Happy New Year! We have settled into the second half of our
first grade year quite well this week.
Our reading groups are focusing more and more on strategies to help with
our comprehension of stories. Ask your child
who and what as they are reading to you.
Have them wonder with you about things that might happen in the story
and always have them retell the story to you with as many details as possible
when they are done reading.
In writing we
reviewed capitals, end marks, finger spaces , neat handwriting and making sure
our story makes sense. These skills help
us write for our readers so our readers can read our writing.
In math we worked
on addition and subtraction facts and number stories. We are also identifying what place (ones and
tens) numbers are in.
We have begun our
unit on American History and learned about the Lost Colony and Jamestown. See if your child can tell you what he or she
thinks happened to the Lost Colony.
Finally we are
beginning our Leader in Me Curriculum that teaches us more about the Seven
Habits. We learned about paradigms (how
we see the world) and principles (things that are always there even though we
can’t see them like honesty). As we
cover each of the habits, I will send home a parent letter that explains them.
Upcoming Events:
Friday, January
18: No School Professional Development
Monday, January
21: No School, Martin Luther King Day
Friday, January
25: 100th Day of School (see
note in Friday folder)
Monday, February
11th: President Project Due
(see note in Friday folder)
Week of February
11th: Parent Teacher
Conferences (more info will be coming home soon)
Friday, February
15th: No School Conference
comp day
Monday, February
18th: No School Presidents’
Day
