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Week of January 20, 2014

Weekly Class News

From the first grade classroom of Mr Frederick

What!s New"
#ur class collected o$er %00 &o' to(s) We collected the highest num&er of &o' to(s in the school, howe$er our 4th grade classrooms collected a higher a$erage num&er of &o' to(s (er student *hank you for sending in your &o' to(s) +$en though the contest is o$er you can still send them in to &enefit the school) *his week we &egan a new fundraiser for the ,merican Cancer -ociety!s .elay for /ife -tudents can &ring in loose change from home to donate 0with your (ermission1 *he classroom that raises the most money will earn a (i22a (arty *he fundraiser ends on Fe&ruary 13 th *he class is in need of snacks again for the new semester 4f you are willing and a&le to hel( out (lease send enough snacks for 24 students -tudents en5oy 6oldfish crackers, fruit snacks, (ret2els, crackers and granola7cereal &ars *hank you)
What we are learning: Reading: This week the students will continue to work in their reading groups on developing their reading skills. The students will be focusing on talking about their favorite part of a story and why. Students will be encouraged to make personal connections to stories and be able to give specific reasons why they have chosen certain parts as their favorites. Students will also practice using B-! to retell a story. The students will focus their writing to talk about the Beginning" iddle and !nd of a story. ath: Students will be continuing to work on their addition and subtraction facts up to #$. Students should continue to practice their facts at home. Students will also be learning about place value this week and we will discuss the tens place and the ones place. Social Studies%ST! : This week the students will be completing their animal habitat. The students engineered a blueprint of their chosen habitat and construct it in the ST! lab later this week.

REMEMBER

4m(ortant 8ates"
January 29th" Math Night 0%:;"<0 (m1 Fe&ruary 1;th" =resident!s 8ay N# -C>##/ March 20 and 21st" =arent *eacher Conferences March 24 ? 29" -=.4N6 @.+,A 0N# -C>##/1

(omework packets are due on Thursday. )lso" students can bring in book bags to e*change their books on Thursdays.

Reading Tips from Reading Rockets

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