SEPTEMBER 22-26,2014

 

FIRST GRADE NEWS

 

  THIS WEEK STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED ON THE SKILLS LEARNED THROUGH THE STORY,"PIG IN A WIG." THEY WILL ALSO BE TESTED ON THE SHORT I SPELLING LIST (PRACTICE TEST-TUESDAY; RETEST ON WED.). WE WILL ALSO BE TESTING ON ADDITION STRATEGIES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.  THE CHILDREN DID A PRACTICE TEST ON FRIDAY AND DID WELL.

 

NEXT WE WILL BE READING AN ANIMAL FANTASY CALLED "THE BIG BLUE OX."  WE WILL BE ASKING THE QUESTION-HOW DO ANIMALS HELP PEOPLE?  THE SPELLING LIST WILL BE SHORT 0 WORDS AND WE WILL STUDY THE SHORT O SOUND IN WORDS.  WE WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT MAKING WORDS PLURAL BY ADDING -S.  WE WILL BE IDENTIFYING THE PREDICATE OR ACTION PART OF SENTENCES AND WRITING SENTENCES TOO. IN MATH WE WILL BEGIN TO STUDY SUBTRACTION STRATEGIES/MISSING PARTS.  FINALLY WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR FIVE SENSES IN SCIENCE AND USING TOOLS TO HELP US EXPLORE.

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

 

MONDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: REREAD "PIG IN A WIG." STUDY SPELLING WORDS FOR PRACTICE TEST.

 

 

TUESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT EARN A 100 ON THE SPELLING PRACTICE TEST NEED TO STUDY AND COMPLETE A WORKBOOK PAGE.  PLEASE READ FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES.

 

 

WEDNESDAY:DAY 1: ART: READ NEW STORY, "BIG BLUE OX."

 

 

THURSDAY: DAY 2: GYM: REREAD STORY AND DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 2-1.  STUDY NEW SPELLING WORDS.

 

 

FRIDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: PARENTS LOOK FOR FRIDAY(RED) FOLDER.  IT CONTAINS TESTS, CORRECTED PAPERS, PAPERS FROM THE OFFICE AND PTO.  PLEASE EMPTY AND RETURN ON MONDAY.

 

 

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND ENJOY THE FAIR(IF YOU GO)!