Weekly Newsletter

Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – October 13, 2014

I hope everyone had a wonderful fall break!  I cannot send home your child’s report card without a scheduled conference.  Please let me know if you can attend at your scheduled time.  Thank you!

Reading and Phonics:

• We will be learning about Christopher Columbus and Community Helpers this week.  We will be reading Christopher Columbus, Officer Buckle and Gloria, Fire, Fire, Firefighters, When I Grow Up and many others!
• We will be working on the long a sound this week.

Grammar:

• We will be working on common and proper nouns.  

Comprehension:

• We will be working on cause and effect this week.  

Spelling:

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

• face, made, age, safe, take, make, cage, cake, late, name, until, same

Math:

• This week in math we are working on place value. Please work with your child at home on basic addition and subtraction facts.

Social Studies:

• Columbus Day and Community Helpers

Dates to Remember:

October 14, 2014        Parent/Teacher Conferences

October 29, 2014        Field trip to Mayfield Farm and Corn Maze

M-Art T-Music and Library W-Gym and Library (check out)  Th-Gym and Music F-Computer