Dear Parents,                     February 29, 2016

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 – Developing Fact Power – It certainly flew by! We will be practicing a bit of time and reading data. 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: We have finished our lessons on our environments and will be taking our test at the end of the week.

Social Studies: In social studies we will be wrapping up our Community Life projects – just in time for the school fair on Wednesday!

Homework for the Week:

  • Monday: Rainbow Write and Math Worksheet
  • Tuesday: Spelling p.239-240 and IXL.com Skill S.3
  • Wednesday: 7 Sentences and Math Worksheet
  • 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.
  • Stations of the Cross on Wednesday at 2pm in the Church.
  • Wednesday is our School Fair. It begins at 6pm and is held in Biedermann Hall! If you can attend, please come see our first grade community reports!
  • Friday is a half-day!

Have a wonderful week!

                                                     Ms. Manning    

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