September 27, 2010
Dear First Grade Families,

This week is a full week. We will be at school everyday. Please remind your children to follow all classroom and school rules. We need quiet and cooperation so that each child can learn what they need. All students need to attend school everyday unless they are sick or there is a family emergency. I am really enjoying the children and teaching them.

Please help your child practice their words with daily spelling homework. Many students are still not doing their ABC Order and Practice Spelling Test. Students are failing their spelling test. A 0 or 1 is failing. They should be getting 7 or more words correct.
Daily reading is important. Sign the reading log after they read 20 minutes each day. They need to show the reading log to me daily. Keep up with completing math sheets also.

This week we are practicing letter sounds as well as working on comprehension as we listen to Six Dinner Sid in SFA Reading. We are learning about endings of words that the silent e must be dropped before adding the ending. In Science we are learning about clay when added to water. In Social Studies we are learning about maps and physical features such as lakes, rivers, mountains and deserts. In math we move onto counting numbers with hundreds, tens, and ones. Some students still need help with counting and drawing numbers with only tens and ones. I will continue to assist them during intervention time.

Our homework:
1. Monday- write each word five times, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet
2. Tuesday- Write each word in a sentence, read 20 minutes, and a math sheet.
3. Wednesday-Put your words in ABC Order
4. Thursday- Do a Practice test.
Test is Friday!!!!!
Spelling Words:
1. by
2. have
3. are
4. had
5. over
6. must
7. make
8. street
9. say
10. come
Thank you,
Mrs. Brown
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