October 10, 2011

Dear Parents,

The children were so good during testing last week! They really tried their best and followed directions given. THANK YOU to all parents who sent in snacks for testing...it was a welcome treat for the children. We have a lot left over but will use those as Friday treats for a few weeks:)

This is the last week of our First quarter, so I will be assessing students in preparation for writing report cards. We will be reviewing all the concepts and skills taught so far!

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 reviewing the following:

Math – Fact Families (eg. related facts make a fact family eg. 3+2=5, 2+3=5, 5-3=2, 5-2=3) Review subtraction to 12 - introduce the concept and vocabulary (subtract, take away, minus, how many left?). Review Place Value - identifying tens and ones in a given number (For example: 26 is 2 tens and 6 ones),continuing 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), adding zero to a number and adding doubles (4+4+8, 3+3+6 etc...) Math problem solving, graphs, days of the week and months of the year. Counting coin combinations up to 30 cents (pennies, nickels and dimes), skip counting in 5's and 10's. Introduction to related facts and Fact Families (8+2+10, 2+8+10, 10-8=2 and 10-2=8)

Literacy - responding to stories and poems, initial letter sounds, short vowel 'u', antonyms (opposites such as happy and sad, tall and short). Synonyms (words that means the same thing but are spelled differently such as big and large, sad and unhappy). 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). Having a good beginning when writing (One sunny morning, Last Saturday, Once upon a time, In the winter etc...) Narrative story elements - identify the main character(s) and the setting. Identify how the prblem in the story was solved (the solution)

Social Studies - Identify location on a map and globe (city, county. state, country and continent). Locate and name the seven continents and five oceans.

Handwriting - Letter Ee

Reminders:

Please check red folders daily.

Homework folders due on Friday.

Spelling Quiz on Friday! (Words were sent home on Friday last week).

Media Center on Friday - please return all library books