August 21

We have enjoyed spending time with our first grade reading buddies!

Spelling Words

1. stopping

2. working

3. standing

4. dropping

5. grinning

6. laughing

7. swimming

8. learning

9. about

10. never

 Newsletter

Language Arts: This week during our reading time, we have been working on asking questions while reading. We practiced reading a story and then writing down things we wonder about from the book. We have also been reviewing how to make connections. We have made text-to-text connections, text-to-self connections, and text-to-world connections. If you are reading with your child this week, be sure to ask them if they have any connections they can make to the book.

Math: We have been reviewing numbers to 10,000 in math. We discussed how to write numbers in standard form (153) and word form (one hundred fifty-three). We have also briefly touched on place value and expanded form (100+50+3).

Parent Meeting

If you were unable to attend the parent meeting, your child should have brought home a handout with information about the meeting. If you have questions about grading or anything else that is happening in class, please feel free to call or e-mail me.

Important Dates:

August 27 – Book order due

September 2 – Picture Day

September 7 – No school

September 11 – Midterms

October 13 – First grading period ends (reading incentive paper due)

October 20 & 21 – Parent Teacher Conferences

October 22 & 23 – Fall Break

ISTEP – Feb. 29-March 11

IREAD – March 14 – 18

ISTEP - April 18-May 6