Dear Parents,                     December 8, 2014

This week in first grade, we are learning…

Language Arts: We have a busy week ahead of us! Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”.  Our comprehension skill that can help us with the understanding of a story is the sequencing of events. Knowing what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story and answering the who, what, where, when, and why questions about the story will help us understand what we read.  Our phonics focus this week is on words with triple clusters (splash, string).  We are also reviewing words with the short sound of /u/.  We will not have new spelling words this week.  As we continue to work on the structure of a sentence, our grammar focus this week will be on asking sentences.

Spelling: This week, we do not have new spelling words. Instead we will spend our spelling time reviewing past clusters.

Math: We are continuing with Unit 5! We will begin our week with explorations and lead into discussion about greater than and less than symbols and number stories.

Religion: As we have a shorter time this week, we will be reading various nativity stories and discussing Advent.

Science and Social Studies: We will be unable to do much in either of these subjects but what time we do find, we will spend reviewing.

Homework for the Week:

  • Monday: Math Worksheet
  • Tuesday: Spelling Worksheet and Math Worksheet
  • Wednesday: Math Worksheet
  • Thursday: Spelling Worksheet and Math Worksheet
  • Friday: Read 2 times!

Reminders for the Week:

  • Monday is a Holy Day of Obligation, therefore we will be attending  mass in the morning.
  • PE Uniforms on Tuesday only!
  • Donut sales continue this week for $1. They will be distributed on December 16th.
  • Please remind your child to bring their library book on Tuesday so that they may check out a new one.
  • Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are 11:30am dismissals, as parent teacher conferences are this week! I look forward to meeting with all of you!
  • Progress Reports (formerly called Report Cards) will be going home on Tuesday!

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.  Have a fantastic week and I’ll see you soon!

Ms. Manning

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