Monthly Archives: January 2015

January Update/Report Cards

Hello Families,

I cannot believe we are ready to say goodbye to January! We had a busy week, so here are some quick updates.

We completed our Math NWEA testing. The students worked hard and were very patient.  We will take the Reading test on Wednesday, February 4th.

We will have our spelling test on Friday, using the same list as last week (since it was such a short week).

We will have our PBIS reward celebration tomorrow. Students who earned the reward (those who did not flip their card more than four times during the month of January) are able to wear pajamas and bring in a game (non-electronic) from home.

Report cards will come home tomorrow. Please sign the report card and have your child return it to me on Monday. I will make sure it is signed and then it is yours to keep.

Please continue to read with your child each evening. This will help them grow tremendously and is an enjoyable activity that you can do together.

Stay Warm!

 

Happy New Year!

Hello Families!

I hope you have all had a great beginning to your new year.  We are continuing to work hard in first grade, so please make sure your child is completing his/her homework and reading LOTS of books. After reading with your child, please spend some time talking about what is happening in the story. Discuss the characters, problem, and solution, as this will help him/her understand the story.  Here are some updates on our learning:

Math: We are learning to be problem solvers with more complex addition and subtraction story problems. Help your child solve problems in a variety of different ways.

Social Studies: We are finishing our Unit on Needs and Wants

Science:  We are completing our Unit on Weather. I am sure you will be impressed with how much they have learned about weather conditions and severe weather.

Writing: We are publishing our Opinion Writing. Wait until you see the letters they are writing about a pet of their choice 😉

I will be sending Writing Notebooks home that children must write in each evening. They can write about pretty much anything they wish, but it would really benefit your child if he/she writes about a book he/she is reading or has read. Each entry must have a date, topic, and at least four sentences. Please make sure that each sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark.  I do NOT expect spelling to be perfect. We are working on saying words slowly and recording the sounds we hear.

Here are our spelling words for this week and next (it is a short week, so I will not have a test until next Friday.

fly, flat, flash, flower, place, plug, old, by, after

 

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