first grade newsletter february 10, 2012 important dates and events feb. 17 th valentine’s day...

First Grade NewsletterFebruary 10, 2012

Important Dates and Events

• Feb. 17th Valentine’s Day Party Please have your child make

their Valentine’s Day box/bag at home.• Feb.19th PTO Family Day Park

Center Lane (2-4p.m.) • Feb. 20th Presidents Day—No

School• March 26th Spring Break

Language Arts• Unit 3 “Changes”• “Where Are My Friends”• Spelling Words ending in “er” “est”• Sequencing• How the seasons are different and what

animals do in the winter

• Next Week• Benchmark Test• We have finished our 3rd series of

Reading Streets and we will be testing the kids over what they have learned in this unit.

• No Spelling Words due to Benchmarking

Math Ch. 6

• Ch. 6 Pretest• Lesson 6.1 Addition/Subtraction Fact

Table• Lesson 6.2 Equivalent Names for

numbers• Lesson 6.3 Fact Families• Lesson 6.4 Fact Family Triangles

Next Week

• Lesson 6.5 Strategies to Solve Subtraction Facts

• Lesson 6.6 The Centimeter• Lesson 6.7 Exploring Pattern

Blocks,Addition Facts, & Triangles• Lesson 6.8 Addition Facts Practice with

“What’s My Rule?”

Extra Notes

• Now that we have begun Unit 3 in our reading unit, students will now be tested on how many words they can read in a story in 1 minute. You will receive a handout telling you how many words they read. By the end of the 3rd nine weeks they should be reading 20-30 words. Our goal is to have your child reading 60 words by the end of the year. One way that you can help us is to make sure your child reads to you everyday. Studies show that the more a child reads the better they will become at reading.

• Please continue to work with your child on their addition facts. Just a few minutes a day can make a world of difference. Your help is greatly appreciated.