Mueller Moments
1st Grade * Bauer Elementary * Mrs. Holly Mueller * hmueller@hpseagles.net
October 16, 2015
Those teeth continued to exit mouths in our classroom! Such excitement! It is hard to believe we are six weeks into the school year already, and getting ready for our first report card and conferences in just a few weeks. There is nothing better than stepping back and looking at the growth these amazing learners have made in such a short time!
Coming Up:
Star Student: Ainsley DeBoer
Tuesday, October 20 - PE Day - Wear your gym shoes!
Wednesday, October 21 - Holiday Posters are due for contest (candle poster - coming home today in Take Home Folders). This is optional.
Friday, October 23- PE Day - Wear your gym shoes!
Thursday, October 29 - Halloween Parade and Party
Friday, October 30 - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, November 3 & Wednesday, November 4 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Reading Workshop: This week we wrapped up Unit 1, and began Unit 2: Tackling Trouble. In this unit we will focus on strategies to use when we get stuck, as well as retelling our stories. We will be reviewing animal strategies (stretchy snake, lips the fish, etc.). There is a bookmark in your child’s WEB book bag that you can use to remind your child of these strategies when reading at home.
Writing Workshop: We finished up Unit 1 with our writing celebration on Monday. We read our stories to some friends on Monday. Students are bringing home their stories today in Take Home Folders. On Tuesday and Wednesday we completed an On Demand writing assessment to see how students have grown as writers. WOW! I was truly impressed with this group of writers as a whole. They have some so far in such a short time! These stories, along with a rubric, are in Data Notebooks in the writing section. I also included their very first On Demand assessment piece. Have fun looking at their progress! We began Unit 2: Writing for Readers on Thursday. Ask your child the difference between a seed story and a watermelon story.
Math: We continued finding strategies for solving addition equations. We learned the Counting On strategy, and counting on from the greater number. We also learned how to play the Number Quilt game to practice solving equations.
Science: We wrapped up our social studies unit on citizenship, and moved on to science. We will spend the next two weeks studying the properties of matter. This week we discussed what science is and what a scientist does. We learned about attributes, and experimented with sinking and floating.
LEAD Time: This week we dove a little deeper into habit #1, Be Proactive. We read a poem, watched a short video, and read the book, “Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday.” We also talked about being proactive and things in our control, and things out of our control.
A Quick Shout Out: When you come into our classroom, you will notice that we have two wonderful rugs for whole group learning and activities. These were graciously donated by Columbo’s Floors to Go on Port Sheldon. These would have cost me hundreds of dollars out of pocket. Thank you Columbo’s for supporting our schools!
For your children!
~ Holly R. Mueller
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