First Grade News

Fall Into Our Week

Reading:
My First Grade Friends have spent the past few weeks immersed in books. We have also learned several basic but very important reading strategies that will make us better readers. The strategies we will revisit this week are looking at the picture, thinking about what makes sense, going back to re-read, and one to one match. Quiz your child on these strategies as Im sure they would love to teach you about them!

9-26-11 Ms. Gaddys First Grade Friends kellygaddy@nixaschools.net High Pointe 225-1611

Upcoming Events
9-29 Character Ed Assembly 3:00 9-30 10- 8 Book Fair 10-6 Open House and Grandparent Night 6 8 pm 10-8 Rock and Run & Fall Festival 4:30 10-14 Half Day Dismiss at 12:45 10-17 Moms and Mugs 9 am 10-18 20 Parent Teacher Conferences

Writing:
Grandparents Day is right around the corner; therefore, we will write about what makes Grandparents so very special! We will again focus on our writers checklist, making certain that we have capital letters at the beginning of a sentence, punctuation at the end of a sentence,re-reading to make certain it makes sense, and correct spacing between words.

Bucket Busters
Dax Huff, you are simply the BEST! I appreciate the fact that I can always count on you to do the right thing and finish strong every day! Congratulations Dax for busting my bucket!

Math:
My First Grade Friends have a good grasp for counting and comparing numbers. It is time to move into 2D and 3D shapes. This week we will visit shapes in our world. We will identify each shapes attributes, and apply our knowledge by creating shape-filled pictures!

Science/Social Studies:
Plants/Responsibility/Self-Control

Notes from the Teacher:

Parents, this week will conclude the month of September! Please have your childs September Reading Log turned in by Friday, September 30th! I will then send home a new Reading Log for October! Thank you, Parents, for all of your support at home!

Weekly Words
fun, run, bun, sun, spun, no, not, ran, we, with Chunks: /wor/ and /ear/ Word Family: un