November 28 - December 2, 2011

Announcements:

• We will be doing a unit study on Gingerbread men this week.
• Our class will be performing at the PTO meeting on Tuesday, November 29th. We need to be at the Primary Cafeteria at 6:20.
• Our Christmas party will be on Tuesday, December 20th. It will begin at 2:00. We hope to see you there :)
• Please return book orders by Wednesday, November 30th. I will be placing the order on this day.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. chat
2. such
3. flash
4. shift
5. crush
6. rich
7. do
8. into
9. him
10. boy

Dictation Sentence: The boy likes to chat.

Reading/Sight Words:
Please make sure to check folders each night for reading homework. Also, try to help your child use their strategies when they come to a word they don't know. Here are a few strategies we use:
1. Look at the picture.
2. Think about what would make sense.
3. Check the beginning sound.
4. Look for parts of the word you know.
5. Skip the word, then go back.

Sight Words to review: came, was, they, do, him, them, when, boy, who, very, some, two, then, into

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Place Value Concepts (tens and ones)
Wednesday- Place Value Continued
Thursday- Introduce relation symbols (<,>,=)
Friday- Math Test

*Please return all math homework on Friday.

November 21-22, 2011


Announcements:

• This week we will be reviewing in all subjects. We are going to be working with the three letter blends in spelling (spr, scr, spl, str, squ). We have already studied these words, but I felt we needed a review. I will give a quiz on them Tuesday.
• We will be performing on Tuesday morning at 8:45 in the cafeteria. We hope to see you there :)
• I will be sending home a Gingerbread cutout for your child to work on over Thanksgiving break. I look forward to seeing all your creative ideas!
• Also, I am sending a book order home. This will be the last book order before Christmas break. 
• Have a great Thanksgiving!!!

November 14-18, 2011


Announcements:

• This week we will be continuing to learn about the first Thanksgiving.
• Our class will be performing at the PTO meeting on November 29th. 
• We will also be performing in the First grade Thanksgiving program on Tuesday, November 22nd. The program will be in the cafeteria at 8:45.

Spelling/Phonics: -ck

1. deck
2. sock
3. neck
4. stick
5. black
6. trick
7. up
8. come
9. good
10. see

Dictation Sentence: I have on black socks.

*The dictation sentence will be for a grade as well.

Reading/Sight Words:

Sight Words to review:

came, little, of, was, day, they, good, them, off, when, boy, who, very, some, two, then

Math:

Monday- Introduce # scrolls

Tuesday- Introduce fact power

Wednesday- Practice more addition facts

Thursday- Take Unit 4 Test

Friday- Math Centers- Review

* Please return all math homework on Friday :)

November 7-11, 2011


Announcements:

• This week we will be learning about Indians. 
• Our class will be performing at the PTO meeting on November 29th. We will need to be at the Primary cafeteria at 6:20. 
• We will also be performing our First grade Thanksgiving program on Tuesday, November 22nd.

Spelling/Phonics: Long i 

1. mine
2. time
3. bite
4. five
5. drive
6. quite
7. little
8. that
9. day
10. of

Dictation Sentence: I will drive this time.

Reading/Sight Words:

I will be sending books home for your child to read, so make sure to check the reading log.

Sight Words: that, little, of, was, day, they, good, them, off, when, boy, who, very, some, two, then

I will give a test over these words on Thursday.

Math:

Monday- Problem Solving Day

Tuesday- Measuring with non-standard units (paper clips, blocks, hands, arms, feet)

Wednesday- Measuring with the standard foot

Thursday- Exploration Centers

Friday- Test Day

**Please return all math homework on Friday.**

Have a great week! :)

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