Week of August 23rd-27th, 2010

August 23rd, 2010
Dear First Grade Parents,

This past week was a little rougher. The students need to work on keeping their hands to themselves, using restroom during recesses, and being better listeners. You should receive this newsletter every Monday unless Monday is a holiday. They will also have reading, math, and spelling homework daily with the exception of Friday. Thank you for all the supplies you provided. I will ask for Kleenex tissues, hand soap, and hand sanitizer throughout the year as it begins to be used up. I plan to photo copy one book a week to use with their reading log. Donations of copy paper would be greatly appreciated in order to be able to copy the books the students need.
This week we will continue learning phonograms, blending words, writing narratives using prewriting, and word endings in reading and writing. In Math we will learn to use tally marks, comparing and ordering numbers, making calendars, and playing games in small groups. In social studies we are learning about community helpers such as teachers and firefighter. In science we are learning about sorting rocks by their attributes such as size, color, or shape.
Here is their daily homework. They will write each spelling word five times on Monday. On Tuesday, they will write each word in a sentence. On Wednesday, they will put the words in ABC order. On Thursday, you need to give them a practice test and sign it. On Friday, I will give a test in class. Everyday they will have a math page to do. Also, a reading log will be sent home for the students to record their 20 minutes of reading on. Please also sign the reading log. All homework is due daily. I will return the reading log each day so they can have it for their homework. If they get 100% on their Monday pretest I will give them bonus words to do with their homework and be test on Friday. Only the regular first grade words will be put as a grade in the grade book.

Spelling Words:
1. can
2. see
3. run
4. the
5. so
6. no
7. now
8. man
9. in
10. top


Thank you for supporting your child, the school, and myself,

Mrs. Brown
rbrown_aal@hotmail.com
(520) 807-9668
www.mrsbrownaal.blogspot.com