Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter

March 2-9, 2012

I hope everyone made it through the storms this weekend without harm or house damage.  We were so lucky!  The kids did such a great job and were so brave!  I am very proud of them!

This is what we are working on this week:

Reading story:  Peter’s Chair

Comprehension skill:  Characters, Setting, Plot

Vocabulary words:  stood, room, thought, picture, remember

Spelling words:  backpack, outside, baseball, herself, flashlight, bluebird, lunchbox, suitcase, inside, brainstorm *bonus words: picture, remember

Phonics:  compound words

Grammar:  Adjectives for how many

Math:      

·        Using related facts

·        Fact families

·        Using addition to subtract

·        Subtraction facts

* Addition facts-review plus 7, 8, 9

Social Studies:  Families, Roles, and Responsibilities, Personal Changes

Theme:      Weather

A Look Ahead…

March 9, 2012                          Yates Chili Supper and Auction

                                                *Please send in items for basket

March 26-30. 2012                    Spring Break