Dear Parents,
Last week was very productive in First Grade! The children have been working hard and have enjoyed learning about the weather in Science lessons. We also started our math groups and they worked well together. Thank you for writing back to your child in the Letter Writing Notebooks. They are eager to write back!
On the homework sheet you will sometimes see that a reading response is required. This means that your child can read any book independently or with you and then write a response about that book (Their favorite part, something about the main character, the setting or events in the story). A minimum of three sentences is required.
Spelling words will be sent home on Monday. Please help your child prepare for the quiz on Friday which will require them to be able to write each word correctly.
Please click on the page links on the right to see the Standards we will be working on for each curriculum area in the first nine weeks.
This week in class we will be working on the following:
Math – Simple Addition to 12 (no regrouping). Using the ‘Counting on’ strategy to add two numbers (put one number in your head and count on to find the sum). Math problem solving, graphs and fair trades between pennies and dimes. Days of the week and months of the year.
Literacy - responding to stories and poems, initial letter sounds, short vowel 'e', antonyms (opposites such as happy and sad, tall and short). Writer's workshop - writing a journal entry (personal narrative), writing a letter. Identifying a complete sentence (capital letter at beginning, punctuation at the end, tells a complete idea or thought and must be written legibly with finger spaces).
Science – Weather Instruments: rain gauge, wind vane, thermometer. Review types of weather and the four seasons.
Handwriting - Letter Ii
Reminders:
Please check red folders daily.
Homework folders due on Friday.
Spelling Quiz on Friday! (Words will be sent home on Monday this week)
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