Announcements

 January

* Homework is coming home weekly. It will come home on Monday and is not due until the next monday. Please remember to finish all work sent home.
**PLEASE remember to read with your student nightly for 20-30 minutes. It is part of their homework.
**Please help your student remember their homework folders daily. This is a good habit to get into for the upper grades.

***Jan 8th will be benchmark reading tests in first grade. It is always helpful if your student gets a good amount of sleep and eats well during this time.

*Those students who have birthdays during the month of July will be celebrating their birthday this month. Please check the calendar for the student’s name and date for celebrating.

*Wanted: classroom supplies.
        Paper towels        Wipies        Morning snacks
        -We are in desperate need of these items. Any donations would be greatly appreciated.
* I am also looking for donations of old puzzles (500-1000 piece puzzles) that may be missing pieces or are no longer in use. If you have some that fit these criteria, we would love them donated to our classroom.

*We will be doing an art activity on Friday with pine cones. Please donate some pine cones by Friday. :-)

*For 100’s day we will be doing some activities in the classroom and at home. Please keep an eye out for these assignments so they can be returned in a timely fashion.

I am excited for the year 2010!
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Topics we will be studying in class

Language

Monitoring their own reading and asking themselves "Does it sound right" as they read.

Rereading for understanding.

Review all reading strategies we have learned so far this year.

Long vowel words with the vowel, consonant, silent e pattern (ie. cake, pale, tile...) (Long vowel website)

Reading and making contractions.  (Contraction activity website)

Writing stories with clear beginnings, supporting details and ends.

Spelling

week 15: do, put, little, are, with, because

week 16: her, just, make, friend, was

week 17: by, will, his, your, could

week 18: know, very, from, again, where

Math

Collecting and interpreting Data.

Adding math facts that equal 10

Reading a face clock to the hour and half hour.

Matching Digital and Face Clock times

Counting by twos.

Identifying and adding quarters and pennies.

Art

Focus: Warm and Cool Colors          Artist: Claude Monet