Friday November 20, 2009

*Shon*    

• 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)

6 days until Thanksgiving!

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 fun together!

HW: ALWAYS READ!!

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!

Phonics Sound: blends

HW:

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!

Writing and Grammar

We practiced writing in our new handwriting book. We learned all about frog jump capitals, starting corner capitals, and starting center capitals. Please reinforce the concept about being neat and good handwriting at home. Letters always start at the top!!!!

HW:

Math

*Monster Squeeze (2 monsters and a # line) *Penny Dice (pennies and die)   *Top It (deck of cards)  *Dice Tally  *Rolling for 50   *Penny Nickel Exchange (die, P, N) *Before and After

HW:

Social Studies and Science

This month we will be learning all about the holiday Thanksgiving! We wrote about all the people in our lives we are thankful for. Take a look at our turkeys in the hallway by 1:C!

We learned about hibernation and migration and wrote letters to our hibernating animals. Don't forget to bring your animal for our special project!

Last week we used special words to describe our feelings! These words will be VERY helpful this year when we try resolving our own conflicts, which we will begin learning about.

Other

Library: Tuesday... RETURN YOUR LIBRARY BOOK!

Scholastic Book Orders: ONLY CHECKS PLEASE!!