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Newsflash:

Just a few quick notes for everyone.

Math Games:

I am glad to see the kids playing games on the everyday math website..... do you remember 1984? It was a book about the future (yes, I read it in High School) and how Big Brother was watching everyone. Anyway, I can go

online and see who has been playing! I must say I am impressed with the number of children who have played the games. Way to go! I am planning on telling the kiddos at school tomorrow how wonderful it is to see them practicing their math skills at home!!!

Book Orders are due Tuesday. I will order books Tuesday Evening so they will be here before Christmas. If you want them to be Christmas presents please let me know and I will put them away and give them to you when there are no children around.

Holiday Party

I will be needing several people to volunteer at our holiday party and also donate some items. I will put a list up outside our classroom in the next couple of days.

Giving Camgaign:

The PTO's Giving Campaign is coming to a close. Please consider donating what you can. As a class, we are currently at 43% families contributing. It would be awesome to see 100% of our families participate in this fundraiser. If you can't donate the amount the PTO is asking, contribute what you can. NO amount is too small.

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New Newsletter

First Grade Newsletter

November 22, 2009

Mrs. Eriksson’s Class

 

Items needed to borrow for a class project:

Copies of the Jan Brett book titled The Mitten

Important Upcoming Dates:

December 4: End of Giving Campaign:  The PTO is raising funds for our school.  This is a one-time donation for the year. Currently 43 % of our class has donated to the campaign, lets try to get 100%!   Please donate what you can, and remember - no amount is too small! 

 

Upcoming Events:  Dates TBA

Gift Galore

Hat, Mittens, Coats and Gloves Drive

Canned Food drive

All School Craft Day

 

Homefun for the Weekend

Poem folders

Math

Reading envelopes

Reading Envelopes:

On Friday, I sent home reading envelopes with each child along with an information sheet and a reading log. Please help your children complete this portion of their homework.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

If you can, please tally up how many minutes your child read over the week and write it in the upper right hand corner.

 

Math:

Last week in Math we:

Explored odd and even numbers

Number stories

 

Reading:

We worked

• With the “eep” word family

• In skill set groups – curriculum depended on the needs of each groups.

• In guided reading groups we worked on word solving strategies based on

phonics rules, content, vocabulary and comprehension

 

PE/Music:

We will have PE on the Wednesday when we return to school.

 

Vocabulary we worked on this week:

Noun – a person, place or thing

Adjective – a word that describes a noun

 

Writer’s Workshop:

This week we completed free writing and storyline writing activities.

We focused on:

·     Periods and exclamation marks (when needed)

·     Upper/lower case letters, Spacing, Basic spelling

·     Nouns

·     Adjectives

·     Poetry and Free writing

 

Have a wonderful break.

 

Becky

 

 

First Grade Newsletter
November 13, 2009
Mrs. Eriksson’s Class

Storyline:
The children have continued to write in their “travel journals”. The entries and poems they have written are very rich. They are taking on the character of one of the Fritz family members and have written as if they actually experienced the activities on the itineraries! This is where storyline come to life!

Important Upcoming Dates:
November: Pennies for a Cause
Giving Campaign: The PTO is raising funds for our school. This is a onetime donation for the year. Please donate what you can, no amount is too small.
November 20: Lion, Witch and Wardrobe Play at Summit High School.
Nov.23 -27: Thanksgiving Break.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
This is a play put on by BEAT, a local performance company. We will be departing school at 9:05 am on Friday, Nov. 20. Please make sure your child is at school by 8:55 and in the classroom. Please let me know if your child will not be at school. If you feel you can donate $2.00 for the bus that would be wonderful. I am covering the cost of the play with funds given to my classroom account from the Parent Teacher Association (PTO). This is a great example of how your donations to the Giving Campaign are put into use!

Homefun for the Weekend
Poem folders
High Frequency Words

NEXT WEEK
I am not sure what happened, as I was going to send these home last week. I think I will wait until after Thanksgiving to begin sending the book envelope home. When you receive the envelopes, please read over the information, as it is important to the success that we want our children to feel. This will be reading homework for the children. Books will be sent home on Mondays and will need to be returned on Mondays.

Math:
Last week in Math we:
Took the Unit 2 math assessment. I am happy to say the children did very well. After I finish recording the assessment, I will send it home.
Solving number stories. Ex. If one chicken laid three eggs and another chicken laid 4 eggs, how many eggs are there altogether.
We discussed patterns, labeling patterns and cycles of patterns.

Math Vocabulary we worked on this week:
Patterns
Cycles of patterns


Reading:
We worked
• With the “ub” word family
• In skill set groups – curriculum depended on the needs of each groups.
• In guided reading groups we worked on word solving strategies based on
phonics rules, content, vocabulary and comprehension
PE/Music:
We do have any specials this week.


Writer’s Workshop:
This week we completed a Cinquian Poem and wrote a journal entry about skiing, nordic skiing or snowboarding. In the journal entry, our focus was beginning, middle and endings of stories. I children wrote wonderful pieces. You will be able to read them when their topic books come home after Thanksgiving.

I hope you have a nice weekend.

Becky