Dear Parents, April 8, 2013
I hope everyone’s Easter break was enjoyable and relaxing! I certainly enjoyed that extra cup of coffee in the mornings!
We jump right back into our work on Monday beginning with our final week of theme 8 in language arts. Our reading strategy this week is “predicting/inferring”. The comprehension skill that will help us with inferring is drawing conclusions. Using the text, pictures, and our own prior knowledge will help us draw conclusions when we read a story. Our phonics focus this week, are the word endings –ed, and –ing and we will practice using the proper tense in our sentences. Our grammar focus this week is action words (verbs) with the –ing ending and our spelling words this week, are from unit 34. The words are posted to spellingcity.com. Don’t forget to play the games and take practice tests!
Math finds us moving into geometry with position words and discussion of shapes. There will be no math homework on Monday, as we will have our pre-test.
In religion, our focus will be on Jesus’ resurrection.
In science we will be continuing with our lessons on weather and in social studies we will begin Unit 5, “My Country, My Heroes”.
The speech contest is approaching! Next week, beginning on April 15th, will be the first day of classroom competitions for the speech contest. First graders are allowed one small costume item or prop. Your child must state their name and grade, the title of the poem, and then recite the poem. This is a required assignment, however the choice can be made by your child to not go on to further competition.
Announcements:
- Please remind your student to bring their library book to school on Tuesday.
- Friday is a full day of school and the children will have the opportunity to enjoy an In-N-Out burger if purchased.
- Students will also enjoy a school “families” activity on Friday afternoon.
Have a wonderful week back at school. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.
Miss. Manning
