Dear Parents,                     March 9, 2015

This week in first grade, we are learning…

Language Arts Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”.  Stopping to reread especially if there are words we have difficulty reading and making sure the sentence and the story make sense to us are strategies that good readers use.  The comprehension skill that helps us with this strategy is sequencing events.  Knowing what took place in the beginning, middle, and end of the story is important for comprehension.  Our phonics focus this week is the sound of /oo/ as in cook or look.  We are also working on compound words (cupcake) and words with multiple meanings –ring- what is worn on your finger or the sound a bell makes. Our grammar focus this week continues to be on proper nouns for people and places.

Spelling: This week, our spelling words are from unit 35 and are compound words.  Please help your child learn to spell these words by breaking them into the two words.  However, remember that they need to be spelled as one word on the spelling test.

Math: We will be wrapping up our unit in math – Geometry and Attributes – It certainly flew by! We will be practicing symmetry and reviewing all of the content we have learned thus far within our unit. We will be taking our test on Friday!

Religion: We will be reading from our textbooks this week. We will be discussing how “We Come to Our Good Shepherd”.

Science: In science we will be working on a special activity related to weather. We will be making our own version of the book “It Looked Like Spilt Milk”.

Social Studies: In social studies we will be jumping right back into our unit on community. We will finish with discussion on transportation and end the week by taking our test.

Homework for the Week:

  • Monday: Rainbow Write and Math Worksheet
  • Tuesday: Spelling p.239-240 and IXL.com Skill K.11
  • Wednesday: 7 Sentences (Don’t forget the challenge words) and IXL.com Skill K.2
  • Thursday: Spelling p. 242
  • Friday: Read two times!

Reminders for the Week:

  • PE Uniforms on Tuesday and Thursday!
  • Please remind your child to bring their library book on Tuesday so that they may check out a new one.
  • Theater Program is beginning again – see the family envelope or website for more details!
  • Stations of the Cross on Tuesday at 2pm in the Church.
  • Friday is a half-day!

Have a wonderful week!

Ms. Manning

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