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News from Mrs. Martin’s First Grade Class
Sept. 8, 2009
DATES:
· Sept. 9~ Grits for Grands for Pre K – 2nd grade
· Sept. 10~ Scholastic Book Orders due if interested
· Sept. 10~ Grits for grades 3-5
· Sept. 11~ Early Release Day for students
· Sept. 18~ PTO Movie Night 6:00
REMINDERS:
Please help your child remember to wear sneakers on our PE days, Mondays & Wednesdays. Our library day will be Friday; due to my absence last week we didn’t go AGAIN! I’m trying to reschedule with Mrs. Farmer. Please also remember to send a small, healthy snack that can be quickly and independently eaten in the mornings. Sometimes we will continue to work through snack time, so it’s important that you send something that can be eaten neatly. Everything that has come in so far has been great! And finally, please remember to send all money to school in an envelope, clearly labeled with your child’s name, my name, and what the money is for. It helps tremendously with the management, especially with juice & extra milk money. Thanks!
THANK YOU: Special thanks to Mrs. Dawn Collins & Mrs. Kim Goss for stepping in for me last week! I had an unexpected health issue arise, and they filled in for me wonderfully! Please brag on your children, because they worked very hard & behaved well while I was out! I’ve been cleared to resume all normal activities, but I will be out again on Thursday for a follow-up appointment.
Due to my extended absence and the shortened week this week, Take Home Readers will begin NEXT Monday, as well as the new word list. We will work on most of the same skills planned for last week this week.
Homework: For this week, please look over the following “kindergarten” high frequency words. If your child can easily recognize them for reading, go ahead and begin practicing the spelling of these words. Our main goal now is for the children to be able to read them at first sight; spelling will come later.
a, and, away, big, blue, can, cat, come, dad, dog, down, find, for, funny, go, help, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, mom, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, yellow, you
Continue to set aside a solid 15 minute slot of time for you and your child to read together. Thanks for your cooperation with homework! Together, we can work together to help your child reach his or her fullest potential!
Language Arts: We will continue to work on letter sounds, letter identification & formation. We are working on beginning and ending sounds of words, writing sentences with spacing between words, and including periods at the end of sentences. This week we are focusing on using our fingers to point to the words as we read, using the pictures for clues, and “getting our mouths ready” as we face unknown words. We are reading stories (fiction) and reading for information (non-fiction). Finally, we will work on sequencing events of a story.
Math: We’re continuing to work on number recognition, formation, and identification. We’re comparing numbers using the terms “greater than & less than” using the number line and number chart. We’re reviewing calendar skills and counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. We are working on tally marks and beginning addition.
Social Studies: We will be learning about how we use our resources (apples) to provide jobs and food for our families. We’ll be talking about ways our community joins together to celebrate the apple season with the Apple Festival!
Science: As part of our Non-fiction reading, we will be learning information about types of apples, as well as the life cycle of an apple tree from seed to apple. We’ll be discussing different types of foods that can be made from apples, and we even cook in class!
Health: We are continuing to emphasize the importance of washing our hands, covering our sneezes and coughs, and using tissues properly to help keep down the spread of germs.
News from Mrs. Martin’s First Grade Class
Sept. 8, 2009
DATES:
· Sept. 9~ Grits for Grands for Pre K – 2nd grade
· Sept. 10~ Scholastic Book Orders due if interested
· Sept. 10~ Grits for grades 3-5
· Sept. 11~ Early Release Day for students
· Sept. 18~ PTO Movie Night 6:00
REMINDERS:
Please help your child remember to wear sneakers on our PE days, Mondays & Wednesdays. Our library day will be Friday; due to my absence last week we didn’t go AGAIN! I’m trying to reschedule with Mrs. Farmer. Please also remember to send a small, healthy snack that can be quickly and independently eaten in the mornings. Sometimes we will continue to work through snack time, so it’s important that you send something that can be eaten neatly. Everything that has come in so far has been great! And finally, please remember to send all money to school in an envelope, clearly labeled with your child’s name, my name, and what the money is for. It helps tremendously with the management, especially with juice & extra milk money. Thanks!
THANK YOU: Special thanks to Mrs. Dawn Collins & Mrs. Kim Goss for stepping in for me last week! I had an unexpected health issue arise, and they filled in for me wonderfully! Please brag on your children, because they worked very hard & behaved well while I was out! I’ve been cleared to resume all normal activities, but I will be out again on Thursday for a follow-up appointment.
Due to my extended absence and the shortened week this week, Take Home Readers will begin NEXT Monday, as well as the new word list. We will work on most of the same skills planned for last week this week.
Homework: For this week, please look over the following “kindergarten” high frequency words. If your child can easily recognize them for reading, go ahead and begin practicing the spelling of these words. Our main goal now is for the children to be able to read them at first sight; spelling will come later.
a, and, away, big, blue, can, cat, come, dad, dog, down, find, for, funny, go, help, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, mom, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, yellow, you
Continue to set aside a solid 15 minute slot of time for you and your child to read together. Thanks for your cooperation with homework! Together, we can work together to help your child reach his or her fullest potential!
Language Arts: We will continue to work on letter sounds, letter identification & formation. We are working on beginning and ending sounds of words, writing sentences with spacing between words, and including periods at the end of sentences. This week we are focusing on using our fingers to point to the words as we read, using the pictures for clues, and “getting our mouths ready” as we face unknown words. We are reading stories (fiction) and reading for information (non-fiction). Finally, we will work on sequencing events of a story.
Math: We’re continuing to work on number recognition, formation, and identification. We’re comparing numbers using the terms “greater than & less than” using the number line and number chart. We’re reviewing calendar skills and counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. We are working on tally marks and beginning addition.
Social Studies: We will be learning about how we use our resources (apples) to provide jobs and food for our families. We’ll be talking about ways our community joins together to celebrate the apple season with the Apple Festival!
Science: As part of our Non-fiction reading, we will be learning information about types of apples, as well as the life cycle of an apple tree from seed to apple. We’ll be discussing different types of foods that can be made from apples, and we even cook in class!
Health: We are continuing to emphasize the importance of washing our hands, covering our sneezes and coughs, and using tissues properly to help keep down the spread of germs.
