Miss Snyder’s First Grade News Monday, January 11, 2016 Reading/Language Arts Word sorts Fiction Math Character description Main message of a story Identify central message Doubles plus one strategy for addition Doubles minus one strategy for addition Adjectives Intro to matter Solids Liquids Gases Problem solving Assessment Important Announcements/ Reminders Science/Social Studies Doubles plus/minus two Opinions Doubles addition sentences Our class mystery Skype will take place on Tuesday, January 12. Friday, January 15th will be an Institute Day so there will be no student attendance. There will be no school on Monday, January 18th in observance of MLK Day, Don’t forget to read for Booking with the Bears! Before the beginning of brilliance, there must be great chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd. from I Ching written by Fu His