Mrs. Bennett's First Grade Class
October 4, 2013
Goal Notebooks
Your child will be bringing home their Goal Notebook every Friday. Please make sure it is returned on Monday so it can be used to help us learn throughout the day. In this notebook you will find items that correlate with the goals your child is working on inside sheet protectors. These are things you can help your child with over the weekend. Behind those are tabs. Each tab is for tracking our learning in a specific subject in school. Right now we only have math and sight words that we are tracking. It is so much fun to see your child take charge of their own learning, know exactly what they need to be practicing, and which goals they have met!
Math
We are going to begin working on using ten frames to help us add and subtract within 10.
I do have some websites to help your child practice adding and subtracting using a ten frame on my website.
Writing
We will be writing our own book about pumpkins. We are going to use directional words (up, under, over, behind) to write where we hid our pumpkins. Our learning target is: I can use conventions when writing. (Capital letters, punctuation, spelling words phonetically)
Also, feel free to visit my website and go to the writing tab. There are some fun games in green.
Reading Skills
We are working on retelling a story. This is very difficult. You can easily practice by having your child tell you about a book after reading/listening to it. They need to include: main characters, setting, important events that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. This will also include answering the following questions: What was the problem and How did was the problem solved?
Reading / Phonics
We are learning how to spell words with the following sounds: qu, x, y at the beginning of a word, and y at the end of a word.
Your child is now learning to say Vowel Town in order, say the sounds as I point to random places on Vowel Town, and begin spelling the sounds. This is something you can practice at home when your child brings home their Goal Notebook.
FYI
- We have snack every day at 2:00.
- We go to the library on Thursday mornings. Please leave your child's library books in their backpack so they can trade every week.
- Please fill out and return the conference forms as soon as possible.
- No School on Friday, October 11.
- Conferences will be held on the 23 and 24 of October. The 23rd is an early release day and the 24 will be a No School day for students.
- October 10 is Culver's Night!!
- October 18 is Picture Retake Day.
- October 22 is our first Academic Celebration!
Specials:
Monday - PE
Tuesday - Art
Wednesday - Music
Thursday - PE