Mrs. Lendy
1st Grade News
September 28, 2015
Literacy/Reading
Math.
*We will continue to work with number
partners to help solve addition and
subtraction problems. We will use
circle drawings to help us solve
problems.
*We will begin to explore the math
strategy of counting on.
*Students will be working in math
stations in the classroom setting
throughout the week to reinforce
math skills and concepts.
Homework
Please continue to read nightly with your
child. Please keep book in folder and
return each day-even if the book has not
been mastered. We will read it again at
school.
Review high frequency words-both new
and previously learned.
Practice counting with your child. He/she
needs to be able to count forward to 120
and backward from 30 by the end of the
trimester.
*We continue to review as well as
introduce and practice reading both
kindergarten and first grade high
frequency words. This week’s words are:
like, my
* We continue to work in the SRA
Reading Mastery program daily. This
program is a research based program
designed to help improve decoding and
ultimately fluency.
*We continue to read daily from a
variety of materials.
*We continue to work on upper and lower
case letter identification as well as sound
identification for each letter.
*We will work on identifying initial and
ending sounds in words.
* We will work on phonemic awareness by
using listening skills to identify and
manipulate sounds in words.
Noteworthy News
*On Thursday, your child will have an assessment
over the first 8 high frequency words that have been
introduced. Your child will need to read each word
within 3 seconds, with no sounding out, for the word
to be considered mastered.
*Your child will be assessed this week to determine
his/her math instruction level.
suzanne.lendy@cusd200.org