Dear Parents,
We hope
everyone had a great weekend!!! We have been learning a lot since we
started school and students are excited. Please read the blog every Monday, so
that you are aware of what is happening in grade 1!
Under
the heading Pages (to the right of our blog) you will find all
the links to the different blogs. Please refer to them weekly so that
you are informed of what is happening in special classes.
This week your child will
inquire into the following:
This week your child will be learning these
five words:
there
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use
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an
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each
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which
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The students will be doing various activities
and chants with the words. Please
practice them at home on a daily basis since they will have their spelling
challenge every Friday.
This week your child will be reviewing
his/her book knowledge. Your child will be inquiring into book elements.
We will be discussing the major events of A Kiss for Little Bear. Your child will discuss
the major events of the story, write, and draw the beginning, middle and end of
the story. We will use the new vocabulary from the story in sentences.
Your child will continue
exploring Opinion Writing. The students will be able to
write, state their opinion, supply at least one reason for their opinion and
provide a sense of closure. We will help them focus on a topic, answer
questions and add details to strengthen their writing.
The students will learn about the properties of addition. They will be
introduced to adding with zero and to the commutative property. I would greatly appreciate if you can send
in a wooden clipboard with your child if you have not done so. (Included in
materials list)
This
week your child will be inquiring into citizenship. We will define
RESPONSIBILITY, COMPASSION and RESPECT. Your child will learn these citizenship
values through shared reading, watching videos and various role playing
activities.
Last week I sent a piece of paper taped to your
child´s folder with your child's username and password. Please feel free to
practice the skills at your leisure. Sometimes we will assign certain skills to
be done as homework. You may want to practice the following skills:
Counting and
number patterns
A.2 Count to fill a ten frame
A.3 Counting review - up to 20
Last week I also
sent a piece of paper taped to your child´s folder with your child's username
and password. Please explore this wonderful site. It provides tons of
comprehensive leveled reading resources for students. Next month they will have
assignments according their level.
Last
week the students were assessed in the following sight words. These are words
they should already know from last year. Please make sure your child can
recognize them all.
the
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of
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and
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a
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to
|
in
|
is
|
you
|
that
|
it
|
he
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was
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for
|
on
|
are
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as
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with
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his
|
they
|
I
|
at
|
be
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this
|
have
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from
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or
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one
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had
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by
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words
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but
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not
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what
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all
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were
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Remember this Friday is an early
dismissal for students. The children leave at 11:45 a.m.
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