Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – April 2, 2013

I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break!

Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be learning about Plants this week. We will be reading many different books like A Tree is a Plant, Seed to Plant, Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery, The Tiny Seed, From Seed to Plant and many others!

·        We will be studying vowels in book.

·        We will review Compare and Contrast.  

Grammar:

·        We will be learning about how sentences begin and end.

Spelling:

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

·        book, moon, took, food, look, pool, zoo, noon, good, foot, instead, another

Math:

This week in math we are working on non standard and standard measurement.  We will also be comparing capacity and weight.  *We have started our timed addition math facts.  Please make sure your child practices at home.  We are working on plus 9. 

Science: Parts of a Plant and Plant Lifecycle

Dates to Remember:

April 4, 2013                       Spring Pictures

April 11, 2013                     Creative Discovery Science Night