Parents and students-
Welcome back from you break! How is Flat Stanley???? Did he have a good break also?
This is a very busy month, please pay attention to dates for assemblies, test dates, and other important information.
Don't forget- http://duval.riverdeep.net
This is where your child can log on and play reading and math games assigned by me. When your child completes a test on the game I get the results and can identify other areas to help your child be successful. Simply go to the address have your child log on with his/her first and last name with out a space followed by our school # 255. Example- Lauragammons255.
Your child's password is his/her two digit birth month and date. Example- October 12 password: 1012
10th- No school
13th- Spelling test, homework folders due, spelling pre-test (words for 4/20).
14th class pictures, Theme 8 assessment, begin theme 8 high frequency word test.
15th Early Dismissal
16th 1st grade Field Day-afternoon
17th Report Cards go home!!
20th 1st grade Awards 9:15am, spelling test
22nd- Our Earth Day Play- 9:30 am- Please come celebrate with us!!
22nd- Homework folders sent home with new spelling words. Homework due 4/30 (thursday).
29th Last Early Dismissal for the year.
30th Homework folders due from 4/22, spelling test.
24- volunteer breakfast
We are now zoning in on addition and subtraction skills. Help you child by using flashcards so they no longer need to use their fingers. Continue to help them recognize coins and how much they are worth.
Please continue to practice writing numbers correctly.
High Frequency Word List:
These words are crucial. Your child learns these words with flashcards and then reads them in our classroom reading series. If your child is struggling with these words he/she will struggle with the weekly reading tests.
Your child should be able to read these words: Theme 8 which was sent home in homework folder 3/16/09.
All of these words will have been introduced by 4/13/09. Students should know all words by test date.
Theme 8 reading word test is: 4/14/09
please check you child's homework folder for a zip lock bag with 2 books in it. Your child is to read both books and complete the response form. Every 5 books your child reads, they receive a sticker towards the million word challenge.
Please read with your child every night for at least 20 minutes!
Over the next few weeks we are learning about ways to help take care of the earth. We are learning about recycling, reusing, and reducing.
We will finish our study with a play and song on Earth day- April 22nd. Our play will be performed in the cafeteria at 9:30 am.
All students have a speaking part-so please come support your child!
Dictation Sentence: We looked in the house for the sleeping pig.
Spelling Test dates for April: 13th,20th, 30th
Your child will take a spelling pre-test on Mondays that include all of the 15 words above. If they get the top 10 correct they are automatically assigned the bottom 10 words including the last 5 challenge words. Sometimes the students will have a mixture of words,depending on what they miss. If your child gets all words correct they are still assigned words- 10 words.
The sentence will be part of the spelling test grade.
The sentence is 8 words with at least 2 of the 1st 10 spelling words (not challenge words). Students are given 1 point for each word spelled correctly, 1 point for punctuation at the end, and 1 point for a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence. Total points to be earned for the sentence is 10.
Please work with your child on writing complete sentences.
We have been working on responding to literature. Your child now knows how to retell a story, give their opinion of a story or character and support their opinion with details from the story. With that note, please have your child write a true response to the stories they read for homework.- Thank you
The students are not expected to spell all words correctly. They are encouraged to spell the way the word sounds, unless it is a spelling word or word they have been taught. Students know how to use the word wall to find high frequency words to include in their writing.
