 Weekly Reminders... *Wednesday and Thursday this week are half days of school. This is a 12:00 dismissal. Please send in a morning snack still. If your child is attending after care then please pack extra snacks and a lunch for them! *Friday is the last day of school! This is an 11:00 dismissal. There is NO after care today! NO book bags or lunch boxes are needed today! *Please remember when sending in your re-registration form to include the $150 re-registration fee. *1st grade has gym every Friday this year. Please wear gym uniforms to school on Fridays. *The children will need to be responsible for remembering if they are buying lunch or not. If you feel as if your child will have a hard time remembering then please send me an email or a note at the beginning of each week to let me know what specific days your child is purchasing lunch. *Remember that all paper stories do count as a homework assignment when they come home. The child should be reading it to someone in the house. The adult that it was read to should be signing or initialing it on the front cover. It gets sent back to school for credit. At the end of each trimester it will count as an oral reading grade. *READING PRACTICE and MATH PRACTICE…Please see the "useful links" tab to access these 2 sites. These are the websites that connect to our reading program and math book we use in class everyday. They provide great things on there to practice with at home!  This Week's Spelling Words are: her, bird, fern, fur, dirt, work, another, great, through, full, climb, poor  What are we learning this week? *Reading~Comprehension and sight words will take place every week *Reading skills this week~Plot Sequence, Point of View, Cause and Effect, Inflectional ending ~er, and Context Clues *Phonics~R-control sounds: /ar/ /er/ /ir/ /or/ /ur/ *Math~Measurement, Time, and Problem Solving *Spelling~Words with R-control e /er/, R-control i /ir/, R-control o /or/, and R-control u /ur/ *Handwriting~Letters X and x, K and k, Z and z *Religion~Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit Saint of the unit: Saint Peter "Rejoice in the Lord"~June commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor's goods. June Virtuous Action~Being grateful *Grammar~Adjectives, Adjectives that Compare, and Adjective "articles" a and an *Writing~Step up to writing and this cycle's writing trait: Word choice for how to sentences *Science~Earth's Resources *Social Studies~Traditions We Share  Reminders needed for the entire school year! Please Remember… `To check your child’s H folder everyday. `To empty the blue communication folder every Wednesday (when it is sent home), sign/initial it and return it the next day. `All homework must be completed neatly just as the class work is. `Parents must be signing or initialing all written homework each night. `To empty out the test folder each Friday. Send the test folder back to school on Monday-emptied.  |
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