Weekly Homework and Class News

Monday- 1. Math activity 2. Nightly reading 3. High frequency word practice

Tuesday: 1. Reading comprehension activity (due Thursday) 2. Nightly reading 3. High frequency word practice

Wednesday: No Homework due to Veterans’ Day holiday

Thursday: 1. Math activity 2. Nightly reading 3. High frequency word practice

Life in First Grade

This week we will read a story called A Surprise for Zig Bug as we learn about insects and the short u sound. We will also learn about writing descriptively, nouns, story elements, sentence structure and using punctuation correctly. We will learn how to represent and recognize numbers on a ten-frame in math. In social studies, we will learn about our world and our country as we study maps. We will also learn about Veterans’ Day and begin learning about Thanksgiving. In science we will learn about animals and insects and observe our plant growth. We will learn about being thankful in religion and learn about how Jesus loves everyone.

Review last week’s high frequency words:

are, away, does, he, live, pull, they, where

Please continue to review prior weeks‘ first grade high frequency words

First grade earned $138 in quarters for the children of Uganda and Thailand. Great job to all children and parents who sent in quarters!

Please stop by the classroom to sign-up to donate items or serve and clean-up at our Thanksgiving celebration on Monday, 11-22-09 at 11 a.m.

Please send in extra Halloween candy for the 5th grade service project Operation Gratitude. They will be sending the candy overseas to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.