Mrs. Breeding’s NewsletterSept. 10th-14th

Dates to Remember: Sept. 11 th – PTO Family Fun Night 6-

7:30 PM – come and support our school and kick off the reading program!

Sept. 13 th – Yankee Candle Orders Due

Sept. 20 th – Early Release at 11:15 AM

Oct. 8 th – Columbus Day, student holiday

Oct. 16 th – Family Academic Night 5-8 PM

Oct. 24 th – Field Trip to Main Street Theater (more info. to come)

Oct. 31 st - Nov. 1st– Early Release/ Fall Conferences

Homework: Weekly homework packets will begin

coming home this week! Your child will have a “Just Right Reader”, activity to go along with the book, and math problems to complete.

Official Words Their Way (spelling) notebooks, spelling words, and activities will begin the week of Sept. 17th. For this week, review the “practice list” of words posted on the 2nd page of this newsletter.

Encourage your child to read to you and review common sight words (to, the, my, me, we, this, that, why, when, is, it, too, number words, color words, etc.).

Practice counting to100 or higher each day by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

Practice writing letters and numbers often!

Reversing numbers and letters is common at this age, but do point out the reversals and show the correct way to write the letter/number.

What are we Learning About?1. Reading Problem and Solution in stories Retelling Stories – correct order, important details,

setting, and characters Silent “e” words Reading level testing2. Writing Writing “mini lessons” – story starters, punctuation,

capitalization, spelling/word stretching, what to do when you think you’re done writing, begin writing short stories

“Frog Jump Capitals” – F E D P B R N M “Starting Corner Capitals” – H K L U V W X Y Z3. Math

1. One-to-one correspondence – counting up to 202. Number sentences/equation creation3. Addition Story Problems (word problems)4. Addition facts5. Comparing numbers

4. Science – Weather – temperature, forecasts, and types of weather5. Social Studies – Citizenship

What can I do at home? Reinforce what we are learning in the

classroom by reading to your child and having them read daily.

Always practice retelling a story in the correct order and including all important details.

Students should be writing words that are legible and easily read (even if they are not spelled correctly). Begin encouraging more sentence writing utilizing correct punctuation.

Students should be sounding out simple unknown words while reading.

Important Reminders Remember to have your children to

school on time as often as possible. We begin instruction immediately after announcements (around 8:05 AM). Thank you for all your support!

Review Spelling ListWeek of September 10, 2012

Parents,

First grade will begin spelling instruction on your child’s individual level beginning the week of September 17th, however there are some basics we need to teach the students prior to beginning the actual Words Their Way curriculum. Word

sorts, reading activities, and word building are just a few of the activities that will be taught this week. Furthermore, all students will have a spelling consumable workbook on their spelling level with additional activities to encourage spelling knowledge and growth. Due to the fact that there are so many new activities which need to be taught prior to beginning the actual curriculum, we have come up with a simple practice list of words to teach these activities for all 1st grade students. The words are simple, but the focus will be on teaching sorting and other activities using these words. We will have a spelling test on Friday as a review of these words.

We are off to a great year and appreciate all of your support!

The First Grade Team

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