Thursday, May 28, 2020

Thursday, May 28, 2020

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Morning message

Thursday, May 28, 2020 5-28-20

Today is Thursday. Yesterday you shared ways that help you focus on your school work. We will look at the idea you came up with again.

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square.

Color in the square Tad is on purple. 

Learning activities for Thursday

• Wellness
• How do you plan your days during these unusual times? Do you have a schedule at your house? Are there parts of your day that are the same? What can you do to mix it up for fun?
• Reading
• Read a book outside or log on to Bookflix (Username: summitst Password: bookflix).
• Choose a fiction book. 
• Jot on a post it note about the theme. 
• Send a picture of this to your teacher. 
• Math
• Use your math toolkit to write and solve 20 near doubles subtraction problem.

Wednesday, April 27, 2020

Wednesday, April 27, 2020

Morning message

Wednesday, May 27, 2020     5-27-20

The weather has been so nice! Have you noticed that is has been tricky to focus on your school work?

What can you do to help you focus on your school work?

You will need a pencil and some paper for an art activity with Ms. Feller today. 

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square.

45-2 = 

Color this square purple. 

Learning activities for Wednesday

• Wellness
• How close can you come to a wild animal?  Challenge yourself to get close to a bird, squirrel, chipmunk, or unicorn.  How quiet can you be?  How can you calm your body before you sneak up to a critter? Who can take the closest pic? Send it to me! - acate@ewsd.org rhutton@ewsd.org
• Reading
• Read a leveled book on Raz-Kids. 
• Record yourself reading 2 pages of a book from "flight check" or "level up" using the microphone button. 
• If you did a recording last week I wrote you a message on Raz-Kids and gave you some bonus points. Right below "level up" there is a blue button that says "messages". Click there to see the message I sent you!
• Math
• Use your toolkit to create 20 near double addition problems to solve.  
• Send a picture of your math work to your teacher. 

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Morning message

Tuesday, May 26, 2020       5-26-20

Happy Tuesday. Did you have a fun long weekend. How did you celebrate Memorial Day with your family?

Today we will have our reading groups

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here are the calendar squares from the long weekend and today. 

Use what you know about the calendar grid to help you. 

Here is the filled in hundred grid. 

Learning activities for Tuesday. 

• Wellness
•  Play “Red Light Green Light” with someone in your family. Practice using your best listening ears and self control.  For an extra challenge, walk for “yellow light.
• Watch the video morning meeting on our classroom blog. 
• *Optional Chess Zoom with Mr. Mills and Mrs. Hall at 10:00 -  Zoom links will be in your email - bring a chess board if you have one!
• Reading
• Watch the reading strategy video. 



• Read a fiction book and continue to think about the theme (big idea). 
• Reading small groups- see link in email.
• Math
• Watch the near doubles strategy video. 



• Practice some near doubles like 6+7, 3-2, 9+8, 11-10.

Friday, May 22, 2020

Friday, May 22, 2020

Click here to see the whole Stories from Bug Garden read aloud video, from my garden!


Morning message

Friday, May 22, 2020     5-22-20

Today we will read the last poem in Stories from Bug Garden. I have loved this book. 

Make sure you check out the video of the whole book. I read it from my garden!

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square. 

Where is Tad? Color this square purple. 

Today is Family Flex Friday! It's a beautiful day- make sure to get outside! 

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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Morning message

Thursday, May 21, 2020     5-21-20

Happy Thursday. The weather this week has been awesome. Have you tried reading outside? 

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here is the calendar square for today. 

From 77 we are going to count back by 10s twice. 77, 67, 57. 

Now we will count back by 1s twice. 57, 56, 55.

Color this square orange. 

Learning activities for Thursday

• Wellness 
• Book Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
• I try every year to go off the high dive at Maple Street Park and always walk back down the ladder. I’m ok with that.
• What are you scared of? What would it look like to face your fears?
• Reading
• Read a fiction book or ebook (Online reading resources document).
• Write about the main idea. Email a picture of this to your teacher.
• Math
• Practice your subtraction skills by solving equations. Use the objects from your toolkit to create and solve equations in which the numbers are halving.
• Example: I have 14 apples. My brother ate 7. How many do I have left? 14-7=

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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Morning message

Tuesday, May 19, 2020     5-19-20

Good morning first graders! Today is Tuesday. 

One thing I have been missing most from school is hearing you read. 

Today, part of your reading work is to go on Raz-Kids and to record yourself reading 2 pages. 

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square. 

Tad started on 63 and now we are adding 10. 63+10=

Color this square yellow. 

Learning activities for Tuesday

• Wellness
• Play Go Find it!! (my favorite zoom game)
• Find 20 green things in your house (bonus if you have green pants!), find 10 shiny things, find 4 sticky things, find something alive, find 3 wooden things, 2 things you love, someone you love, something that makes noise..
• *Optional Chess Zoom with Mr. Mills and Mrs. Hall at 10:00 - Zoom links will be in your email.
• Reading
• Read a leveled book on Raz-Kids.
• Record yourself reading 2 pages using the microphone button.
• Math
• Use your home math toolkit to create 10 double number addition equations, and then write the subtraction double number equation that is related to it.
• Take a picture of your equations and send it to your teacher.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Monday, May 18, 2020

We will have our morning meeting today at 9 am.

Morning message

Monday, May 18, 2020    5-18-20

Today is Monday. We will finish Stories from Bug Garden this week. What bugs do you think we have left to meet?

How was your weekend? What is something you did outside?

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here are the calendar squares from the weekend. 

Use what you know about the 100 grid to color the squares in. 

Learning activities for Monday

• Wellness
• Book Green Pants by Kenneth Kraegel
• Put on your favorite outfit and do a fashion show. Why do you love this outfit? How does it make you feel? Is it comfortable? Does it make you feel confident? Do you love the way it looks?

• Reading
• Watch the reading strategy video.
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• Read a fiction book and think about the main idea.
• Math
• Watch the subtraction strategy video




• Write and solve the following: 18-9; 8-4; 14-7; 6-3; 20-10; 10-5; 18-9; 12-6 Remember to use what you know from double number addition practice.

Friday, May 15, 2020

Friday, May 15, 2020

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Morning message

Friday, May 15, 2020     5-15-20

Happy Friday! Today is family flex Friday. What will you be doing today? 

I love seeing your book club projects! I’ve gotten so many emailed to me. Have you sent yours yet?

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

 Calendar

Here is today's calendar square.

 

Today Tad is moving down a row and right one.

We will add 76+10+1=

Color this square yellow.

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Please fill out the weekly parent feedback survey!

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Morning message

Thursday, May 14, 2020     5-14-20

I hope your book club projects are going well! Remember to have your family send or email a picture of it to me today or tomorrow. 

Today we will have our math group check ins. Bring your math toolkit to your Zoom time. 

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

 Here is today's calendar square.

Tad is starting on 46 and going down three rows. When we go down on the 100 grid we add 10. 

46+10+10+10 or 46+30

46... 56, 66, 76. Color this square yellow. 

Learning activities for Thursday

• Wellness
• Two Problems for Sophia by Jim Averbeck and Yasmeen Ismail
• Do you remember Kelso?? Can you show someone in your family 2 ways to solve small problems?

 

• Reading
• Finish your book club project.
• Email a picture or send your project to your teacher today or tomorrow. 

• Math
• Practice your doubles skills by solving equations.
• Use the objects from your toolkit to create and solve equations in which the answers are up to 20.
• Example: I saw 9 turtles and 9 fish when I walked around the pond. How many animals did I see?
• Math small groups - see Zoom link in email

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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Morning message

Tuesday, May 12, 2020     5-12-20

You have some cool ideas for your book club projects! 

What did you decide to do for your book club project? Today we will talk about our projects at our small group times. 

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Click here if you want to do Go Noodle at home. 

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square. 

Tad is starting on 35 and moving down 3 rows and to the right 1. 

So we need to add 10 3 times. 

35+10+10+10

35, 45, 55, 65.

Now we need to add 1.

65+1

Color this square purple. 

Learning activities for Tuesday

• Wellness 

• Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
• Make a video/take a photo of doing these things: lifting, dipping, pulling, pushing, stirring, going over and going under
• *Optional Chess Zoom with Mr. Mills and Mrs. Hall at 10:00 - Zoom links will be in your email.
• Reading
• Work on your Book Club Project
• Reading small groups today- see link in email
• Math
• Use your home math toolkit and practice solving some doubles addition equations using manipulatives. Try to create and solve at least 20 equations. Remember to check your answer.
• Send a picture of your doubles facts to your teacher.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Monday, May 11, 2020

Morning Message

Monday, May 11, 2020    5-11-20

Today is Monday. In Stories From Bug Garden we have heard from ladybug, horsefly, and butterfly so far. What bug will we meet today?

What did you do over the weekend?

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here are the calendar squares for the weekend.

For each square, use your hundred grid to figure out where Tad is. Color that square on the 100 grid to march the calendar square. 

Learning activities for Monday, May 11.

• Wellness
• This week we are connecting our wellness activities to Mrs. Wright’s read alouds and suggested read alouds.
• *Optional read aloud with Mrs. Wright at 11:00
• Book Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt By Kate Messner
• Make a mud pie - be creative (use rocks, flowers, sticks, etc..) Did you find any cool bugs or worms when you were digging? Feel free to send pictures to Mrs. Cate or Mrs. Hutton acate@ewsd.org rhutton@ewsd.org
• Reading
• Watch the book club project video. Review the Book Club project presentation if needed.





• Think about how you are going to teach others about your book club topic.
• Email your teacher with your book club project idea.
• Your book club project is due Thursday.
• Math
• Watch this math addition strategy video.





• Use your math toolkit, and solve 10 doubles equations that you create using your math toolkit as was described in the video.
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• If the math is tricky:
• Watch some doubles fact song videos.
• Video 1 
• Video 2 
• Video 3
• Video 4 
• Video 5 
• Video 6
• Practice counting by 2s to help you with doubles facts.

Friday, May 8, 2020

Friday, May 8, 2020

Please fill out the weekly parent feedback form for this week if you have not yet done so.

Click here to view today's video morning meeting.

Morning message

Friday, May 8, 2020 5-8-20

Good morning first graders! Today is your Friday family flex day. You might have an outdoor day, work on something you didn’t finish this week, or do some of the specials activities like PE, art, music, library, or chess. 

What will you do today?

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

See the links below for the music, and other specials, activities.

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square.

Today Tad is starting on 48 and moving down two times. When we move down on the 100 grid we add ten. Only the decade number will change when we add 10. Since we are moving down two rows we will add 10 twice.

48+10+10=

Color this square purple.

Friday Family Flex Day
Today is Friday Family Flex Day. Remember, on page 7 of your learning packet there are links to all of the special areas- art, PE, music, library, and chess.

Specials/Unified Arts:

• Art
• P.E and P.E. online resources
• Music and Musical Hello from Mrs. Valastro and Sing-Along In The Woods
• Library: Click HERE for this week’s activities
• Chess

Next week's learning packet will be posted to the Summit Resource Site by 3:00 this afternoon. I will email out a PDF of it on Monday morning.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Please take our weekly parent feedback survey to help us plan for the following weeks.


Click here to watch today's video morning meeting. You will need a stuffed animal for the morning meeting today!



Morning message

Thursday, May 7, 2020 5-7-20

Good morning first graders! Yesterday, we started reading Stories from Bug Garden by Lisa Moser. Today we will continue reading from this book!

You will need to get a stuffed animal for today's video morning meeting!

Love, 

Mrs. Manz

Here is a link to the Safe and Calm video we watched in today's morning meeting.

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square. 

What could Tad be chasing that got away? Today we will color square 48 in purple. 

Learning activities for Thursday

• Wellness
• Breathing Buddies Lay on your back and place a stuffed animal on your belly. Breathe. Take deep breaths in and out.
• Watch the animal move up and down.
• Reading
• Read a book or ebook (Raz-kids, Sora) on your Book Club topic.
• Stop on each page. Write facts or how your thinking changed.
• Math
• Practice your counting backwards skills by solving equations. Use the objects from your toolkit to create and solve equations in which the first number is above 10.
• Example: I have 18 apples. My brother ate 8. How many do I have left? 18-8=
• Email your teacher a picture of you solving a subtraction equation.
• Math small groups - Group times and zoom links will be in your email.