Classroom News
Reading: First grade certainly has had
their share of monsters! The kids
read three funny books about monsters including The Monster Who Ate Peas, Mostly
Monsterly, and Leonardo and the
Terrible Monster. After
reading, we retold key details from the selections and used complete sentences
to identify and describe the main character and setting. The kids and teachers really enjoyed
our theme.
Math: The teachers
are aware that the past few lessons in Chapter Four have been a challenge,
especially when students are unable to apply skills taught in class to corresponding
homework. If questions do arise,
please feel free to contact your child’s teacher for help. Also be mindful that all classes have
spent time reviewing confusing material.
The practice test will be sent home on Monday and a summative test will
be given on Wednesday.
What We’re Learning Next
Week:
Reading:
Students will begin to learn about the voting process using fun filled fiction
books. Students will learn how to
compare and contrast two characters from the same text. A venn diagram will be used to help us
record our thoughts.
Math: Chapter 5-Addition and
Subtraction Relationships
Students will be learning about fact
families. Fact families are
numbers that live in the same house and can be manipulated to make two addition
and subtraction sentences.
Students will learn how to use the same numbers in a different order.
Writing: Students will continue to
revise and edit. After editing, we
will publish a writing piece that is very special to us.
Phonemic Awareness:
Long u
When a
word has a consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e pattern, the vowel usually stands
for its long sound.
Ex. mule,
huge
Important Dates:
11/4 No School-Election Day
11/11 No School-Veteran’s Day
11/12 Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-7
11/13 Parent/Teacher Conferences
1-4, 5-7
