1^st Grade Newsletter for October

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

October 8^th-12^th- Fall Break

October 16^th- Hispanic Family Literacy Night 6-7

October 17^th- Field Trip to McConnell Springs/Living Arts and Science Center (students will take a sack lunch)

October 31^st- Dress Up Like Your Favorite Book Character Day! October 31^st- 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 19^th***