Weekly Newletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter - August 27, 2012

This week we will be focusing on farms. We will have a first grade farm day on Friday, August 31^st.  Please send your child dressed in farm attire for a fun filled farm day on Friday!

Reading and Language Arts:

·        We will be reading Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type, Farmer Duck, The Big Red Barn, Rosie’s Walk, The Little Red Hen, Hattie and the Fox, The Three Little Pigs and many others!

·        This will also include our Reading Street basal reader.  Please be looking for it to come home with your child on Wednesday and read Pig in a Wig together.

·        We will studying the short vowel “i” this week

Spelling:

Please practice daily!  We will have spelling test on Friday.

Spelling Words:

·        in, did, sit, six, fix, lip, it, mix, pin, wig, take, and

Math:

This week in math we are continuing to practice counting to 120, starting at any number less than 120 and read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.

We will also be organizing, representing and interpreting data.

Language Arts:

This week we will continue studying sentences including:

·        Naming parts of sentences and sentence structure

Science:

We will be focusing on living and non living things as well as farm animals.

Our school fundraiser ends on Friday.  If you have any orders to turn in please send them to the school by Friday.

reminders

Don't forget tomorrow is picture day! 

There is a Common Core Parent Information Meeting tomorrow too.  August 23rd @ 6:30 pm.  It is very important that all parents attend.  This will help you understand our new standards and report card.  The meeting is in the library.  I hope you all can attend!

Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter

August 20-24, 2012

Please help our child study their spelling words this week.  We will have our first spelling test on Friday. 

Please check their planner and folder daily.  Homework assignments, when we have them, will be written in planner.

This is what we are working on this week:

Comprehension skill:  character

Spelling words:  at, can, cat, back dad, am, bat, mad, ran, sack

 *bonus words: way, on

Phonics:  short a

Grammar:  Sentences

Math:      

·        Read and write numbers 0-12

Science:            Pet Needs

                             Living/Nonliving Things

                       

Theme:      Pets

A Look Ahead…

August 23, 2012     Fall Pictures

Scholastic book orders

I am sending a book order form home with your child this week.  If you want to order online here is the link.

https://orders.scholastic.com/H7B6L

Welcome to First Grade!

Thank you for checking out our class blog!  You will find announcements and newsletters here.  Feel free to leave comments and ask me questions. 

Mrs.  Ginn