This week in Mrs. Kirchner's class!

Welcome back!
I hope that you all had a wonderful break.

Important dates:
11/29 Adjective Test
12/2 Spelling Test
12/7 Grammar Review quiz

Spelling Words (th and sh blends):
1) fish
2) shop
3) ship
4) with
5) thin
6) thank
7) run
8) bug
9) want
10) all

In Reading, we will continue to work on summarizing stories. We will listen to a story as a class, and think about the important details. Who is the main character? What do they want? What is the problem and the solution in the story? We will fill out an outline Later, students will create an outline for their own story! On Wednesday, we will have have some for D.E.A.R. Students will continue to meet with Mrs. Kirchner to read and set goals for their reading. We will complete Reading Response sheets with detail to explain our thinking.

In writing, we will be reviewing adjectives. We will write sentences to describe ourselves using adjectives. What makes each person in our class so unique? Using this writing, students will create self portraits. On Tuesday, students will be taking their adjective test to show what has been learned. We will have time for Writer's Workshop on Thursday. Students will be creating a summary outline to capture the main ideas of their story. They will have time to write and to share what they created!

In Social Studies, we will be wrapping up our unit on the American flag. We will review the symbols of the flag and what the colors mean. We will look at the story of the flag and how it was created.

It will be a busy and exciting week in 1st grade! :)