Thursday, October 17, 2013

Week of Oct.21

Dragon Dash Pledges- due Monday, Oct. 21

Book Character Day Parade!  Thursday, Oct. 31.  Have your child dress as a favorite character.  First thing in the morning, we’ll all parade around the playground.  Wait for us outside and you’ll see us!  Don’t forget to send the book. We’ll share with the class and get to read them during reading workshop.  (no scary costumes or weapons…)


Our Encore schedule so that your kiddo remembers tennis shoes-VERY important

Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Thomas
PE
music
PE
art
Rotation with PE
Graviett
PE
art
PE
music
Herreman
art
PE
music
PE
Johnson
music
PE
art
PE

In Language Arts this week, we will…
·        Revise our writing
·        Work with partners
·        Pay attention to the characters in our stories
·        Discuss what we do when we finish a book
·        Learn about verbs
·        Sort words to learn word patterns and help our spelling
·        Build our vocabulary with a weekly read-aloud. We will be introduced to 3 new words.  All week, we’ll keep track of when we use them in our writing, speaking, or see them in our reading.  The new words will be posted so that we will have a reference for future use.
·        Read word family poems to reinforce the patterns that many words have
In Math, we will…
·        Order numbers using place value
·        Match numbers with place value models
·        Use place value models to represent numbers
·        Continue to solve our problems of the day.  We use “CUBES” strategies.  (Circle the numbers, Underline key words, Box the question, Ex out extra information, and Show our work)
·        Visit our math stations. Each station will have a math activity that reinforces concepts that we are currently learning or have previously learned. Your child will also be able to visit “First in Math” at some point this week.

In Science, we will review matter and observe/compare/describe different soils.

Upcoming Dates:
Upcoming Events in October
    
10/20  PTO Online Auction Begins
10/21 National School Bus Safety Week
10/23  First Grade Family School Night 4:00-5:00 (McDonald’s on 1709 at Davis by Hobby Lobby)
10/25  Dragon Dash!
            Play It Forward Equipment Drive at Dragon Game (StuCo)
10/27  PTO Online Auction Ends
10/31 Book Character Day!

***Here are high frequency words that first graders need to be able to SPELL correctly on a consistent basis by the end of the first semester.
First Semester High Frequency
Spelling Words
all
as
be
but
by
for
had
have
he
his
not
on
or
this
to
what



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