Miss Bean's Class Miss Bean
Northwest Heights Elementary School 1st Grade Teacher
http://www.durantisd.org/elementary/nwh/index.htm
 
                         
                                 WELCOME TO MISS BEAN'S CLASS!
Welcome!  I am honored to welcome you to our class page.  Below you will find some important information about your child's classroom for the ENTIRE 2010-2011 school year.  Thank you for sharing your precious child with me!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW PRINCIPAL, MRS. CARRIE GOSNELL!

IMPORTANT DATES FOR FIRST GRADE:
March 4 - We will have School for Students!
March 14-18 - Spring Break
April 5 - Progress Reports
April 7 - Parent Teacher Conference
April 8 - We will have School!
April 22 - We will have School!
May 9 - We will have School!
May 26 - Last Day of School for Students/Report Cards

READING:
We will have vocabulary words EVERY week of school.  These words do not have to be spelled, but they do have to be recognized (read) automatically. Students' automatic recognition of vocabulary words will be assessed weekly.

FEBRUARY 22: done - know - push - visit - wait - after - first - never - better - hurt
FEBRUARY 28: does - good-bye - oh - right - won’t - warm - by - fly - why - try
MARCH 7: about - enjoy - give - surprise - worry - would - may - say - today - will
MARCH 14: SPRING BREAK
MARCH 21: colors - draw - drew - great - show - sign - please - clean - well - tell
MARCH 28: found - mouth - once - took - wild - cowboy - grow - went - cut - us
APRIL 4: above - eight - laugh - moon - touch - light - right - his - him - sit
APRIL 11: picture - remember - room - stood - thought - idea - fast - ate - fall - call
APRIL 18: across - beautiful - dance - only - opened - shoes - told - drink - think - thank
APRIL 25: along - behind - eyes - never - pulling - toward - favorite - full - found - round
MAY 2: door - loved - should - wood - pretty - funny - because - both - seven
MAY 10: amond - another - instead - none - been - buy - write - upon - wash
MAY 16: against - goes - heavy - kinds - today - carry - myself - long - shall
MAY 23: built - early - learn - science - through - answered - brothers - carry - different - poor

DAILY READING ACTIVITIES:
1. Read EVERY night for 15 minutes.  Write this down in your reading log and return it to school!
2. Practice vocabulary words daily.

SPELLING:
We will have spelling words EVERY week.  These words will be said out loud by the teacher and spelled individually by each student.   
FEBRUARY 14 - WEEK 21
FEBRUARY 22 - WEEK 22
FEBRUARY 28 - WEEK 23
MARCH 7 - WEEK 24
MARCH 14 - SPRING BREAK
MARCH 21 - WEEK 25
MARCH 28 - WEEK 26
APRIL 4 - WEEK 27
APRIL 11 - WEEK 28
APRIL 18 - WEEK 29
APRIL 25 - WEEK 30
MAY 2 - WEEK 31
MAY 10 - WEEK 32
MAY 16 - WEEK 33
MAY 23 - WEEK 34

MATH:
Work on the following skills:
1. Review left and right.
2. Students need to be able to recognize and write numerals 0-100.
3. Practice counting to one hundred.
4. Review these shapes: circle, square, rectangle, and triangle. Can you draw a circle, square, rectangle, and triangle?

5. Memorize and Understand the DOUBLES Addition Facts:
0+0=___ 2+2=___ 4+4=___ 6+6=___ 8+8=___ 10+10=___
1+1=___ 3+3=___ 5+5=___ 7+7=___ 9+9=___

6. Memorize and Understand the PLUS ONE Addition Facts:
1+1=___ 3+1=___ 5+1=___ 7+1=___ 9+1=___
0+1=___ 2+1=___ 4+1=___ 6+1=___ 8+1=___ 10+1=___

7. Memorize and Understand the PLUS ZERO Addition Facts: 0+0=___ 2+0=___ 4+0=___ 6+0=___ 8+0=___ 10+0=___
1+0=___ 3+0=___ 5+0=___ 7+0=___ 9+0=___

8. Memorize and Understand the SUBTRACT ONE Subtraction Facts:
1-1=___ 3-1=___ 5-1=___ 7-1=___ 9-1=___
2-1=___ 4-1=___ 6-1=___ 8-1=___ 10-1=___

9. Memorize and Understand the SUBRTACT ZERO Subtraction Facts:
1-0=___ 3-0=___ 5-0=___ 7-0=___ 9-0=___
0-0=___ 2-0=___ 4-0=___ 6-0=___ 8-0=___ 10-0=___

10. Memorize and Understand SUBTRACTING A NUMBER FROM ITSELF:
10-10=___ 8-8=___ 6-6=___ 4-4=___ 2-2=___ 0-0=___
1-1=___ 3-3=___ 5-5=___ 7-7=___ 9-9=___

11. Review the Concept of EVEN and ODD Numbers (0-100).

12. ADD TWO TO A NUMBER:
2+0=___ 2+2= ___ 2+4= ___ 2+6= ___ 2+8= ___ 2+10= ___
2+1= ___ 2+3= ___ 2+5= ___ 2+7= ___ 2+9= ___ 2+11= ___

13. SUBTRACT TWO FROM A NUMBER:
2-2=___ 4-2=___ 6-2=___ 8-2=___ 10-2=___
3-2=___ 5-2=___ 7-2=___ 9-2=___ 11-2=___

14. DOUBLES PLUS ONE ADDITION FACTS (example: 7+6=13):
When adding the DOUBLES PLUS ONE, begin with these steps:
STEP ONE: Are the two numbers neighbors? Are the numbers next to each other on a number line (Example: 6 and 7)?
STEP TWO: Circle the smallest of the numbers/neighbors (Example: Circle the 6), then double it (6+6=12).
STEP THREE: Add 1 more. If 6+6=12, then 6+7=13.
PRACTICE:
3+3=____ 3+4=____ 4+4=____ 4+5=____ 5+5=____ 5+6=____
6+6=____ 6+7=____ 7+7=____ 7+8=____ 8+8=____ 8+9=____
9+9=____ 9+10=____

15. ADDING TEN TO A NUMBER:
1+10=___ 3+10=___ 5+10=___ 7+10=___ 9+10___ 11+10+___
0+10=___ 2+10=___ 4+10=___ 6+10=___ 8+10=___ 10+10=___

ADDING TEN TO A NUMBER . . . CHALLENGE:
22+10=___ 36+10=___ 45+10=___ 57+10=___ 63+10=___
70+10=___ 89+10=___ 94+10=___ 100+10=___ 13+10=___

SUBTRACTING TEN FROM A NUMBER . . . CHALLENGE:
22-10=___ 36-10=___ 45-10=___ 57-10=___ 63-10=___
70-10=___ 89-10=___ 94-10=___ 100-10=___ 13-10=___

16. MEMORIZE THE SUMS OF TEN/TEN'S FAMILY:
0+10=___ 1+9=___ 2+8=___ 3+7=___ 4+6=___ 5+5=___
10+0=___ 9+1=___ 8+1=___ 7+3=___ 6+4=___

17. MEMORIZE MISSING ADDENDS IN THE TEN'S FAMILY:
0+_=10 2+_=10 4+_=10 6+_=10 8+_=10 10+_=10
1+_=10 3+_=10 5+_=10 7+_=10 9+_=10

18. SUBTRACTING THE TEN'S FAMILY:
10-0=___ 10-2=___ 10-4=___ 10-6=___ 10-8=___ 10-10=___
10-1=___ 10-3=___ 10-5=___ 10-7=___ 10-9=___

19. ADDING NINE TO A NUMBER:
0+9=___ 2+9=___ 4+9=___ 6+9=___ 8+9=___ 10+9=___
1+9=___ 3+9=___ 5+9=___ 7+9=___ 9+9=___

20. MEMORIZE THE "ODDBALL EIGHT" ADDITION FACTS:
3+5=___ 3+6=___ 3+8=___ 4+7=___ 4+8=___ 5+7=___ 5+8=___ 6+8=___
5+3=___ 6=3=___ 8+3=___ 7+4=___ 8+4=___ 7+5=___ 8+5=___ 8+6=___

21. SUBTRACTING THE "ODDBALL EIGHT" FACTS:
5-3=___ 6-3=___ 8-3=___ 7-4=___ 8-4=___ 7-5=___ 8-5=___ 8-6=___


SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
FEBRUARY'S FOCUS: Ground Hog's Day, Chinese New Year, Valentine Activities, President's Day, Black History Month
MARCH'S FOCUS: Read Across America/Dr. Seuss's Birthday, Weather, Signs of Spring
APRIL'S FOCUS: Earth Day, Oklahoma Land Run Day, Oklahoma History
MAY'S FOCUS: Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day, Memory Books, End of Year Activities



Wild about Teaching,
Miss Bean :)


A WORD FROM MISS BEAN:
This is my fifth year to teach and my fifth year to teach at Northwest Heights.   Teaching is my passion and I thoroughly enjoy every student in my classroom.  Sometimes I think that I learn more than them!  I cannot think of another profession that provides the challenges and rewards of teaching.  Every day provides new situations and new opportunities to learn.

MY FAMILY:
My parents still live in my hometown of Broken Bow.  I still maintain a very close bond with my immediate family.  My little sister April is a junior at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where she is majoring in History.  My older sister, Lori, and her husband, Brad, live in Madill.  Lori is a high school English teacher at Madill High School.  My niece, Grace, is 4 and started Pre-K this year.  Her sister, Claire, is 1.  Although the students in my classroom are not my real kids, they quickly become part of my family unit and stay there even after they move on to other classrooms and teachers.  I delight in return visits from my kids. 


My INTERESTS:
My favorite colors are pink and purple.  The children in my classroom soon come to realize that I LOVE sparkly things!  My hobbies include reading, writing, and spending time with my friends and family. 
Again, thank you for visiting our page.  I hope that you have become more familiar with our classroom and myself in the process.  Please let me know if you have any comments or questions!
My Quia activities and quizzes
Alphabet Matching
https://www.quia.com/jg/1269418.html
Concentration
https://www.quia.com/jg/1269406.html
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