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Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – December 17, 2012

We will not have reading groups again until after Christmas Break. 

This week the first grade is studying Christmas around the world.  They will be visiting three countries each day.  They should have a lot of information to share with you each night! 

Don’t forget our Christmas party is on Wednesday morning.  Please send in your assigned item.  Thank you! Dismissal on Wednesday will be at 11:20.

Help! We are out of glue sticks!  If you could donate some more to the classroom I would appreciate it!

Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be focusing on Christmas again this week. We will be reading many different books like Santa’s Reindeer Games, Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear, Merry Christmas, Splat and many others!

Spelling:

No spelling words or test this week.

Christmas Break                             December 20-January 8

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! 

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Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – December 10, 2012

We will not have reading groups again until after Christmas Break. 

This Friday is Polar Express Day in First grade.  Please have your child wear their favorite pajamas to school.  They can bring a small stuffed animal, blanket or pillow too.  They have to be able to fit everything in their backpack. Thank you!

Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be focusing on Christmas this week. We will be reading many different books like The Night Before Christmas, Hurry Santa!, I’ve Seen Santa, Santa’s Stuck, Olive, the Other Reindeer, Moosletoe, The Christmas Humbugs, The Polar Express and many others!

·        We will review Compare and Contrast, Sequencing and Fiction/Nonfiction.

Spelling:

No spelling words or test this week.

Math:

This week in math we are working on place value and greater than/less than.

Language Arts:

·        This week we will be reviewing nouns and verbs.

Polar Express/Pajama Day          December 14^th

Christmas Break                             December 20-January 8

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Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – December 3, 2012

Don’t forget your child needs to wear Christmas colors tomorrow to school.  We are performing our Christmas program during the day.  They need to be back at school Tuesday night at 6:30 pm wearing nice Christmas clothes.  The program starts at 7:00. 

If you have not turned in your child’s permission slip and donation for our field trip on Friday.  Please do so ASAP.  Thank you!

 

 Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be focusing on gingerbread this week. We will be reading many different books like The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers, The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School and many others!

·        We will study words with the ending -es this week. 

·        We will learn about Theme. We will also review Compare and Contrast with our different books.

Spelling:

Please practice daily!  We will have spelling test on Friday. No enrichment spelling this week!

Spelling Words:

·        fix, fixes, class, classes, wish, wishes, kiss, kisses, bus, buses, friends, very

Math:

This week in math we are working on place value.

Language Arts:

·        This week we will be learning about verbs (action words).

First Grade Field trip to Share Your Christmas in Cleveland-Friday Decemember7

Mistake!

The spelling list on your newsletter this week is wrong.  #2 should be trunk instead of think.  Sorry for the confusion!

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Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – November 26, 2012

We are starting something new in spelling this week.  I am giving a pretest on Monday so you can see how well your child understands the phonics skill and words for the week.  If your child gets all the words correct I will send home an enrichment list for them. 

Please make sure your child is practicing their part in the Christmas program at home.  Our play is next week (December 4^th) and they need the extra practice at home.  Thanks for your help!

 

 Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be doing an author study on Laura Numeroff this week. We will be reading many different books like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If you Give a Pig a Pancake, If you Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, If You Give a Dog a Donut and many others!

·        We will study digraphs of –ng and -nk this week. 

·        We will learn about Plot and Cause and Effect. We will also review Compare and Contrast with our different books.

Spelling:

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

Spelling Words:

·        bring, think, pink, bank, sang, wing, rink, blank, rang, sunk, every, sure

Math:

This week in math we are working on subtraction to 20 and fact families.

Language Arts:

·        This week we will be learning about verbs (action words) that add –s.

First Grade Christmas Program – December 4^th @ 7:00 pm

Book Fair info

The book fair is at Yates  Nov. 12-16.  It will be open Monday - Thursday from 7:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. and Friday from 7:45 a.m. - noon.   Tuesday evening, Nov. 13  will be our Build-a-Book event.  Come create a memory with your child.  This event is FREE for Yates students thanks to the generosity of the PTO and Title 1 funds.  If you have other children who wish to make a book, they will need to purchase their book kits. Build-a-Book will be from 6-7:30 p.m. and the fair will be open as well.

 

Breakfast with the Grands will be Thursday and Friday.  We hope your child's grands (or other important adult in his/her life) will visit our school, find out what their grand student is learning and celebrate with us.  Adult breakfasts will be $2.00 each; student breakfasts are $1.25 unless your child participates in the free or reduced food plan.  Students from Ms. Fuller, Painter, and Rogers' classes and First Graders are invited for Thursday from 7:45 - 8:15 a.m., while Ms. Morris and Whitlock's classes and Second Graders are invited for Friday.

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Mrs. Ginn’s First Grade Newsletter – November 12, 2012

 

 Reading and Phonics:

·        We will be learning about the traditions of Thanksgiving and turkeys this week. We will be reading many different books like Plump and Perky Turkey, The Littlest Pilgrim, The Great Turkey Race!, Thanksgiving Turkey, Turk and Hunt and many others!

·        We will study the sounds of y this week. 

·        We will learn about sequencing and compare and contrast.

Spelling:

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

Spelling Words:

·        my, by, try, any, body, fly, cry, lucky, silly, puppy, things, always

Math:

This week in math we are working on subtraction to 20.

Please work with your child at home on their addition and subtraction math facts.

Language Arts:

·        This week we will be learning about verbs (action words).

Social Studies:

·        Thanksgiving

*First grade Thanksgiving Feast November 16.

*Thanksgiving Break is November 19-23.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!