbers can be
shown using a drawing or picture
•
when adding
two-digit numbers, the sum may be greater than 100
•
there are
five-minute intervals between each number on the clock
•
the median is the
number in the middle of a set of numbers ordered from least to greatest
Essential Questions:
•
How can I draw a
picture to show the amount for a three-digit number?
•
How can I tell if
the sum of two-digit numbers will be greater than 100?
•
How can counting
by 5’s help me tell the time?
•
How do I find the
median of a set of numbers?
Mathematical Language:
• capacity, cubes, cup, difference,
flip, full, gallon, greater than, half-inch, median, liter, minute, quart,
fewest, greatest, half hour, hour, least, left, length, line segment, minus,
o’clock, parallelogram, subtract, subtraction
Reading: The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
Comparing texts using a Venn diagram
Ask and answer questions about key
details in a text.
Retell stories, including key details,
and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and
major events in a story, using key details.
Explain major differences between
books that tell stories and books that give information. Reading a range of
text types.
Use illustrations and details in a
story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Identify the main topic and retell key
details of a text.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and
word analysis skills in decoding words.
Read with sufficient accuracy and
fluency to support comprehension.
IEW/Writing:
Students will continue participating in choral reading of source texts, create
story sequencing charts, locate nouns and verbs in sentences, and write key
word outlines. Using those key word outlines, we are now practicing sentence and
paragraph writing. We also write about our weekly reading on Writing Wednesday!
We then practice illustrating our writing.
Core Knowledge: American Revolution
·
FROM COLONIES TO INDEPENDENCE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
o Locate the
original thirteen colonies.
o The Boston
Tea Party
o Paul Revere’s ride, “One if by land, two if by
sea”
o Minutemen and
Redcoats, the “shot heard round the world”
o Thomas
Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal. . . .”
o Fourth of July
o Benjamin
Franklin: patriot, inventor, writer
o George
Washington: from military commander to our first president
§ Martha
Washington
§ Our national
capital city named Washington
o Legend of
Betsy Ross and the flag
·
EARLY EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICA WEST
o Daniel Boone
and the Wilderness Road
o The Louisiana
Purchase
§ Explorations
of Lewis and Clark
§ Sacagawea
o Geography:
Locate the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Mississippi
River.
Thank you,
Ms. Kelsey Stacy
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
February 19-22 & 25-28
Hi Families!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I wanted to send a
quick reminder that this Friday is field trip Friday. Students can wear their
red field trip shirt (or any red t-shirt) and jeans. Please remember our
healthy school lunch policy when packing their lunch and snacks. We do not
offer school lunch on field trip days. If you are chaperoning, I will send out
an email regarding Friday’s details soon. I also wanted to let you know that I
will be out all next week. Because of this, I am also sending next week’s week
at a glance. As always, thank you for supporting your child’s education.
Here is our week at a glance for the next two weeks:
Riggs: Continuing multiletter phonograms, daily spelling
words! Please remember to go over your child’s spelling words with them every
night. They are tested every morning on their words. You can make it fun! Write
in shaving cream, pudding, bathroom markers, dry erase markers on the window,
etc. You can find their words in their Riggs notebook and planner.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: rain, keep, start, bit, bite
Wednesday: biting, mail, male, female, eye
Thursday: I, town, city, cities, glass
Monday February 25 – party, parties, two, twin, twice
Tuesday February 26- twenty, between, twelve, will, can
Wednesday February 27 – shall, may, might, would, could
Thursday February 28 – should, week, weak, mile, miles
Math:
Enduring Understandings - The student will understand that:
•
numbers can be shown using a drawing or picture
•
when adding two-digit numbers, the sum may be
greater than 100
•
there are five-minute intervals between each
number on the clock
•
the median is the number in the middle of a set
of numbers ordered from least to greatest
Essential Questions:
•
How can I draw a picture to show the amount for
a three-digit number?
•
How can I tell if the sum of two-digit numbers will
be greater than 100?
•
How can counting by 5’s help me tell the time?
•
How do I find the median of a set of numbers?
Mathematical Language:
• capacity, cubes, cup, difference, flip, full, gallon,
greater than, half-inch, median, liter, minute, quart, fewest, greatest, half hour,
hour, least, left, length, line segment, minus, o’clock, parallelogram, subtract,
subtraction
Reading: Brave Irene
by William Steig
Next Week’s Book: Little
Polar Bear, Take Me Home! By Hans do Beer
Comparing texts using a Venn diagram
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate
understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story,
using key details.
Explain major differences between books that tell stories
and books that give information. Reading a range of text types.
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its
characters, setting, or events.
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills
in decoding words.
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support
comprehension.
IEW/Writing: Students will continue participating in choral
reading of source texts, create story sequencing charts, locate nouns and verbs
in sentences, and write key word outlines. Using those key word outlines, we
are now practicing sentence and paragraph writing. We also write about our
weekly reading on Writing Wednesday! We then practice illustrating our
writing.
Core Knowledge: Space
• Sun:
source of energy, light, heat
• Moon:
phases of the moon (full, half, crescent, new)
• The eight
planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) (Note:
In 2006, Pluto was classified as a dwarf planet.)
• Stars,
Constellations, Big Dipper, The sun is a star.
• Earth and
its place in the solar system
• The earth
moves around the sun; the sun does not move.
• The earth
revolves (spins); one revolution takes one day (24 hours).
• Sunrise
and sunset
• When it
is day where you are, it is night for people on the opposite side of the earth.
B. WHAT’S INSIDE THE EARTH
• Inside
the earth
• Layers:
crust, mantle, core (draw and label)
• High
temperatures (draw and label)
• Volcanoes
and geysers (draw and label)
Thank you,
Ms. Kelsey Stacy
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