tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75172435580577465482012-02-16T20:29:00.967-06:00A blog about what's happening in First Grade!Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-64684422693971480012012-02-13T15:05:00.002-06:002012-02-13T15:13:34.534-06:00Week of: February 13th – 17th <br />Reminders:<br />*Every Tuesdayis our library day. Please remind your child to turn in their library books.<br />• Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day Party from 12:45-1:45 (Parents and siblings are welcome to attend).<br />Feb. 15 Skate Night, Playland Skate Center 6-8:30 pm<br />Feb 20 No School (Presidents' Day)<br />Feb. 28 Spirit Night out at Catfish Parlour<br />March 3 Family Dinner Night in the Caraway Cafeteria<br />March 6 Kindergarten Round Up<br />March 22Talent Show for K-3 <br />March 23 Talent Show for 4-5<br /><br />Words Their Way: Every Friday your child will take a spelling test. Please ask your child what color group he/she is on this week. <br /><br />Green Group: Sort with sp, sk, sm, plus 5 of our word wall words<br />small, ski, spoon, spill, skip, over, mom, down, could, off<br /><br />Blue Group: Sort with pr, dr, tr, plus 5 word wall words<br />trap, drill, track, prize, dress, over, mom, down, could, off<br /><br />Red Group: Sort short a vs. long a (CVC, CVCe, CVVC, CVV)<br />day, trade, nail, glass, stay, raise, grain, brave, play, clay<br /><br />Language Arts:<br />Monday and Tuesday-Chocolate Fever Day Activities<br />Wednesday-Friday:<br />In Reading Workshop…<br />The genre for reading workshop is non-fiction this week. The mini-lessons that will be taught this week include: Listing the characteristics of non-fiction, finding out what to do before, during and after reading non-fiction.<br />In Writer’s Workshop…<br />This week we will start writing expository “All-About Books”. We will start off the unit looking at other published books and learning about the characteristics of All-About Books. Next we will explore the structure of All-About Books: How to pick a topic, anticipating the chapters needed to write, and drafting a Table of Contents. If time, we will work on planning each chapter and choosing the different types of writer’s workshop paper needed for each chapter. <br /><br />Math:<br />Monday and Tuesday-Chocolate Fever Day Activities. <br />Beginning on Wednesday, we will focus on Count On 0 strategies. This seems simple to adults, but many students find it difficult to comprehend what zero means. As we explore different situations where zero is used, we will also include the Count On 1, 2 and 3 strategies that have already been covered as a re-teach to get ready for our next unit on doubles.<br /><br />Science:<br />This week we will learn about natural resources such as rocks, soil and water. Lessons will be taught on: How can rocks, soil, and water be useful? What are the “secret sources” that products are made from?<br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day!<br />Mrs. Caballero<br /><br />P.S. Please look below to view pictures from Chocolate Fever Day!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6468442269397148001?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-19658228197891280232012-02-13T13:16:00.003-06:002012-02-13T15:04:45.171-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UX-FeSnxHlo/Tzl6w33y3gI/AAAAAAAACxo/9RgFmdxkvOI/s1600/faces.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UX-FeSnxHlo/Tzl6w33y3gI/AAAAAAAACxo/9RgFmdxkvOI/s400/faces.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708728982719094274" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Le0Ghz2Hijc/Tzl6wrR_lQI/AAAAAAAACxc/xd0qfxuwCVA/s1600/12.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Le0Ghz2Hijc/Tzl6wrR_lQI/AAAAAAAACxc/xd0qfxuwCVA/s400/12.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708728979339318530" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j5JAcjFP04w/Tzl6vg_RVeI/AAAAAAAACxQ/AVptWArDT24/s1600/34.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j5JAcjFP04w/Tzl6vg_RVeI/AAAAAAAACxQ/AVptWArDT24/s400/34.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708728959396566498" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6bfzwLkaLCM/Tzl6vTrXNyI/AAAAAAAACxA/hZByQ8ITe7c/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6bfzwLkaLCM/Tzl6vTrXNyI/AAAAAAAACxA/hZByQ8ITe7c/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708728955823404834" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mJ36cPTTva8/Tzl6vIiaWJI/AAAAAAAACw4/aSJoeH8Jckk/s1600/5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mJ36cPTTva8/Tzl6vIiaWJI/AAAAAAAACw4/aSJoeH8Jckk/s400/5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708728952833071250" /></a><br />Chocolate Fever, that is!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u3AcUvuCps0/Tzl61laFjEI/AAAAAAAACx0/jMX4fwUiBBE/s1600/mandm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u3AcUvuCps0/Tzl61laFjEI/AAAAAAAACx0/jMX4fwUiBBE/s400/mandm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708729063661997122" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1965822819789128023?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-86168899066276126452012-02-06T13:30:00.001-06:002012-02-06T13:32:35.056-06:00February 6th-10th<br /><br />In Word Work…<br />**This week I am assessing the spelling of the whole word.**<br />Green Group: Sort #18 s, t and st: top, set, time, stand, stir, going, day, man, go, not<br /><br />Blue Group: Sort #24 bl, br, gr, gl : grill, bread, blank, glove, glue, going, day, man, go, not<br /><br />Red Group: Sort #20 short o vs. long o (CVC, CVCe, CVVC, CVV) <br />roast, flow, throw, row, stock, close, oat, mow, know, wrote, roam, loaf<br /><br />In Reading Workshop…<br />We are discussing characteristics of a Strong Reader. The characteristics promote independence during silent sustained reading times as well as monitor comprehension. Our genre study will be Biographies. We will read about famous Black Americans during February as we celebrate Black History Month.<br /><br />In Writer’s Workshop…<br />We are beginning a new unit on Letter Writing. We will learn the parts of a letter and write friendly letters to others. <br /><br />In Math…<br />We are continuing our unit on Money. We’ve learned about the penny, nickel and dime. This week we are focusing on the quarter. The students will also learn that 1 nickel equals 5 pennies, 2 dimes, 1 nickel equal 1 quarter, etc. They are responsible for being able to use different coins to make small amounts of money.<br /><br />In Social Studies…<br />We are learning about famous Americans who’ve shaped our lives through their contributions to our community. We will study Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. We will learn about their inventions and how technology has advanced.<br /><br />Reminders:<br />• Feb. 4 Celebration of Families, RRISD 9am-2pm <br />• Feb. 7 General PTA Meeting 7:00 pm and First grade PE program<br />• Feb. 8 Spirit Night Out at Mimi's Cafe <br />• Feb. 15 Skate Night, Playland Skate Center 6-8:30 pm <br />• Feb 20 No School Presidents' Day) <br />• Feb. 28 Spirit Night out at Catfish Parlour <br />• March 3 Family Dinner Night in the Caraway Cafeteria <br />• March 22Talent Show for K-3 <br />• March 23 Talent Show for 4-5<br />Thank you…<br />Tuesday Folders- Stephanie C.<br />Computer Lab- Mr. Score<br /><br />• Youth Art Month T-Shirt - On SALE NOW for $8.00. Both art teachers will accept cash and checks payable to Caraway Elementary through the end of the school day, Friday, February 10, 2012. Check the Caraway Website for the order form.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8616889906627612645?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-63402963353766261112012-01-30T15:56:00.002-06:002012-01-30T15:58:55.188-06:00January 30th- February 3<br /><br />Word Work:<br />Green Group: Sort with s, t, and st, plus 5 of our word wall words<br />stop, six, sink, stem, tire, has, had, got, their, than<br /><br />Blue Group: Sort with bl, br, gr, gl, plus 5 word wall words<br />glow, grow, block, glue, bread, has, had, got, their, than<br /><br />Red Group: Sort short o vs. long o (CVC, CVCe, CVVC, CVV)<br />froze, coal, show, long, slow, globe, coach, blow, grow, whose, snow<br /><br /><br />Language Arts:<br />In Language Arts we will continue our genre focus on Folktales/Fables. The children have loved trying to figure out the moral or lesson in the stories and identifying the elements. In Reader’s Workshop during read-to-self and read-with-partner we will be working on the following comprehension strategies: importance of understanding, when readers understand their voices sound smooth, they can picture the story, retell the story easily and just know what they read. In Writer’s Workshop we will start our unit on Small Moments: Personal Narrative Writing. We will learn what a small moment story is and the importance of stretching that small moment across several pages because it is so important. We will learn to listen to how published authors stretch a moment across several pages and we will begin writing our own small moment stories. <br /><br /><br />Math:<br />We will begin our unit on money. This unit will last for two weeks. This week we will focus on identifying the penny, nickel, and dime by name and value and describe relationships among them. We will make a K-W-L chart in our math journals for each coin. We will also make a book for each coin and list the different attributes about the coins. The books will go home at the end of the unit. Next week we will talk about the quarter and we need to keep the books for the children to use for activities at the end of next week.<br /><br /><br />Social Studies:<br />We will focus this week on how technology has shaped our community. We will talk about how things were done long ago vs. today with our mail, travel, printing, telephones, computers, etc. <br /><br /><br />Reminders:<br />*Every Wednesday is our library day. Please remember to turn in your library books.<br />• Jan. 31 Science Fair <br />• Feb. 1 Early Release Day at 12:45 pm <br />• Feb. 4 Celebration of Families, RRISD 9am-2pm <br />• Feb. 7 General PTA Meeting 7:00 pm (First grade performance)<br />• Feb. 8 Spirit Night Out at Mimi's Cafe <br />• Feb. 15 Skate Night, Playland Skate Center 6-8:30 pm <br />• Feb 20 No School Presidents' Day <br />• Feb. 28 Spirit Night out at Catfish Parlour <br />• March 3 Family Dinner Night in the Caraway Cafeteria<br /><br />Thank You:<br />Mrs. Johnston – Tuesday Folders <br />Mr. Score – Computer Lab<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. C<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6340296335376626111?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-71082223846096470832012-01-23T20:26:00.003-06:002012-01-23T20:39:36.980-06:00January 23-27<br /><br />Our two Principal's Pride winners this week are Steven Y. and Erika H.!<br /><br />Reminders: <br />Jan. 31 Science Fair<br />Feb. 1 Early Release Day at 12:45 pm<br />Feb. 4 Celebration of Families, RRISD 9am-2pm<br />Feb. 7 General PTA Meeting 7:00 pm<br />Feb. 8 Spirit Night Out at Mimi's Cafe<br />Feb. 15 Skate Night, Playland Skate Center 6-8:30 pm<br />Feb 20 No School Presidents' Day)<br />Feb. 28 Spirit Night out at Catfish Parlour<br />March 3 Family Dinner Night in the Caraway Cafeteria<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop...<br />We are learning about Folktales. Today we watched Goldilocks and the Three Bears on Book Flix (available on the Library's web page). We thought about the elements of a fairy tale and made a chart of the elements of a folktale. We will read different Folktales this week and discuss the elements, characters and plot of each tale.<br /><br />This week in Word Work...<br />This week we will have our first "real" spelling test. The students have done very well with their practice tests. I've posted the words on the blog according to each group. Your child's list may contain words from the First grade High Frequency List as well as words that fall into their "sound" for the week.<br /><br />This week in Writer's Workshop...<br />We will continue working on our Fairy Tales. Our goal is to start editing and revising so we can share our stories in the Author's Chair on Friday!<br /><br />This week in Math...<br />We will continue our unit on Geometry this week. We've learned about different 2 demensional shapes and their attributes. This week we will learn about solid shapes or 3 dimensional shapes and their attributes.<br /><br />This week in Science and Social Studies...<br />We will finish our unit on Force and Motion with an Inquiry (experiement) about finding location. Later this week we will begin a unit on Economics in Social Studies. We will learn about wants versus needs. <br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7108222384609647083?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-22322685576110772992012-01-23T15:06:00.002-06:002012-01-23T15:12:16.358-06:00Red Group: Red word group (Sort #19 short a vs. Long a –ai, -ay):<br /> stand, slave, they, tray, may, gray, gain, taste, aid, say, shape, past, pray<br /><br />Blue word group (Blue Group: Sort #23 cr, cl, fl, fr):<br /> clap, light, cry, crack, put, many, other, them, all, house, its<br /><br />Green word group(Sort #17 sh, ch, wh, th):<br /> whip, chin, ship, them, put, many, other, them, all, house, its<br /><br />This week we will be assessing for correct spelling of the word. The students will be working on hearing the sounds of the words as we work with them in class.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2232268557611077299?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-85407378259051841662012-01-18T15:24:00.002-06:002012-01-18T15:33:59.997-06:00January 16th-20th<br /><br />Reminders: <br />Jan. 31 Science Fair<br />Feb. 1 Early Release Day at 12:45 pm<br />Feb. 4 Celebration of Families, RRISD 9am-2pm<br />Feb. 7 Generaly PTA Meeting 7:00 pm<br />Feb. 8 Spirit Night Out at Mimi's CAfe<br />Feb. 15 Skate Night, Playland Skate Center 6-8:30 pm<br />Feb 20 No School Presidents' Day)<br />Feb. 28 Spirit Night out at Catfish Parlour<br />March 3 Family Dinner Night in the Caraway Cafeteria<br /><br />February Tuesday folder helper: Gina Johnston<br /><br />Fairy Tale Parade ***Thursday***<br />First Grade will be having a Fairy Tale Parade on Thursday, January 18th at 8:45 to celebrate the end of our Fairy Tale Unit. Please have your child come to school dressed as their favorite fairy tale character. Please do not think that you have to go out and buy a costume for your child. You and your child can make a homemade mask and/or costume. This should be fun….not stressful! <br /><br />Also, if you can, please have your child’s snack reflect what he/she dressed up as. For example, if your child is dressed as Snow White, send apple slices for her. If he is dressed as the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, maybe send cookies with him. <br /><br />The parade will start at 8:45 and we will walk all around the school. We would love for you to come and cheer us on! If you have any questions, please ask your child’s teacher. <br /><br />Thanks!<br />First Grade<br /><br /><br />In Reading Workshop we are reading Fractured Fairy Tales. We began our discussion by compairing a familiar Fairy Tale with a Fractured Fairy Tale. We read Cindy Ellen, A Wild Western Cinderella Story and compared it with the traditional version of Cinderella we read at the beginning of our Fairy Tale Unit. We will read and compare a couple of other Fractured Fairy Tales.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we began thinking of our own Fairy Tale. We began by sketching our ideas across pages so we could get our ideas on paper.<br /><br />In Word Work we began working with new sounds. The Green Group is reviewing "H" friends, sh,ch,th,wh. Blue group is reviewing cr, cl, fr, fl. Red Group is working on spelling words with the Long a and Short a sounds four different ways. I will send home note next week about our changes in Word Work.<br /><br />In Math we began a new unit on Geometry. We began by exploring 1 dimensional shapes and discussing their characteristics.<br /><br />In Science we began a new unit on Motion and Movement. We will do an experiement tomorrow where we observe the movement from one place to another of a wind up toy. If your child has a wind up toy he/she would like to bring to use during our experiement please send it tomorrow mornign.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8540737825905184166?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-73555953047963421142012-01-10T08:27:00.002-06:002012-01-10T11:17:09.346-06:00January 9th- 13th <br /><br />Reminders:<br />Jan 16th Holiday- No School<br />Jan 31st- Science Fair<br /><br />**Please make sure your child's name is written in their coat and lunch box.**<br /><br />Tuesday Folder Stuffer: Gina Johnston<br /><br />This week in First grade...<br /><br />In Reading Workshop we are reading and discussing Fairy Tales. We made a chart with the elements of a Fairy Tale and we are checking off the elements we discuss in each story as we read. A note will come home in the Tuesday Folder about our Fairy Tale Parade next week. <br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will begin writing our very own Fairy Tales! We will begin by planning out our story from beginning to end on writer's workshop paper. Then we will make a story map to make sure we have all of the elements of Fairy Tales in our own story!<br /><br />In Word Work we are working on the same sounds as last week. I have stapled a note to a practice spelling test we took last Friday. I will write more next week about our weekly Spelling Tests.<br /><br />In Math this week we are wrapping up our unit on Compairing and Ordering Numbers. We will work on solving problems using these skills as well!<br /><br />In Science we are wrapping up our unit on Energy and we will begin a new unit on Magnets! We will have a lot of fun experiments to do with magnets.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7355595304796342114?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-7255854312806846922012-01-03T19:43:00.002-06:002012-01-03T19:58:20.493-06:00January 3-6<br /><br />Welcome back! My family and I traveled, by car, to Phoenix to visit my brother and his family. It was great to have all three of my parent's granddaughters together for Christmas. The day after Christmas my 7 month old was diagnosed with Pneumonia. Never a dull moment in the Caballero house! We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable break! Happy New Year!<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Jan. 3 School resumes<br />Jan. 31, 2012 Science Fair<br /><br />Tuesday Folder Mom: Gina Johnston<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop...<br />We will begin our unit on Fairy Tales! It's such a fun unit where we learn about the elements of a Fairy Tale. We read different fairy tales and talk about what makes each on special. We compare and contrast different versions of the same fairy tale. At the end of our unit we will have a Fairy Tale Parade where we all dress up as our favorite fairy tale character and parade around the school. Start brainstorming with your child the character they would like to be!<br /><br />This week in Word Work...<br />We will be reviewing different sorts that we completed before the break. We will focus on spelling the words we have learned correctly in all of our writing. <br /><br />This week in Writer's Workshop...<br />Today we wrote about our New Years Eve/ New Years Day festivities and thought of one goal we have for the new year. Come on by our classroom and read our writing that is hanging in the hall.<br /><br />This week in Math...<br />We are compairing and ordering numbers to 99. Today we played games or talk about greater than and less than. We will transfer our knowledge about compairing numbers to problem solving next week.<br /><br />This week in Science...<br />We will begin a unit on Energy. We will examine different types of energy, how we use energy and how the earth uses energy.<br /><br />Get plenty of rest this week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-725585431280684692?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-66429763605591212722011-12-12T08:59:00.002-06:002011-12-12T09:12:20.369-06:00December 12th- 16th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />**Dec. 15 Family Art Night 6:30-7:30 p.m.**<br />Dec. 15 Winter party 12:30pm-1:30pm- Please see email for donation opportunities<br />Dec. 16 Polar Express Day- Children will wear their pajamas<br />December 19-30 No School-Winter Break<br />Dec. 29 Family Ice Skating Event, Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall<br />Jan. 3 School resumes<br />Jan. 31, 2012 Science Fair<br /><br />Tuesday Folders December: Chunhong Li (Athena's mom)<br />Homeroom moms: Lisa Mayo and Gina Johnston<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we are exploring reading just for fun!! That's right, we are reading for enjoyment! I am reading aloud to the students. They are reading to themselves and we are reading to partners! We are sharing our favorite stories and talking/telling friends about what we've read.<br /><br />This week in Writer's Workshop we are going to write a How to... (Procedural writing) on How to Make Hot Chocolate! It's going to make us all want Hot Chocolate!<br /><br />This week in Word work we will continue to review/assess sight word vocabulary on each child's level.<br /><br />This week in Math we will work on Comparing and Ordering numbers as well as problem solving activities this incorporate skill. We will play games to reinforce the comparing and ordering skill.<br /><br />This week in Social Studies we will finish our unit on Celebrations around the world. We will end our unit with Polar Express Day. Your child may wear weather appropriate pajamas on Friday. We will read The Polar Express and then watch the movie. We will do different activities during the day that compare the movie and the book!<br /><br />Have a great Winter break!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6642976360559121272?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-41993000196004631292011-12-05T10:12:00.004-06:002011-12-05T10:49:00.098-06:00December 5th-9th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Dec. 7 Early Release 12:45 p.m.<br />Dec. 15 Family Art Night 6:30-7:30 p.m.<br />Dec. 15 Winter party 12:30pm-1:30pm<br />Dec. 16 Polar Express Day- Children will wear their pajamas<br />December 19-30 No School-Winter Break<br />Dec. 29 Family Ice Skating Event, Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall<br />Jan. 3 School resumes<br />Jan. 31, 2012 Science Fair<br /><br />Tuesday Folder stuffer- December: Chunhong Li (Athena's mom)<br />Homeroom Moms: Lisa Mayo (Rylie's mom) and Gina Johnston (Isaiah's mom)<br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop we will wrap up our Giving Unit. Today we read a story called Something From Nothing about a little boy and his special blanket. We wrote about a special item or a special memory! <br /><br />This week in Writer's Workshop we will begin Gingerbread Writing! We will explore different versions of The Gingerbread Man by various Authors. We will plan our story using a story map and write our own Gingerbread Man story. We will share our Gingerbread Writing on Friday in the Author's chair.<br /><br />This week in Word Work we will review First grade Sight words. I will assess the students ability to read and write the sight words. We will play games and practice spotting our sight words in our writing.<br /><br />This week in Math we will begin a unit on Compairing Numbers. We will focus on numbers to 99. We will use vocabulary like greater than, less than and equal to.<br /><br />This week in Social Studies we will begin our unit on Celebrations Around the World. Today we will learn about Hanukkah by reading The Eight Nights of Hanukkah by Michael J. Rosen. We will learn about different celebrations from all around the world. We will wrap our unit up with Polar Express Day. We will wear our pajamas to school, make hot cocoa and read the Polar Express. We will watch the movie also and complete a venn diagram about the differences between the movie and the book.<br /><br />Have a warm week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4199300019600463129?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-74441010741964324502011-11-14T14:54:00.002-06:002011-11-14T15:13:19.388-06:00November 14-18<br /><br />Principal's Pride this week goes to Karla and Hanyu!!!<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Nov. 15 Annual Thanksgiving Meal<br />Nov. 15 5:30-6:30 TAG Referral Parent Meeting<br />Nov 21 Pilgrim Doll Project Due<br />Nov. 21 & 22 Annual Turkey Trot<br />Nov. 23-25 Thanksgiving Break<br />Dec. 7 Early Release 12:45 p.m.<br />Dec. 15 Family Art Night 6:30-7:30 p.m.<br />December 19-30 No School-Winter Break<br />Dec. 29 Family Ice Skating Event, Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall<br />Jan. 3 School resumes<br />Jan. 31, 2012 Science Fair<br /><br />A note from the Art teachers:<br />Caraway Parents, Families and Friends,<br /><br />Please mark your calendars with our upcoming Family Art Night, on Thursday, December 15, 6:30 - 7:30 PM. We will have art materials available for your use, and sample gift ideas for you to look at while you enjoy some creative, family time together, and make a work of art.<br /><br />This year's sample idea is a personalized Family Book that may include a page made by and perhaps about each of you. Of course you may always turn the idea into your own creation, and have us "OOHHing and AHHWWing"<br /><br />We hope you join us, it'll be FUN!!!<br /> <br />Jen Raybourn and Elizabeth Conti<br />512.464.5528<br />elizabeth_conti@roundrockisd.org<br />Kathy Caraway Elementary School<br /><br />In Reading Workshop we are working on thinking about what our brain does as we read. We discussed how our brain plays a movie or shows us "photos" of what we are reading. It's called Envisioning what we read. The strategies we learn this week will help us comprehend what we are reading.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are learning about Procedural Texts. A procedural text is a piece of writing that tells us how to do something. The most common form of procedural text is a recipe. The students will be writing procedural texts this week!<br /><br />In Word Work this week the Red Group is working on the Long a vs. Short a, spelled CVVC- ai, ao, ee, ea. The Blue group is working on blends; sl,bl,pl. The Green Group is working on diagraphs; s, sh and ch.<br /><br />In Math we are beginning a new unit on patterns. We will explore shape patterns, letter patterns and begin working with number patterns.<br /><br />In Social Studies this week we are learning about the parts of a map. Today we read a story called The Zoo Map. We learned about the compass rose and a map key or legend. The students made their own zoo maps with a compass rose and a map key.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7444101074196432450?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-2637248236365520532011-11-14T08:59:00.003-06:002011-11-14T09:12:52.328-06:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bh8BGKqPKaE/TsEtugCe3KI/AAAAAAAACVU/Quj0unwZMz4/s1600/pilgrim%2Bdolls%2B3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bh8BGKqPKaE/TsEtugCe3KI/AAAAAAAACVU/Quj0unwZMz4/s400/pilgrim%2Bdolls%2B3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674867282361113762" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gQBLLK-iX4o/TsEtt_OzGkI/AAAAAAAACVE/d8vC1iPP4H0/s1600/pilgrim%2Bdolls%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gQBLLK-iX4o/TsEtt_OzGkI/AAAAAAAACVE/d8vC1iPP4H0/s400/pilgrim%2Bdolls%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674867273554401858" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ATrwx7rH1S8/TsEttkbJt1I/AAAAAAAACU0/nZMMct-GGY8/s1600/pilgrim%2Bdolls%2B1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ATrwx7rH1S8/TsEttkbJt1I/AAAAAAAACU0/nZMMct-GGY8/s400/pilgrim%2Bdolls%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674867266358458194" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K8c-F2CyzRo/TsEttnUHxlI/AAAAAAAACUs/jB88F4PhABY/s1600/Copy%2Bof%2Bpilgrim%2Bdolls%2B1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K8c-F2CyzRo/TsEttnUHxlI/AAAAAAAACUs/jB88F4PhABY/s400/Copy%2Bof%2Bpilgrim%2Bdolls%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674867267134277202" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-263724823636552053?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-58653915504375198872011-11-07T10:46:00.003-06:002011-11-07T11:03:01.000-06:00November 7th- 11th<br /><br />Reminders: <br />Nov. 8th Pilgrim Doll Project Note goes home<br />Nov. 10 6-8:30 pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Ctr<br />Nov 18 Pilgrim Doll Project Due<br />Nov. 23-25 Thanksgiving Break<br />Dec. 7 Early Release 12:45 p.m.<br />December 19-30 No School-Winter Break<br />Dec. 29 Family Ice Skating Event, Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall<br />Jan. 3 School resumes<br /><br />Ms. Nunez begins her total teach this week. This means she is responsible for teaching all subjects. I will be working with small groups and individuals in order to support her. She is doing a fabulous job teaching. She has so many great ideas for getting the students engaged in learning!<br /><br />In Reading Workshop this week the students are learning more strategies for comprehension. These will center around characteristics of strong readers. The strategies help the students build confidence in their reading ability and help them track their understanding.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are returning to writing small moments. Ms. Nunez reviewed what a small moment is with the students and they began thinking about a story they could write that has a lot of detail and spans a short period of time. We will share in Author's chair this week and bring new stories home next week. In the Tue day folders this week you will find finished and unfinished writing from our writing folders. I explained to the students that writer's need to clean our their folders even if they are not done with a story. Author's don't always publish or finish everything they write. I paper clipped finished and unfinished stories.<br /><br />In Word Study this week the students in the Red group are working with the short e and long e sounds. They will sort them into four different categories, short e (spelled e CVC and ea CVVC) and long e (spelled ea CVVC and ee CVVC). The Blue group is working on blends p,l and pl. The Green group is working on diagraphs c, h and ch.<br /><br />In Math this week we are continuing our learning about addition and subtraction facts. We will learn to add to make 5 and add to make a 10. We will practice with basic facts and problem solving activities!<br /><br />In Social Studies this week we will begin our unit on Maps and Globes. We will learn about cardinal directions and how to read a map. At the end of the week the students will make a map of their bedroom.<br /><br />Look for the Pilgrim Doll Project Note in the Tuesday folder this week!!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5865391550437519887?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-18830546999809908242011-11-01T08:06:00.003-05:002011-11-01T08:43:34.372-05:00October 31st - November 4th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />November folder stuffer: Jenny Schlueter <br /><br />Nov. 1 General PTA Meeting 7p.m./5th Grade Program<br />Nov. 5 Harvest Festival 12-3 p.m.<br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop we are learning about how to be an interactive readers. We will discuss ways to talk back the the text, noticing the feelings reading gives us and keeping track of our thoughts by using sticky notes as we read.<br /><br />In Word Work the students in the red group are working on long vs. short vowels in different patterns (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC), Consonant-Vowel-Vowel-Consonant (CVVC) and Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-silent e (CVCe)). The blue group is working on s blends such as sc, sw and sn. The green group is beginning diagraphs, s, h and sh.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our last week of poetry. The students have been learning about poetry. Ms. Nunez and the students have come up with clever ways to learn and remember elements of poetry. They made up a song called the Poetry Cha-Cha. Ask your child to sing it for you!<br /><br />In Math we are learning basic facts for addition and subtraction. The students will practice their math facts and learn ways to "stick them to their brain". We will incorporate problem solving activities with challenging elements to practice addition and subtraction using basic facts as a stepping stone.<br /><br />In Social Studies this week the students will wrap up their unit on Texas. They've learned and practiced the Texas Pledge, they've learned about our state symbols and made a corral outside our classroom with our state animals! <br /><br />Have a great week! I can't believe it's already November!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1883054699980990824?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-1175454094891594532011-10-24T15:07:00.002-05:002011-10-24T15:25:58.258-05:00October 24th-28th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Oct. 24-28 National Red Ribbon Week<br />Oct. 25 Family Night at Catfish Parlour (PTA gets 15% of the sales!)<br />Oct. 26 Early Release Day 12:45 p.m.<br />Oct. 27 Family Science Night 6-8pm<br />Oct. 28 Carving pumpkins with Dads at 9:15am<br />Nov. 1 General PTA Meeting 7p.m./5th Grade Program<br />Nov. 5 Harvest Festival 12-3 p.m.<br /><br />A note from Mrs. Hohmann...<br />Dear Parents,<br />This afternoon, a suspicious male entered our campus and asked to use the bathroom in the office. He appeared disoriented and did not seem to have any business at our school. Campus personnel called 911 and went into lockdown to ensure the safety of our students and staff. He was contained in the office by office staff members until the police arrived. While this was going on, students and staff were in lockdown, which means that teachers had locked their doors and turned out the lights. Your child may want to visit about this when he/she returns home today, and this will be an excellent opportunity to talk about safety drills and why we perform them. For your information, we are asked to have two lockdown drills (one per semester) each school year. Our students had just gone through this exercise last week. Please feel free to call me if you have additional questions or concerns. <br />Sincerely,<br />Shelly Hohmann<br />512-464-5504<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we are reading and exploring Halloween Literature. We are incorporating reading comprehension skills and writing skills into our activities. Today we read <em>The Little Old Lady Who was Not Afraid of Anything </em>by Linda Williams. Our activity focused on labeling just like we do in writer's workshop. <br /><br />In Word Work this week we are reviewing sounds/skills we've been learning. The Green group is working on word families with short vowel sounds. The Blue group is working on "h" friend words such as ch, sh, th and wh. The Red Group is working on long vowels in CVCe, CVVC and oddball words.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop this week the students will continue to work on poetry. Today's lesson focused on hearing the music in poetry! The students listen for the rhythm in the lines and words. It's beautiful how they pick up on poetry and the word's meaning so quickly!<br /><br />In Math the students are working on basic facts through problem solving activities. We learned and discussed ways to help us remember our math facts that add up to 18. This week we will work on problem solving strategies and showing our thinking on paper!<br /><br />In Social Studies this week we will begin our unit on Texas! Yee Haw!! We will learn all out the history of Texas, our heritage, our state symbols and the pledge. We will also discuss early Texans, how they lived and how they survived! Next week we will have a Chili Tasting...keep your Chili recipes close!<br /><br />Have a great week! It's going to get cooler soon!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-117545409489159453?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-79203383492130206942011-10-18T13:07:00.002-05:002011-10-18T13:17:16.731-05:00October 17th- 21st<br /><br />Reminders: <br />Oct. 24-28 National Red Ribbon Week<br />Oct. 26 Early Release Day 12:45 p.m.<br />Nov. 1 General PTA Meeting 7p.m./5th Grade Program<br />Nov. 5 Harvest Festival 12-3 p.m.<br /><br />October Tuesday folders: Jill Malinger <br /><br />*Calling all DADS!!! On Friday, Oct. 28 at 9:15am, we will carve pumpkins and do several activities with our pumpkins. Please let me know if you would like to come. You will need to provide the pumpkin and your own carving tools.<br /><br /><br />Language Arts/Reading:<br />We are continuing with Words Their Way. The green group is working on word families with the short i sound. The blue group is working on s blend words with sp, sk, sm. The red group is working on different ways to spell the short u and long u sounds.<br /><br />In Writer’s Workshop we will hold off on our Small Moment stories for this week. We are beginning our writing unit with Poetry. This week we will learn to see things through poet's eyes. We will discuss the importance of line breaks in poems and how we can hear music in poems. We will write our own poems during our unit.<br /><br />In Reading Workshop we are reading and discussing poetry. We are learning about different kinds of poetry and making a list of poems we've read. <br /><br />Math:<br />We are continuing our unit on number operation and quantitative reasoning. We will create sets of tens and ones using concrete objects to describe, compare, and order whole numbers. The kids will use ten frames to show how to order their numbers. This is an ongoing unit. We will continue problem solving in our math journals, too.<br /><br />Science:<br />We will continue our unit on Matter and Energy. We will also use a balance in order to weigh various objects. They will also learn how to measure an object’s capacity, length and weight using non-standard units of measure. <br /><br /> Enjoy the cooler weather!!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7920338349213020694?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-57998729958222696332011-10-13T09:52:00.000-05:002011-10-13T09:53:32.898-05:00Here are the activities for the week...<br /><br />MONDAY “Sock it to Drugs” day so wear crazy or mismatched socks<br /><br />TUESDAY “Drugs and I Do Not Mix” day so wear mismatched clothes<br /><br />WEDNESDAY “Say No to Drugs” day so wear a red-colored clothing<br /><br />THURSDAY “Boot out Drugs” so wear boots or western clothing<br /><br />FRIDAY “Say BOO to Drugs” so wear a Halloween shirts or orange or white-shirts<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5799872995822269633?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-62056018532447635182011-10-11T15:28:00.002-05:002011-10-12T11:02:33.895-05:00October 11th- 14th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Oct. 13 Family Skate Night 6-8:30 p.m.<br />Oct. 24-28 National Red Ribbon Week<br />Oct. 26 Early Release Day 12:45 p.m.<br />Nov. 1 General PTA Meeting 7p.m./5th Grade Program<br />Nov. 5 Harvest Festival 12-3 p.m.<br /><br />Tuesday Folders: Jill Malinger (Jonah's Mom)<br /><br />Our Principal's Pride winner this week is William M.!<br /><br />This week is conference week! If you have not signed up for a conference yet please email me and we'll set up a time that works for you! <br /><br />Continue to bring in Box Tops for Education! This Friday is the deadline for the current drive. Keep collecting and sending them in! <br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we are review Making predictions on our Wednesday comprehension homework for the yellow, blue and green groups. The Red group will continue to work on this skill during Reading workshop and groups.<br /><br />This week in Writer's Workshop we are discussing Small Moments. We've reviewed "big ideas" and how to condense our thoughts into one small moment. We will continue to use the writing process and publish stories. <br /><br />In Word Study each student brought home a copy of their sort for this week and an activity sheet. Let me know if you have any questions!<br /><br />In Math the students are working on developing skills that are prerequisites for addition and subtraction. This includes place value and number sense. The students will represent numbers concretely with manipulatives and visually by drawing in their notebooks.<br /><br />In Science the students are continuing a unit on Matter and Energy. They are exploring matter with magnifying glasses and writing about their observations in their notebooks.<br /><br />Ms. Nunez is currently teaching Science and Math. She is planning innovative, engaging and hands-on lessons for your children!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6205601853244763518?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-83739830986470006362011-10-03T19:27:00.002-05:002011-10-03T20:59:22.134-05:00October 3rd-7th<br /><br />Happy Birthday Ms. Nunez!!! We enjoyed celebrating with her today!!<br /><br />Reminders:<br />*Tuesday Folders (October)- No one is signed up <br /><br />Oct. 5 National Bike and Walk to School Day<br />Oct. 10 Columbus Day/Teacher Conferences/No school<br />Oct. 13 Family Skate Night 6-8:30 p.m.<br />Oct. 24-28 National Red Ribbon Week<br />Oct. 26 Early Release Day 12:45 p.m.<br />Nov. 1 General PTA Meeting 7p.m./5th Grade Program<br />Nov. 5 Harvest Festival 12-3 p.m.<br /><br />The Principal's Pride award went to Rewa C. this week! <br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop...<br />We are continuing our learning about what Strong Readers do! Today I introduced the concept of using the cover and title to make predictions about stories. We also discussed looking at the pictures before we read to help us understand what we will read. <br />Take home readers will come home this week for the yellow, blue and green groups. Your child will have two different books this week. The red group got their menu on Friday and will self-select their at home reading material.<br /><br />This week in Writing workshop...<br />We learned that all of the things we've been practicing for the past couple of weeks come together and make up the writing process. We made a chart and will use it to track our progress on our writing. We will begin discussing Small Moments and how we can write a lot about a small moment in time.<br /><br />In Word Study...<br />We are practicing our sounds. Red group is working on the final /k/ sound and how it is spelled 3 different ways depending on what kind of vowel is present. The Blue group is working on sh, ch, th and wh. These sounds are consonant clusters. The letters together make one sound. The green group is working on -et, -eg and -en. They are focusing on words in these families with the emphasis on the short /e/ sound.<br /><br />In Math...<br />We are learning about place value and discussing larger numbers. Ms. Nunez has planned fabulous, hands on and engaging lessons to teach the students about numbers! We will use the manipulatives to build numbers and represent numbers with concrete models. These skills help us get ready for addition and subtraction.<br /><br />**The Math Notebook will come home tomorrow so that you, as parents, can look over their work. Your homework will be to fill out the "Give me Five" sheet that will come home with it. Please return the notebook with the "Give me Five" sheet on Wednesday.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We will begin our unit on Matter and Energy. Today Ms. Nunez taught a lesson about properties. The students recorded their thoughts about properties in their science notebook.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<br /><br />P.S. Thank you Mr. Score for coming on Monday to be a Computer Lab Dad! We practiced logging on and off. We will begin working on typing and getting familiar with saving on the server!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8373983098647000636?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-71713323618309654732011-09-26T18:19:00.002-05:002011-09-26T18:38:51.018-05:00Sept 26th-30th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />*Tuesday Folders (September)- Susan Duan<br />*Picture day- September 29th (Thursday)<br />*Give A HOOT Picnic- September 30th at 5:45pm <br /><br />The Principal's Pride award went to Isaiah J. this week! <br /><br />Language Arts/Reading:<br />We are continuing with Words Their Way. The kids are doing great sorting their words and sounds. They have enjoyed doing a specific activity with their word cards each day. <br />In Writer’s Workshop we will continue learning how to edit our stories. This week, we will focus on capital letters at the beginning of a sentence as well as punctuation at the end of a sentence. We will learn how to publish a story. During Writer’s Workshop, the children work at their own pace. Some have several stories that are finished, while others are still working on one. That is OK! When they publish a story, they will learn how to re-write it to make it “fancy” by using their neatest handwriting, colorful illustrations, and no mistakes. <br />In Reading workshop we focused on make connections in our reading last week. This comprehension skill helps students think while they read and become more involved in the total reading experience. This week we are thinking about the elements of Fiction. We read Skippyjon Jones and Mummy Trouble today to talk about what Fiction is. We will continue with “Read to Self” time and build our stamina for "Read to Someone".<br />Take home readers will come home this week. For the yellow, green and blue groups (the color group your child is in is the color of their book bag) they will bring home one book on Monday and Tuesday. Then they will get a new book on Wednesday, along with their comprehension homework and will bring the same book home again on Thursday. Please help your child remember to pack their book bag back in their backpack to bring to school each day! We use these books in our small groups everyday!!<br /><br />Math:<br />This week we will finish our unit of place value. The focus will be on creating sets of tens and ones, reading and writing numbers to 99, matching written numbers with a set constructed, and expressing numbers in terms of tens and ones through 99. Place value is ongoing throughout the year and we pick it back up again when we start addition and subtraction. We will continue problem solving in our math notebooks!<br /><br />Science:<br />This week begins our first Science Unit. We will begin by brainstorming “What is a Scientist.” The kids will write in their Science Journals about what they think a scientist is and draw a picture of what they think a scientist looks like. We will spend the rest of the week getting our Science Journals set up and discussing safety protocols during Science. Each child will sign a safety contract to be glued in their Science Notebook.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7171332361830965473?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-72736845033625257152011-09-20T07:54:00.002-05:002011-09-20T08:03:41.371-05:00September 19th-23rd<br /><br />Reminders:<br />*Tuesday Folders (September)- Susan Duan<br />*Give A HOOT Picnic- September 30th at 5:45. <br /><br />The Principal's Pride award went to Terin S. this week! <br /><br />Language Arts/Reading:<br />We are continuing with Words Their Way. The kids are doing great sorting their words and sounds. They have enjoyed doing a specific activity with their word cards each day. They especially enjoyed speed sorting with their neighbor on Friday!<br />This weeks sounds are 1. Green Group: -ad and -an word family 2. Blue Group: s,sh and ch diagraphs 3. Red Group: CVC and CVCe words. Ask your child which group they are in.<br /><br />In Writer’s Workshop we will focus on two concepts: making booklets with 3 pages and writing stories with a beginning, middle, and end. This will allow the students to organize their stories. We will explore revising and editing using the words wall to correct misspelled words. This will be ongoing throughout Writer’s Workshop. We will continue with Reading Workshop and “Read to Self” time as well as “Read to Someone.” <br /><br />Math:<br /> We are learning about place value. We will use whole numbers to describe and compare quantities. We will learn how to tell numbers that are less than, greater than, and equal to. We will also create sets of tens and ones to compare and order whole numbers. We will continue problem solving in our math journals, too.<br /><br />Social Studies:<br />We enjoyed “Freedom Week” last week! You need to check out the banner the kids made…so cute! We are finishing the Social Studies unit by learning about America’s important symbols such as: the Liberty Bell, the American Flag, the Statue of Liberty, the Bald Eagle, and the Great Seal. The kids will learn different facts of each and then complete their own book.<br /><br />Thank You!!<br />*All of you who donated snacks for the people affected by the wildfires!!!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7273684503362525715?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-44459917707696734172011-09-16T09:39:00.001-05:002011-09-16T09:39:57.208-05:00Parents, <br /> I am beginning reading groups and take home readers next week. On Monday, your child will come home with a very nice canvas bag with their reader inside. PLEASE help your child to keep up with the bag and with the reader. The bags are brand new and I really want to be able to re-use them each year. The books are part of a new language arts adoption and books from our literacy library. Each teacher has their own library of these books in her class and we only have a specific number of each set. If your child loses a book, the set will not be complete and will need to be replaced. Each lost book will cost $10 because I will have to order a whole new set. <br /> I have finished my assessments and organized each child into a group with similar reading capabilities. I will meet with each group 3 times per week and we will read and discuss their book as well as do various activities with the book. Your child's job at home, is to read the book to you. There are discussion questions in the back of the book that we will go over, but please feel free to go over these questions, too. Your child should be able to read the book easily to you. This is because we have already read the book together during reading groups and the book is on your child's individual reading level. As your child's reading and comprehension improves, we will move on to the next level. After your child reads the book to you and is proficient in reading it, please make sure he/she puts the book back in the bag and the bag in his/her backpack. In order to get a new book, your child must return the previous book. Of course, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. <br /> On Wednesdays your child will have a comprehension activity to complete with their book. Please make sure your child completes the activity, puts it along with the book back in their bag and returns it to school on Thursdays.<br /> We will continue to track our reading on the "I Love to Read" hundreds chart. Each book counts as 1 square unless your child is reading or listening to a chapter book. Each chapter counts as a square. Once your child finishes please send it to school to turn in. We will continue our 100 book challenge until the end of October!!<br /><br /><br />Happy Reading!<br /><br />Reading bite from Mrs. C: Right now I am on page 172 of 258 of If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster! My FAVORITE author! This is her first published fiction piece!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4445991770769673417?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-5522631445628895522011-09-15T09:39:00.001-05:002011-09-15T09:40:34.781-05:00Parents: <br />The following is a schedule of daily activities for "EDUCATION GO GET IT WEEK" which is September 26-30th, 2011. Please talk with your children about their interests in different careers and the connection to higher education. The staff will be participating in the activities and also emphasize the importance of education and careers all week. <br /><strong><strong>MONDAY: "Give a Hoot/College Bound" Students and teachers wear Kathy Caraway t-shirts. <br />TUESDAY: "Dress for Success" Students dress up in career o utfits or as if they are going for an interview. <br />WEDNESDAY: "Step up for Education" Students and teachers wear sneakers or tennis shoes. <br />THURSDAY: "Hats off to College" Students and teachers wear favorite collegiate hat. <br />FRIDAY: "Show Your College Spirit" Students and teachers wear their favorite collegiate t-shirt.</strong> </strong>Websites to explore: www.acrnetwork.org America's Career Resource Network; <br />www.acinet.org America's Career Info Net; and www.lmci.state.tx.us/shared/startingconversation.asp <br />Thank you, Susan Vrazel/Counselor <br /><br /><br />Susan Creason-Vrazel <br />Kathy Caraway Elementary Counselor <br />512-464-5505<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-552263144562889552?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-75028356122265754332011-09-12T19:36:00.002-05:002011-09-12T19:43:26.227-05:00September 12th-16th<br /><br />Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for a wonderful birthday surprise! My flowers were beautiful! I can't wait to go to Chuy's and enjoy my gift card! I am also choosing the perfect pictures to put in frames with the Aaron's Brothers gift card!<br /><br />Reminders<br />*Early Release Day on September 14th Dismissal will be at 12:45<br />*Please send a healthy snack with your child EACH day to eat during recess.<br /> *Tuesday Folders (September)- Susan Duan (Hanyu's mom)<br />*Classroom Chores: Susan Bates<br /><br />*First Grade will be collecting non-perishable individually wrapped snacks for the Fire Relief Effort. Please help!! There is a box outside of my room for donations. <br /><br />Our first Principal's Pride winner is Sam C.!!<br /><br /><br />In Word Study this week we will continue Words Their Way. This is a spelling, phonics, and word study program designed to meet the needs of individual learners. <br /><br />In Writer’s Workshop we will focus on two concepts: Drawing Hard-To-Make Ideas, and Stretching and Writing Words. I will emphasize drawing the best you can when planning writing and to keep going no matter how good or not so good your drawings are. I will also teach the kids how to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out the sounds of words when writing. Writing stories takes practice and patience! <br /><br />We will continue with Reading Workshop and “Read to Self” time. This week, the kids will get to experience “Reading to Someone” which is always a treat! <br /><br />In Math we will begin learning about place value. This unit will last two weeks. We will continue to solve problems that incorporate the processes of understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness.<br /><br /><br />In Social Studies this week we are learning about Celebrate Freedom Week. We will learn all about freedom and what freedom means to us. We will also learn about the Constitution. We will explore the Constitution and discuss why it is so important to the United States. At the end of the week, the class will make a banner depicting what freedom means to us!<br /><br />Have a great week!!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7502835612226575433?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-27152915570200819552011-09-06T10:56:00.002-05:002011-09-06T11:08:44.790-05:00September 6-9<br /><br />Reminders...<br />*School Holiday on September 5th<br />*Please send a healthy snack with your child EACH day to eat during recess.<br />*Parent Orientation Sept. 6th TAG Meeting from 6:00-6:30, K-2 6:30-7:00 and a PTA meeting from 7:00-7:30. First grade will be splitting all the classes into two groups. Mrs. Presswood, Mrs. Hadden and Mrs. Christofferson’s classes will meet in Room 308. Mrs. Amiri, Mrs. Caballero and Mrs. Parnell will meet in Room 306. <br />*Early Release Day Sept. 14<br />*Tuesday Folders (September)- <br />Hanyu's Mom<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we are learning about our Reader's Response Notebook. We will write things about our reading in our Reader's Response Notebook. We will also learn how to take care of our classroom library and picking a spot to read in the room. We are up to 12 minutes of silent sustained reading! WAHOOOOO!!<br /><br />In word study this week we started groups. We have a red group, green group and blue group. The students are grouped according to a spelling/ phonics assessment. Each group will be working on words/sounds during this time. I will send more information about word study next week!<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop this week we are learning about what we do when we think we are done. A writer's work is never done, it's only just begun! Once the students think they have finished they can go back to 1.) add more to my picture 2.) add more to my words 3.) start a new story! We have a writing folder to keep our work safe.<br /><br />In math this week we are learning to tell time on analog and digital clocks. Students in first grade are expected to be able to tell time to the hour and half hour. Students in first grade are also expected to order events (3 or more) by time. Telling time will be an ongoing skill for the remainder of the year. We will spend this week practicing time skills.<br /><br />In Social Studies this week we will continue our unit on Citizenship. We will discuss symbols of our state and nation. We will learn about famous americans who showed good citizenship!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2715291557020081955?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-29209579556511459672011-08-29T20:21:00.005-05:002011-08-29T20:46:33.192-05:00August 29- September 2 <br /> <br />Reminders: <br />-Folders will go home on Tuesdays. Please empty them and send them back on Wednesday with any forms or paperwork that was completed. <br />-Labor day Holiday- Monday, September 5th <br />-Open House is Tuesday, September 6th at 6:30pm <br /> <br />In Reading Workshop this week we will be establishing routines and discussing our feelings about reading. Please have your child bring their favorite book to school on Wednedsday. We will be sharing our favorite books and learning about different kinds of books. <br /> <br />In Word Study this week we will begin Words Their Way. This is a spelling, phonics and word study program designed to meet the needs of individual learners. We completed the assessment last week. We will begin learning the routines of our word study time and will complete a whole class sort. I will be sharing more about this program with you during Open House. <br /> <br />In Writer's Workshop this week we are thinking about how authors choose topics. Today we thought of a topic and sketched it on writing paper. Tomorrow we will add words that match our picture. We will learn what writers do when they finish a story! <br /> <br />In Math we are wrapping up our unit on Data and Graphing and moving on to telling time. Students in first grade will be able to tell time to the half hour on an analog and digital clock. Practice telling time at home! <br /> <br />In Social Studies we are learning about Citizenship and Communities. Today we began talking about the importance of leaders in a community! <br /> <br />Have a great week and do a rain dance!! <br /> <br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2920957955651145967?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-55784618834906618602011-08-29T20:21:00.001-05:002011-08-29T20:21:46.326-05:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5578461883490661860?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-8872107862179014042011-08-23T14:16:00.004-05:002011-08-23T14:26:49.953-05:00August 23-26 <br /> <br />What a great first day of school!! I've gotten so many hugs and sweet smiles all day! We learned a lot about procedures and expectations today and we will continue to practice all we learned throughout the year. I loved seeing all the fun pink things your children brought after checking out our blog! Thanks to Isaiah's mom for making pink cookies for the students to enjoy! <br /> <br />Reminders: <br />-Tuesday folders are coming home today. Please empty them out, fill out and return paperwork. Please send them back with your child on Wednesday. <br />-Open house will be Tuesday, September 6th in the evening. <br />-Take home folders (orange) will not begin coming home until September 6th. <br /> <br />We are learning the procedures for Reading and Writing workshop. Today we began a writing assessment that I will share with you at conference time. We will begin an assessment for our word study program called Words Their Way in the next few days. <br /> <br />In Social Studies we are learning about Citizenship. Today we discussed rules, why we need them and where we have them! <br /> <br />In Math we are learning about graphs. We make a class graph showing the ways we all go home! It will be posted outside our door all year! <br /> <br />Have a great week! <br />Mrs. Caballero <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-887210786217901404?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-7332111496713658462011-08-22T10:45:00.001-05:002011-08-22T10:47:13.472-05:00Take a look around! Of course most of what you see is from last year but I will be adding new things and posting our newsletters very soon!! The secret homework assignment is bring something pink with you to school on the first day! Mrs. Caballero's favorite color is pink! I can't wait to learn more about each of you!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-733211149671365846?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-91807828127287132962011-05-02T08:01:00.003-05:002011-05-02T08:37:07.251-05:00May 2nd - 6th<br /><br />Tuesday Folders: Ana Wallace<br /><br />Tuesday parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Reminders:<br />May 4th- Early Release<br />May 4th- PTA Family Night at The Catfish Parlour<br />May 5th- Field Trip to Elgin Tree Farm<br />May 6th- Field Day (8:20am-11:20am) School wide picnic at 10:50am-11:50am<br />May 27th Last day of school<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we will be learning about how strong readers understand what they read. We will work on reading for enjoyment and reading to learn.<br /><br />This week in Writer's Workshop we will be wrapping up our focus on creative writing (imagination stories). We will complete the writing process and share the stories we've written.<br /><br />In Word Work this week we are focusing on the High Frequency word list. There will be no test. The students will be assessed on reading of the words, spelling (pre-test) and using the words in their writing.<br />Words: at, because, be, been, but, by, came, come, his, house, how, I, if, in, into, is, off, on, one, other, our, out, over, said, up, us, very, was, we, went, were, what<br /><br />In Math this week we are revisiting estimating, compairing and ordering weight, mass and capacity. We will use balences to weigh difference objects with non-standard forms of measurement such as teddy bear manipulatives and beans. **Please send me an email with your child's birth weight and height. We will be using this information on Wednesday to order and compare the students as babies!**<br /><br />In Science this week we will wrap up our unit on Plants. We will discuss what all plants need to survive, life cycle of a plant and the parts and functions of plants. On our field trip we will learn more about plants and their functions. The students will have a fun little take-home project that they will complete at the farm. **Please let me know if you plan on meeting us at the farm. So far, Mr. Menke, Mr. Burrow, and Mrs. Duff have let me know they are coming.**<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-9180782812728713296?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-39498913490894281542011-04-25T13:59:00.002-05:002011-04-25T14:06:57.641-05:00April 25th- 29th<br /><br /><br />Tuesday Folders:<br /><br />No Tuesday parent this week because of TAKS. **We are a closed campus Tuesday- Thursday as the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders take the TAKS test.<br /><br />Reminders:<br />April 25th-29th- 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade TAKS - Closed campus, no parent volunteers<br />May 4th- Early Release<br />May 4th- PTA Family Night at The Catfish Parlour<br />May 27th Last day of school<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we are learning about things that strong readers do. We will make an anchor chart to help us remember characteristics of strong readers.<br /><br />In Writing Workshop this week we will continue the writing process and write creative, imagination stories to share with the class on Friday.<br /><br />In Word Work we are reviewing High Frequency Words. I will assess the students on their ability to spell the words, use them in their writing and read them correctly. No enrichment this week.<br /><br />Words: a, about, after, all, an, and, are, as, going, got, had, has, have, her, him, may, me, mom, no, not, now, of, my, them, then, there, they, this, to, two<br /><br />In Math this week we will be problem solvers and work to solve two step word problems. We will begin working a problem in a sequential order. The students will be expected to show a strategy used to solve the problem, a number sentence and write an explanation of how they solved the problem.<br /><br />In Science this week we will begin our study of plants. We discussed seeds today and started soaking our seeds so that we can plant them in soil tomorrow. We will watch our seeds and see what they grow into!<br /><br />Have a great week! Do a rain dance!!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-3949891349089428154?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-43673322762972775882011-04-18T09:03:00.002-05:002011-04-18T09:14:59.239-05:00April 18th- 21st Reminders: Tuesday folders: Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler April 22nd- Student Holiday- no school April 25th-29th- 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade TAKS - Closed campus, no parent volunteers May 4th- Early Release May 4th- PTA Family Night at The Catfish Parlour This week in Reading workshop we will be discussing and learning about adjectives. We will find them in our reading and use them in our writing during Writer's Workshop. This week in Writer's workshop we will focus on creative writing. We will use our imaginations to think of a story to write. We will share our ideas and stories during the week. In Word Work we are working on ending sounds. Regular Words: half, dust, raft, mask, melt, silk Enrichment words: against, honest, mustang, difficult, predict, conflict Sight Word Vocabulary: these, then, their, first and last name Challenge words: technology, subtraction In Math this week we will be working on Subtraction strategies to use during problem solving. We will share our strategies and learn new strategies to help us become expert problem solvers. In Social Studies this week we will be comparing and contrasting the contributions of famous People. We have learned about many people who have made a difference in history. We will also discuss how technology has changed the way we live today. We will think of different types of technology we use today and we will make predictions based on our learning about what will change in our future! Have a great week! Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4367332276297277588?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-90440390860474488872011-04-11T09:04:00.003-05:002011-04-11T09:35:53.915-05:00April 11th- 15th Reminders... **If your child is sick (symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat or vomiting) the Caraway policy states the students must be symptom free, without medication, for 24 hours before returning to school. This will prevent the spread of germs and sickness to other children and the adults in our classroom. Tuesday parent: Elizabeth Pooler Tuesday folders: April 13th- Family night at California Pizza Kitchen April 22nd - No School April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building May 4th - Family Night at Catfish Parlour This week in Reading Workshop we are focusing on Nouns and Verbs. We will learn about each one then we will look for them while we read. This week in Writer's Workshop we will be learning to write creative (imagination) stories. We will talk about elements of creative writing and how we can make our stories interesting to the reader. In Word Work this week we are learning to spell words with R-blends. pr- tr- dr- Regular words: prize, prom, trap, drip, drive, truck Enrichment words: pretzel, pretend, dragon, drizzle, tractor, triangle Challenge words: biography, probability Sight word vocabulary: many, mom, other, put, than In Math this week we are continuing our unit on Probability. We will discuss the chances of having one things over another (What are the chances of getting a red skittle if there are only 2 red ones out of 20?) We will learn how to make a tally chart and graph our results in a bar graph. In Social Studies this week we will be learning about famous people and how they contributed to our state and nation. Have a great week! Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-9044039086047448887?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-90565975541369526802011-03-28T13:13:00.004-05:002011-03-28T14:57:38.244-05:00March 28-April 1 Reminders: Tuesday Folders: Yan Zuo Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler Important dates: Report Cards go home- Tuesday, March 29th March 31st- Family Science Night April 5th and 6th- 5th grade TAKS- No Parents in the Building April 13th- Family Night at California Pizza Kitchen April 22nd - No School April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building May 4th - Family Night at Catfish Parlour This week in Reading workshop we are learning about Retelling. We will practice retelling familiar stories and then practice retelling stories we read. This week in Writing Workshop we are focusing on completing the writing process. We will write stories Monday-Wednesday, on Thursday we will Edit and Revise. Then on Friday we share our published stories during Author's Chair. In Word Work this week we are working with the soft c sound. Regular words: city, cent, race, ice, face, nice Enrichment words: recess, decide, grocery, excited, advice, replace Challenge words: process, fraction Sight word vocabulary: may, because, about, of, off In Math this week we are learning about Fractions. Today we made a folding Fractions book to show whole, halves and quarters. We will learn about making fractions and describing sets of objects with fractions. In Science we are working on our Research/Habitat project. To extend the research idea from the at home project we are researching animals in different habitats and drawing pictures of animals and plants to make our habitat murals. **Notes about the at home project: Your child checked out a book from the library last week. I recommended that the students bring their book home. The book they choose is the animal they will complete their project on. Some students have printed information from Searchasaurus (a search engine on the library resource webpage) about their animal. The students have been working on taking notes from their library book. This will be the research they bring home tomorrow (Tuesday) in their folders. Please note, some students choose a different animal to research at school and will not have information for their at home project. <br /><p>Have a good week!</p><br /><p>Mrs. Caballero </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-9056597554136952680?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-7697412838134643542011-03-21T17:38:00.003-05:002011-03-24T13:05:48.362-05:00March 21st- 25th<br /><br />Reminders:<br /><br />Tuesday Folders: Yan Zuo<br /><br />Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Important dates:<br /><br />Report Cards go home- Tuesday, March 29th<br />March 31st- Family Science Night<br />April 13th- Family Night at Catfish Parlour<br />April 22nd - No School<br />April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building<br /><br />In Reading workshop we will be learning how to use books to learn information and how to research. We will be sending home an Animal Research Project in the Tuesday folder. This will be in leiu of Take Home Readers. We will practice researching and taking notes in class and the students will check out a book to bring home.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our class newspaper. The students have done a magnificent job of writing about the things that have happened in our classroom. Our newspaper will be posted on the wall outside of our classroom later this week! Come by and see it!<br /><br />In Word Work we are focusing on the (kw) sound spelled qu.<br />Regular Words: quit, queen, quilt, quiet, squid, equal<br />Enrichment words: conquest, liquid, quarter, banquet, equality, qualify<br />Challenge words: leprechaun, shamrock<br /><br />In Math this week we are learning about Fact Families. For example 2, 3 and 5 make the fact family 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-2=3 and 5-3=2. This will help the students learn math facts that are related to each other. We will work on solving problems with fact families later this week.<br /><br />In Science we are wrapping up our unit on Animals. Next we will learn and research Animal Habitats. The students will split up into groups and be responsible for making a habitat which will include animals native to a region, their adaptations and surroundings!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-769741283813464354?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-14526696650994931002011-03-04T10:58:00.005-06:002011-03-08T15:36:59.719-06:00March 7th -11th<br /><br />Reminders:<br /><br />Tuesday Folder stuffer: Yan Zuo<br /><br />Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br /><br />Important dates:<br /><br />March 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br /><br />March 14-17 Spring Break<br /><br />***Many thanks to ALL the Art Angel's who reframed!!!! From, Mrs. Conti***<br /><br />In Reading Workshop this week we will begin discussing our Animal Research project. We will begin learning researching skills and practice with texts in our classroom. This will continue after Spring Break.<br /><br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will begin to learn about Peer Editing! We will practice helping our partner with spelling, punctuation and capitalization. We will continue to write independantly focusing on "writing more and more clearly".<br /><br /><br /><br />In Word Work our sound is the (g) spelled as g or ge.<br /><br /><br />The (j) sound sound before e, i, or y is spelled g as in gem.<br /><br /><br />The final (j) sound after a consonant, long vowel, or vowel pair is spelled ge as in hinge.<br /><br /><br />Regular word list: germ, gym, giant, cage, large, huge<br /><br /><br />Enrichment list: gigantic, digest, engage, revenge, strange, gentle<br /><br />Word Wall Words: all, end, then, house, oil<br /><br />In Math we are working on solving Subtraction problems. We are working with our problem solving skills and using two strategies to show how we solve problems. Please begin reviewing addition and subtraction facts at home.<br /><br />In Science we are learning about animals. This week we are studying birds and insects.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1452669665099493100?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-47977931067433585712011-02-28T15:05:00.002-06:002011-02-28T15:15:13.489-06:00February 28- March 4<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Tuesday Folder stuffer: If you would like to volunteer for March please email me.<br />**No parents in the building during school hours due to TAKS testing in fourth grade on 3/1!**<br /><br />Important dates:<br />March 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />March 14-17 Spring Break<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we will focus on learning about Expository Text. We read Armadilly Chili by Helen Ketteman today. We learned that expository text gives us information and/or tells us how to do something.<br /><br />In Writing workshop this week we are focusing on Partnerships. We are learning to work with our partners for a purpose, stay on task and accomplish our goal. We will also be discussing how to make our stories about one subject instead of going on and on.<br /><br />In Word Work we are studying the (e) sound at the end of a word spelled with a y.<br /><br />The long (e) sound at the end of a multisyballic word is spelled y as in baby.<br /><br />Regular words: baby, very, windy, story, family, money<br /><br />Enrichment words: company, delivery, crunchy, perfectly, mystery, ordinary<br /><br />Challenge: chicken, incubator<br /><br />Word Wall: one, here, asked, their, take<br /><br />In Math this week we will begin working on subtraction through problem solving. We will learn strategies to use to help us solve problems that involve subtraction. <br /><br />In Science we are learning about animals. We will focus on reptiles and amphibians this week. We will learn about what makes them unique (characteristics or adaptations) and their life cycles.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4797793106743358571?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-67287887772949394392011-02-21T07:58:00.002-06:002011-02-21T15:53:45.183-06:00February 21-25<br /><br />Reminders<br />Tuesday Folder stuffer: Alyssa Tran's Mom (February)<br />Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Important dates:<br />March 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />March 14-17 Spring Break<br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop...<br />We will be focusing on How to be a Good Partner. We read with a partner and write with partners everyday. We will focus on how to make our partner feel good about their work and build their confidence.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will be starting a new unit. We will be focusing on Writing as Readers. This week we will think about writing and thinking about how others feel when they read our writing.<br /><br />In Word Work our sound is the (oo) sound.<br /><br />Rule: The (oo) sound in the middle of a word is spelled oo as in book. <br /><br />Spelling words: shook, crook, hood, foot, took, look<br />Enrichment list: lookout, bookcase, cookie, firewood, goodbye, football<br />Challenge words: animal, research<br />Word Wall: know, find, why, every, been<br /><br />In Math this week we are working on addition strategies. Adding doubles (2+2=4) and learning to add with doubles plus 1 (2+3=5) and plus 2 (2+4=6) facts. We will make flashcards to practice with and practice our skills in problem solving situations.<br /><br />In Science we are going to begin our unit on Animals. We will learn about a different type of animal and discuss it's body and parts as well as it's life cycle.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6728788777294939439?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-87226833965754827262011-02-07T14:59:00.002-06:002011-02-07T15:25:51.555-06:00February 7-11<br /><br />Reminders:<br />*Please send heavy coats and other appropriate cold weather gear! It's going to be cold Wednesday!!<br />Tuesday Folder stuffer: Alyssa Tran's Mom (February)<br />Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Important dates:<br />Feb. 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />Feb. 11th- Valentine Party 12:30pm-1:30pm<br />Feb. 21st Student Holiday<br />March 14-17 Spring Break<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop...<br />Take home readers will be a little different. I will send home an assignment sheet that will provide directions on what to do each night. Monday nights will be devoted to practicing spelling and sight words. Take home readers will go home Tuesday and be returned Friday.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We are working on our Fairy Tales. Our goal is to share our Fairy Tale with the class by the end of this week! The students are thinking of original ideas and some are taking two different fairy tales and "smashing" them together. I can't wait to hear what they've come up with.<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />Rule: (ou) sound<br />The (ou) sound in the initial or medial position is spelled ou as in out.<br />The (ou) sound in the final position is spelled ow as in cow.<br /><br />Spelling words: ouch, house, down, now, clown, loud <br />Challenge words: valentine, heart<br />Sight Word Vocabulary: father, when, home, into, after<br /><br />In Math...<br />We are finishing our unit on Geometry. Today we learned about and explored 3D shapes. We made a class chart and discussed the attributes of 5 different 3D shapes.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We are wrapping up our Texas Unit and moving on to our US symbols unit. We will be discussing our nations history and symbols. We will also learn about famous Presidents as we approach Presidents day.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8722683396575482726?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-50994872439058871462011-02-01T16:36:00.002-06:002011-02-01T17:09:33.879-06:00January 31st-Feb 4th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />*Please send heavy coats and other appropriate cold weather gear! It's going to be cold!!<br />Tuesday Folder stuffer:<br />Alyssa Tran's Mom (February)<br />Tuesday Parent: Nathan's Gommie<br /><br />Important dates:<br />Feb. 3rd- 101st day of school<br />Feb. 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />Feb. 11th- Valentine Party 12:30pm-1:30pm<br />Feb. 21st Student HolidayMarch 14-17 Spring Break<br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop...<br />We are finishing our unit on Fairy Tales. We examine each Fairy Tale and discuss the elements that make it a Fairy Tale. Your child will have Take Home Readers Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. No Writing Homework on Tuesday.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We began making a plan for our very own Fairy Tales this week. The students did a prewriting activity. They will plan the beginning, middle and end of their story and sketch their ideas across pages.<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />This weeks phonics focus is -au, -all and -aw.<br />Spelling Words: saw, awful, small, fall, auto, haul<br />Sight Word Vocabulary: when, does, now, lay, more *We will have sentence dictation this week.<br />Challenge: princess, magic<br /><br />Next weeks words... (February 7-11)<br />This weeks phonics focus is -ou and -ow.<br />Spelling Words: ouch, house, loud, now, clown, down<br />Sight Word Vocabulary: father, where, into, home, after<br />Challenge: valentine, heart<br /><br />Beginning next week the students will be taking a pre-test on Friday after our regular spelling test. This will help determine who needs more practice and who is ready to move on! We will also be doing sentence dication on each spelling test. Your child needs to be familiar with the spelling of the sight word vocabulary.<br /><br />In Math this week...<br />We are learning about 2D shapes. We will discuss which shapes can help make up new, different shapes.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We are learning all about Texas. Our Chili Cook off is Friday! We can't wait to taste chili and write about how you make chili. We will read Armadilly Chili by Helen Ketteman to kick off our chili cook off!<br /><br />Have a great week!!<br /><br />Mrs. C<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5099487243905887146?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-15841835095365929292011-01-24T14:49:00.002-06:002011-01-24T15:42:30.780-06:00January 24th-28th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Tuesday Folder stuffer: Cindy Burrow (January) Alyssa Tran's Mom (February)<br />Tuesday Parent: none this week<br /><br />Important dates:<br />Jan. 27th- 9:15am Fairy Tale Parade<br />Feb. 3rd- 101st day of school<br />Feb. 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />Feb. 11th- Valentine Party 12:30pm-1:30pm<br />Feb. 21st Student Holiday<br />March 14-17 Spring Break<br /><br />In Reading workshop...<br />We will have Take Home Readers this week. I am wrapping up assessments and will reconfigure groupings. Your child may come home with 2 take home readers. One on their current level and one on a higher level to encourage further development of skills. <br />Writing Homework...this week I will send home an activity on Tuesday and Thursday for each student to complete. The homework is due the following day, Wednesday and Friday. I've been receiving homework here and there from the students. Please help teach them the importance of completing a task and turning in their work. <br /><br />In Writing Workshop this week...<br />We are having a free writing week while some students finish snowman stories and I finish assessments. Next week we will begin writing our Fairy Tales.<br /><br />In Word Work:<br />This week we are focusing on the sound -ur, -ir and -er (all say "er").<br /><br />Spelling words: church, turn, first, girl, her, summer<br />Challenge words: Texas, quarter<br />Sight word Vocabulary: your, down, friend, who, them<br /><br />In Math...<br />We are learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We began the unit by doing a shape sort and discussing the attributes of some 2D shapes. Please continue to work on identifying coins and values with your child. I will send home an assessment each student completed last week to give you an idea of what they need to work on.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We are learning about our great state, Texas! We are making a Texas book all about the symbols and landmarks in our state. We will finish our unit next week with Chili Cookoff. Thank you Kathleen Trail for volunteering to make the chili!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1584183509536592929?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-32582752156971476982011-01-19T09:43:00.002-06:002011-01-19T09:55:11.390-06:00January 18th- 21st<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Monday folder Stuffer: Cindy Burrow (January)<br />Tuesday Mom: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Library day is FRIDAY!!<br /><br />Jan. 27th- 9:15am Fairy Tale Parade<br />Feb. 2nd- 101st day of school<br />Feb. 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />Feb. 11th- Valentine Party 12:30pm-1:30pm<br />Feb. 21st Student Holiday<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />This week I am completing TPRI assessments. There will be no Take Home Readers or Writing Homework. <br />We have started our unit on Fairy Tales. We will study the elements of a Fairy Tale and read different Fairy Tales. We will have a Fairy Tale Parade on Thursday, January 27th at 9:15am. A note with specific information went home in the Tuesday folder.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our Snowman stories so we can share our stories with the class in the Author's Chair. We will begin learning about writing sequencing stories and planning more details in our writing.<br /><br />In Word Work our sounds this week are -ar and -or. R controlled vowels are a pair and work together.<br />Spelling words: barn, star, jar, corn, porch, fort<br />Challenge words: fairy, cylinder<br />Sight word vocabulary: were, very, play, stop, walk<br /><br />In Math we are finishing our unit on Money. Please continue to review coins and values with your child at home.<br /><br />In Social Studies we began our unit on Texas. We will learn about our state and symbols. We will end our unit in two weeks with a Chili Cookoff. If you are interested in making chili for our class to taste test please let me know.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-3258275215697147698?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-26343408547482639492011-01-10T14:49:00.002-06:002011-01-10T15:40:37.158-06:00January 10th-14th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Monday folder Stuffer: Cindy Burrow (January)<br />Tuesday Mom: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Jan. 17th Martin Luther King Holiday<br />Feb. 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />Feb. 21st Student Holiday<br /><br />*A note about Winter Weather... It is going to be cold Tuesday and Wednesday. Please make sure your child wears appropriate outerwear including a heavy coat, possibly gloves and a hat. If it is not raining we will still go outside. We may only go out briefly but we will go out.<br /><br />In Reading Workshop...<br />We are working on making connections when we reading and analyzing the story. We are also talking about what it means to be a specialist and how you can learn through reading and asking questions. The students will have Take Home Readers, Monday-Thursday along with Writing homework two days each week. Please make sure that your child completes their writing homework, which will be related to their reading, the night it is assigned.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We are practing writing with a prompt. The students will go through the writing process and write an original story about a Snowman. Today we did a story outline and then began sketching our ideas across pages to prepare us for writing. Our goal is to have a final product this Friday to hang in the hallway.<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />Our sound this week is oi, oy<br />Spelling words: oil, soil, coin, joy, toy, enjoy<br />Challenge words: nickel, energy<br />Sight word Vocabulary: or, went, girl, too, over<br /><br />In Math...<br />We are learning about Money in our groups. Each student completed an assessment and was put in a leveled math group to work on this skill. The first grade TEKS state that the students should be able to identify and know the value of coins, penny, nickel, dime, quarter. They will also need to know how many pennies are needed to make up each coin. For example, a nickel is worth 5 cents or 5 pennies.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are learning about energy (heat) changing objects. Today we did an experiment with Ice Melting. We watched the ice melt on a piece of black paper for 15 minutes. Then we made predictions as to what the ice would look like when we came back from lunch. We made a chart to illustrate our discoveries in our Science Notebook.<br /><br />Have a warm week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2634340854748263949?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-39218347397619256682011-01-04T08:01:00.002-06:002011-01-04T11:17:33.923-06:00January 4th-7th<br /><br />Happy New Year!!!<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Monday folder Stuffer: Cindy Burrow (January)<br />Tuesday Mom: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Jan. 17th Martin Luther King Holiday<br />Feb. 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am<br />Feb. 21st Student Holiday<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop we will get back into the groove of Take Home Readers. Each child has a new bag to bring their books back and forth in. I will begin mid-year Reading assessments in a couple of weeks.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will review writing about small moments for the next two weeks before we move on to our next unit.<br /><br />In Word Work this week our sound is the (oa) sound. The (oa) sound in a one syllable word is spelled oa as in boat.<br /><br />Spelling Words: loaf, boat, soap, float, toad, road<br />Challenge Words: snowman, folktale<br />Sight word Vocabulary: old, boy, could, red, here<br /><br />In math this week we will begin our unit on Money. The students are expected to identify each type of coin and know it's value. We will take a pre-assessment and each student will be in a group according to their knowledge of money. Each teacher in first grade will take a group of students to work with. Our unit will span two weeks. Review coin names and values at home!<br /><br />In Science this week we will continue our unit on Matter and Energy from the previous nine weeks. We will discuss how energy (heat) can change an object. We will do hands on experiments to help us see the changes.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-3921834739761925668?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-62413286096427687652010-12-13T15:02:00.002-06:002010-12-13T15:10:35.578-06:00December 13th-17th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />-Winter Party- Thursday, December 16th - time to be announced.<br />-Winter Holiday- December 20th-January 3rd. Classes resume Tuesday, January 4th.<br /><br />In Reading and Writing Workshop...<br />We are reading and writing about holidays around the world this week. Today we learned about Kwanzaa. We will also learn about Hanukkah, Diwali, Las Posadas and Christmas. <br /><br />There will be no Word Work or Spelling this week!<br /><br />In math we are finishing our unit on compairing and ordering numbers.<br /><br />In Science this week we are finishing our unit on matter.<br /><br />Have a jolly week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6241328609642768765?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-90628880057029896362010-12-07T09:14:00.002-06:002010-12-07T09:23:32.632-06:00December 6th-10th<br /><br />This weeks Principal's Pride friend is Riona B. Happy Birthday! Riona is a superstar new student in our class. We love having her and look forward to learning more about her.<br /><br />Reminders:<br />-Early Release- Wednesday, December 8th at 12:45pm.<br />-Winter Party- Thursday, December 16th at 12:45pm-1:30pm.<br />-Winter Holiday- December 20th-January 3rd. Classes resume Tuesday, January 4th.<br /><br />In Reading workshop we are working on reading stories and learning new comprehension strategies. Later this week we will begin learning about holidays around the world.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are working on completing the writing process. <br /><br />In Word work this week we are working on the long a sound spelled -ay and -ai.<br />Spelling words: day, say, play, rain, mail, pair<br />Sight word vocab: us, there, come, nice, from<br />Challenge: Penguin, holiday<br /><br />Sentence dictation: 1) There is a nice dog. 2) The presents come from us.<br /><br />In Math this week we are working on solving problems in which we have to order and compare numbers.<br /><br />In Science this week we are continuing our unit on Matter. We will learn about using a hand lens and we will observe things with it. We will also compare mass with different objects using a balance.<br /><br />Have a warm week!<br />Mrs. C<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-9062888005702989636?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-18135322582172803052010-11-29T14:19:00.003-06:002010-11-29T14:58:32.695-06:00November 29- Dec 3<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Tuesday Parent: none<br />Monday folders for December: Yan Zuo<br />*Due to the holiday break Monday folders will come home tomorrow (Tuesday).<br /><br />-We are collecting new, in the package, underwear and socks for the Round Rock Clothes Closet. There will be a bin outside of my classroom.<br />-We will have a compliment party on Friday to celebrate our success during the can food drive.<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop we are working on building fluency and comprehension skills. Have your child make connections to their lives, other stories they've read, or the world around them as they read. This skill helps them to better understand the purpose of reading.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are working on completing the writing process. We finished our Scarecrow stories and they will come home in the Monday folder next week.<br /><br />In Word Work we are working on the ee sound.<br />Rule: The ee sound is spelled ee as in feet.<br />Spelling words: seek, keep, green, feet, bee, sleep<br />Challenge words: wreath, giving<br />Sight word vocabulary: some, good, if, ride, not<br />We will start sentence dictation this week. Our sentences are:<br />If you are not good Santa will not come.<br />Some toys ride in his bag.<br /><br />In Math this week we are finishing our unit on Patterns by skip counting on hundreds charts by 2's, 5's and 10's. We will also work on learning if numbers are odd of even. Our next unit will be Compairing and Ordering Numbers to 99. We will continue this unit for the remainder of the semester.<br /><br />In Science this week we will begin our unit on Matter and Energy. We will first discuss properties of matter. We will learn about identifying properties in different objects and chart them in our Science Notebook.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1813532258217280305?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-11494291809335471792010-11-15T10:08:00.002-06:002010-11-15T10:21:16.273-06:00November 15th- 19th, 22nd &amp; 23rd<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Monday Folder Stuffer: Kathleen Trail<br />Tuesday parent: none this week<br /><br />November 19th- Corn Feast @ 1:00pm<br />November 24th-26th- Thanksgiving Holiday<br /><br />**Please clearly label your children's coats and sweaters. Quite a few of the students have been leaving their things in their cubbies or on the floor and they do not have names in them.<br /><br />In Reading Workshop this week we are learning about the First Thanksgiving. We will discuss what contributions the Pilgrims made to the feast and what the Indians taught the Pilgrims to help them survive. Take Home readers will come home Monday-Thursday. No take home readers November 22nd and 23rd.<br /><br />In Writing workshop we will be reading the story, The Scarecrow's Hat and we will write a story about a scarecrow. This project takes us through the writing process (formally) for the very first time!<br /><br />In Word Work this week we are studying is the long u sound. The (u) sound in a one syllable word is spelled u _e as in the word cute.<br /><br />Spelling words: cute, tube, glue, blue, flute, cube<br />Challenge words: Pilgrim, Indian<br />Sight word vocab: have, this, our, make, an<br /><br />In Math this week we will begin our unit on Patterns. We will review patterns the students learned in Kindergarten and make our own patterns.<br /><br />In Social Studies this week we continue working on our Where Do We Live books. We are learning about the community around us and making a book to show what we've learned.<br /><br />A note from Mrs. C: I will be out on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Langford will be my sub.<br /><br />Enjoy your week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1149429180933547179?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-89446925029616604232010-11-08T07:55:00.002-06:002010-11-08T10:07:56.955-06:00November 8th-11th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Monday Folder Stuffer: Kathleen Trail<br />Tuesday parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />November 10th - Early Release @12:45pm<br />November 12th- Field Trip to the IMAX and Waterloo Park<br />November 24th-26th- Thanksgiving Holiday<br />**Please clearly label your children's coats and sweaters. Quite a few of the students have been leaving their things in their cubbies or on the floor and they do not have names in them.<br /><br />This week in Reader's workshop we are working on Poetry. We will learn about the elements of poetry. We will identify rhyme, rhythm and alliteration in poems. We will also be writing poems to make our very own Book of Poetry.<br /><br />This week in Writing Workshop we are focusing on writing about Small Moments. We will write stories with more detail and stretch our small moments out. We will begin working with a partner when we write to help us verbally rehearse our writing before we get it on paper.<br /><br />In Word Work this week we will be working on the long o sound. The long o sound is spelled o as in rope. (Silent e at the end)<br /><br />Spelling words: cone, rope, bone, code, hope, joke<br /><br />Sight word vocab: do, big, get, had, saw<br /><br />Challenge: phone, turkey<br /><br />In Math this week we will finish our unit on Learning Strategies for Basic Addition and we will begin our unit on Patterns. The math homework that is sent home in the Monday folder is optional. It is extra practice for your child that they can work on at their own pace. There is no need to turn it in.<br /><br />In Social Studies this week we will finish our unit on Maps and Globes. We will make a map of our school and use it to find places in our building.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8944692502961660423?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-85721444981059601522010-11-03T10:21:00.003-05:002010-11-03T10:30:23.754-05:00November 1st-5th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Monday Folder Stuffer: Kathleen Trail<br />Tuesday parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />November 10th - Early Release @12:45pm<br />November 24th-26th- Thanksgiving Holiday<br /><br />**Please clearly label your children's coats and sweaters. Quite a few of the students have been leaving their things in their cubbies or on the floor and they do not have names in them.<br /><br />In Reading workshop this week we are studying Poetry. We will be learning about different types of Poetry and writing our own poetry as well! Take Home readers will come home Monday- Thursday. <br /><br />In Writing Workshop we packed up our Launching Writing Workshop Folders and sent them home to share with our families. Some of the students asked it they could continue to work on stories at home. That would be fabulous! Our new unit on Small Moments began this week. We will focus on a short amount of time and write, in detail, about our experiences.<br /><br />In Word Work our sound is long i. The long i sound is spelled i as in bike. (silent e at the end)<br />Sight word Vocabulary: of, has, for, want, little<br />spelling: like, five, ride, nine, time, bike<br />challenge: scarecrow, leaves<br /><br />In Math we are continuing our unit on Learning Strategies for mastering basic facts. Our skill this week is counting on 2. We will be working in math stations and solving math problems using this strategy.<br /><br />In Social Studies we are learning about maps and globes during our unit on My Community. We will be learning about cardinal directions, reading a map and using a map key. <br /><br />Have a great week!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8572144498105960152?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-58022299174026056202010-10-25T10:01:00.003-05:002010-10-25T14:14:45.170-05:00October 25th-29th<br /><br />Principal's Pride this week is John F.<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Monday folder stuffer: Kathleen Trail<br />Tuesday Parent: Sergio's Grandma<br /><br />Wednesday, October 27th-Pumpkin Carving with Dad: Mr. Lawhon<br />Friday, October 29th-Pumpkin Feast: Pumpkin Bread- Trail's and Pooler's, Pumpkin Pie- Waggoner's, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies- Burrow's<br />*We will also have Pajama Day on Friday as a fun "dress up" day for Halloween.<br /><br />November 10th- Early Release Day<br />November 24-26- Thanksgiving Holiday<br /><br />*Last Friday was the last day of the 1st nine weeks. Report cards will go home next Monday, November 1st.<br /><br />In Reading Workshop this week we will be reading and learning about Pumpkins. Today Mrs. Duff came and read a Time For Kids Magazine with the students about Pumpkins. We will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin and what pumpkins can be used to make. On Friday we will have our Pumpkin Feast in which the students will get to taste test different things made out of pumpkin. Your child will bring home their Take Home Reader Monday through Thursday of this week. <br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our first unit and celebrating our accomplishments in a very special Author's Chair on Friday! Your child will bring home their folder with their stories inside. Please remember, some pieces will be a work in progress and very few will be in a "published" state. When we discuss writing in the classroom we learn that real Authors don't publish everything they write, just their favorite pieces!<br /><br />In Word Work our sound this week is the long a sound. <br />The (a) sound in a one syllable base word is spelled a as in cake. (*the silent e at the end make the vowel say it's name!)<br /><br />Spelling Words: make, game, take, name, came, gave<br /><br />Challenge words: pumpkin, Halloween<br /><br />Sight word vocabulary: will, look, are, out, up<br /><br />In Math we are beginning our unit on Learning math counting strategies for addition. We will work with basic facts and learn to start at a number and count on as a addition strategy. For example, 5+3= Start at 5 count on 3 which =8. <br /><br />In Social Studies we began our unit on Our Community. We started by reading a Dr. Suess book about maps and globes and what each are used for. We will work toward reading maps and making a map of our school.<br /><br />There will be no Show and Tell this week because we are meeting with our fifth grade buddies, Mrs. Creger's class.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5802229917402605620?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-57278380235402206582010-10-18T15:42:00.002-05:002010-10-18T15:54:27.662-05:00October 18- 22<br /><br />Reminders:<br /><br />Monday folder stuffer for October: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Giannina</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lawhon</span><br />Tuesday Parent: Charles Field<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop this week we are reading books on our level and discussing our shared reading about Night Time Animals. Today we made a web of night animals and wrote down what they eat. We will be sharing more stories about Night Animals and working on reading strategies to improve comprehension. Next week we will be studying pumpkins and will have a Pumpkin Feast. I will send an email sign up sheet later this week for pumpkin items to send!<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are winding down our Launching unit and discussing the details of publishing. Your child will bring home their folder from our first unit with their stories in it, next week. Please remember that as writers not all of their pieces will be finished and have perfect handwriting. We have learned that Authors do not publish all of their pieces, just the ones they like the best.<br /><br />In Spelling our rule is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wh</span>, ch sounds.<br /><br />Spelling words: this, bath, white, that, when, with<br /><br />Challenge words: whistle, ghost<br /><br />Sight word vocabulary: so, no, him, what, we<br /><br />In Math this week we are continuing our unit on basic math facts. We have stations set up around the room with games to reinforce facts and make learning fun. The students will also be working in small groups as we learn to record our math facts. In the mornings they will be solving word problems related to this and previous units.<br /><br />In Social Studies this week we are studying landforms. Today we brainstormed a list of landforms and their characteristics. We read a book about deserts and started to write about what <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">characteristics</span> a desert has as a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">landform</span>.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5727838023540220658?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-48131714339288509912010-10-11T15:55:00.002-05:002010-10-11T16:04:39.400-05:00October 11th-15th<br /><br />Reminders<br />-Oct. 14 Skate Night 6:30 p.m.<br />-Oct. 16 Caraway PTA Fall Carnival<br />-Oct. 17-23 Texas Native Plant Week<br /><br />Monday folder stuffer: Giannina Lawhon<br />Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br />Principal's Pride: Spencer M.<br /><br />Thank you to everyone for taking time out of your busy schedules to meet with me and discuss your child's progress during our conference!<br /><br />This week in Language arts...<br /><br />In Reading workshop we will be learning and reading about spiders! We'll be generating lists of spider facts and creating spiders to hang in our classroom. Take home readers will come home Tuesday- Thursday this week.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will be discussing how to publish our stories. We will have our first "Published" Author's chair on Friday!<br /><br />In Work Work we are beginning our study on "H" friend words. This week we are working on "ch" and "sh". <br /><br />Spelling words: she, chin, much, fish, chop, shop<br />Challenge: seasons and weather<br />Sight word vocabulary: with, help, go, let, her<br /><br />In Math we are working on Addition and Subtraction Basic Fact fundamentals. We have been playing fun games to help us practice our math facts and working with other students in centers.<br /><br />In Science we are wrapping up our unit on Natural Resources and will begin our Social Studies focus on Timelines and Calendars. Later in the week we will move onto Map Skills.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4813171433928850991?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-17094109796584627202010-10-04T14:01:00.002-05:002010-10-04T14:30:05.672-05:00October 4-8th<br /><br />Reminders:<br />-October 11th: Conference Day/ Student Holiday<br />*If you have not signed up or notified me to schedule a conference please do so ASAP. I will begin assigning times after Wednesday.<br />-October 16th Caraway PTA Carnival<br /><br />*Library is Friday!<br /><br />Monday folder stuffer (October)- Giannina Lawhon<br />Tuesday Parent: Sergio's Grandma<br /><br />Principal's Pride this week is Nykaila A.<br /><br /><br />In Language Arts<br /><br />During Reader's Workshop we are learning and reading about Bats. Today we read a magazine article, as a class, about the Mexican Free-Tailed bat colony that lives under the Congress Ave. bridge. Toward the end of the week we will begin working on recording our "Bat Facts" that we've learned. Please remember to remind your child to bring/take home their Take Home Reader each day, Monday-Thursday!<br /><br />During Writer's Workshop this week we are working on Stretching Sounds and writing words. We will also discuss how to spell the best we can and move on! We will share one of our stories in the Author's Chair on Friday.<br /><br />Word Work this week is a vowel review.<br />Spelling words: wig, mop, sat, bed, can, bug<br />Challenge words: properties, natural<br />Sight word Vocabulary: me, on, my, by, be<br /><br />In Math this week we are beginning a unit on Addition and Subtraction, learning basic facts and strategies. We will practice subitizing, visual representation of numbers, and using numbers to help us solve problems. We will also work in math centers as we learn new strategies.<br /><br />In Science this week we will study Soil. We will learn a song to help us remember what soil is made of and we will observe and describe different types of soil.<br /><br />Show and Tell: Bring something made out of a natural resource.<br /><br />Have a great week! The weather is beautiful!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1709410979658462720?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-65437079571473192122010-09-27T08:06:00.003-05:002010-09-27T14:12:44.959-05:00September 27th- October 1<br /><br />Reminders:<br />- Wednesday, September 29th School Pictures<br />-This week is Education Go Get It Week!<br />Today- Caraway (school) shirt<br />Tuesday- wear sneakers or tennis shoes<br />Wednesday- wear a collegiate hat<br />Thursday-<br />Friday-wear a collegiate shirt<br /><br />Principal's Pride Student of the week is Sergio!!<br />Thank you for being patient and kind with your classmates.<br /><br />Monday folder stuffer (October)- Giannina Lawhon<br />Tuesday parent: Mr. Field<br /><br />This week in Language Arts...<br /><br />In Reading workshop we are going to learn our small group routines and learn how to get information from books. A new book will come home Monday- Thursday. Each child needs to be responsible for their book and baggie. They will bring it back each day. If they do not bring it to school they will not recieve a new book, so it's very important they bring it each day!<br /><br />*Our Library Day is Friday! Please help your child remember their books!<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are learning to stretch words as we sound them out to write and reread. We had our first Author's Chair sharing on Friday. Each student choose a story and read it to the class. I wrote an encouraging comment for each student on their story and it's in their Monday folders. We will do this until we learn to publish.<br /><br />In Word Work this week we are studying the sound short o. We have started practicing our letters and sounds with our Language Deck. This is the beginning of our word study practice. I have completed a phonetic spelling inventory for each students and we will begin working on word sorts during small groups.<br /><br />Rule: The (o) sound at the beginning or middle of a word is spelled o as in octopus.<br /><br />Spelling Words: on, not, got, box, hot, top<br /><br />Challenge words: resource, soil<br /><br />Sight word vocabulary: at, as, jump, but, they<br /><br />In Math we will continue to work on place value and discuss numbers. Today we learned to play a game called Guess My Number. I give two clues, such as "My number is more than 1 and less than 19." Then the students ask me questions using the vocabulary greater than and less than. They really enjoyed this game. Play it at home using a number line! We will work on identifying larger numbers and discussing greater then, less than and equal to with numbers to 100.<br /><br />This week in Science we will continue our study on Natural Resources and Rocks. We will be measuring and weighing our rocks as we compare them.<br /><br />Show and Tell on Friday: Free choice. Bring something that fits in your backpack.<br /><br />Have a cool week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6543707957147319212?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-13183074676571291052010-09-19T21:02:00.004-05:002010-09-20T07:35:38.720-05:00September 20th-24th<br /><br />Reminders<br />- No Fuss PTA fundraiser Picnic 6:00pm-7:30pm<br />- School picture day- September 29th<br />- Fall Conferences start next week<br /><br /><br />September Monday folder stuffer: Alex Loukas- Kristiana's mom<br />September 21st Tuesday parent:<br /><br />In Language Arts<br /><br />In Reader's workshop we will begin small groups! Assessments are complete and it's almost time for fall conferences. If you have not come by to sign up or e-mailed me with a time you would like please do so at your earliest convience.<br />Your child will bring home a "Take home Reader" starting Monday. Your child will bring home the same book, in a heavy duty ziploc, until they have mastered the vocabulary and comprehension assessment for each title. The "Take home Reader" is a book on your child's level of which they are expected to read during our small group instruction time, during One-on-one Reading Conferences and at home, to a parent. Your child will need to bring the book to school each day. The assessment process for moving on is self-paced and some students may have the opportunity to read a different title each night, Monday through Thursday. I impress upon my students the importance of responsibility. Please remind your child that it is <em>their</em> responsibility to bring their book back to school each day.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we are learning to write sentences with our picture stories and stretch out hard-to-spell words as we write. Writer's workshop is made up of a minilesson/teaching time, a student discussion opportunity, a think, pair, share time to orally rehearse our thoughts and writing time. Each portion of writer's workshop allows the students to develop autonomy as writers.<br /><br />In Word Study we will begin working on individualized instruction during small groups for word sorting and phonics skills. During our fall conference I will share an assessment with you from <em>Words our Way</em>, a spelling, word study and phonics curriculum that is based on the needs of individuals according to where they score developmentally.<br /><br />The sound this week is Short e.<br />The Rule is: The (e) sound at the begining or middle of a word is spelled e as in echo.<br /><br />Spelling words: get, ten, red, let, men, yes<br /><br />Sight word Vocabulary: said, was, she, for, his<br /><br />Challenge words: change, scientist<br /><br />In Math we will begin working on Place Value. We will explore the concept of Place Value, grouping numbers in an organized fashion, by working with manipulatives and solving problems related to real life situations. Your child will be encouraged to work with the manipulatives and construct their own knowledge about the concept. We will later apply the concept to paper with our pencils. There will be a lot of student discussion on our thinking and learning!<br /><br />In Science this week we will begin investigating the world around us during our unit on Earth and Space: Rocks, Soil and Water. We will begin with a discussion on where we find rocks. We will take a nature walk and explore the area around our school looking for rocks. We will then use scientific tools to investigate and observe the rocks we collect! All of our thinking and learning will be recorded in our Science Notebooks!<br /><br />Have a great week! We're going to have beautiful weather!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1318307467657129105?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-75554078538809043202010-09-15T08:07:00.002-05:002010-09-15T08:13:55.836-05:00Parents,<br /><br />Your child came home with a sheet in their yellow folder that was titled, "I love to Read". The directions on the sheet were to color in a space, in numerical order, after your child reads a book. During the quick paced Open House I forgot to mention this sheet. If your child is reading a chapter book they can count a chapter as a square/book. If you read a book to your child it counts as well. The idea behind the "I love to Read" sheet is to develop a love of reading and listening to reading. The students are motivated to read and color in squares because at the end, when everyone has turned in their sheets and read 100 books each, we will have a party to celebrate our accomplishments. <br />Keep encouraging your child to read aloud to you but also take the time to read to them!<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Mrs. Caballero<br /><br />P.S. Take home readers will start next week! They count too!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7555407853880904320?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-60130347988683986372010-09-13T15:09:00.005-05:002010-09-19T21:08:21.365-05:00September 13th-17th<br /><br /><br /><br />Reminders<br /><br />-Early Release September 15th- 12:45pm<br /><br />-Family Science Night- September 16th<br /><br />-No Fuss Fundraiser Picnic September 23rd 6:00pm-7:30pm<br /><br />-School Picture Day September 29th<br /><br /><br /><br />September Monday folder stuffer: Alex Loukas- Kristiana's mom<br /><br />September 21st- Tuesday parent: Elizabeth Pooler<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In Language Arts<br /><br /><br /><br />This week in Reading workshop we will continue our shared reading unit on Big Books. We will start by reading Jack's Talents and making a class book about our talents. I will also continue the Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI), a reading assessment, to determine each child's individualized level. We will begin small groups for reading next week and take home readers will come home Monday- Thursday.<br /><br /><br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will be practicing our news skills and learning how writer's are really never done writing. We will focus on using supplies appropriately in our classroom.<br /><br /><br /><br />In Spelling we are focusing on the short u sound.<br /><br />Rule: The (u) sound in a syllable that ends with a consonant is spelled u as in cup.<br /><br />Spelling words: up, us, but, fun, run, cut<br /><br />Sight Vocabulary words: I, like, see, can, he<br /><br />Challenge words: community, citizen<br /><br /><br /><br />In math this week we will practice telling time to the hour and half hour. Please practice this skill at home! We will also be working on solving problems that involve time.<br /><br /><br /><br />In Social Studies we will finish up our unit on Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow! Today we learned about different kinds of schools in our community! We watched a short clip on sesamestreet.org of Murray visiting an Irish Dance School. The students enjoyed seeing the kids learn to dance.<br /><br /><br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br /><br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6013034798868398637?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-61775938120495086772010-09-06T20:18:00.002-05:002010-09-07T10:28:33.703-05:00September 7th-10th<br /><p>Once again, Thank you for a wonderful birthday surprise! I am thankful for such a great group of kids and parents!</p>Reminders:<br /><br />-Parent Orientation (Open House) is Tuesday, September 7th from 6:30pm-7:00pm. A short PTA meeting will follow from 7:00pm-7:30pm in the cafeteria.<br />- Early Release September 15th- 12:45pm<br />-Family Science Night- September 16th<br />-No Fuss Fundraiser Picnic September 23rd 6:00pm-7:30pm<br />-School Picture Day September 29th<br /><br />*I am still in need of a parent to stuff Monday folders for the month of September. It is an at home job! I can send it with your child on Friday afternoon!<br /><br />In Language Arts<br /><br />This week in Reading workshop we will begin our shared reading unit on Big Books. We will start by reading Silly Sally and making a class book. I will also begin the Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI), a reading assessment, to determine each child's individualized level. After this is complete we will begin small groups and take home readers.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will be practicing our news skills and learning how writer's are really never done writing. We will focus on becoming indenpendant as writers in our classroom.<br /><br />In Spelling we are focusing on the short i sound.<br />Rule: The (i) sound at the beginning or in the middle of a base word is spelled i as in itch.<br /><br />Spelling words: in, it, him, big, sit, did<br /><br />Sight Vocabulary words: in, is, you, that, it<br /><br />Challenge words: Yesterday, Tomorrow<br /><br />In math this week we will practice telling time and talk about why it's important that we can tell time on an analog and digital clock! In first grade we practice telling time to the hour and half hour. Please practice this skill at home!<br /><br />In Social Studies we will begin our unit on Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow! We will start with a fold out project that we will complete in the classroom. We will learn about citizens from long ago, today and talk about how we can make a difference in the future!<br /><br />Have a great week! It's a short one!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6177593812049508677?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-37870496085914147512010-08-30T08:23:00.003-05:002010-08-30T14:29:59.701-05:00August 30th- September 3rd<br /><br /><em>Reminders:</em><br />- Bring a healthy snack every day! *We do not have any severe peanut allergies in our class! Peanut butter and nuts are OK!<br />- PE is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday<br />- PLEASE sign up outside the classroom or through email to help volunteer. The kids love seeing you during the day, and it is such a big help for me, too. You can even help out from home! There is still a lot up for grabs!<br /><strong>Holly Harris was the August Monday Folder Stuffer</strong>, I am in need of someone to volunteer for September. <strong>Robin Pooler</strong> has volunteered to be a <strong>Tuesday Parent</strong>. Thanks Ladies!!!!<br />-No school Sept. 6th!<br />-Parent Orientation-Sept. 7th 6:30-7:00 followed by a PTA meeting 7:00-7:30.<br /><br /><em>In Language Arts...</em><br /><br />For Reading workshop this week we are working on making our Nursery Rhyme book! We've been reading a different Nursery Rhyme each day and visualizing a picture in our heads as we listen to the words. We can't wait for everyone to see our books once they are done!<br /><br />For Writer's Workshop we have learned about our materials and what writer's need to be successful. On Monday we will begin our very first, official, Writer's Workshop! We will be working on our unit, Launching Writer's Workshop, for the first six weeks of school! The folders, with your child's work for this unit, will stay here at school until the unit has been completed.<br /><br />For Spelling we are learning about the short vowel a. In my classroom we use a program called Scientific Spelling. We learn a rule for the words we will practice spelling. The rules help children develop their spelling and reading abilities. We will have a Spelling test, including the sight word vocabulary, on Friday! At Parent Orientation we will discuss ways to practice spelling words at home!<br /><br />Spelling words: an, at, can, had, man<br />The "a" sound in initial or medial (beginning or middle) position is spelled a as in apple.<br /><br />Sight word vocabulary words: the, am, and, a, to<br /><br />In <em>Math</em> we are working on creating and analyzing graphs. Last week we made a class graph of how we go home! It is hanging on our classroom door. This week we will be graphing different things like our favorite colors and favorite foods. We will begin our unit on telling time on Thursday by reading The Grouchy Ladybug.<br /><br />In <em>Social Studies</em> we are learning about Citizenship and how communities work. We will practice being a good citizen in our classroom community. We will also learn about community helpers and leaders!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-3787049608591414751?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-79117287311841131542010-08-26T18:56:00.002-05:002010-08-26T19:04:55.640-05:00Wow, what a great couple days we've had together! I've learned so much about each of my precious students so far and I'm excited to get to know them better throughout the year!<br /><br />This week we've learned...<br /><br />Our morning procedures and afternoon (dismissal) procedures.<br />Our classroom expectations. <br />Our school expectations.<br />How to always do our personal best!<br /><br />We've practiced...<br /><br />Writing about our experiences and our family!<br />Reading skills together!<br />Solving math problems!<br />Mental math strategies!<br /><br />Each week I will write a newsletter that will be posted on this blog. The newsletter will include important information about our classroom, what we are learning and news from around the Caraway Community. Don't forget to check the blog every Monday for an update on what the Cowpokes are learning!!<br /><br />Have a great weekend!!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<br /><br />P.S. If you have not designated a spot to meet your child after school please keep in mind that first grade will be walking outside, unless the weather is bad. We will exit the doors by my classroom, heading out to the flagpole side of the school. If you park and pick your child up or you walk home please consider meeting your child at the picnic tables on the flagpole side of the school! Also, when you have decided on a place to meet please e-mail me and let me know!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7911728731184113154?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-10493448384665075072010-08-11T16:57:00.002-05:002010-08-11T17:06:15.917-05:00HELLO First grade!!!! <br /><br />Wow, I really can't believe how fast the summer went! I'm sure most of you parents out there are thinking...it's been too long!! As a teacher, summer is never long enough. As a parent, I've enjoyed my summer with my daughter but I'm ready to get back into a routine.<br /><br />The most important thing for your first grader this year is to get into a routine! The routine might consist of getting up around the same time each morning, getting dressed independently, having a healthy breakfast and heading off to school. When your child is at school he/she will have a very consistant routine that is predictable and stable. I encourage you to have a solid evening routine as well. This helps with bedtime issues and allows your child to get much needed rest! Have a time set aside for reading. Your child reading to you and you reading to your child. At my house we do this right before bed! Having time set aside for outside play and maybe even a little TV time will help your child get that energy out and rest their body!<br /><br />Meet the Teacher will be Friday, August 20th at 8:30am-10:00am. If you purchased school supplies from the PTA they will be sitting on your child's desk. If you purchased them on your own please bring them that day. The only thing you will need to label with your child's name will be his/her pencil box.<br /><br />See you on the first day of school, Tuesday, August 24th!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1049344838466507507?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-2033746105568319822010-05-24T09:50:00.003-05:002010-05-24T11:08:01.019-05:00I wanted to express my gratitude for all of the lovely things each and every one of you has done for me this year. My surprise half-birthday party was such a fun day! I was very surprised and enjoyed all the gifts and giftcards! The scrapbooking supplies and gift card will really come in handy over the summer!<br /> I also want to thank everyone for a lovely Teacher Appreciation week. I am still enjoying the M&amp;M's from chocolate day and so is my family! The flowers were lovely and stayed nice in my classroom the whole week. Of course, I always love Starbucks! My Caramel Frappachino was delicious and pepped me up for the day! My lunch from Chuy's was very tasty and I enjoyed reading the cards the children made. Thank you so much for your appreciation.<br /> As much as you appreciate me, I appreciate you! I know that as parents you work very hard at home to get your child off to school and support their learning. I can see how much involvement you put into your child's education by the progress they make during the school year. Without loving, supportive parents my students would not be as successful as they have been this year. I'm so very proud of each of my students and how much they have grown this year! Thank you for all you do at home to support your child's education!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-203374610556831982?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-1986075454906128752010-05-24T09:34:00.002-05:002010-05-24T09:49:46.872-05:00<strong>Reminders... </strong><br /><br />Please turn in Spring Progress reports if you have not already.<br /><br />Report cards will come home with your child on Friday.<br /><br />Field Day is <strong>Wednesday, May 26th 8:15am-11:30am</strong>.<br />Please send your child with sunscreen on, a hat and tennis shoes. They may want to bring an extra pair of clothes to change into if they get sweaty! Volunteers are needed!!! Please contact Christy Higdon at <a href="mailto:misschristy@austin.rr.com">misschristy@austin.rr.com</a>.<br /><br />End of Year PARTY!!! Aloha!! Next <strong>Thursday, May 27th is our End-of-Year Luau Party</strong>!<br />Surfs up at Nate’s house, 6911 Bayridge Terr, from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Put on your grass skirts and coconut bras my friends, as we are going to hula into summer! We are going to keep the food simple with a quick pupu platter (that is Hawaiian for appetizer!) of fruit, cheese, and sausage. We ask for the kids to bring a sack lunch to eat at the party and we will provide fruit popsicles for dessert. Kids need to wear: Hawaiian/Flower shirts or surf attireKids need to bring: swimsuit, towel, flip-flops (or other water-proof shoes like sandals or crocs), sunscreen and sack lunch Of course, to make this simple Hawaiian extravaganza a reality, there needs to be a boat-load of parental participation! We need at least 4 parent volunteers to be there the entire time to help facilitate activities and heard kids. If you can only make it for half of the time, please indicate which hour and we will try to match you up with another parent to cover the other half! It’s easy, really! If you cannot join us for the fun, please sign up for one food, game or decorator item to donate towards the cause. All items should be delivered to the classroom by MONDAY May 24th, one week from today. The sign-up email will follow. You know how that works! Thanks so much for your help in organizing this fun time for the kids to wrap up the school year! Feel free to contact me with any questions… this email or 258-8208. Last day of school- May 28th!<br /><br />*Cafeteria note: Students need to carry a balance in their lunch accounts for the remainder of the year. No lunches will be charged. If you child does not have enough money in their account they will have a cheese sandwich.*<br /><br /><strong>In Reader's Workshop...</strong><br />This week we will wrap up reading workshop with shared readings and a review of comprehension strategies for fiction and non-fiction. <br /><br /><strong>In Writer's Workshop...</strong><br />During writer's workshop we are working on writing our own fairy tale. We will be working through the writing process by brainstorming, making a rough draft, revising, editing and creating our final draft. We were not quite ready to share our fairy tales last week so we will be wrapping up our writing and sharing them as they are finished this week.<br /><br /><strong>In Word Work... </strong><br />We are assessing 1st grade sight words for the next 4 weeks! We're on list #4.<br /><br /><strong>Spelling words:</strong> them, then, there, these, they, this, to, two, up, us, very, was, we, went, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, would, you, your<br />Challenge words: none<br /><br /><strong>In Math... </strong><br />We will continue our big unit on Addition and Subtraction with problem solving. The students will be solving problems to help them prepare for 2nd grade!<br /><br /><strong>In Social Studies... </strong><br />We will continue our unit on Folktales, Tall Tales and Legends. We will finish up Tall Tales this week and wrap our genre study up with Legends. We will read The Legend of the Teddy Bear and write about our own experience with a teddy bear.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-198607545490612875?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-20014023308047058892010-05-17T11:31:00.002-05:002010-05-17T13:06:19.144-05:00Reminders...<br /><br />Fairy Tale parade will be Wednesday, May 19th at 11:00am<br /><br />Reader's Theater presentations Friday, May 21st at 8:30am in Mrs. Caballero's classroom.<br /><br />End of Year Progress Reports will go home on Monday, May 17th and are due back Friday, May 21st.<br /><br />Field Day is Wednesday, May 26th 8:15am- Please send your child with sunscreen on, a hat and tennis shoes. They may want to bring an extra pair of clothes to change into if they get sweaty! Volunteers are needed!!! Please contact Christy Higdon at <a href="mailto:misschristy@austin.rr.com">misschristy@austin.rr.com</a>.<br /><br />End of Year PARTY!!!<br /><br />Aloha!! Next Thursday, May 27th is our End-of-Year Luau Party! Surfs up at Nate’s house, 6911 Bayridge Terr, from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Put on your grass skirts and coconut bras my friends, as we are going to hula into summer! We are going to keep the food simple with a quick pupu platter (that is Hawaiian for appetizer!) of fruit, cheese, and sausage. We ask for the kids to bring a sack lunch to eat at the party and we will provide fruit popsicles for dessert. Kids need to wear: Hawaiian/Flower shirts or surf attireKids need to bring: swimsuit, towel, flip-flops (or other water-proof shoes like sandals or crocs), sunscreen and sack lunch Of course, to make this simple Hawaiian extravaganza a reality, there needs to be a boat-load of parental participation! We need at least 4 parent volunteers to be there the entire time to help facilitate activities and heard kids. If you can only make it for half of the time, please indicate which hour and we will try to match you up with another parent to cover the other half! It’s easy, really! If you cannot join us for the fun, please sign up for one food, game or decorator item to donate towards the cause. All items should be delivered to the classroom by MONDAY May 24th, one week from today. The sign-up email will follow. You know how that works! Thanks so much for your help in organizing this fun time for the kids to wrap up the school year! Feel free to contact me with any questions… this email or 258-8208. <br /><br />Last day of school- May 28th!<br /><br />*Cafeteria note: Students need to carry a balance in their lunch accounts for the remainder of the year. No lunches will be charged. If you child does not have enough money in their account they will have a cheese sandwich.*<br /><br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />This week we will be preparing for our Reader's Theater presentation on Friday. You are invited to come to the classroom at 8:30am on Friday, May 21st to see the students perform "Dinorella" and "The Frog Prince Continued".<br />Please help your child practice their lines this week. They are not responsible for memorizing their lines just being able to read them with ease, loudly and clearly.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />During writer's workshop we are working on writing our own fairy tale. We will be working through the writing process by brainstorming, making a rough draft, revising, editing and creating our final draft. We will share our fairy tale the day we are dressed up for our fairy tale parade. The Fairy Tale parade will be Wednesday, May 19th at 11:00am. There will be a note in your child's Monday folder!<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />We are assessing 1st grade sight words for the next 4 weeks! We're on list #3.<br /><br />Spelling words: may, me, mom, my, no, not, now, of, off, on, one, other, our, out, over, put, said, saw, see, so, some, then, that, the, their<br />Challenge words: none<br /><br />In Math...<br />We will continue our big unit on Addition and Subtraction with problem solving. The students will be solving problems to help them prepare for 2nd grade!<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We will continue our unit on Folktales, Tall Tales and Legends. We will learn about the elements of each and how they are related. We will read many different stories from each genre and work on a comprehension based activity to follow the story. This week we are reading tall tales about Paul Buyan and Pecos Bill, to name a few!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2001402330804705889?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-52259314072663152942010-05-10T08:03:00.003-05:002010-05-10T10:55:58.297-05:00Reminders...<br />Parent Input Forms are due by Monday, May 17th.<br /><br />Fairy Tale parade will be Wednesday, May 19th at 11:00am<br /><br />End of Year Progress Reports will go home on Monday, May 17th and are due back Friday, May 21st.<br /><br />Field Day is Wednesday, May 26th 8:15am- Please send your child with sunscreen on, a hat and tennis shoes. They may want to bring an extra pair of clothes to change into if they get sweaty!<br /><br />Last day of school- May 28th!<br /><br />*Cafeteria note: Students need to carry a balance in their lunch accounts for the remainder of the year. No lunches will be charged. If you child does not have enough money in their account they will have a cheese sandwich.*<br /><br />Principal's Pride...<br />Dinah B.<br />Dinah is a talented writer. She works with her writing partner and helps give her "good feelings" about her writing. What a great friend!<br />Maci C.<br />Maci has been very brave all year. I'm so proud of how she comes into school independently!<br />Adalisse L.<br />Adalisse works hard and always does her best! Adalisse is a great friend to her classmates!<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />This will be our last week with Take home readers. We will be reading a variety of stories for this week.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />During writer's workshop we are working on writing our own fairy tale. We will be working through the writing process by brainstorming, making a rough draft, revising, editing and creating our final draft. We will share our fairy tale the day we are dressed up for our fairy tale parade. The Fairy Tale parade will be Wednesday, May 19th at 11:00am. There will be a note in your child's Monday folder!<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />We are assessing 1st grade sight words for the next 4 weeks!<br /><br />Spelling words: going, got, had, has, have, he, her, him, his, house, how, I, if, in, into, is, it, it's, just, like, little, look, make, man, many<br /><br />Challenge words: none<br /><br />In Math...<br />We will continue our big unit on Addition and Subtraction with problem solving. The students will be solving problems to help them prepare for 2nd grade!<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We are beginning our unit on Folktales, Tall Tales and Legends. We will learn about the elements of each and how they are related. We will read many different stories from each genre and work on a comprehension based activity to follow the story.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5225931407266315294?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-34057437850646451732010-05-03T11:38:00.002-05:002010-05-03T13:00:17.516-05:00Reminders...<br /><br />Early Release- May 5th<br /><br />Last day of school- May 28th!<br /><br /> Principal's Pride...<br /><br />John A.<br />John has worked very hard this year! He helped us all learn more about Jaguars during our animal research.<br /><br />Dinah B.<br />Dinah is a talented writer. She works with her writing partner and helps give her "good feelings" about her writing. What a great friend!<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />We are books about Community workers! We will be celebrating Career Day on Friday and discussing what we want our career's to be in the future!<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />During writer's workshop we are working on revising stories by rereading, adding details, adding adjectives and even adding details to our pictures. We are paying special attention to spelling our word wall words correctly and write all sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation.<br /><br /> In Word Work...<br />We are assessing 1st grade sight words for the next 4 weeks!<br />Spelling words: a, about, after, all, an, and, are, as, at, be, because, been, but, by, came, come, could, day, did, do, down, for, from, get, go<br /><br />Challenge words: none<br /><br />In Math...<br />We will continue our big unit on Addition and Subtraction with problem solving. The students will be solving problems to help them prepare for 2nd grade!<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are continuing our unit on Plants. This week we are focusing on interdependance. How do plants help animals in certain habitats! We will learn about plants in the desert, rainforest, artic regions, plains, and the ocean.<br /><br /><br /> Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-3405743785064645173?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-49747066126132140472010-04-23T11:39:00.003-05:002010-04-27T14:45:43.005-05:00Reminders...<br /><br />TAKS testing - no parents in the building T,W &amp; Th<br /><br />Early Release- May 5th<br /><br /><br /><br />Principal's Pride...<br /><br /><br />Ashmal M.<br /><br />Ashmal shares his love of Texas sports with us! He is especially proud of his picture with Jordan Shipley. Hook'em Horns!<br /><br /><br />Elena VM.<br />Elena is a hard worker! She loves all things science and share facts with her classmates!<br /><br /><br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />We are reading and learning about current events with Time for Kids!<br /><br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br /><br />During writer's workshop we are working on revising stories by rereading, adding details, adding adjectives and even adding details to our pictures.<br /><br /><br /><br />In Word Work...<br /><br />We are studying contractions this week.<br /><br />Spelling words: don't, won't, I'm, it's, can't, wasn't, they've, we've<br /><br />Challenge words: fairy, tale<br /><br /><br /><br />In Math...<br /><br />We will begin our big unit on Addition and Subtraction with problem solving. The students will be solving problems to help them prepare for 2nd grade!<br /><br /><br /><br />In Science...<br />We are continuing our unit on Plants. We will study the parts of the plant and their functions, this week. We will focus on the Life cycle of plants and compare it to that of an animal.<br /><br /><br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4974706612613214047?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-64054851426057383072010-04-20T11:43:00.003-05:002010-04-20T11:56:12.058-05:00Reminders...<br />TAKS testing next week- no parents in the building T,W &amp; Th<br />Early Release- May 5th<br /><br />Principal's Pride...<br /><br />Bryce F.<br />Bryce is an outstanding ball player! He loves to share stories about his games with his classmates! I can't wait to see you in the major leagues!<br /><br />Dana M.<br />Dana is a super-duper sweetheart! She loves to help in the classroom and gives extra special triple-hugs every afternoon!<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />We are focusing on Earth day this week. On Thursday we will have a whole day devoted to saving our Earth! We are also reading fun fiction as shared readings this week. We are focusing on character traits. We read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes yesterday and discussed how Chrysanthemum loved her name at the beginning of the story but soon changed her feelings.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />During writer's workshop we are working on revising stories by rereading, adding details, adding adjectives and even adding details to our pictures.<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />We are studying compound words this week. Words: bathtub, sunshine, pancake, butterfly, desktop, outside, inside Challenge: cycle, Earth<br /><br />In Math...<br />We will continue to discuss probability. We are focusing on the use of vocabulary such as certain, impossible, more likely, less likely. We are also gathering data and independantly making a tally chart and representing our data on a graph.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are continuing our unit on Plants. We will study the parts of the plant and their functions, this week. We will focus on the Life cycle of plants and compare it to that of an animal.<br /><br />Have a great week! Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6405485142605738307?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-85234183522401987522010-04-09T13:46:00.004-05:002010-04-12T15:47:10.172-05:00Reminders...<br /><p>Please return report card folders if you have not already.</p><p>We are studying seeds this week in science. Please see the note below about sending a seed/seeds with your child.</p><p>Early Release- May 5th<br /></p>Principal's Pride...<br /><br />Rebecca W. Rebecca is a helpful student and a thoughtful classmate. She shares her love for animals with all of us!<br /><br /><br />Ben C.<br /><br />Ben gives his best effort in everything he does. He is an especially good thinker!!<br /><br /><br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />We began working with new groups and are bringing home books that are on our instructional/frustrational levels. Please see the sticky note or book mark for Take home reader assignments. <br /><br /><br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />During writer's workshop we are working on revising and editing our work with the help of our partners.<br /><br /><br />In Word Work...<br />We are studying compound words this week.<br /><br />Words: airplane, cupcake, cowboy, jellyfish, tiptoe, backpack, rainbow<br /><br /><br />Challenge: Plants, root<br /><br /><br /><br />In Math...<br />We will continue to discuss probability. We are focusing on the use of vocabulary such as certain, impossible, more likely, less likely.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In Science...<br /><br />We are beginning our unit on Plants. We will start by learning about seeds. Please send a seed/seeds with your child by Thursday. Please put them in a plastic baggie and label them. Also, have your child brainstorm what kind of seed to bring. I prefer that the students bring a seed/seeds from something you have at home, a fruit, a veggie, from outside (acorn). Be creative!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8523418352240198752?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-47148347138932732152010-04-05T13:05:00.003-05:002010-04-05T13:18:13.529-05:00Reminders...<br />-TAKS for the upper grades is this Tuesday and Wednesday. We will not be able to have parent helpers during those days! Thanks so much for your hard work and we'll see you next week!<br />-Last chance to get a Birthday Book. If you would like more information please e-mail me!<br />-Animal Reports are due tomorrow, April 6th. <br />-Book orders are due Wednesday, April 7th.<br /><br />Principal's Pride...<br /><br />Angel S.<br />Angel has adjusted well to his new first grade class! We're so happy to have him!<br /><br /> Mason H.<br />Mason is a funny guy! He cracks me up every afternoon as we walk down the hall to the daycare buses!<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />We are studying historical fiction! Today we read <em>Almost to Freedom</em>, a book written from the point of view of a doll as she witnessed injustice. Tomorrow we will read Apples to Oregon, a book about a pioneer family's journey across the plains.<br /><br />In Writer's workshop..<br />We got our writing folders ready for our new lessons and the students will have their Small Moments stories in their Monday folders. Please keep in mind these are all rough drafts.<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />We are studying verbs!<br /><br />Spelling words: verb, swimming, running, jumping, playing, walking, strolling, hiking, skating, cooking<br />Challenge words: Rainforest, Desert<br /><br />In Math..<br />We completed our unit assessment on Fractions after a review today. Please remember I keep all of their assessments in a folder that you are always welcome to come and review.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are learning about animals in their habitats! Last week we learned about the Rainforest and this week we will be learning about animals that live in the desert, artic regions, coral reefs and plains.<br />*Animal projects are due tomorrow! We can't wait to hear what everyone learned!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4714834713893273215?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-64660671007119291092010-03-29T13:19:00.003-05:002010-03-30T10:40:36.784-05:00What a great beautiful week we have ahead of us! Warm temperatures and bright sunshine! Last weekends "dig" at our OWL (Outdoor Wildlife Lab) went very well! Come by and see everyone's great effort.<br /><br />Reminders...<br />-Please send back your child's report card folder if you have not done so.<br />-Animal Reports are due Monday, April 6th.<br />-No school this Friday, April 2nd.<br />-March reading calendars will be removed from the folders on Thursday. Please make sure<br />you've helped your child record their minutes.<br /><br />In Reader's workshop this week...<br />We will be reading stories about habitats and animals. Please remind your child to bring their take home readers back each day. Later this week we will incorporate our learning into our science lesson on habitats and recreate a Rainforest in our classroom. We will also continue our unit on poetry. This week we will learn about Haiku and Limerick. We will write class poems and our own poem for our poem book.<br /><br />In Writer's workshop...<br />We will be working on descriptive writing. The students will think of adjectives to use to describe things (animals). At the end of the week the students will write a descriptive paragraph (3-5 sentences) about themselves. Look for these in the hallway!<br /><br />In Spelling...<br />Words: find, come, slow, things, night, eat, may, after, again, thank<br />Challenge words: mammal, fraction<br /><br />A note will come home today along with your child's pre and post tests from last week! Please look for those in your child's Monday folder.<br /><br />In Math...<br />We will continue our unit on Fractions. Today we learned about making fourths. We folded and cut paper to glue into our math notebooks to show fourths. We will begin learning how to describe fractions using the phrase, "____ out of ____ are..." In first grade students are not responsible for writing formal fractions to describe sets of objects. We will practice describing sets of objects using phrases.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are going to learn about Mammals this week! We will read books and write the facts we learn about mammals on our class chart. On Thursday we will begin talking about how animals in specific habitats depend on each other and their surroundings to live.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6466067100711929109?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-67823734530816410182010-03-22T15:57:00.003-05:002010-03-22T16:07:32.101-05:00Hope everyone had a fantastic Spring Break!<br /><br />Reminders:<br /><br />Report cards went home today!<br /><br />Send a piece of fruit with your child to school Tuesday, March 23. We will be talking about fractions and using fruit to learn about halves.<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />We will continue to send home take home reader's each night. Please be sure to read these books each night with your child and send them back the next day!!<br />We are starting our unit on Poetry! We will discuss different types of poems, the characteristics of poems, work on class poems, and each student will write individual poems. On Friday, we will have a chance to share our poems with the class!<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We are working on making our writing readable for readers. We will go over using sight words, putting space between words, focusing our stories on the main idea, learn some more sight words and how to use the word wall.<br />We will begin having spelling pre-tests and post-tests. The pre-test will be given on Monday and the post-test will be given on Friday.<br />Our words for this week are: said, they, what, little, could, were, friend, your, does, would, goes, know, every, their, asked<br />Challenge words are amphibians and reptiles<br /><br />In math...<br />We are starting our unit on fractions! We will start off by talking about halves. On Tuesday, please send a piece of fruit with your child. We will be cutting these in halves and discussing what we see. (Are they equal? Why or why not?) Towards the end of the week we will begin talking about thirds and fourths.<br /><br />In science...<br />We will continue our study on animals. This week we are talking about amphibians and reptiles.<br />On Tuesday we will send home the animal research packet. This is to be done at home. More information to go home on Tuesday.<br /><br />Hope everyone has a great week!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6782373453081641018?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-73544885800143543952010-03-08T14:21:00.007-06:002010-03-08T15:19:01.563-06:00Reminders:<br /><br /><strong>Field Trip Tuesday March 9!! Please have your child wear long pants and tennis shoes. If they have a Caraway shirt, please have them wear it.<br />Bring a sack lunch and make sure everything can be thrown away, nothing will be coming back with us!</strong><br /><br /><br />Hello, all! It’s time for our whirlwind fundraising week for our new butterfly-hummingbird habitat, the O.W.L. (Outdoor Wildlife Lab). Our stonework is going in this week – now we need to raise money fast in order to make sure we have enough soil, plants, and mulch to fill up our big garden on Dig Day. In this Monday’s folder, there are flyers with envelopes and leaves attached to them. As students return the envelopes with donations and their names on the leaves, the leaves get added to our Giving Tree. The more leaves on the Giving Tree, the more beautiful it will become. And as we raise money, watch the Fundflower start to bloom!<br />Now here’s the big part –any class that returns all their students’ leaves with their donations by Friday, March 12, is going to get a special prize! So we are asking your help to get the word out – please talk to your students each day, send e-mail to your students’ parents, add messages to your blogs, and so on! March 12 is a pretty fast turnaround!<br />The following week is Spring Break, and the week after that is when we need our plants and soil – time is of the essence!<br />We are very grateful for all your help,<br />Caraway’s Habitat Team<br /><br />Report cards will go home Monday March 22.<br /><br />Wednesday, March 10 is an Early Release Day. Students will be released at 12:45.<br /><br />Spring Break starts next week!! (March 15-19) Hope everyone enjoys the week! Let's hope for good weather.<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />We are still sending home take-home readers every night. Please have your child read and bring them back the next day. We are having several issues with books not coming back. If your child does not bring their book back, they will not be able to take home the next one and will be behind when we read in class.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We finished our unit on Small Moment Writing. Last Friday, the class had an opportunity to share a finished piece with the class. We will start this week with writing about chicks and start our unit on Writing for Readers.<br />In word work we will talk about blends and nouns.<br />Spelling: glove, dragon, stool, train, crust, drip<br />Challenge: service, measurement<br />Vocabulary: all, then, end, oil, have<br /><br />In math...<br />We will continue time with estimating how long things take. We will determine if things take about a minute, about an hour, about a day, etc. Our next unit will be fractions, which will start after Spring Break.<br /><br />In Science...<br />Our eggs hatched!!!!!! We had a total of 5 eggs hatch and will be taking them with us on our field trip tomorrow to Elgin Christmas Tree Farm. We are studying the different types of animals and will begin animal research after Spring Break.<br /><br />Have a great week and Spring Break!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7354488580014354395?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-4309169888337203442010-03-01T09:39:00.005-06:002010-03-01T14:41:00.224-06:00Hope everyone enjoyed the snow we had last week!!<br /><br />Thank you so much for the suprise Half Birthday party! I was so touched by all the the students gifts and cards. What a surprise!<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Family Dinner Night is this Saturday (March 6)<br />Our Field Trip to Elgin Christmas Tree Farm is March 9th. We will be leaving at 9 am and returning around 2 pm. Make sure you get your permission forms in!<br />Early Release Day- March 10th<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />Take home readers will continue to go home. Please return each book the next day so that your child may take home a new book. If the book doesn't come back, I will not issue a new book until it does. We will continue to work on making connections with all of the books that we will read.<br /><br />In Writing Workshop...<br />We are working on focusing on the main idea when we write our stories. Also, we are going to be revising and editing our stories with our writing partners. <br />In word work this week we are learning about words that have "qu", a soft "c" and a soft "q".<br />Spelling words: queen, quilt, cent, price, gym<br />Challenge: quarter and giraffe<br />Vocabulary: one, here, asked, their, take<br /><br />In Math...<br />We are starting our unit on time!<br /><br />In Science...<br />We will continue our animal study this week learning about fish. We will start reading about chicks and birds in hopes that our chicks hatch at the end of the week. We will post pictures if and when anything happens!<br /><br />Hope you have a great week!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-430916988833720344?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-742534156548407782010-02-23T08:47:00.002-06:002010-02-23T08:50:58.103-06:00As I've been researching Literacy Development of young children for one of my National Board Certification entries I came upon a great website to help parents and teachers. <a href="http://www.readingrockets.org/">www.readingrockets.org</a> is a website that has great research based articles directly related to young children's ability to use and develop their oral language skills, reading skills and writing skills. Take a look!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-74253415654840778?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-85902415310686468812010-02-22T14:47:00.002-06:002010-02-22T15:14:23.088-06:00Please remember to send WARM jackets and other outdoor apparel this week because it will be COOOOLD!!<br /><br />Tuesday is International Family Fair night!! Come out and join us at 6:30.<br />March 9th -Field Trip to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm. Permission forms went home Monday. Please sign and return those by March 1st so that your child may join us!<br /><br />In reader's workshop...<br />Take home readers will go home each night. Please read with your child and return each day. We are going to work on Making Connections with each story we read. As we read, we will analyze and connect what we are reading with what we already know or what has happened in our life.<br /><br />In writer's workshop...<br />We are learning how to tell our stories with partners using our fingers. We will concentrate on the most important part of our stories towards the end of the week.<br />In word work this week we are learning about words that end in a long "y" that make the ee sound.<br />Spelling words: baby, very, windy, story, family, money<br />Challenge words: research, animal<br />Vocabulary: know, find, why, every, been<br /><br />In math...<br />We are beginning our unit on length and measurement. We are learning about area, weight, capacity, and temperature of different things around our room. We will compare different objects with each of these learning categories.<br /><br />In social studies...<br />We are wrapping up our unit on historical figures within the nation, state, and community. We are learning about people like Alexander G. Bell, George Washington, Thomas Edison, Rick Perry, Lady Bird Johnson, and many more.<br /><br />In science...<br />On Wednesday, we will start our unit on animals. We will being by talking about living versus non-living things. We will then start talking about mammals and birds. <br /><br />Have a great week!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8590241531068646881?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-60641243167187335052010-02-16T08:56:00.006-06:002010-02-16T10:05:51.603-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCJNDgR7I/AAAAAAAABPA/VQWzuPdSERA/s1600-h/Chocolate+Fever+2010+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438872963382265778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCJNDgR7I/AAAAAAAABPA/VQWzuPdSERA/s400/Chocolate+Fever+2010+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCI4zQqvI/AAAAAAAABO4/VCecqR1W2zQ/s1600-h/Chocolate+Fever+2010+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438872957945424626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCI4zQqvI/AAAAAAAABO4/VCecqR1W2zQ/s400/Chocolate+Fever+2010+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCIo5AnbI/AAAAAAAABOw/CwJ-0VrvXZA/s1600-h/Chocolate+Fever+2010+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438872953674571186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCIo5AnbI/AAAAAAAABOw/CwJ-0VrvXZA/s400/Chocolate+Fever+2010+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCIMjUbLI/AAAAAAAABOo/SUKGZ-EK8hY/s1600-h/Chocolate+Fever+2010+002.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCHmEWcfI/AAAAAAAABOg/vyng6pzKqGY/s1600-h/Chocolate+Fever+2010+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438872935736963570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/S3rCHmEWcfI/AAAAAAAABOg/vyng6pzKqGY/s400/Chocolate+Fever+2010+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some pictures from Chocolate Fever day!<br /><br /><div>Thanks to all our parents who helped out to make our Valentine's a success!!<br /><br />February 18th is Science Night! Come and check it out!<br />February 23rd at 6:30 is our Family International Night. Come stop by...it will be a fun experience.<br />March 9th -Field Trip to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm<br />March 10th will be an Early Release Day<br />March 15th-19th is Spring Break.<br /><br />Reminder: Book orders are due Friday!<br /><br />In reader's workshop...<br />Take home readers will continue to go home each night. Please remember to read these and send them back the next day so that we may go over them in class.<br /><br />In writer's workshop...<br />We will continue working on sketching rather than drawing and using details in our writing. We will work with partners telling each other stories.<br />In word work this week we will learn about words with the oo sound.<br />Spelling words: hoop, look, shook, foot, boost, school<br />Challenge words: February, president<br />Vocabulary words: would, first, two, goes, how<br /><br />In math...<br />We will begin our unit on length. We will use non-standard measurements to measure different things around our room.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We will start our week learning about President's Day and different influential historical figures of the past. We will learn about George Washington, Alexander G. Bell, and Thomas Edison.<br /><br />In Science...<br />Our chicks are here!! We will be incubating a dozen eggs in hopes of hatching happy and healthy chicks. We will be delivering them to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm when we go on our spring field trip on March 9th.<br /><br />Have a great week!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6064124316718733505?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-51727193648899884072010-02-08T10:32:00.005-06:002010-02-08T10:58:15.264-06:00This week in Principal's Pride:<br /><br />Dana Mewhinney: Dana has been so sweet to help our new student learn more about our school!<br />and<br />Cyrus Soleimani: Cyrus is working hard toward achieving his goals! I'm very proud of you Cyrus!<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Wednesday is a HALF-DAY. Students will be released at 12:45.<br /><br />Thursday is Pajama Day! Your child may come to school dressed in their pajamas for our Chocolate Fever Celebration.<br /><br />Friday is Chocolate Fever/Valentine's Party! 1:45 to 2:45. We sent a note home last week about what is needed for the Valentine's Party. Please bring your assigned item and shoe box to decorate by Wednesday.<br /><br />I will be taking over book orders for the time that I will be here. Book orders will go home Monday and need to be returned no later than February 19. Orders can also be placed online.<br />Our user name is: firstgradecowpokes<br />Our password is: caballero<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br />Take home readers will go home each night and need to be brought back every day. I will send home the harder book (frustrational level) on Monday and the books will get easier (to their independent level) as the week progresses.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will be learning about sketching instead of drawing and adding details into our writing. Sketching will allow us to spend more time actually writing instead of drawing. Adding details will help make our stories more interesting for the reader.<br /><br />In word work this week we will learn about words with the ou/ow sound.<br />Spelling words: ouch, house, loud, how, clown, down<br />Vocab: father, where, into, home, after<br />Challenge words: Valentine, heart<br /><br />In math...<br />We will wrap up our unit on Money and talk about doubles facts before beginning our next unit on length and measuring.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We wrapped up our Texas Unit last week and will begin our unit on USA. We will learn about many different USA symbols.<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Ms. Ham<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5172719364889988407?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-60177656513302882762010-02-01T09:54:00.010-06:002010-02-01T15:28:41.039-06:00February already! We've been hard at work learning new things and having fun!<br /><br /><br /><br />Reminders...<br /><p><br /><strong>PE Program</strong> - Tuesday, February 2nd at 7pm.<br /></p><strong>101st day of school- February 4th</strong> *please send 101 of something in a baggie on this day! Have your child post a comment on the blog of things they could bring to share with the class!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Early Release day</strong>: February 10th<br /><br /><br /><strong>Chocolate Fever/ Valentine party</strong>: Friday, February 12th 1:45pm-2:45pm<br /><br /><br /><strong>Family Dinner Night</strong>: March 7th<br /><br /><br /><strong>Early Release Day</strong>: March 10th<br /><br /><br /><strong>Spring Break</strong>: March 15th-19th<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.learning.com/">http://www.learning.com/</a> This website has been set up by our district to improve technology skills for our students. I will send home a letter with more details. I will put your child's login ID and password on an index card so that they can access the website at home.<br /></p><br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br /><br /><br />We are studying Texas Literature. Fiction and Non-Fiction to learn about Texas's heritage and culture. We had a RAN (Reading and Analyzing Non-Fiction) chart up in our room so that we can keep track of our learning and investigate things we are wondering about. We will also delve into different genres like Fairy Tales and Folktales and discuss how authors use information in many ways.<br /><br /><br />Take home readers will go home each day (Mon-Wed) and will be on an increasingly more difficult level each night.<br /><br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br /><br /><br />We are working with our partners on our small moments stories. We are also reviewing concepts that we have previously learned to prepare us for our next unit, Revision.<br /><br /><br /><p>In word work this week, we will be learning words with the aw/au sound and also words with the ell/all sound. </p><p>Spelling words: saw, awful, small, shell, hall, auto</p><p>Challenge words: money, America<br /></p>In math...<br /><br /><br />We will continue our collaborative unit on Money this week. Each of the students are in differentiated groups working on different aspects of money.<br /><br /><br />On the 101st day of school, we will have a variety of stations that have to do with 101. We will use the 101 items that are brought from home and sort them using a tens chart. Some other centers include guessing how many M&amp;M's are in a jar, solving 101 math problems with a group, finding 101 words around the room, filling in 101 missing numbers, making a class book with 101 pages, and many more. At the conclusion of our centers, we will be watching 101 Dalmatians! This will be a fun-filled day!<br /><br /><br />In social studies...<br />We will continue our unit on Texas learning about the flag, pledge, state motto, and some famous Texans. On Thursday, we will have a chili tasteoff! If you would like to volunteer to make some chili to bring for our tasteoff, please e-mail me. Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will be dressing like cowboys and cowgirls. Please bring tennis shoes for PE!!!!<br /><br />Have a great week!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6017765651330288276?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-16172377721106358672010-01-25T13:17:00.003-06:002010-01-25T14:34:18.098-06:00What beautiful weather we are having. Don't worry, for all of you cold weather lovers it's coming back on Friday!! Bundle those kiddos up because the high is 47!!!<br /><br />This week for Principal's Pride...<br /><br />Hibiki G.<br />For being a good friend, a great classmate and a smiling, happy student! We will miss you!<br /><br />I will have a subsitute, Mrs. Lieurance, on Wednesday. My daycare will be closed so I will be spending the day with my sweet girl!<br /><br />In Reader's Workshop...<br /><br />We will be learning to synthesize texts this week. I will post a "how to..." next week so that you can practice this reading strategy at home.<br />Take home readers are packed and ready to come home today. Please send them back each day. The students are working on comprehension strategies and will have three different books each week to read. The books will be on an independant level, instructional level and frustrational level.<br /><br />In Word Work...<br />We will be working on Vowel-r syllables or bossy r's. These are syllables where the vowel is controlled by the r and makes an unexpected sound.<br /><br />Word Work words: church, turn, first, girl, summer, her, were, very, play, walk, stop<br /><br />Vocabulary words: your, down, friend, who, them<br /><br />Challenge words: Texas, picture<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will be working with our partners on developing ideas for Small Moments stories and getting them down on paper! We will also begin stretching our words to help us spell things more correctly. This is a very difficult skill for first graders so I do not expect them to be spelling every work correctly by the end of the year. The students will be chosing a story to publish at the end of this week and they will be hanging outside our classroom! They are becoming wonderful authors!<br /><br />In math...<br />We will be working on learning about coins and counting small amounts of money. We will be dividing the students into groups according to a pre-assessment and the students will go to various 1st grade classroom to work with another teacher and other students.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We will begin our Texas unit this week. We will learn all about Texas!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1617237772110635867?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-63208931876077653692010-01-20T19:04:00.003-06:002010-01-20T20:25:56.039-06:00I can't believe today is already Wednesday. As you can see it's been a whirlwind of a week.<br />You have, by now, found new calendars for January in your child's take home (daily) folder. The expectation is that they read 10-15 minutes aloud, nightly (5 days a week; 200+ minutes / month) to improve their reading fluency, comprehension and overall self esteem as readers. Please record the number of minutes on the appropriate date. I will take the calendars out at the end of the month and replace them with the new months calendar. Tomorrow I will announce to the students that it is also part of their responsibility as a growing 1st grade to make sure their reading minutes are recorded. At the end of the school year we will have a reading party for the students who met their reading goal from January to mid May.<br /><br />On Monday we will be welcoming a new person to our classroom. Ms. Brittney Ham, a student teacher from Texas State University, will be joining our class to share in the learning experience. She will gradually take over teaching with my assistance and guidance for about 8 weeks. After that she will take full responsibility over teaching and planning lessons for 2 weeks and then gradually I will take over the responsibilities as she phases out her experience. She will be with us until the end of April. I'm very excited for the students to get to work with her!<br /><br />This week in Reader's workshop...<br />We are reading biographies about men and women who lead the Civil Rights movement. We are making connections to events that have happened in our own lives that made us feel not as important as someone else. <br />Take home readers will begin coming home each day (Monday-Wednesday) with new books each day. The students will be working on a strategy for comprehension through a genre that we will study. Please help your child remember to read their book each night and bring it back for a new one the next day. Two days a week the students have free choice home reading.<br /><br />In Work Work...<br />We are reviewing vowel pairs this week. No words.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />Our little writers have been introduced to their writing partners. Each partner set has a "partner place" in the classroom where they go to work. We discussed the importance of having the right tools for writing so it's just as important to have a buddy also. The students agree on who is partner one and who is partner two. They read each other their stories and ask each other two questions, "Are you done with your story or will you add more?" "How will it go?" They also give feedback to each other about their story. This will help the students write as readers and read like writers.<br /><br />In math...<br />We will wrap up our unit on 2D and 3D shapes. We will have a short assessment at the end of the week. We will begin our unit on money next Monday. This unit will cover identifying money and counting small equal amounts (i.e. 1 nickel is 5 pennies). We will also be grouping the students according to ability level, as determined by a pre-assessment, and the students will be going to another classroom to work with a different teacher and group of students. This will allow for focused instruction based on what the students already know.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are learning about Systems and how parts of an object work together. For example, a train and it's parts are a system. Without wheels to go on the track a train would not work properly. Today the students wrote what they thought a system was on a sticky note and also tried to think of an example of a system after we did a little background reading. <br /><br />On Friday we will have Show and Tell in the afternoon. Please assist your child in finding an example of a system to bring. They will need to be able to explain it's parts and how they work together.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6320893187607765369?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-67639192720292624932010-01-11T13:17:00.003-06:002010-01-11T14:03:07.867-06:00It's cold outside!! Brr! Please send your child in clothing that covers their arms and legs while it is chilly. We will still go outside unless it is below 32 degrees.<br /><br />Report cards will go home today!<br /><br />Last week we completed our unit on the Chinese New Year celebration. The students did a wonderful job of making our Chinese dragon. When it came time for our dragon parade on Friday they were so excited. I am using this lesson/unit for a National Board Entry that deals with Social Studies and the Arts. We videotaped a short portion of the dragon dance and as soon as I get it converted to a digital format I will post it on the website. I was so proud of the students and their hard work!<br /><br /><br />In Reader's workshop...<br />There will be no take home readers this week. I will be completing assessments and evaluating all of the students progress so far this year. After assessments are complete I will send home a progress report updating you on how your child is doing.<br />We will continue learning about biographies and the people they are about. Today we learned about Harriet Tubman and why she was a brave woman.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will continue our work on writing "small moments" stories. I've been modeling what a small moments story looks and sounds like each day.<br /><br />In Spelling...<br />We began an assessment to identify levels of spelling abilities. The students were given a short spelling test to assess their knowledge of phonemes (individual sounds) and how they go together to make words. After the assessments are complete we will begin a program called Words Their Way. This program is designed to be used with students who are leveled into flexible groups to work on spelling through games and interactive lessons. They will begin at a level that will challenge them as individuals so that they can progress throughout the year.<br />If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.<br /><br />In Math...<br />We will continue to learn about shapes and their attributes. Today we are making a shape poster to advertise a shape by drawing a picture of it and describing it. We made a list last week of 2D and 3D shapes to have up in our room as we learn about them.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We will be wrapping up our unit on Economics. This week we will talk about how to earn money and businesses.<br /><br />Stay warm!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6763919272029262493?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-22098980193037261172010-01-06T13:13:00.003-06:002010-01-06T13:24:40.408-06:00Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a nice break and relaxed! I know everyone at my house sure did! Yesterday we got a new student! Welcome Xavier! We're so excited to have you in our class!<br /><br />Reminders:<br />Science Fair forms are due Jan 11th<br /><br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop...<br />We are reading and learning about the Chinese New Year! On Thursday we are going to make our own Chinese Dragon and dance him around 1st grade at the end of the day on Friday. The students are so excited to learn about different cultures and take part in some of their traditions.<br />We will also be reading about famous people and learning about biographies for the next two weeks. Today we started by discussing Abraham Lincoln.<br /><br />This week in Word Work...<br />We are learning about tricky vowels. The saying is. "When two vowels go a walkin' the first one does the talkin' ". It's cute and helps them remember how to spell words with vowel pairs.<br />Word Work words: float, boat, coat, throat, cloak<br />Vocabulary words: boy, could, here, red, old<br />Challenge words: biography, service<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We have started to think about stretching small moments. We read a few excerpts from <em>A Chair for my Mother</em> by Vera B. Williams. We really listened to how she added a lot of details to help the reader visualize what was going on. We practiced by first verbally rehearsing with a partner to put our stories into words then by writing our words with a lot of detail and drawing a picture plan to help us pick details out.<br /><br />In Math...<br />We began our unit on two dimensional and three dimensional shapes. We will learn about the attributes of the shapes and that you can put shapes together to make new shapes.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We began our unit on Economics. We will first discuss wants versus needs then we we learn about good and services and how to tell the difference between the two.<br /><br />Have a warm week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2209898019303726117?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-54333282268593704162009-12-15T11:19:00.004-06:002009-12-15T11:36:33.909-06:00Principal's Pride:<br /><br />Last week:<br />Emma is a hard worker and always has a positive attitude! Emma is compassionate toward her classmates and has a sweet, giving nature!<br /><br />This week:<br />Josh has a great attitude toward learning and always tries his best! He shares his expertise on cars with his class!<br /><br />Tonight is Family Story Night! There are two readings, one at 6:15pm-7:00pm and 7:00pm-7:45pm. You are welcome to come even if you didn't RSVP. We'll share stories and delicious refreshments! Hope to see you there!<br /><br />Don't forget, our Holiday party is Thursday, December 16th at 1:45pm-2:45pm. All are welcome!<br /><br />If your child will be participating in the Science Fair registration forms are due by January 11th.<br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop...<br />We will work on reading and researching winter holidays around the world. We will focus on six holidays, Christmas, Las Posadas, Ramadan, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Diwali. We will make a class graph to illustrate how many of our classmates celebrate different holidays. We will focus on comprehension strategies and making connections to our own families.<br />I will also be reading with individual students to complete their mid- year Developmental Reading Assessment.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will be writing short stories and reading responses to the books we share about different holidays this week. We will practice writing sentences with capitals and end punctuation.<br /><br />Vocabulary words: Christmas, Las Posadas, Ramadan, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Diwali<br />No Spelling this week!<br /><br />In math this week...<br />We will be comparing measurement, weight and length, and comparing temperature. This is our last week for comparing and ordering numbers.<br /><br />In Science this week...<br />We will be complete our unit on Natural Resources. We made a chart about uses for Natural Resources and where on the earth we find different types of natural resources.<br /><br />In Social Studies this week...<br />We will be learning about holidays around the world focusing on Social Studies TEKS that address family celebrations.<br /><br />Have a great week and Happy Holidays!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-5433328226859370416?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-75666729251817093752009-12-07T08:06:00.003-06:002009-12-07T08:30:01.885-06:00We have a busy week planned as we count down to the winter holiday! The students enjoyed the "blizzard" on Friday. They were outside at lunch recess when it began to snow so they were able to enjoy the winter weather! We even came back in and add "snowy" to our weather calendar.<br />Today we will go to the Book Fair for our preview. We will have 30 minutes on Thursday morning to go and purchase books at the book fair. If your child is unable to purchase at that time please remember that they will need to be accompanied by an adult after school to purchase books. Also, Thursday morning the book fair will open early for "Breakfast with Someone you Love". Come by, purchase books and enjoy a doughnut breakfast together! We will not be checking out library books again until after the winter break.<br /><br />Reminders:<br /><br />Book Fair- Monday-Thursday, Dec 7th-10th<br />Early Release- Wednesday, December 9th<br />Winter party- Thursday, December 17th 1:45pm-2:45pm<br /><br />In Reader's workshop...<br />We will continue our unit on Giving! We are learning about what it means to be unselfish and give to others without expecting anything in return. We will read, The Mitten, Claude the Dog, The Quiltmaker's Gift and Something From Nothing. Each story will have an activity in which we will make something to give to someone or something.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will continue working on organizing our writing. We will practice by writing stories with a beginning, middle and end. We will read stories by other authors to help us see how they organized their thoughts.<br /><br />Word work words: day, say, may, stay, play<br />Sound rule: ai, ay (says the long a sound)<br />Challenge words: penguin, holiday<br />Vocabulary words: us, there , nice, come, from<br /><br />In Math...<br />We will be comparing lengths of different objects and work on pre-measurement skills. Measurement is non-standard in first grade. For example, we will measure things using cubes or paper clips. Students begin measuring with rulers and standard measurement tools in second grade.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We will learn about Natural Resources. How are they used? What are natural resources? We will brainstorm ways to use natural resources.<br /><br />Have a great week!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7566672925181709375?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-20932118827627393462009-11-30T15:41:00.005-06:002009-12-01T08:16:12.741-06:00The countdown is on! The students are very excited about all of the fun things we will learn during the next three weeks.<br /><br />In Reader's workshop this week...<br />We will begin our Giving Unit and our study of holidays around the world. If you have anything at home that would be interesting to share with the class that has to do with holidays around the world please feel free to send it to school! The students read their take home reader yesterday and packed it up! We will also be switching the reading calendars out today.<br /><br /><p>In Writer's Workshop this week...</p><p>We will be writing stories and focusing on the organization of our thoughts. We practiced drawing our picture plan with three parts, a beginning, a middle and an end. We will continue to write stories, publish them and share them with the class.</p><p>In Word Work this week:</p><p>Spelling sound: ee </p><p>Word work words: seed, tee, free, glee, tree, green </p><p>Vocab words: some, good, if, not, good</p><p>Challenge words: wreath, giving</p><p>In math this week...</p><p>We will continue our unit of comparing and ordering numbers. Yesterday we read a holiday story and decided to make a class counting book. Each student got a "secret number" and illustrated their page with that number of items. Today the students will compare each others numbers and put our book in order from least to greatest. We will also begin studying fact families this week! Come by and see our fact families houses later this week.<br /></p><p>In Science this week...</p><p>We will continue to learn about rocks. We made a RAN chart last week to help us organize our learning. Yesterday we were able to move some of the "Things we think we know" to "Confirmed, We know it!" We even had a few scientists in our class learn new things and put a sticky note up under "New Information". What bright young scientists we have!</p><br /><br />Reminders:<br /><p>Early Release- December 9th</p>Monday Folders for the month of December: Debbie Siegel<br /><br />Tuesday Parent: Shelby Soleimani<br /><br />Science Fair note and form went home on Monday.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2093211882762739346?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-72401525162428433882009-11-16T13:12:00.003-06:002009-11-16T13:21:18.587-06:00Last full week before our Thanksgiving Break! Please remember that while we are all preparing for the holiday feast there are many families in our community who will be in need. We are in the final days of collecting canned foods for our Can Drive and coats as well. The Caraway Legacy of Giving Commitee thanks you in advance for your generoisty to families in our community!<br />Family Science Night is this Thursday, November 19th! It's a great opportunity to come to school and participate in some fun science activities with your child!<br /><br />Our Principal's Pride winner and Super Star this week is Kristen K. Thanks for being a great friend to your classmates Kristen! Thank you for always being willing to help others!<br /><br />This week in Reading workshop...<br />We will be reading books about the First Thanksgiving! We will also be sharing stories and practicing different comprehension strategies to help us learn more about the Pilgrims, Indians and the great feast that brought about this fun holiday. Take home readers will be in your child's backpack today.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will be finishing our Fables and beginning a new story about a Scarecrow. We will also be writing a fun Turkey acrostic poem and a rebus story about Thanksgiving!<br /><br />Word work words: (long u) cute, cube, tube, glue, blue, flute<br />Vocabulary words: have, this, our, make, an<br />Challenge words: Thanksgiving, Pilgrim<br /><br />In math...<br />We will be continuing our unit on comparing and ordering numbers. We will practice this skill in a problem solving context using manipulatives and learning new strategies!<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are learning about Rocks! We will discuss the properties of rocks, physical characteristics and where rocks come from!<br /><br />Have a great week!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-7240152516242843388?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-87542366876024124352009-11-09T20:14:00.004-06:002009-11-09T20:24:27.167-06:00From e-mail inbox it looks like it was a rough start to the week for a lot of us! <br />Just a couple of reminders...<br />1. Early Release is this Wednesday, November 11th at 12:45pm<br />2. Send in cans for the canned food drive<br />3. Please send back your child's report card folder if you have not already<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop...<br />We are reading stories and studying Pilgrims, Indians and the Mayflower. Your child should have brought home their take home reader today. Please send them back on Thursday. We will read and learn all about the early settlers all week and on Friday we'll have our own feast to celebrate our friendships.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We are continuing our focus on Organization. We are reading stories that other author's wrote to compare how they sequenced their story with a beginning, middle and end. We will continue to write stories, publish them and share them with our class.<br /><br />Our Word work focus this week is learning words with the long o sound.<br />Spelling words: (words will be posted on Tuesday)<br />Vocab words:<br />Challenge words:<br />In math...<br />We wrapped up our unit on Number Sense. Now we will move on to a unit specifically on Comparing Whole Numbers by place value and other attributes of comparing numbers. This unit will last 4 weeks. There were two pages, a worksheet 10-1 and a topic sheet 10-3, for optional homework. These two pages will help reinforce what your child has learned and is learning about place value.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We began our unit on Rocks today. The students observed 5 different kinds of rocks and thought about their properties as they recorded some information about the rocks in their Science Notebook. This unit will last 3 weeks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8754236687602412435?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-26397874350897952162009-11-02T15:11:00.003-06:002009-11-02T15:33:55.073-06:00I hope everyone had a fun and safe weekend! We had the best day on Friday with all of our Halloween activities and they enjoyed the day! This morning we shared our weekend festivities in Community Circle. This is a time when we sit down in the morning and everyone gets to say a few things about what they did over the weekend. It was fun to hear what everyone dressed up as today! <br /><br />Report cards are going home today, November 2nd, in the Monday folders. Please read through the green information sheets that accompany the report card and reference it before looking at the grades on the report card. There are a couple of items we'd like to point out before reviewing them.<br />1. First grade goes by curriculum that is on a continuum. Meaning, under one section, there are several concepts that need to be covered in order to be considered mastery. Therefore, what you see as a 1 or 2 is not a negative grade. It simply means that we have only introduced parts of this concept, so it is done with direct guidance.<br />2. The grades 1, 2, 3, 4 do not correlate with what we know as A, B, C, D, F.<br />3. As always, if there are any questions, please feel free to call me during my planning time (12:45-1:35) or e-mail. Because our morning is consumed with getting your child’s day properly started, we are not able to address any questions at that time. However, we're always willing to discuss any matters during our conference period. Please remember that with the first report card many concepts are just being introduced, therefore mastery 3s and 4s are not usually given until the third and fourth nine weeks based on the Aligned Round Rock Curriculum. A "2" on the report card means that your child is exhibiting skill/concept with minimal guidance. Also means they are making progress toward mastery of grade level expectations at an appropriate rate.<br />I am very pleased with my students and the hard work ethic they put forth into their daily work. That has a large part to do with you and the expectations and support your child receives at home.<br /><br />This week in Reading workshop...<br />We will be learning about leaves! We have some great fictional stories to read as well as Native American Folklore! We will be reading from different genres to help us gather information about leaves, why they change and why they fall this time of year!<br />November reading calendars will be in your child purple folder tomorrow (Tuesday) along with a November reading log. There will be four weekly November reading logs in your child's folder for you to use this month!<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We are working on publishing our "Three Little" stories! We read different versions of the three little pigs and came up with our own version in our Writer's Notebooks! I am publishing them on the computer and each student will get a turn in the Author's Chair where they will read their story to the class and then bring it home to share with you!<br /><br />Work Work words: (long i sound) like, five, ride, nine, time, bike<br />Vocab words: of, has, want, little, for<br />Challenge words: properties, scarecrow<br /><br />In Math...<br />We are continuing our unit on Number Sense. This week we will be focusing on place value, tens and ones. We will also be solving problems using our new skills. Just FYI...your child's assessments for math are kept here at school in an assessment folder. If you would like to view the results please let me know and we can set up a time for you to come in.<br /><br />In Science...<br />We are continuing our unit on Properties. Today we did an activity on sorting items by their properties. One group sorted buttons by the number of holes! After each group sorted their items they drew a picture of how they sorted them in their Science Notebooks. <br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />P.S. Next Wednesday, November 11th is an Early Release Day!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2639787435089795216?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-35332245726624489862009-10-26T13:29:00.006-05:002009-10-27T08:05:34.073-05:00What a fun carnival! Thanks to all of the PTA parents and volunteers for putting on a great carnival! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lyla's</span> favorite thing was the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Choo</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">choo</span>" in the spooky forest! Thanks also to everyone who donated items for the carnival!<br /><br />Last week was the last week of the first nine weeks! I just can't believe it! Report cards will come home on Monday, November 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nd</span>. They are new and improved so please read the letter that goes with the report card before you review your child's report card.<br /><br />We are so excited to have our first Parent Friday Reader this Friday. Thanks Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Merhar</span>! We can't wait to share a story with you!<br /><br />This week in Reading Workshop...<br />We will be studying pumpkins and working on reading from different genres to learn new things. We will be reading from fiction books, non-fiction and magazine articles! At the end of the week we will make pumpkin patch of facts we learned about pumpkins during the week! Take home readers went home today. If your child's "I'm learning to..." sheet does not have anything new to work on please continue to work on the previous skill that is on the sheet.<br />We will also be doing some Shared readings this week with different Halloween stories. Today we read A Dark, Dark Tale and then wrote our own version of the story as a class by each adding a sentence to our story. We illustrated our sentence and wrote it in our best handwriting. We will put them all together to make a class book.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We finished learning about ideas and made our ideas chart last week. We began our new unit on Organization last week by reading different versions of The Three Little Pigs. We also began our own version of the three little pigs and drew a picture plan with a beginning, middle and end. We will be publishing our stories at the end of this week to share in the Author's chair.<br /><br />Vocabulary words: out, up, are, will, look<br />Spelling words: make, game, take, mame, came, gave<br />Rule: long a sound<br />Challenge words: pumpkin, estimate<br /><br />In math...<br />We are continuing our unit on Patterns and Number Sense this week. Today we made paper chains that had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">different</span> number patterns on them that the students made with their table group. We will discuss place value and solve problems that involve putting numbers in order and determining a pattern. There is optional math homework in the Monday folder.<br /><br />In science...<br />We are discussing properties to prepare for our unit on Rocks and Natural Resources. We will do a fun activity on Friday called Creepy Feelings!<br /><br /><br /><p>Have a great week!<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-3533224572662448986?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-15808685309271011192009-10-19T13:05:00.004-05:002009-10-19T20:39:49.727-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/St0U3Yn1IMI/AAAAAAAABDs/RrpJ8EbfGNE/s1600-h/pajama+day-0112.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394490870394593474" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/St0U3Yn1IMI/AAAAAAAABDs/RrpJ8EbfGNE/s200/pajama+day-0112.jpg" /></a><br /><div>It's Carnival week! There are still many things that are needed for the Carnival to be successful. One of which is name brand two liter sodas. If you would like to donate those please send them with your child and I will make sure the PTA gets them! These updates are sent out via E-news so if you have not signed up for E-news please do so at the following address <a href="http://www.roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=3397">http://www.roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=3397</a>. I hope to see everyone at the Carnival on Saturday!<br /><br />Thank you to all of the parents who met us on our Field Trip. The students LOVED the 3-D <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">IMAX</span>! It was so fun to see them grabbing at the animals on the screen and laughing and sometimes even screaming in delight when things popped out at them!<br /><br />We are going to begin Friday Morning Readers in our class next week. If you are interested in coming in to read to the class please e-mail me to schedule your Friday. It would also be fun if you choose the story to read to the class and explained why it is a good story or maybe even why it's your favorite!<br /><br />Principal's Pride this week is Xavier M.!<br /><br />This week in Reading...<br />Our theme is Night time Animals. We will be learning about Opossums, Raccoons, Bats, and Owls. We've also discussed the term nocturnal. Take home readers will come home today and be returned in their bags on Thursday. Enjoy reading with your child. We will also be learning about Fables during our Shared reading time. This week we will read It's Mine by Leo <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Leoni</span>, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, North Wind and Sun, The Lion and the Mouse and The Dog and his reflection. We have some great activities planned to help us learn the features of a fable.<br /><br />This week in Writing...<br />We will begin learning about Organization. We will read The Three Little Pigs and variations on the story to help us learn how to write a good beginning, middle and end to our stories.<br /><br />Word Work words: what, we, him, no, so<br />Spelling words: this, when, with, that, white, bath<br />Sound Rule: "H" friend words: ch, sh, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">wh</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span><br />Challenge words: whistle, resource<br /><br />In Math...<br />We are beginning our new unit on Number Sense and Patterning. Today we began by reading Up All Night Counting by Robin Koontz and we discussed the Night Time Animals we saw in the book. Then we <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">practiced</span> making patterns with those animals and naming patterns. (i.e. ABBA, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">ABAB</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">ABCA</span>) We will continue learning about patterns this week and begin learning about place value next week.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We will begin discussing weather. We will record the weather in our Science Notebooks all week and discuss different regions of the globe and what kinds of weather they have. We will also discuss natural resources and how they help us in our community.<br /><br />Have a great week!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-1580868530927101119?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-23750572224264020862009-10-18T21:26:00.005-05:002009-10-18T21:51:47.262-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTZjGupLI/AAAAAAAABDc/M_MjWGMC6yQ/s1600-h/pajama+day-0117.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394137414579954866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTZjGupLI/AAAAAAAABDc/M_MjWGMC6yQ/s400/pajama+day-0117.jpg" /></a> Great friends at Table 1!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTZJn96EI/AAAAAAAABDU/y67TmnJI5-k/s1600-h/pajama+day-0115.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394137407740045378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTZJn96EI/AAAAAAAABDU/y67TmnJI5-k/s400/pajama+day-0115.jpg" /></a> Warm and Cozy Table 2!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTYpb6IpI/AAAAAAAABDM/rd9U0hlg4Hk/s1600-h/pajama+day-0113.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394137399099531922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTYpb6IpI/AAAAAAAABDM/rd9U0hlg4Hk/s400/pajama+day-0113.jpg" /></a> Buds in our favorite jammies from Table 3!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTYDotiyI/AAAAAAAABDE/WgP3FGun0rg/s1600-h/pajama+day-0105.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394137388952685346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvTYDotiyI/AAAAAAAABDE/WgP3FGun0rg/s400/pajama+day-0105.jpg" /></a> Table 4 ready for our day! <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR5WSQ4VI/AAAAAAAABC8/TA__N6r7SwQ/s1600-h/pajama+day-0104.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394135761871233362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR5WSQ4VI/AAAAAAAABC8/TA__N6r7SwQ/s400/pajama+day-0104.jpg" /></a> Table 5 in their PJ's!</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR4_GFWCI/AAAAAAAABC0/QewhYMSkl4Y/s1600-h/pajama+day-0091.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394135755646130210" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR4_GFWCI/AAAAAAAABC0/QewhYMSkl4Y/s400/pajama+day-0091.jpg" /></a> Playing an echolocation game!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR4pVfg-I/AAAAAAAABCs/FZAsaQU0QCg/s1600-h/pajama+day-0076.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394135749805179874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR4pVfg-I/AAAAAAAABCs/FZAsaQU0QCg/s400/pajama+day-0076.jpg" /></a> Wafting scents toward our noses!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR4HQLdOI/AAAAAAAABCk/HahRjbDV6lQ/s1600-h/pajama+day-0073.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394135740656088290" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR4HQLdOI/AAAAAAAABCk/HahRjbDV6lQ/s400/pajama+day-0073.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR3oITOtI/AAAAAAAABCc/C0-65HSxNTE/s1600-h/pajama+day-0069.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394135732301544146" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvR3oITOtI/AAAAAAAABCc/C0-65HSxNTE/s400/pajama+day-0069.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvQAB-qVRI/AAAAAAAABCU/gzjxN3S5_rs/s1600-h/pajama+day-0053.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394133677656134930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvQAB-qVRI/AAAAAAAABCU/gzjxN3S5_rs/s400/pajama+day-0053.jpg" /></a><br /> Bat pictures!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP_zv-94I/AAAAAAAABCM/pOh4C6hKTUQ/s1600-h/pajama+day-0068.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394133673836476290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP_zv-94I/AAAAAAAABCM/pOh4C6hKTUQ/s400/pajama+day-0068.jpg" /></a><br /> Trying to guess some smells like a bat!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP_UX5ILI/AAAAAAAABCE/YUthJ9NxrGE/s1600-h/pajama+day-0052.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394133665413931186" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP_UX5ILI/AAAAAAAABCE/YUthJ9NxrGE/s400/pajama+day-0052.jpg" /></a><br /> Dana as a bat!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP-80MgPI/AAAAAAAABB8/EhUMxnhFB-w/s1600-h/pajama+day-0040.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394133659090190578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP-80MgPI/AAAAAAAABB8/EhUMxnhFB-w/s400/pajama+day-0040.jpg" /></a><br /> Learning about Bats!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP-noBogI/AAAAAAAABB0/k-rSv_BohQ0/s1600-h/pajama+day-0036.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394133653402001922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/StvP-noBogI/AAAAAAAABB0/k-rSv_BohQ0/s400/pajama+day-0036.jpg" /></a> Mrs. Van Metre came to talk to us about Bats!<br /><br /><br /><div>What great fun we had on our first Pajama day. It was rainy and cold outside but we were toasty and warm inside. One of the kids even asked when nap time was!! The students have been working very hard to earn another compliment party and are one compliment away from earning it. They will be able to brainstorm ideas for fun activities and then vote as a class! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-2375057222426402086?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-40091587308490768892009-10-13T15:42:00.003-05:002009-10-13T15:56:13.594-05:00We're getting into the fall spirit this week and learning about spiders! We will also be going on our Field Trip this week to the Bob Bullock Museum to see <em>Under the Sea</em> in 3D.<br />Upcoming Events are:<br />October 15th- Field Trip to IMAX<br />October 24th - Caraway Carnival<br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop...<br />We will be learning and reading about spiders. Take home readers went home today. Please return the book along with the bag on Thursday unless otherwise specified. Our goals for this week on our "I am learning to..."chart are the same as last week. During Reading Strategy time we will work on Shared Readings that help us learn about the features of a fable. Ask you child to explain what a fable is today!<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will wrap up our our thoughts about how to get ideas and make a class chart to hang up in the room. We will continue to go through the writing process and begin to publish and share our stories with the class. The published stories will also make great additions to our Book Boxes!<br /><br />Word Work Words are: go, with, let, help, her<br />Spelling practice words are: she, chin, fish, shop, much, chop ("H" Friends words, ch and sh)<br />Challenge words are: Fable, October<br /><br />In math ...<br />We are continuing our unit on Addition and Subtraction in Problem Solving Situations by reading stories and solving problems in our Mathematician's Notebooks. Your child should have brought their Math notebook home this weekend to share. I hope you were able to see what they have been learning so far this year. We will have a problem solving assessment on Friday to see how well we learned and what strategies we are using to help us master concepts.<br /><br />In Social Studies...<br />We are learning about maps and globes and how they help us. We are making a map of our bedroom to share with the class. We will also learn about physical characteristics of places and landforms. We will finish this unit on Friday by making a landform of our own on a paper plate. We will use colored icing for rivers and grass and hershey kisses for mountains, chocolate chips for hills and much, much more! What a fun way to learn about maps!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs. Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4009158730849076889?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-81029447117050249622009-10-04T15:05:00.002-05:002009-10-04T15:31:55.884-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGJ4q0WJI/AAAAAAAAA-w/XGMeh0Ehq6o/s1600-h/IMG_0217.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388845196026075282" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGJ4q0WJI/AAAAAAAAA-w/XGMeh0Ehq6o/s320/IMG_0217.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGJjlIlQI/AAAAAAAAA-o/pwFtKxDlfh0/s1600-h/IMG_0211.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388845190365091074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGJjlIlQI/AAAAAAAAA-o/pwFtKxDlfh0/s320/IMG_0211.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGJOs_cCI/AAAAAAAAA-g/vkCZGHo0v1k/s1600-h/IMG_0204.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388845184760901666" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGJOs_cCI/AAAAAAAAA-g/vkCZGHo0v1k/s320/IMG_0204.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGIlxExbI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/zmW8YTMFFI8/s1600-h/IMG_0198.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388845173772174770" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGIlxExbI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/zmW8YTMFFI8/s320/IMG_0198.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGIKWOf-I/AAAAAAAAA-Q/FyTG7XnBEog/s1600-h/IMG_0193.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388845166411808738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/SskGIKWOf-I/AAAAAAAAA-Q/FyTG7XnBEog/s320/IMG_0193.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>What a soggy start to our week! We can tell fall is here! Last week we went on a nature walk to collect leaves to use as manipulatives after we read <em>Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf</em> by Lois Elhert and did a problem solving activity with the story. Check the pictures from our nature walk. I also took the Flip camera on our nature walk so I will try to upload the things the kids said as we were gathering learning tools!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We had a great turn out for our first "Meet Me at the Movies" to see <em>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</em>. We will be reading <em>Fantastic Mr. Fox</em> over the next couple of weeks and I will plan another "Meet Me at the Movies" so that we can watch that together too! It's so fun to see how excited the kids get to see each other outside of school!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Fun Things coming up...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>October 24th- Caraway Carnival</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I hope everyone is able to come! It's so much fun!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>During the month of October our class will be thinking about how to give to those less fortunate in our community. Tomorrow (Monday) the kids will brainstorm an idea of what we, as first graders, can do to help others in our community. I will let you know what they decide. If you would like to volunteer to help with our giving project please let me know.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This week in Reader's Workshop...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Our theme is BATS! We will be reading and learning about bats! Take home readers will go home tomorrow with books that are on an instructional level for your child. So, they may need help reading aloud to you. Your child will also have a Reading Calendar and Communication Log along with poems (Cheetahs, Horses, and Sharks only) and a Reading log for each week in October. There are instructions printed on the calendar for you. Each group will be working on different strategies to help us read and comprehend. The at home strategies we will work on this month are Making Connections and Analyzing.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This week in Writer's Workshop...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We will continue to write stories using our imaginations. I will begin writing conferences and we will also begin publishing our masterpieces as the students finish stories!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This week in Language Enrichment...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We will continue to build on our concepts of syllables and add more suffixes to our deck. We will continue to code words with short and long vowels and practice "tapping out" words. Ask your child to explain to you how to tape out a word. This is a multi-sensory approach to sounding out words that helps children slow down and use multiple parts of their brain to read words.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This week in Math...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We will continue our unit on Addition and Subtraction in Problem Solving situations. We will read books like Sixteen Little Pumpkins and books by Stuart J. Murphy. I will be monitoring how your child solves problems and how they develop strategies.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This week in Science/Social Studies...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We will wrap up our Science unit on Types of Change by making new crayons. We will melt old crayons and pour the liquid into molds to make new crayons. We will record our thinking and the steps we used in our Science Notebooks.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We will begin a new unit in Social Studies in which we will study different types of maps and globes. We will also make new maps and learn about places around the world as well as landforms and physical characteristics of different locations.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Have a great week!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Mrs. Caballero </div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-8102944711705024962?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-41804088019964659052009-09-27T16:50:00.005-05:002009-09-27T17:10:51.085-05:00A few reminders to begin with...<br /><br />1. If you have not returned the At-home Reading Survey via e-mail please do so as soon as possible.<br /><br />2. If you have not sent a book box (i.e. magazine holder; cardboard or plastic) please do so.<br /><br />3. Parent/ Teacher conferences are drawing near. I will hold conferences the week of October 6<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>, on Monday October 12<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>, and the remainder of that week. I will be posting a sign up sheet in the hallway this week. If you have special circumstances please e-mail me and I will find a way to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">accommodate</span> you.<br /><br />4. I sent out an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Evite</span> for "Meet Me at the Movies" on Friday, October 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> at 5:30pm. I hope everyone can make it. We will be seeing Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. If not we will have another one in November! <br /><br />This week in Reader's Workshop...<br />We will be discussing the features of Non-Fiction texts for our reading strategy. By discussing the features of Non-Fiction texts we can learn information from photographs, diagrams and words! We will also begin working in flexible reading groups for short periods of time as we continue to learn another part of the Daily 5, Word Work. <br /><br />In Writer's Workshop...<br />We will continue discussing how to get ideas, where to get them from, how to use our ideas, how to make our picture plan and words match and how to stretch our words to work on writing fluency and identify words we need help spelling. We will focus on writing from our imaginations this week. We will use real stories written by real authors to learn from. The real stories include <em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Skippyjon</span> Jones</em> (a series of books from Judy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Schachner</span>) and <em>The Night I Followed the Dog</em>.<br /><br />Our words to work on this week are: on, not, got, box, hot, top<br />Our sound is the short o sound.<br />Our vocabulary words for the week are: at, as, they, jump, but<br />Our challenge words are: strategies and doubles<br /><br />In Math this week we will begin our unit on Addition and Subtraction in Problem Solving Situations. We will be learning to solve problems by making our own <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">strategies</span> and sharing them during Mathematician's Circle.<br /><br />In Science this week we will be continuing our unit on Types of Changes. On Friday we did two <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">experiments</span> involving changes. One was a paper towel t-shirt <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">experiment</span> where we watched what <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">happened</span> when we colored on a paper towel t-shirt with our markers then dipped it in water. We also discovered what would happen if we put some cream in a jar and shook it up! We made butter! Yummy! This week we will make pancakes to discover how heating up a liquid like substance can create a solid object. For our unit we will need pancake mix (the just add water kind), syrup, and butter. If you can send these items please e-mail. If you would like to help us make pancakes please e-mail me and let me know. We will be cooking on Tuesday morning, around snack time (9:30am).<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Mrs.Caballero<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4180408801996465905?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-63435852107135420902009-09-21T21:14:00.004-05:002009-09-21T21:31:58.805-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg2-Mw8Y3I/AAAAAAAAA5E/wA5JMnZ9cQI/s1600-h/picnic-0047.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384113796727726962" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg2-Mw8Y3I/AAAAAAAAA5E/wA5JMnZ9cQI/s200/picnic-0047.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg29nUkl1I/AAAAAAAAA48/fSz03H16P0Y/s1600-h/picnic-0055.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384113786676614994" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg29nUkl1I/AAAAAAAAA48/fSz03H16P0Y/s200/picnic-0055.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg29Fcs-DI/AAAAAAAAA40/uypRVi3qmAo/s1600-h/picnic-0061.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384113777583913010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg29Fcs-DI/AAAAAAAAA40/uypRVi3qmAo/s200/picnic-0061.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg28lkhzwI/AAAAAAAAA4s/ATA5THwCVhM/s1600-h/picnic-0064.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384113769026801410" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg28lkhzwI/AAAAAAAAA4s/ATA5THwCVhM/s200/picnic-0064.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0yFKRrxI/AAAAAAAAA4k/2zf-i6dmxL0/s1600-h/picnic-0066.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384111389504810770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0yFKRrxI/AAAAAAAAA4k/2zf-i6dmxL0/s200/picnic-0066.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0x1bGRYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/K_aAEyVBcYU/s1600-h/picnic-0070.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384111385280398722" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0x1bGRYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/K_aAEyVBcYU/s200/picnic-0070.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0xNuRFKI/AAAAAAAAA4U/X6zrj5jY9n0/s1600-h/picnic-0081.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384111374623380642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0xNuRFKI/AAAAAAAAA4U/X6zrj5jY9n0/s200/picnic-0081.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0wj5M5GI/AAAAAAAAA4M/p0GWDvVQxlc/s1600-h/picnic-0087.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384111363394954338" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0wj5M5GI/AAAAAAAAA4M/p0GWDvVQxlc/s200/picnic-0087.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0wSaKYqI/AAAAAAAAA4E/4DreoLZDYi0/s1600-h/picnic-0091.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384111358701363874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg0wSaKYqI/AAAAAAAAA4E/4DreoLZDYi0/s200/picnic-0091.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Here are some photo's of your families at the picnic! I enjoyed chatting with everyone and seeing you all interacting! </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-6343585210713542090?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-42236347222153279132009-09-21T13:04:00.007-05:002009-09-21T21:41:07.518-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg4xgtCQNI/AAAAAAAAA5c/AKQnBxwWz3s/s1600-h/Raina-0009.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384115777764999378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg4xgtCQNI/AAAAAAAAA5c/AKQnBxwWz3s/s320/Raina-0009.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Srg35fSQFYI/AAAAAAAAA5U/vrJCh8TqfCc/s1600-h/Raina-0009.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>This week our Principal's Pride feature student is Raina D. She was nominated for making a great adjustment to her new school and having such a positive attitude that is contagious to all around her!<br /><br />In Language Enrichment/ Word Study...<br />We have finished talking about the two types of syllables, open and closed. The students learned that an open syllable ends in one vowel. The vowel is long so we code it with a macron. A closed syllable ends in at least one consonant. The vowel in a closed syllable is short so we code it with a breve. We also learned that a syllable is a word or a part of a word that is made with one opening of the mouth. A syllable has one vowel sound. This week we will learn to code words and practice reading and decoding in our Language Enrichment booklets.<br /><br />Word Work words this week are: get, ten, red, let, men, yes (short e sound)<br /><br />Vocabulary words of the week: said, was, for, she, his<br /><br />Challenge words: changes, scientist<br /><br />In Reader's workshop this week we are focusing on monitoring our comprehension. As a whole group we read a story and record our thinking on sticky notes. After we finish reading we discuss and order our thoughts and them put them together in our Reader's Response notebook. This is a reading strategy children can use to help them understand what they are reading and connect their learning to their life.<br /><br />In Writer's Workshop we will continue to talk about forming Ideas. So far we've learned that we can get ideas from our experiences and from pictures and things we see. We will be reading a book called All I See by a wonderful author named Cynthia Rylant, in which a man paints things he sees in his imagination. We will discuss who authors use their imaginations to write stories also. Our mini lesson focus this week is stretching words to help us spell the sounds we hear.<br /><br />In math we are finishing up our unit on Number Sense. We will have our "End of the Unit" game day and assessment sometime this week. The students have learned how to read and write numbers to 99, how to order numbers and what greatest and least mean. We will work with numbers on a number line before this unit is over. Our next unit is Adding and Subtraction in Problem Solving Situations.<br /><br />In Science we began working in our Science Notebooks. We began by brainstorming what a "Scientist" is and what job they do. Today we will discuss safety as a scientist and share our timelines that we made at home to go with our Social Studies unit.<br /><br />Have a great first day of Fall!<br /><br />Mrs. Caballero<br /><br />P.S. Hook'em</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4223634722215327913?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517243558057746548.post-42643046037489660162009-09-13T14:12:00.007-05:002009-09-18T21:12:28.609-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Sq1KH04CGGI/AAAAAAAAA38/MLC7314DKUA/s1600-h/IMG_0165.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381038628090812514" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Sq1KH04CGGI/AAAAAAAAA38/MLC7314DKUA/s200/IMG_0165.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j8vlNp1PCTg/Sq1JjtbBxHI/AAAAAAAAA30/lqueOsQIiqA/s1600-h/IMG_0165.JPG"></a><div><br />Principal's Pride: Our first Principal's Pride student is Sammy Siegel. We look foward to learning about Sammy this week during his Super Star week!</div><div><br /></div><div>What a great time we've had the past couple of weeks getting to know each other! Everyone is adjusting well to first grade and learning so much! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer in our classroom. I appreciate each thing you all do! It helps me spend more time teaching your children and allows me to go home and be a mom! </div><div><br /></div><div>This Thursday, September 17th is our 2nd annual No Fuss Fundraiser PTA Picnic. It will be held out by the soccer field (close to the park playground) at 6:30pm. Bring a picnic dinner, a blanket and come and enjoy spending some family time with the Caballero's! Don't forget the One Stop Shop forms went home last week. You can use the form to buy things for the year and donate to the PTA in lieu of fundraising projects! No Fuss! Lyla, my husband and I will be there with our picnic! Come on by and see us!</div><div><br />The students also have Early Release on Wednesday. Please make sure your child knows their PM routine for that day!<br /><br /></div><div>During Language Enrichment this week we will be learning the concepts of a vowel, consonant, syllable, open syllable and closed syllable. Learning these skills will help us become better spellers, writers and readers!</div><div><br /></div><div>Our word study focus this week is the short u sound. Our words to master are: up, us, but, fun, run and cut. Our vocabulary words for the week are: I, like, see, can, he, community and citizenship.</div><div><br /></div><div>During Reading workshop this week we will be focusing on monitoring our comprehension. We will record our thoughts in our Reader's Response Notebooks. We will be sharing stories like Corduroy, Silly Sally, Market to Market, and Caps for Sale. Our non-fiction focus story of the week will be Rosa. A story about Rosa Parks.</div><div><br /></div><div>During Writer's workshop this week we will be writing stories about our experiences, our ideas that we illustrate and the world around us. We will also begin thinking about how famous authors write stories and thinks of words to pair with their pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Math we will be finishing our unit on Number Sense; Numbers to 99. We have been identifying, spelling and reading numbers to 99 during activities in our classroom. We will continue to learn and work with manipulative's, number lines and number cards to help us learn that numbers have an order. There will be a note (1/2 sheet purple) in your child's Monday folder about sending some things for us to count and organize during math problem solving activities.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Social Studies this week we will wrap up our unit about Being Part of a School Community and will briefly talk about timelines and calendars. There will be an at home project about making a timeline in your child's Monday folder. The project is due next Monday, September 21st. We will begin working in our Science notebooks at the end of the week and talk about what scientists really do!</div><div><br /></div><div>Have a great...cooler....week!</div><div></div><div>Mrs. Caballero</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7517243558057746548-4264304603748966016?l=caballerocowpokes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erin Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913532485803761545noreply@blogger.com0