First Grade Gazette

Miss Skelton’s Class

November 9-13, 2009
Just a Reminder
 November 11 Veteran’s Breakfast!
th Classroom News
Don’t forget to come and let us honor you!  Don’t forget to purchase a
 November 12 Family Art Night!
th yearbook! On sale now for $15
 Your child has been encouraged
 November 17 Muffins for Moms
th
to hunt for interesting rocks
 November 19 Doughnuts for Dads
th
and start a rock collection (with
permission from parents).
Please do not allow your child to
A Peek at the Week bring this collection to school
Reading/Phonics: We will introduce the sounds yet.
and spellings for /qu/,/y/,/s/ and long /a/ spelled  Please be sure your child gets
a_e. We will read about Fire fighters and discuss enough sleep every night!
main idea/details.
The High Frequency Words for the week are:
Homework
into, good, from, play, see • Read with your child each
Language Arts/Writing: We will begin learning night for 20 minutes
about compound words and continue to review • Complete the homework
package and staple to turn in by
punctuation.
Friday!
Math: This week we will continue to work on finding
the unknown number in a partner sequence and Where’s Waldo?
making equations from stories. Related Arts If you read this
newsletter, tell
Science: We will continue to discuss the properties Monday: PE
Tuesday: Music your child to tell
and uses of rocks. Ms. Skelton the
Wednesday: Computer
Social Studies: On Wednesday we will celebrate secret password is
Thursday: Art
Veteran’s Day by learning about the constitution Friday: Library/Spanish
“Veteran” on
Wednesday and he
and the Declaration of Independence.
or she will win a
cougar token!
We collected the most Box Tops
last quarter!
We are starting a new collection of Box
Keighley Skelton
tops for this grading period! Please
kskelton@richland2.org remember to cut them out and send
462-3900 ext. 32105 them in. It is a tremendous help to us if
missskelton.blogspot.com you write the count on the envelope.