First Grade News
October 14, 2013
Important Dates:
October 21 – report card/conferences
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October 25 – Fall Festival
Students can wear a
costume to school on Friday.
First Grade is asking for donations for
our “Cookie” walk booth. Please send a
Complete Package of store bought
Cookies by Wednesday, October 23.
This weeks concepts:
Reading:
Comprehension: summarize
Phonics: short /e/
Spelling words for the week are short
/e/ words: leg, beg, men, hen, let,
get, bend, sled, no, some
High frequency words: no, some, of,
who
Math: students will add and subtract
problems to 10, and identify related
number sentences as fact families.
Science: Students will
understand that the forms of energy:
light, sound, and heat are important
in everyday life.
HELP YOUR CHILD BE A READER
Reading tip Encourage Questions
When you are reading a book together
encourage your child to ask questions about the
story, and ask them yourself. Examples: “What
do you think will happen next?” “Why do you
think the character did what he did?”
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Happy Birthday!
Aolani Salazar – Oct. 17
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