Room 404 Stars
October 9, 2015
Curriculum Updates
Reading: Our class is continuing to
grow as a community of readers. In
our whole group lessons, we are
learning about the genre fiction. We
are learning about the importance of
story elements (characters, settings,
problem, solution). We are also
beginning to practice visualization
(making a mind movie) while reading
and making personal connections with
our reading material. When you
read at home, talk about these
things with your child and practice
with them.
We have been assessing your child’s
reading levels over the past two
weeks. New Guided Reading
groups will begin as soon as we are
done leveling each child. A reminder
that these leveled books (in the cloth
bag) should be read to an adult and
returned to school the next day.
We continue to work with all the
children on decoding and
comprehension strategies, developing
phonics knowledge and fluency, and
responding to reading through
writing.
Thank you for all of the support you
are providing with the reading
incentive program. Those ghosts are
coming in like crazy!!
Language Arts: We continue to
work on writing in complete
sentences. Students are responsible
for writing in complete sentences with
proper punctuation and
capitalization. We are learning
about the different types of
sentences; Telling, Asking, and
Exclamatory sentences.
Spelling: Next week the homework will
come home on Tuesday with the sort
and will be due on Friday (due to
the day off on the 12th). Almost
everyone turned in the spelling
homework this week. 
Math: We have been working on
writing number sentences and using a
number line to count on.
Science: We will begin our study of
Solids, Liquids, and Gases next week.
Social Hour
The past several weeks the class has
been focusing on expected behaviors
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in the classroom and being
responsible! More specifically, we
took some time to really understand
what it means to listen with your
whole body! How do you listen with
your whole body?? Listening Larry
taught us you need to listen with
your:
Eyes: Look at the person who is
talking to you.
Ears: Both ears ready to hear.
Mouth: Quiet, no talking, humming or
making sounds-Voice Level 0!
Hands: Quiet in lap, at side or on
your desk.
Feet: Quiet and still on the floor.
Body: Still and upright, facing the
speaker.
Brain: Thinking about what is being
said.
Heart: Caring about what the other
person is saying.
Practice whole body listening at
home while you are eating dinner
together or sharing about your day
with your child. The more they
practice these skills and hear the
language in all the places they
interact, they will become internalized
and just part of who they are!
General Information
Please remember to check out the
Isaac Fox website for new items,
reminders, list of events and our
School Virtual Backpack which also
contains important information.
Your child should be reading a
minimum of 15-20 minutes per day.
Please remember to keep track of
minutes on the reading tickets. If you
need extra copies of the tickets,
please ask. If you find yourself
without tickets, feel free to make
some of your own by writing your
child’s name, date, and your
signature on a small piece of paper.
We will accept these as reading
tickets.
Literacy Night is Wednesday,
October 15th. Please register to
meet with the reading team and the
library/media specialist at Isaac Fox
for a fun evening of reading &
literacy activities, games, and crafts
for families of all students in
Kindergarten and First grade.
If you would like a simpler way to
access the awesome links that your
child has access to, please visit Sheri
Brizzee’s website. You can gain
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access to the website by visiting the
district home page. MyOn is a
wonderful tool that we have explored
on the iPads during listen to reading.
The children are able to read and/or
listen to a wide variety of stories and
there are even questions following
the stories. Feel free to explore this
resource and use it on occasion for
home reading ticket if you like!
http://www.lz95.org/classes/mrsbrizze
esfirstgraders_sbrizzee/
Have a wonderful weekend!!
On Thursday, Fire Fighter John,
came to our classes and spoke about
fire safety. Please review your home
fire safety plan including where to
exit and where to meet.
Reminders
*October 12 ~ Columbus Day no
school
*October 15 ~ Literacy Night
*October 16 ~ Vision and Hearing
*October 30 ~ Halloween
parade/party
*November 5 ~ Grading period ends
*November 6 ~ Institute Day
*November 11 ~ Veteran’s Day no
school
Thank you!
Mrs. Sheri Brizzee
Mrs. Ellen Finer
Sheri.brizzee@lz95.org
ellen.finer@lz95.org
(847) 540-2828