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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Monday, April 4th

Spelling Words: home, hope, rope, rode, rose, those, like, nine, right, walk
Challenge Words: telephone, envelope, explode, moment, closed

Sight Words: brown, city, hello, loudly, love, pulled

Reading:
This week we will be focusing on the long /o/ sound. We recognize long /o/ as: oa, ow, 0_e, o.
We are also looking at -er and -est endings. For example; big, bigger and biggest.

Math:
We will continue to focus on fractions. We will be dividing into 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4. Ask students about the fraction pizzas they created. They are fabulous!

READING ROCKS:
Please think about donating any items associated with reading to our carnival basket. We are in desperate need of donations. Cash donations are also greatly appreciated. Some ideas for our basket include; books, reading light, comfy chair, bookmark, snacks, cuddly reading buddy, etc... Thank you in advance for your donations!

Wednesday, March 30

Happy Birthday Katie!


Sorry for the delay in blogging this week. Between an all day meeting and sick kids, I have not been able to update.

In math we will be starting to work on Fractions. Please look for the parent/family letter on Thursday.

READING ROCKS BASKET...
We are in desperate need of donated items for our basket. Please send in anything associated with read, OR a money donation would also be appreciated. We thank you very much for your support!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Spelling Words: came, gate, game, late, lake, take, day, play, four, place
Challenge Words: whale, motivate, escape, hesitate, hibernate

Sight Words: around, found, gone, hears, might, near, open, tired

Reading: This week we are reading a play titled, "Flake the Missing Hamster." Each student has a part in our play. At the end of the week, we will be tested on the story elements of our play. The story elements include; characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and solution.

Math:
There will be math homework on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, we will be tested on chapter 16. Wednesday we will start chapter 17. This chapter will focus on patterns.

March 25th is Spring Picture Day! Please send in your child's picture form ASAP.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Monday, March 7

Spelling Words: day, say, play, plain, rain, wait, feet, me, door, told
Challenge Words: rainbow, Wednesday, hairspray, holiday, hooray

Sight Words: cool, dry, four, holes, move, place, warm

Reading: We are working with the long /a/ sound this week. The different ways we see recognize long /a/ are: ai_, a_e, _ay

Math: We will be finishing up with solid figures and shapes this week. You will see math homework on Monday night. We will be testing on Tuesday.

Wednesday will be the start of Chapter 16. In this chapter we will be looking at "Spatial Sense." Please talk with your child about directions such as: above, below, over and under.

REMINDER: First Grade Music Concert is on Thursday, March 10th at 6:30p.m. I hope to see you all there!

Spring Break is Monday, March 14 through Friday, March 18th. Have a safe and fun break! See you on Monday, March 21st.

Thank you so much for the wonderful conferences. I loved meeting with everyone to share and celebrate all the successes we are seeing! Look for report cards in your child's Friday Folders on March 25th. As always, please feel free to call or email me with any questions or concerns you may have.