In Homework, Your Child Should Also Be Writing at Least 3More Sentences on the Writing Day

Lobese’s

Reading

Last week we reviewed the long I spelling (i_e) and also learned about the long o and long u (o, o_e, u_e). Along with the long vowels, we also learned about the silent clusters ft, lk, and nt. This week we will be working on the long e (e, e_e, ee, ea). We have also worked on the comprehension skill: story structure (setting, characters, problem solving, and solution).

Please continue to have your child read the I Love Reading Books or any other grade level books every night. At this point of first grade, the first graders should be doing all of the reading at night time.

Please continue to practice our Sight Words each day. These words need to be read “as quick as a snap”. They are not sound out words.

Letter

January 11, 2015

Writing

In Homework, your child should also be writing at least 3more sentences on the writing day.

We continue to work on writing a 5 sentence paragraph. Last week the students helped me create a topic sentence and then they wrote 3 detail sentences and a conclusion sentence on their own.

Math

Fluency with adding and subtracting to 10 is very important. Students should be moving away from using fingers, counters, ect when adding and subtracting. You can use games and flash cards to help build fluency.

Last week we started Topic 8 which covers place value of tens and ones.

Science

For Science we have started to talk and learn about the different types of weather and how the air can change from day to day and even from morning to afternoon.

FYI:

I have been assigned Jury Duty this week. (It’s my 8th time being called!!!!) Let’s cross our fingers and hope that I do not get called in. 

No school on Monday, January 19th or Tuesday, January 20th.

Our first field trip will be on Wednesday, January 21st.

Our 100th day of school will be on January 28th!

Please save a shoe box for our Valentine project. This will be used to collect Valentines.

No school on Monday Feb. 9th or Feb. 16th.

Our next assessment week will begin on Feb 10th.

Feb. 20th is a Super Minimum Day (8:22-11:48).

Feb. 27th is a Minimum Day (8:22-1:31).

Please remember to label EVERYTHING that comes to school (jackets, lunch boxes, sweatshirts, ect).

Don’t forget to send in those box tops!

Tying Shoes

Below is a great video on how to teach your child to tie their own shoes. 