Weekly Update: November 21, 2025

  

Take a peek at our week:

Want to hear about our week? Ask your child the following questions!

Reading:

• What happened in the beginning, middle, and end of Fritz and the Beautiful Horses?

• Can you read this story with beginning blends (sk, st)?

 

Vocabulary:

• What do you remember about these words?

Math:

Writing: The students listened to and discussed the story The Family Book.  They brainstormed a list of special people in their family and wrote about one of those people. They are working on generating their ideas and writing them on paper independently and using “Brave Spelling” when they don’t know a word.  I am modeling correct size letters, beginning sentences with a capital letter and ending with punctuation. Students are practicing these skills as they write.

Social Studies Update:

• The students listened to and discussed the Scholastic News “A Weasel's Winter Trick” which discussed camouflage. Our Amazeworks book for the week was Days with Dad. Through our social studies curriculum, Studies Weekly, we learned about patriotism.

FUN STUFF:

• On behalf of the Somerset PFG Read a Thon Committee and Raising Cane's, we wanted to send a huge congratulations to you and your incredible 1st grade students!

  Your class achieved the highest average minutes read per student across the entire 1st grade! That is an amazing accomplishment and shows how much your students love reading.

  As the top-performing class, your 1st graders have won the celebratory Chicken Finger & PJ Party, sponsored by Raising Cane's.

• I am currently communicating with the PFG Read-a-Thon Committee on a date for this fun party!

Things To Know:

Winter Concert information

Grade 1 & 4  Day Concert for School

Wednesday  •  December 10, 2025

1:00-1:30 p.m. 

All classes are invited to attend. 

Parents and grandparents who cannot attend the evening concert are welcome to attend this day concert.

Grade 1 • Evening Concert for Parents

Thursday  •  December 11, 2025

6:00-6:30 p.m. 

First graders arrive in the gym by 5:45.

Children stay with their families until the signal is given.

Scholastic News Articles:

In your child's Take Home folder, you will find our latest Scholastic News article, which is a great way to rack up those Read-a-Thon minutes!  Here are some ways for your child to make the most of them:

• Click on this link to get to the Scholastic News website.
• Under the "Subscribe" button, click on "log in as a student" 

• Use our classroom password: brig
• Find the issue you're reading and explore the "read to me" function, watch videos, play accompanying games, and more!

Upcoming Events/Reminders: 

Nov. 21 - Read-A-Thon ends

Nov. 26 - 28 - No School - Happy Thanksgiving!

December 19 - Gingerbread Houses! - More information coming soon!

Dec. 24 - Jan. 4 - No School - Winter Break

Jan. 5 - School resumes!

PICTURE TIME!

Have a great weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Weekly Update: November 13, 2025

 

Take a peek at our week:

Want to hear about our week? Ask your child the following questions!

Reading:

• What happened in the beginning, middle, and end of An Extraordinary Egg? What was funny about the book?

• Can you read this story with beginning blends (bl, cl)?

 

Vocabulary:

• What do you remember about these words?

Math:

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Writing: The students listened to and discussed the text All About Turkeys. We brainstormed the gist (what it is mostly about) and the important ideas and details. Then, we wrote a summary of the text together--topic sentence, important ideas and details and an ending sentence.

• What did you learn about turkeys this week? 

Social Studies Update:

• The students listened to and discussed the Scholastic News “Who Invented Maple Syrup?” where they learned about inventions from Indigenous people.
• (*If our schedule allows today): Our Amazeworks book for the week was Stella Brings the Family. Students learned that families can look different.
• Finally, Mrs. K came and taught a Kindness lesson.

Things To Know:

READ-A-THON 

We’re in the home stretch — only 2 days left of Read-A-Thon! Keep logging those minutes! There are tons of awesome prizes for the top readers in each class and grade, plus one lucky class per grade will win an amazing classroom party! The competition between students and classes is so close, so every minute counts! Our class is currently in the lead for minutes---Let's keep it up!

Here are the classroom standings as of Thursday, November 13:
(Class averages for reading minutes — class sizes factored in)

FIRST GRADE
Brignac: 783
Rall: 617
Paton: 473
Nelson: 386

Let’s see if we can make this our best Read-A-Thon ever by surpassing our record of $20,290 raised! Every dollar goes right back into our school to support our amazing teachers and students.

Log minutes and donate here: https://tinyurl.com/3u4m4y63

Message from Somerset Teacher About How Your Support Matters.

Scholastic News Articles:

In your child's Take Home folder, you will find our latest Scholastic News article, which is a great way to rack up those Read-a-Thon minutes!  Here are some ways for your child to make the most of them:

• Click on this link to get to the Scholastic News website.
• Under the "Subscribe" button, click on "log in as a student" 

• Use our classroom password: brig
• Find the issue you're reading and explore the "read to me" function, watch videos, play accompanying games, and more!

Upcoming Events/Reminders: 

Nov. 3 - No School - End of 1st Quarter Day for Elementary Teachers

Nov. 4 - No School - Professional Development Day for Elementary Teachers

Nov. 21 - Read-A-Thon ends

Nov. 26 - 28 - No School - Happy Thanksgiving!

PICTURE TIME!

Enjoy this beautiful weather!