Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – September 8, 2014

Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be learning about animals and their habitats this week.  We will be reading many different books like Deep in the Jungle, How Leo Learned to Be King, Animal Habitats, A House is a House for Me, and many others!

·        We will be studying the inflected ending –s and –ing this week.

Grammar:

·        We will be working on word order in sentences.

Spelling:

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

·        nap, naps, sit, sits, win, wins, fit, fits, hit, hits, say, ask

Math:

·        This week in math we are starting to work on simple addition by making numbers 6-9.  Please continue working on ordering numbers with your child at home and counting to 120.

Science:

·        We will be focusing on animal habitats.

Dates to Remember:

September 12, 2014        Star Spangled Banner Day-wear red, white and blue

September 16, 2014        Literacy Night 6-8 pm

September 25, 2014        Open House

September 26, 2014        Field trip to Lee to see the play Rapunzel

Monday-Art                       Tuesday-Music and Library          Wednesday-Gym and Library

Thursday-Gym and Music            Friday-Computer Lab