Week 9
September 30, 2013
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had an awesome weekend!
Guest Speakers WantedIf you are interested in sharing interesting facts about your culture with first grade, please let me know so we can schedule your visit. These presentations will be held October 7th-9th.
Last, 'Book Character Day' is just around the corner. We would like to
remind you that your child can come to school dressed like any book character
he/she chooses and will be asked to bring the book his/her character is from to
school on that day. Dressing up is fun and we encourage all students to do so.
We also encourage the students to work with their parents on making the
costume. There are many costume ideas on the internet and this is a great
opportunity for you and your child to work together and expand your child's
(and yours) imagination! We have included a link about homemade Halloween
costumes under the 'Links' heading.This week your child will inquire into the following:
Language Arts
Working With Words-This week's words are him, into, time, has, and look. Your child will be learning these words, plus reviewing older ones, through various chants and activities. Spelling Challenge on Friday.
Reading-This week your child will continue reading Nate the Great. Your child will be reviewing the following reading skills with this book; setting, character, beginning, middle and end, problem, and identifying the main idea.
Writing-Your child will be understanding how sentences are made up of 2 parts; subject and predicate. And how these 2 parts must agree in order for them to be correct.
Math-Your child will be finishing Chapter 2 this week. He/she will compare 2 groups to find out how many more or fewer and write subtraction sentences to compare. We will begin Chapter 3 Strategies for Addition Facts.
Theme-Your child will continue to discuss and create All About Me Posters that represent their traditions, language, customs, food, and language. You can help your child with this activity by discussing your nationality with him/her in English if possible.
Homework
Monday
Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading blog
Math-Using Cubes to compare worksheet
Language Arts- Word wall worsheet
Tuesday
Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading blog
Math- Review Chapter 2 Worsheet
Language Arts - Writing Sentences Worksheet
Wednesday
Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading blog
Language Arts - Write a List
Spanish- Worksheet
Thursday
Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading blog
Math-IXL
Phonics- Study for the Spelling Challenge Worksheet
Reminders
Water Bottles- All students must bring a water bottle to school everyday
Name Labels- Please label all your child's belonging with a permanent marker
Links
MAP Math
MAP Reading
Starfall- great phonics website! Your child can listen to English books and read along with them
Woodlands-Junior Kent School- Interactive English Words and Spelling activities
APlus Math- Various math activities
Martha Stewart- Homemade Halloween Costumes- some really great ide
MAP FALL TESTING SESSION – This is the second week of our Map testing session. Parent cooperation in making sure our students are in school on time is greatly appreciated.
DONATIONS NEEDED: “Ya Tengo Donde Escribir” is an organization aiming to help children from public schools that cannot afford notebooks. In order to help, the organization makes notebooks out of cereal boxes and pages from used notebooks. They are now collecting cereal boxes until November 20, and we encourage our students and teachers to bring cereal boxes from their homes. At the end of the contest, the grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!
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