 First Day of School is August 28, 2012!!! Bring a backpack, snack, drink, and your SMILE! Can't wait to meet you... Mrs. C. |
 Welcome To Mrs. Cappelli's First Grade! If you like to sing, dance, and have fun while you are learning, then you have found the right page. Here is one of my favorite quotes, it sums up our first grade.
We learn on our feet Not in our seat...
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 Sight Words To Practice For September: (Popcorn Words) red blue green yellow purple black brown orange white one two three four five six seven eight nine ten October popcorn words: a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, November popcorn words: funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, little, look, make, me, my, not, play December popcorn words: run, said, see, to, up, we,where, you, all, am, are, at, ate, be, but, came, brown, but, came, did, do January popcorn words: eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw February popcorn words: say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what March popcorn words: white, who, will, with, yes, after, again, an, any, ask, as, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, April popcorn words: her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put May popcorn words: round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when, always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call June popcorn words: cold, does, don't, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green *****Click on the popcorn box to get to a sight word website to help you practice at home. Here is another great site to use:http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm |
 Math is fun in our room. We always do hands on activities that help us to understand concepts. We will be studying: Trimester 1: Counting to 120 Read, write and represent numerals to 120 Compare two digit numbers using < > = Nonstandard measuring Organize and represent data Solve addition situational stories within 20 What does the = sign mean? Draw and build shapes Trimester 2: Mentally find 10 more or 10 less of any two digit number Solve situational stories that require subtraction of multiples of 10 Nonstandard measure Time to hour Solve addition and subtraction problems using specific strategies within 20 Three-dimensional shapes Solve situational stories with 3 addends Commutative property 3+5 = 5+3 Working on fluency of facts to 10 addition and subtraction. Data up to 3 categories Trimester 3: Solve situational stories with 3 addends Commutative and Associative Property when adding = sign Add within 100 Determine the unknown number Data up to 3 categories Decomposing circles and rectangles for fraction of an area |
 Writers Workshop!!! We love to write in our class. Trimester 1: Narrative Writing Are You A Narrative Writing Wizard? Expert: 4 I gave 3 or more details. My story is in order. I have an ending. My words are spelled correctly. I used capitals and periods. I did it all by myself. Practitioner: 3 I gave 2 or more details. My story is in order. I have an ending. Most words are spelled correctly. I used capitals and periods. I listened to my teacher’s suggestions. Apprentice: 2 I gave 1 detail. My story is not in order. Some words are spelled correctly. I used some capitals and periods. My teacher had to help me. Novice: 1 I did not have any details. I was not able to write my story. A few words are spelled correctly I did not use capitals or periods. Trimester 2: Informational Writing Are You An Informational Writing Wizard? Expert: 4 I named the topic and why it is important. I have 3 or more facts. I have an ending. I helped with the research. Practitioner: 3 I named the topic. I have one or more facts. I have an ending. I listened to my teacher’s suggestions. I helped with the research. Apprentice: 2 I tried to name the topic. I have one fact. I tried to have an ending. My teacher had to help me. I did some of the research. Novice: 1 I did not name the topic. I have no facts. I do not have an ending. I did not use my teacher’s suggestions. I did not help with the research. Trimester 3: Opinion Pieces Are You An Opinion Writing Wizard Expert: 4 I named the topic. I gave my opinion. I gave 3 or more facts why I feel this way. I have an ending. I did it all by myself. I helped with the research. Practitioner: 3 I named the topic. I gave my opinion. I gave 2 or more reasons why I feel this way. I have an ending. I listened to my teacher’s suggestions. I helped with the research. Apprentice: 2 I tried to name the topic. I tried to give my opinion. I gave 1 reason why I feel this way. I tried to have an ending. My teacher had to help me. I tried to do the research. Novice: 1 I did not name the topic. I did not give my opinion. I did state how I felt. I do not have an ending. I did not do the research. |
 We love to sing in our class. We sing about everything we learn from reading to math to science. We learn on our feet not in our seat.
Click on the singing mouse to visit Dr. Jean Feldman's website. This is where you can buy her music. |
 Here are some ideas for helping your child at home. **Check homework each day and make sure it gets back to school. **Read and have your child read to you every day. **Talk about the pictures when you are reading a book. **Tell your child to stretch the word that they are sounding out like bubble gum. **Talk about the setting of the story and the characters. **Sing songs that we learn at school. **Act out stories. **Draw pictures of the characters. **Choose your favorite one. **Most of all read...read...read... |
 Check out our scrapbook for photos. |
 What's For Homework This Week???? Most of our homework will consist of reading, handwriting practice, and math reinforcement activities. I will give a homework packet every Monday and it will be due back anytime before Friday. |
 Thank you to countryclipart for our beautiful backgrounds and clipart. http://www.countryclipart.com/welcome.htm |
 Hands On Science For the next three months, our class will be learning about balance and motion. We will be using hands on experiences and investigation strategies to help the children understand balance. Look for photos of our investigations on your future visits to our site. They will be in our scrapbook page.
Our Next Science Adventure involves Rocks, Silt and Sand. We are seperating rocks, sand, pebbles, gravel and using water to find changes in the rocks. We are observing types of rocks and we recently did an experiment that allowed the students to seperate sand with water and leave it overnight to develop a layer of silt on the top. |
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