Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – February 10, 2014

Don’t forget your child needs to bring their valentine’s box and cards for the class by or on Friday for our party.  Thank you!

Reading and Phonics:

·        We are learning about Valentine’s Day this week.  We will be reading Valentine’s Day, Froggy’s First Kiss, Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose, Happy Valentine’s Day Mouse, The Biggest Valentine Ever, Love, Splat and many others! 

·        We will work on long a: ai and ay.

 

Grammar:

·        We will work on Adjectives this week.

 

Comprehension:

·        We will be working on drawing conclusions while reading.   

 

Spelling:

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

train, way, tail, play, day, may, rain, gray, mail, afraid, clean, warm

 

Social Studies:        Valentine’s Day

 

Math:

This week in math we will be working on word problems involving addition, subtraction, and adding three numbers.  We will have our math facts test on Friday.  We are working on adding 3. 

 

Dates to Remember:

February 14, 2014            Valentine’s Day party@2:00

February 17, 2014            President’s Day                   No classes

February 20, 2014            Class picture