Name:_____________ October 4th 10th , 2013

Family Tips: Reading books should be a fun and enjoyable activity for both of you. Most importantly, by giving your child positive experiences with books, you are instilling in him a genuine, lifelong passion for reading and learninga priceless gift! Spelling Words: land, sand, fast, list, sink, ant, grass, trip, help, very. Challenge word: cloud *NEW SCORE WITH READING LOG FOR Sept. 30th Nov. 8th!!! *Happy late Birthday to Alex whose birthday was in September! Happy birthday to Rook, whose birthday is this month!!

October 24th: Conferences 6:30pm-8pm October 25th: ProEd Day NO SCHOOL October 30th: Howl-O-Fun Fundraiser

Friday/Saturday/Sunday Oct. 4th, 5th, 6th, 2013 * Read for 20 minutes to an adult. You may read a story, newspaper article or a magazine article. *Timeline Project DUE 10/17!!!!! *Complete Sunshine Math! Monday Oct. 7th , 2013 * Read for 20 minutes to an adult. *Use each spelling word in a sentence. (use attached lined paper)

*Another great week at Windsor Preparatory Academy!!

seusslanding.weebly.com Reading: In Unit 1, week 4 we have be discussing r blend words such as: Fran, trick, brick, crab, drain and more. We have also added the words come, that, on, & that to our First Grade sight word family!! This week our main topic of discussion was pets. We read a nonfiction story by Gibbs Davis called Animal House. This story told us about the many different animals that have been pets in the White House. President Roosevelts family loved snakes!! Math: In math, we are still in Topic 2- Understanding Subtraction. We have spent this week working on subtraction stories. Amy has 6 crayons. Ben has 4 crayons. How many more crayons does Amy have then Ben? 6-4=2. Amy has 2 more crayons then Ben? DONT FORGET SUNSHINE MATH HAS STARTED! Science: In science this week, we have begun to talk about objects in the sky! During the day you can observe a blue sky with clouds and the sun. At night you can observe a black sky with stars and the moon. We used our observation skills and illustrated what we see in the daytime and nighttime sky! Social Studies: This week we spoke about time. We took a look at how calendars are set up. Calendars help us remember past and future holidays and events. Our class project was to create an October calendar and mark down all the important school events this month!

Tuesday Oct. 8th , 2013 * Read for 20 minutes to an adult. *Math p.53 and 59.

Wednesday Oct. 9th, 2013 *Read for 20 minutes to an adult. *Sight Word Practice p.26 *Read a Calendar p.43 Thursday Oct. 10th , 2013 * Return homework! Parent signature: _______________________