Monday, December 10, 2012

DAILY REMINDERS

• Homework:  Math Reteach worksheet
• Support-A-Family:  This is the last week for Support-A-Family, and we are accepting any donations.  Thank you again to everyone who has donated items for this great cause!  Our Support-A-Family box was "bursting at the seams" last week. 
• Pancakes with Santa:  This Thursday, December 13.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUR FIRST GRADER:

• Shared Reading:  The story we are reading this week is The Doorbell Rang.  After reading the story, we discussed the story elements (characters, setting , problem, and solution).  This information is vital when your first grader is asked to retell a story.  It is important they remember character's names and the events in the correct order also.
• Word Work:  We learned our new spelling words today (under, want, but, at, yes).  If you practice on www.spellingcity.com, these are Week 15 words.
• Writing:  We are talking about the difference between WANTS and NEEDS in Social Studies and we are incorporating this lesson into a writing lesson, as well.  We listed things we WANT and things we NEED, and then we are going to make a WISH LIST.  Our wish list must contain at least one thing we Want, one thing we Need, and one thing we know someone else Needs.
• Math:  Tomorrow we will take a math test over chapter 4.  We completed the last lesson in the chapter today.  The math homework tonight reinforces this lesson.  After reading a story problem, we learned how to draw a picture when we are trying to figure out how many are left.
• Social Studies:  Going along with our WANTS and NEEDS lesson, we made a holiday stocking with the words WANTS  and NEEDS at the top.  We are going to look at pictures in magazines and cut and glue things that show wants and needs onto our stocking.