Visit this site weekly to find updates, events and information about all that goes on in Room 23 and Cherry Valley.

• Wednesday, August 30th at 4pm- 6pm: Taking Care of Business. Check off all of these things from your To Do list: meet your teacher, pay fees, add $ to lunch account, check bus routes, MEET the CHEETAH MASCOT, sign up for PTA & after school activities. Visit all the stations and get FREE ICE CREAM!! See you there!

 

• Tuesday, September 5th at 9:25am: First Day of School. Meet your teacher on the blacktop behind the school:)

See you soon!

🙂 Mrs. Bellecourt

                                                                                  “I have a hunch that this is a bright bunch”

We had a fabulous last 2 days of school. We loved field day as well as camping in our classroom. Mrs. Luchini came to enjoy our picnic lunch. We had a fabulous years…..magnets, bat study, measurement, Cheetah Walk, sing-a-long, study of organisms, plants, music performance, bees and so much more!

As the year wraps up, you may want to unsubscribe to this feed. Unless you want to see what we are up to in Room 23:)

Thank you for an amazing year, supporting Mrs. Lutzenhiser, Miss McMurtrie and me throughout this school year. We had a great time, witnessed amazing growth and had lots laughs and smiles along the way.

Don’t forget to tell your new 2nd grader to stop by for a hug or high 5 next year:)

Thank you,

Mrs. Bellecourt

 

Reading- Literacy rotations. Mrs. B is doing final reading assessments too.

Writing- We took a break from the ABC books to complete June calendar and work on our goals to get ready for 2nd grade.

Math- We started 2-digit addition by learning 3 different ways to add numbers together. New group above (carrying), sticks and circles and the building method.

Social Studies– We started Me on the Map geography mini-unit. We learned about our town and state.  Students love these 2 YouTube videos as we are learning the songs about the country.

Fifty Nifty United State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDrGnjacvA

Tour of the States

Specialist Schedule and reminders this week-

• Monday, 6/5: Day 2- Music
• Tuesday, 6/6: Day 3- Library
• Wednesday, 6/7: Day 4- PE
• Thursday, 6/8: Day 5 Music
• Friday, 6/9: Day 6- PE at 2:05, early release

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Photos of our new morning tubs 

 

Reading- End-of-year assessing in literacy have been completed. So back to literacy rotations:)

Writing- We keep working on ABC books. We work together to create ABC books, using each letter of the alphabet.

Math- We finished Unit 7 with our unit test and will move onto Unit 8: Add 2 digit numbers.

Social Studies– We finished Storypath: Families in our Neighborhoods by completing a self-assessment on how group work went. We start Me on the Map geography mini-unit Tuesday

Specialist Schedule and reminders this week-

• Monday, 5/29: NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday, 5/30: Day 4- Library
• Wednesday, 5/31: Day 5- PE
• Thursday, 6/1: Day 6: Music
• Friday, 6/2: Day 1: PE
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Reading- We continued to rotate through our literacy stations. Yet, we were being pulled to complete our end of year assessments for literacy and math.

Writing- We started ABC books. We are creating books, using each letter of the alphabet. We are working in teams to complete books about animals, food, desserts and sea life.

Math- We continued to revisit shapes and talked about sides, corners and other attributes.

Social Studies– We added to our neighborhood after reviewing what was missing.

Specialist Schedule and reminders this week-

• Monday, 5/22- Day 5: Pe
• Tuesday, 5/23- Day 6: Music
• Wednesday, 5/24- Day 1: Music, K/1 Music performance at 7pm. Student need to arrive at 6:45. NO EARLIER.
• Thursday, 5/25- Day 2: Pe
• Friday, 5/26- Day 3: Music, Hawaiian Beach Spirit Day and Katherine’s last day

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We had a awesome week! We took videos about our favorite time, did a scavenger hunt around the room to find long i words, had a great field trip, practiced for our musical in music and observed our amazing plant growth.

Reading- We continue to rotate 3 times in stations. Groups changed slightly after progress report assessments were complete, but students still rotate 3 times each day. Read to Self, Teacher Time, Spelling, Writing, iPad and Listening to Reading are the 6 stations we rotate through every 2 days.

Writing- We finished out poetry unit and cleaned up our writing folders and had a free write day.

Math- We continued to practice time to the hour and 1/2 hour and started reviewing 2-D shapes- triangle, circle, square, rectangle.

Science- We have been learning about parts of a plant (roots, stem, leaves, flower) and have been observing our seeds.

Social Studies- We “built” our houses for our neighborhood frieze and started to create details such as crosswalks, street lights and trash bins.

Specialist Schedule and reminders this coming week-

• Monday, 5/15- Day 6: Music
• Tuesday, 5/16- Day 1: Music
• Wednesday, 5/17- Day 2: PE
• Thursday, 5/18- Day 3: Music
• Friday, 5/19- Day 4: Library

It is going to be a great week! 🙂 Mrs. B

Snapshots from our field trip

We had such a fun – filled week! We started a new math unit on clocks, began our family study in social studies and had a Donut Dance Party for Miss M’s last day on Friday. We also have a new way to check in during morning jobs….ask your first grader how they now check in for lunch:)

Reading- We continue to rotate 3 times in stations. Groups changed slightly after progress report assessments were complete, but students still rotate 3 times each day. Read to Self, Teacher Time, Spelling, Writing, iPad and Listening to Reading are the 6 stations we rotate through every 2 days.

Writing- We are finishing our Poetry Unit. Students have been learning different types of poem- free verse, acrostic, shape, and cinquain.

Math- We started Unit 7- Geometry, Measurement and Equal Shares.  We learned about time to the hour and 1/2 hour, using both analog and digital clocks.

Science- We have been learning about parts of a plant (roots, stem, leaves, flower) and have been observing our seeds.

Social Studies- We formed our “families” and were given supplies to build our homes.  StoryPath: Families in our Neighborhoods is a curriculum that allows student to role play and solve problems within their family and neighborhood.

Specialist Schedule and reminders this coming week-

• Monday, 5/8- Day 1: Music
• Tuesday, 5/9- Day 2: PE
• Wednesday, 5/10- FIELD TRIP
• Thursday, 5/11- Day 4: Library
• Friday, 5/12- Day 5: PE

 

Playing Headbands with Clock Times

Observing our plants and sketching with sidewalk chalk

Miss McMurtrie will be the lead teacher starting Monday, April 17th.  She will be independent in the classroom all day. I will be checking in during recess and specialist time, however, she will be  on her own.  If a concern, question, comment or transportation change, please email her directly at  mcmurtriee@riverview.wednet.edu.  Please CC me on all email correspondence.

 

Also, we are in need of 3 more families willing to adopt a terrarium (with pill bugs and beetles) and aquariums (guppies and snails). We are hoping they can be adopted out by this FRIDAY!  Please email me if you are interested:)

 

 

We had a fun week when our organisms came in and got to sit on our desks. We did fun color wheel art with our art docent and did a great job on our difficult math test.

Reading- We continue to rotate 3 times in stations.. Miss McMurtrie leading the reading block and took over the responsibility of leading guided reading groups.

Writing- We started All About books. Students are becoming experts on an animal, conducting research on pebblego.com and looking for facts in non-fiction books. Then they are taking their facts and creating their own non-fiction book.

Math- We completed Unit 5 test and began Unit 6- graphing and data collection.

Science- We observed our terrariums and woodland organisms, with our senses and hand lenses. 

Specialist Schedule and reminders this coming week-

• Monday, 4/3- Day 5: Music
• Tuesday, 4/4: Day 6: PE
• Wednesday, 4/5: Day 1: PE
• Thursday, 4/6: Day 2: Music
• Friday, 4/7: Day 3: Library

April 10th- April 14th- SPRING BREAK! NO HOMEWORK PACKET- but please encourage your firstie to read, journal, review some math facts and have fun 🙂

 

 

What a fun week we had with the Dance Dude and EJ the DJ . Our organisms arrived and we are anxiously awaiting to learn all about them.

Reading- We continue to rotate 3 times in stations.. Miss McMurtrie leading the reading block and took over the responsibility of leading guided reading groups.

Writing- We completed our non-fiction convention notebook and began looking at other conventions and searching through books to find them.

Math- We used the 100 chart to add and subtract decade numbers (10, 20, 30) from larger numbers.

Science- We prepared our terrariums.

Specialist Schedule and reminders this coming week-

• Monday, 3/27: Music
• Tuesday, 3/28: Music
• Wednesday,3/29: PE
• Thursday, 3/30: Music, Art with Mrs. Moulton
• Friday, 3/31: Library