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Week of November 14th, 2016

Wonders-

Dear Family Member: 
If your student will be absent on a test day like Friday please let us know in advance. We may be able to keep you caught up.

This week our class will be focusing on the different ways we can measure time. Time can be measured by a clock, a shadow, and even an hour glass.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.

Word Workout

• Words to Know -work with your child and makeup questions and answers using the vocabulary words.
• Spelling/Phonics: long a - Help your child make crossword puzzles for pairs of spelling words. This week’s phonic sound is the long a sound, as in cake, wave, and late.

Comprehension: character, setting, plot

Your child will identify the character, setting, and what happens in a story. Then he or she will draw a picture to show the missing part of each story

Accelerated Reader:

Since most of the wonderful first graders completed their AR goal, our new individual AR goals for this nine weeks have been set! Please make sure that your child keeps reading! The kids are already working hard at earning the points! Keep up the great work!

*****Spelling Test-******

Please remember to log into spellingcity.com to practice the spelling words! 

******Weekly Test-*******

Our weekly test will cover skills we have learned in class. These skills can be practiced on http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do .

Login using the ID cards sent home . 

My Math-

Lesson 4: Problem-Solving Strategy: Write a Number Sentence

LESSON 5

Here is a sample problem and how you can solve it.

15-8= ?
We break 8 apart into 5 and 3 so we can
Use the 10 facts to help us get the answer.

We know that 15-5=10

We took three from eight to get five so take 3 from 10 to get 7 


Now we know that 15-8= 7

PLEASE let us know if you have any other questions. The goal is that the students should understand the concept in order to do it from home independently.

Writing

This week our opinion focus will be on the best part of Thanksgiving. We will write to tell our opinion on the subject of Thanksgiving after reading several books on the subject. 

At the end of the nine weeks, we will be selecting the best writing piece from the whole first grade to be displayed at Little Caesars. This will be selected from our " Belmont Writes".

Science/ Social Studies

All Abut Thanksgiving -  the history of our country.

Measuring time

Finishing our Spider/Insect unit


Important Announcement:

We will continue our " play"  practice to prepare for our " feast" coming up November 17th! Links of the songs that we need to learn for our play have been sent to you. The lyrics were sent in a previous email.  Please PRACTICE them with your child.

POW  WOW song    with motions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnGtg8CblWs

 GIVE THANKS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vannwwn2U

November Song-

Thanks to everyone who has returned the feast forms. A big thanks to all who have volunteered their time to help and make food! We have a few special needs for this day. If you are able to help with any of the following, please contact us via text or email!

* Speakers, CD player, microphone combo
* Hay bales
* Songs burned to a CD

****************STAR Student of the Week**************

Mrs. Cully's Class        -   Miley Peterson
                                           Next Week's: Matthew Shotwell

Mrs' Hopkins' Class     - Jacoby Laverdure 

                                           Next Week's:  Todge Morgan

Welcome to First Grade!

Welcome to First Grade!

Dear Parents/ Guardians,

Our first grade blog will be a place where you can connect to the classroom and what we are doing in it. As a first grade team, we will inform you of what topics we are covering in each subject and make suggestions for ways to make your children even more successful! Remember: it takes a team to educate a child! We are both very excited to be on a team with you! Please take a few moments every week to read over the blog. If using the blog for an information source is not for you, please let us know and we will be happy to send you a hard copy of the post.

We will be posting information to the blog for Reading Wonders as well as My Math. These resources can help you to review content with your child for big tests. We be testing on most subjects on Fridays. So reviewing the blog and with your child should be done prior to that. Thank you for everything that you do to help us be successful educators! Look below to find your first Reading Wonders Parent letter. Also, please look below to know what we will be covering in math the first week.

Thanks,
Christina Cully and Annie Hopkins

Reading Wonders

Dear Family Member:

During the first three weeks of school, our class will be focusing on key skills that will provide a strong foundation for our learning. Here are some activities you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.

My Words to Know

High-Frequency Words Play “Go Fish.” Write each of these words on two sets of cards: are, me, she, with, for, and, have, see, said, was. Turn the cards face down. Players select ten cards and turn the cards over in their hands, facing them. They set aside any matching word pairs. Then they ask the other player for the matching card for one of their remaining words. The game continues until all words have been matched.

Letter Workout

Letter-Sound Bingo Make a bingo card by writing each of these letters or letter pairs on one of the nine squares: k, u, g, w, v, qu, j, y, z. Then say the word kit. Have your child say the sound at the beginning of kit and the letter for the sound, and then place a marker on that letter. Repeat, using words for other letters. The game continues until all squares have markers.

Word Workout

Write the words and sentence below and have your child read them.

wig vet quit

Gus can see the quick fox.

My Math-

We will begin in our My Math books next week! In the meantime, we are working on practicing essential kindergarten skills. These skills include: counting to 100, counting by 5's and 10's, using a 10 frame, understanding more and less using a number line, recognizing shapes and beginning addition skills.

Homework-

There is no homework the first week of school