Friday, March 4, 2011

This week in First grade...

March 7th -11th

Reminders:

Tuesday Folder stuffer: Yan Zuo

Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler


Important dates:

March 9th Early Release Day- 12:45am

March 14-17 Spring Break

***Many thanks to ALL the Art Angel's who reframed!!!! From, Mrs. Conti***

In Reading Workshop this week we will begin discussing our Animal Research project. We will begin learning researching skills and practice with texts in our classroom. This will continue after Spring Break.


In Writer's Workshop we will begin to learn about Peer Editing! We will practice helping our partner with spelling, punctuation and capitalization. We will continue to write independantly focusing on "writing more and more clearly".



In Word Work our sound is the (g) spelled as g or ge.


The (j) sound sound before e, i, or y is spelled g as in gem.


The final (j) sound after a consonant, long vowel, or vowel pair is spelled ge as in hinge.


Regular word list: germ, gym, giant, cage, large, huge


Enrichment list: gigantic, digest, engage, revenge, strange, gentle

Word Wall Words: all, end, then, house, oil

In Math we are working on solving Subtraction problems. We are working with our problem solving skills and using two strategies to show how we solve problems. Please begin reviewing addition and subtraction facts at home.

In Science we are learning about animals. This week we are studying birds and insects.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero

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