Week 5

 Thursday, September 9, 2021

Greetings from first grade!

This has been a great week and we are excited to jump into spelling.  We've been practicing our focus and attention skills throughout the day.  This week, we will be learning how to include helpful thoughts to keep going when we are doing something challenging in our SEL lesson.  

REMINDERS

👉Please make sure your child reads every night for 30 minutes out loud.  Scientific reports have shown that "...unless students learn to read by the end of first grade, they are highly likely to remain poor readers and suffer academic difficulties across all subjects...if they do not learn to read at 'proficient' or 'advanced' levels, they will be disadvantaged in 21st century society." (Patton & Murdoch, 2014).  

👉Please remember that all Fridays are Dress Down Fridays. Unless you have paid at the office, you will need to send a dollar for your student to participate in this school fundraiser. Otherwise, please send your student in school uniform.

👉Attendance in the first grade is also very important. We cover a lot of material on all days of the week and students will fall behind if they consistently miss days.

👉Beyblades club has started and will be meeting after school every other Thursday from 3-3:30. You will need to provide transportation from school for students that stay for this club.

WEEKLY FIRST GRADE FOCUS

*Language Arts: rhymes, syllable types, vowel sounds, declarative & interrogative sentences, rules 7 & 18, nouns, adjectives, author's purpose, elements of an informative, and literary appreciation.

*Math: finish Chapter 1 addition concepts and math test on Wednesday 

*Science: the water cycle

THINGS TO WORK ON AT HOME 😀

*Learn to tie shoes and button or zip jackets.

*Practice 10 spelling words per day (read for reading and read for spelling), review all words on Thursday.  First graders should read for 30 minutes out loud each day.  

SPELLING WORDS

my	chance	but
up	charge	this
last	little	all
not	are	your
us	ago	you
am	old	out
good	bad	time
time	red	may
have	of	into
blue	be

IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday, 16th-Beyblades (all are welcome) *this club will only meet every other Thursday 

Friday, Sept. 17th-Teacher In-Service/no school