Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter

February 6-10, 2012

I will be sending home notes about Valentine’s Day activities and our party.  Please be on the look out for these!

This is what we are working on this week:

Reading story:  The Dot

Comprehension skill:  Making Inferences

Vocabulary words:  draw, colors, over, drew, great, sign, show

Spelling words:  eat, sea, each, team, please, dream, treat, beach, clean, lean, *bonus words: colors, sign

       

Phonics:  long e, -ea

Grammar:  Adjectives

Math:      

·        Understanding the Hour and Minute Hands

·        Telling and Writing Time to the Hour

·        Telling and Writing Time to the Half Hour

·        Estimating and Ordering Lengths of Time

·        Using the Calendar

* Addition facts-plus 7

Social Studies:  Our Country

Theme:      Valentines Day

A Look Ahead…

February 14, 2012                               Valentine’s Day Party

February 16 and 17, 2012                    Staff Development/ No classes

February 20, 2012                              No school/ President’s Day