First Grade Newsletter
November 16th, 2015
COMPUTER LOGINS
Students log on to the computer independently almost every day. Please have your student practice their computer login at home. Each student has a personal login that they will use for their academic career at Mitchell...they need to know it! Most student logins are personalized like below, everyone's password is the same.
firstname.lastname.1
First1!
MATH FACT PRACTICE
Does your child have fact automaticity? Students should be gaining confidence in adding and subtracting. We've worked a LOT on facts to 10. Flashcards are an easy way to practice. You can also check out websites like mathplayground.com!
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Thanksgiving Break is next week! Students have off the entire week (November 23rd - 27th). We hope you enjoy time spent with family and friends. The week prior, we'll be having some fun and festive lessons about Pilgrims, American Indians, and why we celebrate this American holiday!
WHAT IS MY STUDENT LEARNING?
Because we have another review week this week, there will be no homework coming home. We encourage parents to work at home on the following topics during the week to ensure mastery. We are starting long vowels after the Thanksgiving break!
LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES
We will be working on many things in Language Arts/Social Studies this week. Here's the rundown of important info:
Spelling - We will continue reviewing short vowels, digraphs, and beginning/ending blends.
Grammar -
- Proper nouns - think months, days, names, holidays, etc.;
- Sorting nouns, verbs, and adjectives
- Singular/Plural nouns
Reading - summarizing, retelling, identifying main idea and details, and visualizing
Social Studies - how we live in more than one place at a time (city, state, country, continent, planet)
MATH
We're focusing on the following topics this week:
- Fact families for addition and subtraction- Math-aids.com has math fact houses that you can practice with your child.
- Place value- We are currently focusing on the ones, tens, and hundreds place value.
- Comparing numbers- Determining whether a number is greater than, less than, or equal to another number by using the signs >, <, or =.