2019 Convent Elementary First Grade: January 2020

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Community: Neighborhood Models!

CALENDAR EVENTS

1/20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No Classes
1/24 Writing Workshop Celebration, 7:55-8:15 AM

1/24 NOTE: Friday Singing is Canceled
1/24 Spirit Day Theme: Favorite Characters

1/31 Community: Neighborhood Models, 7:55-8:15 AM
1/31 Free Dress for Walk to School Golden Shoe Win!

SAVE the DATE!
Friday, Neighborhood Open House
7:55-8:15 AM

COMMUNITY: NEIGHBORHOOD MODELS

First graders have been busily constructing small-scale models of neighborhoods in a city. Girls started with thinking and writing about why people would choose to live in a city or suburb. They made connections to living in or nearby San Francisco. Girls brainstormed ideas related to people living in neighborhoods found in a city setting: What are they doing? Where are they going? Why would they choose to live in a city?

Neighborhood Planning Groups

Day 1: Behind the Scenes

Looking at Brainstormed List of Ideas

Gathering Building Materials

Day 2

Residential

Homes are Emerging &
A Fun Library to Visit

Downtown/Business Center

Skyscrapers Under Construction

Nearby Recreation

Lots of Fun Activities, Including
a Basketball Court

Urban Planning:

Design a Neighborhood

Looking for a School?

Day 3: Signage & People

What is Your Traffic Pattern?

Who Are the People in Your
Neighborhood?

Where Will You Go in the Neighborhood?

What Will You Do?

Monday, January 27, 2020

Sensacional Spanish with Maestra Lina!

CALENDAR EVENTS

1/20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No Classes
1/24 Writing Workshop Celebration, 7:55-8:15 AM

1/24 NOTE: Friday Singing is Canceled
1/24 Spirit Day Theme: Favorite Characters

1/31 Community: Neighborhood Models, 7:55-8:15 AM
1/31 Free Dress for Walk to School Golden Shoe Win!

LINA del ROBLE, Lower Form Spanish and French SHB/CES Teacher

Many wonderful things are in store for 1st grade girls in Spanish for 2020! They will begin to identify, say, read, and write very simple Spanish words that are part of the games, songs, stories, and activities planned for the fall and winter months. The girls will continue to build their comprehension and pronunciation of Spanish through TPR (Total Physical Response - a kind of body sign language methodology), interactive listening and participation, art, dance, singing, and make believe. We will explore greetings, numbers, nature, animals, feelings, foods, home and school life and multicultural traditions in the Spanish speaking world.

Welcome!

Maestra Lina Chats with Girls
What Do You Remember from Spanish?

Reviewing Vowel Sounds

My Name is _____

Asking a Question: Begin with an
upside down question mark ¿

Let's Practice!

Roll the Ball: Yo me llama ___
¿Y cómo te llamas tû?

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

January Jamboree!

CALENDAR EVENTS

1/20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No Classes
1/24 Writing Workshop Celebration, 7:55-8:15 AM

1/24 NOTE: Friday Singing is Canceled
1/24 Spirit Day Theme: Favorite Characters

1/31 Community: Neighborhood Models, 7:55-8:15 AM
1/31 Free Dress for Walk to School Golden Shoe Win!

According to the lunar calendar, the Year

of the Pig begins on January 25, 2020.
This traditional two week celebration

includes family gatherings, feasts, and
gift-giving. Ms. Andrea read aloud

a story about how the animals were

chosen to represent the lunar calendar.

The Great Race: The Story of
the Chinese Zodiac

Making Plum Blossom Scrolls

MATH

Girls have been introduced to place value charts, using Base-10 blocks: ones and tens to build two-digit numbers. When a player has 10 ones or more, the 10 ones may be traded for a "ten". Girls are using the counting on strategy each time they spin and add the new number of ones on the place value chart.