Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – January 14, 2013

Friday is the 100^th day of school!  Please have your child bring in 100 small items (cereal, buttons, pennies, etc.) to count. Thank you!

We are out of glue sticks!  If you could donate some more to the classroom I would appreciate it!

Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be focusing on Winter and Snowmen this week. We will be reading many different books like It’s Winter, Winter is the Warmest Season, Snowmen at Night, Snowmen All Year, The Snow globe Family, The Biggest, Best Snowman, Snowflake Bentley, and many others!

·        We will be studying r-controlled sounds this week (er, ir, ur).

·        We will learn about drawing conclusions while reading.

Spelling:

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

·        her, first, bird, girl, burn, were, shirt, fur, hurt, sir, visit, done

Math:

This week in math we are working on number line estimation, before, after and between, ordering three numbers, and adding facts to 20.

*We are starting our timed addition math facts test this week.  Please make sure your child practices at home.  We are working on plus 1. 

Science:

·        Winter

January 18, 2013               100^th day of school!

January 21, 2013               Martin Luther King Day                No School