Dear Parents,                     February 23, 2015

This week in first grade, we are learning…

Language Arts: Our reading strategy this week is predict/infer and the comprehension skill that will help with that strategy is predicting.  Taking time to look through what we are going to read, to look at titles or pictures and predict what the story will be about can help us understand the story better.  Stop while reading, predict what a character might do or what events might take place – see if you can infer what will happen next or what is most likely to happen.  Our phonics focus is the long /a/ sound spelled with the vowel pairs ai or ay, as in sail or day. Our grammar focus is on naming words for one or more than one.

Spelling: Our spelling words are from unit 27 and focus on the ay/ai vowel pair.

Math: We will be beginning our next unit in math – Geometry and Attributes. We will be practicing what attributes are and how to identify them and identifying shapes.

Religion: We will be reading from our textbooks this week. We will be discussing how “Jesus Teaches Us to Love Others”.

Science: In science we will be working from our chapter on weather. This week we will be discussing how weather changes the land, which will lead us into our chapter test.

Social Studies: In social studies we will be continuing our work on our School Fair project!

Homework for the Week:

  • Monday: Rainbow Write and IXL.com Skill K.12
  • Tuesday: Spelling p.191-192 and Math Worksheet
  • Wednesday: 7 Sentences (Don’t forget the challenge words) and Math Worksheet
  • Thursday: Spelling p. 194 and Math Worksheet
  • 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.
  • Friday is a half day and is Primary Centers! (I am still looking for volunteers! Please email me if you are available!)

Upcoming Events:

  • Read Across America begins next Monday (March 2nd!) Stay tuned for a fun-filled month!
  • Our school fair is on March 4th at 6:30pm! Please join us in the hall for a wonderful showing of work from all classes!

Have a wonderful week!

Ms. Manning

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