Ask your child...
Blue is New, Green is Seen
Ask your child...
Ask your child...
- What is a survey?
- to show you his/her representation on Would you rather be an eagle or a whale?
- to share something about our assembly. What did the performer do that you thought was really cool?
- what climate do we live in? What are some other climates that you learned?
- what greeting did you like this week: popsicle stick greeting, dice greeting or beach ball greeting?
- about our Whole School Morning Meeting. What book did Mrs. Maccarone read? (Malala's Magic Pencil)
- to share Scholastic News. Who was the artist you read about? What would you include in your self-portrait?
- to tell you about our school musical, The Little Mermaid. Would you like to be in the school musical when you are older?
- to share the Scholastic News. How do they turn a river in Chicago green?
- what happened to your classroom on Friday? Did anyone catch a leprechaun?
- what is a map symbol? What were the special places you added to the map of your community?
- about our writing unit, Realistic Fiction. Who is your character? What is the setting of your book? Can you tell your story across your fingers?
- to tell you about the Social Studies flipbook. Where do we live? Can you tell me what continent, country, state, town we live on?
- to practice learning his/her address and parents' phone numbers.
- tell you what is a compass rose. Can you tell me the cardinal directions on the compass rose? What trick did Mrs. Patschke teach you to help remember it?
- who read to you in the library on Friday? (Miss Helen)
- to tell about the game Subtraction 5 in a Row. Did you and your partner get 5 in a row? What strategies did you use to find the difference in the subtraction equation?
- to tell you about the rainbow we created. What is unique about you?
- to share about our Buddy Activity. Where did we go? What did you learn?
- to share about the math games we played, Tens Plus, Tens Go Fish, Five in a Row using 3 cards.
- to share about the book, Me on a Map.
- to share how we explored using Google Earth and found our school.
- to tell you the vowel teams we learned about this week: oi, oy.
- to share the Scholastic News on Stevie Wonder.
- what is a closed syllable?
- to share the Scholastic News on Abraham Lincoln.
- to tell about our Valentine's exchange.
- to tell you about the game, Make 10. What are some combinations of 10 using 2 addends?
- what are you writing about in Writer's Workshop? Did you add any twin sentences or comparisons to your writing?
- to share about the series we read this week, Henry and Mudge. Who is Henry? Who is Mudge? How would you describe these characters?
- about the book, The Dark, Dark Night.
- about our whole school Morning Meeting and the book, Ron's Big Mission.
- about the Scholastic News, "Roar." How did you make the paper lanterns?
- about our Love banner. What is something you will love forever?
- to tell you about our new greeting in Morning Meeting, "Hip to Hip."
- about our visit with Rugie. (Pictures have been uploaded to our class google photos album.)
- about the book, The Listening Walk and how we took our own listening walk. What did you hear in the building and outside the building?
- What is sound?
- about making the kazoo. What happens to the wax paper when you use it?
- to share about a Table of Contents. What new topic did you pick in Writer's Workshop? What are you including in your Table of Contents?
- about a digraph blend. Can you find a digraph blend in these words: lunch, shred, shrub?
- to share about the series we read this week, Zelda and Ivy.
- about our groundhog day graph. Did the groundhog see it shadow?
- to share the Scholastic News about Groundhogs. Tell me something interesting that you learned.
- to tell you what is a blend. Where are the blends in these words: clock, frog, sled?
- to share about our series read alouds: Mr. Putter and Tabby. We are learning to predict, make connections, and inference while listening to these read alouds.
- to share a book he or she read in Guided Reading.
- to tell you about the box experiment in science. When could you see the bear?
- to share examples of sources of light.
- to tell you about the three new science words they learned: transparent, translucent and opaque.
- what is something you learned about light?
- what is a fraction? Show me how to divide or partition a circle in half.
- What do you want to bring to school for Global Play Day?
- to share the scholastic news about Narwhals. What did you learn?
- to share about measuring with tiles, cubes, and paper clips. What did you measure?
- about keeper fish and how we measured Perch using tiles.
- about the book The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
- to share about our Morning Meeting Activity, Entourage.
- to practice our new trick words. (On Monday, our new Fundations Family Letter will be sent home. You can cut out and practice the trick words.)
- about the book, Fantastic Fish.
- what non-fiction book are you writing in Writer's Workshop?
- about mystery number.
- about the new Morning meeting game, Entourage. How do you play?
- to review trick words.
- about making a counting strip. How high did you write your numbers?
- to share the new sounds we learned in Fundations: ank, ink, onk, onk.
- to share the difference he/she noticed between the book, Frog and Toad (fiction) and the book, Frog (non-fiction).
- to share something they know a lot about. Can you tell what you know across your fingers?
- to share the Scholastic News on Martin Luther King, Jr. Tell me something you learned about MLK,Jr.
- about the book, Squirrel's New Years Resolution.
- How many tiles covered the area of your foot?
- to practice counting and writing numbers using the 120 chart. For example: count from 37 to 48 or write numbers from 95-112.
- if these equations are true or false: 5+3 = 4+4 and 7+3 = 2+2+5
- to share Scholastic News on New Years Traditions.
- to share the sounds ing, ang, ong, and ung make.
- to tap and write these words: sing, ring, fang, hang, song, gong, hung, rung
- about their favorite activity from our winter party (games, crafts, yummy food)
- about our December Event
- to tell you about his/her favorite Gingerbread Story. Why is it your favorite?
- to share the book we read by Jan Brett, Gingerbread Baby, The Mitten, The Hat. What was your favorite? Why?
- about our class graphs - Would you rather play outside or drink hot cocoa inside? Would you rather make a Gingerbread House or a Gingerbread Person? What did you choose?
- about the book, Catch that Cookie!
- to share the Scholastic News, "Can You Help Us, Tree?"
- to share how we made introductions, endings, and covers for our How-to books.
- What How-to book are you publishing?
- about today's number 9.
- Guess my Number. How do you play?
- to name some needs and some wants.
- to share about 4 corners in Morning Meeting and in Social Studies.
- to tell about the snowman we made by ripping paper.
- to share what the snowmen did at night in the book, Snowmen at Night.
- about base words and suffixes. Can you tell me what the the base word and suffix is of these words: pens, jobs, mats? What sound does the suffix make in each of the word? How do you mark it?
- about the book, Those Shoes. How did the main character show kindness?
- Did you add helpful tips and warnings into your how-to books?
- Did you write a new how-to book this week? What did you write about it?
- to tell you about the books, The Keeping Quilt and Apple Pie 4th of July.
- to talk about traditions. What traditions do you have as a family? (In Social Studies, we have been talking about families and the traditions we have. As a family, discuss your family traditions.)
- about the math game, How Many Am I Hiding?
- to share the Scholastic News on how-to make Lollipops.
- What how-to book did you write this week? What is your how-to idea for next week?
- to tell you about the book, How to Make a Bouncing Egg.
- to share how we made a bouncing egg. What were the steps? Can you tell it across your fingers?
- Did the egg really bounce? What did it feel like?
- to share about the addition and subtraction games we played this week: Five in a Row and Roll and Record.
- show you our trick word cheer, "Blast Off."
- to share how families can be similar and different.
- What are the glued sounds you learned? /am/, /an/, /all/
- Can you tap out these words: ham, man, ball?
- what are you thankful for?
- about the book, The Great Thanksgiving Escape. Where did the kids want to go? Did they make it? What was your favorite part of the book?
- about the book, Thank you, Sarah. How would you describe Sarah? How did she save Thanksgiving?
- about our read aloud, The Magic Tree House: Midnight on the Moon. Where are Jack and Annie? How would you describe Jack? Annie?
- about our field trip. What was something he/she learned? What was your favorite part?
- to share about bonus letters. When do we use them? What letters are bonus? (f,l,s and sometimes z)
- what sound does all make?
- to share about our whole school morning meeting.
- about our STEAM project. What did you have to design? What materials did you use? Did you need to change your design?
- what is quick image?
- ask about the shape poster. How did you sort your shapes?
- to share about squiggle writing?
- about their favorite part of our Halloween party. Look for pictures soon in our google photos.
- Did you like the Elephant and Piggy book? What happened in the story?
- What book(s) did you read in guided reading?
- How would you describe a rhombus, square, triangle, trapezoid and hexagon?
- what happened to the triangle in the book, The Greedy Triangle?
- the hexagon game. What other shapes did you use to make a hexagon?
- when do you use a question mark and a period?
- what is our new writing unit? (how-to books)
- to share his/her favorite how to books we read: How to Make Slime, How to Make a Liquid Rainbow, How to Make Bubbles.
- about our scarecrows
- what is a digraph?
- to be a digraph detective. Can he or she find or think of any digraphs?
- do you have a digraph in your name?
- to tell you about our read aloud, Bunnicula. What was the happy ending?
- to show you how he/she can add and subtract on a number line.
- to share about the book, Creepy Carrots. What happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story?
- to share what they know about the seasons: fall, winter, spring, summer.
- to listen to this 4 Seasons song. Click here to listen.
- to tell you about our laser assembly.
- to tell about Mr. Matthews getting slimed!!!
- about the boosterthon. What was your favorite part? (Shirts are in backpacks)
- Will Mr. Matthews get slimed next week?
- to tell you in their own words what it means to subtract. Can they give you an example?
- what strategy would they use to solve 11 - 7 =
- what is your "bookbag?"
- what was your favorite part in Too Many Pumpkins?
- to share about our read aloud, Bunnicula. Who is Bunnicula? Do you think he is a vampire bunny? What clues in the story make you think he is or isn't? Who is the narrator of the story? (Harold, the dog)
- to tell you something he/she learned about the moon.
- to tell you about our Scholastic News on Firefighters. How do firefighters help the community?
- Did you make a dalmation?
- Who is your new classmate?
- about our week of Respect. We learned about C.A.R.E.S. (cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, self-control.
- to share the Scholastic News on apples. Tell me what the vocabulary words ripe and rotten mean.
- to share about the game, Clear the Board.
- what strategy would you use to solve an addition equation? Tell me how you would solve 4 + 5 =.
- what does an equal sign mean? (same as)
- to share how they tapped out words.
- What is a drill leader in Fundations?
- What was your favorite read aloud this week?
- Why do we have day and night?
- to tell you about the ice experiment. Why did the ice melt quicker on the darker paper than the lighter paper?
- to tell you what he/she noticed when we observed the sun.
- to share the Scholastic News on being a good citizen.
- to tell you about the math games we played this week. (Double Compare, Five in a Row, Roll and Record) What was your favorite?
- to tell you what strategy he/she used to solve a word/story problem.
- to tell you about the writing mentor text, Jabari Jumps. What was your favorite part?
- to tell you the what the difference between a watermelon and a seed story.
- Tell me about a story you are writing in Writer's Workshop.
- What is the setting of your story?
- to tell you about our read alouds this week, Gaston, My Teacher is a Monster, Can I be your Dog?
- What can you see in the sky?
- how they can stay safe using the internet. (See the handout in your child's daily folder.)
- to review the sounds each letter makes and continue to practice writing lowercase letters.
- to share their favorite thing to do in fall.
- to tell you about their math toolbag. What's in it? When do you use it?
- to tell you something he/she knows about a tens frame.
- about the game one more/two more.
- about the books, Veggie Monster and Rollercoaster.
- What story are you writing about in Writer's Workshop.
- to tell you our class rules (Take of Yourself, Take Care of Others, Take Care of your Classroom/School)
- to share the Scholastic News on rules.
- what is a vowel? What sound does each vowel make?
- what will you be learning about in science? (Patterns in the Sky)
- to share what was in his/her math mystery bag? How did you count?
- count some items at home. Example: spoons, pennies,etc.
- to tell you about Stamina Reading. Did you like any of the books you read?
- what are some of the cool chairs you use during reading?
- about the books, Kindness is our Superpower, Flight School, Recess Queen, The Dot and Zero.
- to share their Hopes and Dreams for first grade. In first grade, I want to...
- what letters did you review in Fundations? (t,b,f,m,n,i,u) What sounds do these letters make?
- to share the Scholastic News on Kindness.
- about Morning Meeting. What do we do during meeting? (Greeting, share, activity and message). Ask them about our zoom game.
- Who did you sit with at lunch?
- Who did you play with at recess?
- Can you name a few friends that sit at your table?
- What specials did you have this week?
- about the books, First Day Jitters and Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School.
- to tell you about our Birthday Wish Booklet.
- about our classroom scavenger hunt.