Dear Parents and Guardians,
As we are almost half way done with the school year, I would like to thank all of you for all of the reading you have been doing at home with your child. It has been amazing to see the growth in reading from the beginning of the year until now. This wouldn't happen without all of the practice outside of school! Reading every day reinforces so many important reading and writing skills. Thank you so much for all of your support!
This week we will discuss complete and incomplete sentences. The students will work on writing sentences correctly, remembering to begin with a capital letter, put spaces in between words, end with a punctuation mark and state a complete thought. We will also work on identifying words with short and long vowel sounds in our pocket chart center.
We will continue How-To writing. This week we will focus on adding descriptive language so that our readers understand exactly what we are trying to say. We will also focus on writing an interesting beginning and putting the steps in the correct order.
This week we will discuss complete and incomplete sentences. The students will work on writing sentences correctly, remembering to begin with a capital letter, put spaces in between words, end with a punctuation mark and state a complete thought. We will also work on identifying words with short and long vowel sounds in our pocket chart center.
We will continue How-To writing. This week we will focus on adding descriptive language so that our readers understand exactly what we are trying to say. We will also focus on writing an interesting beginning and putting the steps in the correct order.
This week in Math we will review adding and subtracting 10 from a number, review number stories in which we need to solve for an unknown, discuss calendar concepts and calendar words. We will also finish taking the MAPs test on Tuesday, January 23rd.
Remember to keep practicing addition and subtraction facts at home. Flashcards are a great way to help your child become faster with their facts. There are also a lot of fun resources on the Thorson website that help with addition and subtraction, a good one to check out is “Math Bingo” on www.abcya.com. XtraMath.org is another great resource and a fun way for the children to practice their math facts! If you would like extra sheets to practice with, please let me know and I will be happy to send them home.
The first graders will be going to the IMC on Wednesday instead of Friday. If your child would like to check out new books, please make sure they return their books on time!
Special Points of Interest
- No school this Friday! It is a professional development/progress report writing day for teachers.
- Save the Date - The Thorson Winter Carnival is on Saturday, February 3rd
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