Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – October 21, 2013

We are learning about pumpkins this week!  On Friday, please send a small pumpkin with your child.  They have to be able to carry it.  We are going to do lots of fun measuring activities with our pumpkins.  Thank you!

 

Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be learning about Fall and pumpkins this week. We will be reading Fresh Fall Leaves, Scarecrow Boy, Colorful Leaves, The Runaway Pumpkin, Perfect Pumpkins, Pumpkin Circle, From Seed to Pumpkin and many others!

·        We will studying the long i sound this week.

 

Grammar:

·        We will be will working on nouns.

 

Comprehension:

·        We will be working on author’s purpose this week. 

 

Spelling:

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

·        like, ride, smile, time, white, bike, dime, hide, ice, kite, saw, only

 

Math:

This week in math we are working on shapes. Please work with your child at home on basic addition and subtraction facts. Also practice writing numbers to 120.   

 

Science:  Fall and Pumpkins

 

Dates to Remember:

Thursday      October 24, 2013              Parent/Teacher conferences

Friday                        October 25, 2013              Fall Festival