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Mrs. Benson's Class of Busy Bees! Welcome to our classroom. Search MenuHome A Little About Me Classroom Schedule Post navigation ← Older posts Lions and Tigers and Bears… Oh My!! Posted on April 8, 2018 by Mrs. Benson Reply April is here and hopefully it will feel like spring soon. This cold, wet weather is not the best condition for 6 and 7 year olds. Parents, I realize baseball and softball season is in full swing, but be aware of your child continuing his/her reading each day. We continue to have lots to do and reading each day at home help push the students closer and closer to their reading goal. Word Work/Reading: Students will continue to read and use contractions in their writing and reading. Students will also begin this week to read for comprehension and record their proof from the text or passage read. There are no new spelling words this week. Writing: Students will analyze and write facts learned about our Texas State Symbols. Social Studies: Research, read and discuss facts about the great state of Texas. Use these facts in our writing and use map skills to find important places in Texas and around. Math: Students will continue to build greater numbers with 10’s and 1’s and begin combining these. As always, problem solving with addition and subtraction continues. Dates to remember: April 11th–First Grade Field Trip to Caldwell Zoo Leaving at 8:30 and returning at 2:00 (about) Please bring a sack lunch April 23rd–School Holiday April 25th–First Grade Field Day 12:30-2:30 Thank you, Mrs. Benson Posted in Upcoming Events/Lessons | Leave a reply Correction! Posted on March 25, 2018 by Mrs. Benson Reply Last week I posted the wrong date for the weather make-up day. The school holiday is Monday, April 23rd. School will be in attendance on Friday, April 20th. Our Easter Party is this Thursday, March 29th at 11:15. We will start our party outside with the egg hunt and some games that the first grade teachers will be in charge of. We will then go back to the classroom for our Easter treats. If parents want to check their child out after the party, they can sign them out in their classroom. Please have your 12, candy-filled eggs at school this Tuesday. Have your child bring their bucket or basket this Thursday for the party. You should have received a note last week about our upcoming field trip to the zoo. Another note with a parent permission form to sign, will come home soon as a reminder. Thank you for everything you do. Mrs. Benson Posted in Upcoming Events/Lessons | Leave a reply Spring Fever Posted on March 20, 2018 by Mrs. Benson Reply I hope you all enjoyed your Spring Break and had a relaxing time to be ready to push through until May. I know I did and now we are all anxious to get started. This week in class: Guided Reading: Students will continue guided reading lessons and work on what they specifically need help with. For some it is blending, for others it may be fluency, comprehension, or building their endurance by reading longer texts. Spelling: Students will have new spelling words today; however; the test will not be until next Wednesday. Please study these words at home. way, may, find, water, use Writing/Word Work: Students will be discussing when to and when not to use capital letters. This will be assessed by observation, their writing in their daily reading journal, and their use of capitals in all of their independent writing; including their spelling dictation. We will also begin discussing the summary or main idea of the stories we read or listen to. Math: Students will continue all of our past skills; such as, addition, subtraction, problem solving, skip counting, time, and coins. They will also continue counting groups but on a deeper level this week. Such as, how many feet do 4 dogs have? Or how many hands do 5 people have? You will receive several very important notes that will be sent home today. I noticed some students still have notes from before the break in their folder. Please check your child’s folder each day. Read and send back the ones that need to be. Also, check for graded papers today and go over these with your child. Upcoming dates to remember: March 29th – Easter Party at 11:15 March 30th- School Holiday April 11th- 1st grade field trip to Caldwell Zoo April 20th- School Holiday (April 23rd is no longer a school holiday. This will be a make-up day for bad weather.) Thank you, Mrs Benson Posted in Upcoming Events/Lessons | Leave a reply Please Quit Raining! Posted on March 4, 2018 by Mrs. Benson Reply We have been stuck inside the building for many days of the past 2 weeks. Hopefully, the rain will stop and we can get out more. Being inside so much has made the children a little restless. Please talk to your child about maintaining self-control and good listening skills. This will help everyone. I’m sure you have heard or discussed the events of the last two weeks concerning security at our schools. Please know that this is one of the top priorities of the administration and faculty. We have already begun staff development for all school personnel. We will continue the discussion and putting the best age-appropriate practices to action. If you have any questions or concerns, our administration will do their best to answer them. This week in class: Word Word: As we cycle back to antonyms and synonyms, we will add homophones to our word bank. Knowing these is so helpful in our writing and understanding what we read. Reading: Levels have bumped up a little so be sure and read each day with your child and write a summary of their reading. Stamina is the key. Books and passages are longer, but getting through them is crucial. Math: As we continue problem-solving in addition and subtraction, we will add adding groups this week. Time and coins continues. Spelling: Because I was absent last Friday, the spelling test will be this Wednesday. Please study at home. Upcoming Events: March 8-Thursday- 1st Grade Play at 9:00 March 12-16-Spring Break March 29-Easter Party (Time to be announced) Thank you for your support, Mrs. Benson Posted in Upcoming Events/Lessons | Leave a reply Presidents Day Holiday Posted on February 19, 2018 by Mrs. Benson Reply I hope you all enjoyed your extended weekend as we celebrate Presidents Day. This week, we will be discussing presidents from the past; as well as, the present. I want to thank Lori Sizemore and the other moms who helped plan and put on our Valentine Party. The kids had a blast! This week in the classroom: Word Work: Students will continue to use nouns, adjectives, and verbs in their writing and adding new ones to their vocabulary. We will also expand our vocabulary by using antonyms (opposites). Math: As we continue telling time to the hour and 1/2 hour and adding same coins, we will be using patterns to associate with skip counting. Your child is responsible for skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to 100. Practice these at home. There will be no spelling this week, but we will be writing about multiple topics. Upcoming dates to remember: Feb. 28 – Early student release at 11:30 Mar. 8 – First Grade play at 9:00 Mar. 12-16 – Spring Break Mar. 19 – Student Holiday/Staff Training Mar. 20 – Spring Pictures Thank you for all you do! Mrs. Benson Posted in Upcoming Events/Lessons | Leave a reply Happy Valentine’s Day! Posted on February 11, 2018 by Mrs. Benson Reply Our Valentine Party will be this Wednesday, the 14th at 11:15. This is immediately following our lunch. We hope you all can come. We are making a Valentine bag at school to collect our valentines. The students’ valentines are due tomorrow, Monday. Students are to bring valentines for friends and/or teachers. We now have Student Teacher Ms. Jones in our class. She will be here until the end of April. We welcome her to our class. This week in class: Word work: Students will add verbs to their list of parts of speech. These will be related to the...