It was good seeing all of you last weekend for the Open House. On Tuesday evening, at 6:00 p.m. there will be a Safe Environment meeting for those who have not ever attended one. This is a necessity if you are working in a classroom or want to drive for field trips. The catalog sale ends on Wednesday. We hope you are still selling. Progress Reports went home on Friday and they are due back next Friday. Remember to sign them. Thank you to all of you that are very diligent about signing your child's planner. We know this is a new thing and you are doing great!
The first graders had their first Spelling test on Friday. This week we will be adding two challenge words. These will be words that do not go home to study. They are words your child should be able to spell because you can hear all of the letter sounds in the word. You can help your child by giving him/her other 3 or 4 letter words that have the short a sound in the middle.
We will be introducing addition facts up to 12 this week. In about a week we will start giving daily timed math fact tests. This will just be for practice. It is a school-wide goal this year to better our math computation skills.
In Social Science we are talking about rules, laws, leaders, and communities. In Science we are studying the ecosystem. In Reading we are working on sequencing, cause and effect, plurals, short a, categories, comprehension and vocabulary. Please review the vocabulary. There are workbook pages which can be difficult to do if your child does not know the vocabulary.
VOCABULARY WORDS
walk
run
jump
play
from
my
friend
is
like
fun
think
home
Thank you to all of your children that drew the apples. Another "high 5" would be great for the teacher if you have read this. GOD LOVES YOU!
