Mrs. Turner's 1st  Grade News

                                  

                              Week of:

                         August 18, 2008

Reminders:

-It has been a great start!  Thank you for sharing your child with me! 

-PTO Fund Raiser Information going home today!

-PE Days on Monday and Friday (Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes.)

-If afternoon transportation plans change for your child, please let me know by leaving me a phone message. 

 

 

Reading

 

Dolch Site Words are going home today!  Please read over the letter.  It is very important that you practice these words with your child.

 

Please read with your child as much as possible.   “The more you read, the more you know.” 

Math:

 

Daily calendar activities include:

Seasons, Months, Days of the Week, Number of Days in school, and Counting to 100.

 

We are counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s and practicing addition. 

 

 

Spelling List:

this, my, would, me, will,

yes, big, went, are, come

 

Practice TEST on Thursday.

Final TEST on Friday.

(If your child makes a 100 on Thursday, they will not have to take the test on Friday.)

Writer’s Workshop/Language:

 

We have been discussing main idea and details.  Students have created a sentence mobile.  The main idea being their friend.  They have added details about their friend to the mobile.  We will have these displayed in the hallway. 

We will be discussing narrative stories and begin to brainstorm.