Wednesday March 17, 2010  

3 more days until S P R I N G!

11 more days until Ms. C's birthday!

*Kimberly* 

• Monday: bring your poster to school

• Tuesday: talk about your poster

• Wednesday: bring a book you can read to the class  

• Thursday: bring 5 treasures to show to the class (NO PETS ALLOWED)

• Friday: compliment book and snack (optional)

Please make sure your child completes ALL parts of their homework! Check your child's homework every night!

•     <------- Please take a look at our international bread party! Thank you to all who baked for this special occasion! The students loved tasting different breads from around the world!

• We are running low on prizes for our prize box. We thought it would be a good idea to recycle old or new small toys from home that we don't want anymore! ex( pencils, erasers, toys, etc). Bring them in for our prize box!

• Friday is Mix and Match Day!! Mix and match your clothes!!

Please read WITH your first grader every day for 15 minutes! Reading builds confidence and fluency! Ask your child to re-tell the story with a beginning, middle, and end or about their favorite part of the story and why! Have them write in a journal! Have fun together!

HW: ALWAYS READ!!!!

• Read for your pizza pie! Parents, please make sure to sign the form before returning it to school!

• Today we read our scholastic news magazine about St. Patrick's Day. Read it to someone at home. Complete your reader report.

Please have your child complete their spelling homework by themselves, with assistance with  word wall words if necessary. These words, along with previous spelling words, should be spelled correctly. Developmental spelling of unknown words, or inventive spelling, takes advantage of a child’s natural curiosity about the written word. The process itself builds confidence, because the accomplishments come through the child's own efforts. The negativity and fear of being wrong is taken out of the equation by focusing on the process, instead of the final result. Allow your child to sound out tough words! It is exactly what we do in school!

Practice word building at home with your letters. Add letters and special sounds each week and make a list at home. It is a great way to practice spelling words!

Phonics Sound: long e (e, ee)

HW: Complete 1 tic tac toe on your new board!

Writing and Grammar

We will continue to learn about cause and effect. If something happens, something else will probably happen too! We will also be learning about many "rule breaker" verbs in the present and past tense. We are also continuing to practice the main idea of a story!

We learned what it means to add er and est to a word. Ex: cold, colder, coldest. Tell your family about the cool science stories we read.

This week we will be learning all about adjectives! Do you know what an adjective is? 1:C DOES!!

Math

IMPORTANT CONCEPTS TO CONTINUE PRACTICING AT HOME WITH YOUR FIRST GRADER *TIME (o'clock, quarter after, half past, quarter before, time to every 5 minutes) Help your child read an analog clock and write the time the digital way. *Keep practicing adding Q, D, N, P together and EXCHANGING!!!*

HW: Continue to count coins including quarters!!! Remember to start with the biggest coin first!!!! Use your # grid to help you!!!

Q = 25

QQ= 50

QQQ= 75

QQQQ= 100 = $1.00

QQQQQ= 125 = $1.25

HW:  Complete your homelink.

Social Studies and Science

Our gingerbread unit is hanging outside in our hallway. So far, our gingerbreads have traveled to California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, India, Albania, Turkey, Maryland, Korea, and Jamaica! 

March = Women's History Month, St. Patrick's Day!

• We learned about the famous woman artist, Frida Kahlo and her amazing art. We were inspired and created our own self portraits!
• We also learned about the life of Helen Keller! Keep writing in braille at home. It's fun and hard too!
• This week we will learn about the life of a new famous woman. She loved space! Her name is Sally Ride!

Our animals have been hibernating for 112 days!

Science unit: weather and sky. NEXT...we will begin our new unit on matter.

Other

Library: Tuesday... RETURN YOUR LIBRARY BOOK!

Scholastic Book Orders: ONLY CHECKS PLEASE!!