Mrs. Weegar's First Grade
Week of November 4, 2013
Library!
Word Sorts
This week's new word sort will be in your child's red folder today. Just a friendly reminder that we will have an assessment over the spelling of these words on Friday!
This week in Language Arts
Daily Five
-We have added Listen to Reading on an I touch and Word Work on an I pad to our Daily Five rotations. The learners are very excited about these new opportunities!
Writing
-We will be creating a piece of writing about how to make a root beer float.
-We will also be writing to compare children of the 50's to children of today.
Handwriting
-We will practice correct formation of the lowercase letters y and j as well as reviewing the lowercase letters that we have practiced so far.
Word Wall
-This week's words are: not, what, all, were, we
Please make sure that your child can quickly read these words by the end of the week.
Grammar
-We will be reviewing nouns this week and starting to learn all about verbs!
Austin Weighty Word of the Week: Fortitude-patient courage
Austin Quote of the Week: "Success is never final, and failure is never fatal. It's the courage that counts." -Grit
Math
- This week, we will continue to play several different number games where we work on creating number combinations of six, seven, and eight.
- We will continue to practice using a number line to help us add and subtract.
- We will identify numbers that are greater than and less than a given number.
Science and Social Studies
- We will be discussing the importance of Veteran's Day and writing about Veteran's Day in preparation for our school-wide assembly next Monday.
- On the 50th day of school, we will be discussing life in the present and past as we compare ourselves to children of the 50's.
November Citizenship Skill: Cooperation
For Your Calendar...
-11/4 1D Book Fair Preview Day
-11/5 1D Book Fair Purchase Day
-11/5 50th Day of School!
-11/6 Field Trip to the Dallas Arboretum
-11/8 Grandparent's Day-please return RSVP notes if anyone in your family is planning to attend
-11/11 Veteran's Day Assembly at 8:15am
-11/12 PTO Meeting 6:30pm
-11/20 Kindergarten-2nd grade Thanksgiving Feast
-11/22 Turkey Trot during P.E.
-11/22 CISD Turkey Drive
-11/25 Thanksgiving Break begins
Mrs. Weegar
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Location: 161 South Moore Road, Coppell, TX
Phone: 214-496-7338
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