Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – October 28, 2013

Thank you to all the parents that sent in pumpkins on Friday.  I appreciate your help and we had so much fun!

 

Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be learning about bats and spiders this week. We will be reading Stellaluna, Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats, Fantastic Bats, Spiders, Trick or Treat Smell My Feet, Big Pumpkin and many others!

·        We will studying the long o sound this week.

 

Grammar:

·        We will be will working on proper nouns.

 

Comprehension:

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

 

Spelling:

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

·        home, hope, rose, woke, those, bone, nose, joke, rode, stone, live, house

 

Math:

This week in math we are working on plane and solid shapes.

Please work with your child at home on basic addition and subtraction facts. Also practice writing numbers to 120.   

 

Science:  Bats and Spiders

 

Dates to Remember:

Thursday                              November 14, 2013                      Yates Literacy Night