First Grade News LetterSept.26,2014

• Important Dates• Oct. 1st Duck Tape The Principal• Oct. 13th No School Columbus Day• Oct. 20th-24th Scholastic Book Fair• Oct. 20th Great Pumpkin Raffle• Oct. 22nd Conferences 4-8:30• Oct. 24th End of the Grading Period• Oct. 30th Fall Harvest Party

Reading

• This week:A Fox and A Kit

• How do wild animals take care of their babies? (question of the week)• Spelling Pretest Monday, Test on Friday

Inflected Ending (s,ing)Main Idea & Details

Declarative Sentences

Next Week:Get the Egg!

Which wild animals live in your neighborhood? (question of the week)Spelling Pretest Monday/Test on Thursday

Short eMain Idea & Details

Interrogative SentencesConsonant Blends (tr, br,st, sl, etc.)

Math

This Week• Lesson 1.10 Solving Number Stories to practice addition and

subtraction within 20• Lesson 1.11 Practice using a number grid

• Review for Math Test• Lesson 1.12 Math Test

• Online First in Math Begins. Passwords went home today.• Sumdog online math begins. Passwords went home today.

Next Week• Lesson 2.1 Counting On

• Lesson 2.2 Identifying pairs that add to 10• Lesson 2.3 Identifying pairs that add to 10

• Lesson 2.4 Exploring Subtraction, pairs of numbers that add to 10, Data

• Lesson 2.5 Making sums of 10

Other News

• Please make sure your child is practicing their math facts. Last week passwords were sent home for First in Math, SumDog, and Accelerated Reader (AR). If you do not have a computer, your child has the opportunity to use the tech lab at school before school starts.

• If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call or e-mail us. cogant@plainlocal.org

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