We were happy to see you at the Open House last weekend. We hope you enjoyed your visit to your child's classroom.
Mrs. Mills' class buddied up with Mrs. Keeler's Science class to harvest in the garden. We picked tomatoes, onions, potatoes, corn, green beans, pumpkins, and flowers. It was great fun. Mrs. Bellini's class will be going in 2 weeks. We each go to the garden once a month.
Your children have had their first spelling test and did well. We will be adding bonus words this week. They will be words that your child should be able to spell because they can hear all of the sounds in the word. The bonus words are not the same on Friday as they are on Thursday.
Just an update on a few things: In Language Arts we will be working on adding the ed to the end of a base word. We will also be talking about cause and effect, spatial relationships, short a, comprehension, and our reading vocabulary.
In Math we are moving on into subtraction. Your child just took the Chapter 2 test on addition.
A note to all of you concerning the work packet that goes home on Friday. On the top of the packet is a reading workbook packet that has a number or percentage on it. That is a grade that is recorded as a reading grade. The reading workbook packet is worth a total of 25 points. The reason for this is that we give your child many of the answers, and at times the entire page has been discussed with the answers already given. Hopefully this will help you understand the grading procedure on this reading packet. Your child gets a reading packet grade every week. That grade is a good indicator of how well your child is doing in reading.
Next week you will be able to access your child's grades on the computer. We do correct all work done by your child but we do not grade every worksheet. Tests are graded as are some daily assignments. We will try to get our grades entered into the computer every 2-3 weeks. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
VOCABULARY WORDS
clean
all
of
why
up
would
because
this
but
take
find
circle
lift
Hope you have a great week. First graders are responsible for bringing a sack lunch for St. Vincent's on Friday. We will decorate the bag on Thursday and you will send it back on Friday. Thanks for your help. GOD LOVES YOU!
