Monday, November 19, 2012

DAILY REMINDERS:

• Homework:  Your first grader brought home a math workbook page to complete and return tomorrow.  This homework will help prepare them for the chapter 17 math test we're taking tomorrow.
• No School November 21-23.  We return from the Thanksgiving break on Monday, November 26.
• Next week we are collecting CLEANING SUPPLIES and PAPER PRODUCTS for Support-A-Family.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUR FIRST GRADER:

• Shared Reading/Word Work:  We read The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss and identified and listed all the long e words in the story as well as other long e words spelled /ee/, /ea/, /y/ like in turkey, and /e/ like in me.
• Math:  We did 2 math lessons today, so we can take our test tomorrow before the break.  We learned how to find a mistake in a pattern and correct it.  We also learned how to transfer patterns.  For example, if I make an AB pattern (red, white, red, white etc..) with red and white colored cubes, I could follow the same AB pattern with shapes (circle, square, circle, square etc...).
• Writing:  A few of us are still working on our Thanksgiving stories.