Monday, October 1, 2012

1st Grade Newsletter for October

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
October 8th-12th- Fall Break
October 16th- Hispanic Family Literacy Night 6-7
October 17th- Field Trip to McConnell Springs/Living Arts and Science Center (students will take a sack lunch)
October 31st- Dress Up Like Your Favorite Book Character Day! October 31st- Scott County “Trick-or-Treat” is from 6-8


Please continue to have your child:
Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!
Read every night and complete weekly math homework.
Study for spelling.

Learning Objectives
Week of Oct. 1-5

Language Arts:
Benchmarking
Spiral review of previously introduced skills
Writing-  Types of Sentences
Math- addition to 20
**No Spelling**
Week of  Oct. 15-19

Language Arts:
Long  ‘a’, soft ‘c’, and soft ‘j’ words
Main Idea
Non-fiction
Writing- Proper Nouns
Math Subtraction to 20

Week of Oct. 22-26
Language Arts:
Long ‘i’ words
Author’s Purpose
Diagraphs (-wh, -ch, -tch)
Writing:  Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Math Missing addends


Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Language Arts:
Long ‘o’ words
Contractions (n’t, ’m, ’ll)
Sequencing
Writing: Using commas to separate words in a series
Math: Fact Families


Helping Hands at Home:

We would like to extend a special thank you for all of your help and donations making our fall festival a success!!

***Report Cards will be coming home on Friday, October 19th***