What We Are Learning in Room 202!

Reading We have begun Unit 2 of Superkids! We are now working on the

th and wh sounds. We are also working on reading with expression and
figuring out when a sentene is a !uestion.
"ath We are now halfwa# through $hapter 2! Students have been using
%odels to o%pare a%ounts and de%onstrating their knowledge with
ounters& as well as reating their own word proble%s!
Siene' We had a great week of exploring apples! (uring our apples
enters& we %ade fingerprint apples& explored nu%bers with apple seeds&
and used ad)etives to desribe apples! We also began our first
experi%ent with a paper towel& water& and li%a beans! *sk #our student all
about it!
Writing' *s an extension to our +all ativities& we wrote about a
speifi leaf& inluding si,e& shape& and olor. We also %ade leaf people
and wrote about the%!
Dates to Remember
October 7 *rt -one!
October 10 Sholasti .ook /rders (ue.
October 13' 0o Shool. $olu%bus (a#.
October 17' 0o Shool. 1eaher 2rofessional (evelop%ent (a#.
Charlie!
$harlie was a great student of the week!
3e brought in an aweso%e troph# fro%
.itt# .all and his %o% read so%e
wonderful books we had never read
before! 3e also brought in so%e great
fa%il# pitures!
0ext Week4 5sabella!

Ms. Scahills News!
Issue 7
October 3, 2014
First Grade !t" #iator !choo$
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+eel free to ontat %e an#ti%e
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.ook%ark our lass webpage!
http488stephaniesahillgrade9.weebl#.o%8
Scholastic Book Orders are
due Friday, October 10!
'ome(or)
Our spelling homework has begun!
Students may complete all spelling
assignments in their spelling
notebooks. ll spelling assignments
are due at the end o! each week.
Students will bring home their "eading
#n$elopes midway through each unit.
%hese are words that can be practiced
at home& but do NO% need to be
spelled on the Spelling %est.
Ne't (eeks Spelling (ords) who&
what& why& think& them
Other %$assroom *e(s
*s the weather ools& please %ake sure that #our student:s
sweatshirts and outerwear is labeled with their na%e or
initials. Students should no longer be wearing shorts to
shool.
Students will be heked for head lie on 1hursda#&
/tober ;. 1hank #ou for sending in #our for%s!
Students are doing a +*.U</US )ob on their 9== .ook
$hallenge. 2lease let %e know if #ou need %ore paper to
write #our books on. Re%e%ber' eah hapter an ount
for a book& and it also ounts to read to #our hild!