Mrs. Bennett's First Grade Class
February 28, 2014
Katie's Cafe -- March 3-7
Math
We are working on mentally adding and subtracting 10 from a number. We are also working on finding the missing part in an equation and balancing equations.
Feel free to have your child explore my website to watch videos and play games to help them master these concepts.
We will also be focusing on fluency of math facts to 10. Many students have mastered addition and subtraction to 20, but not fluency to 10. Please take any free time you have (in the car, etc) to help your child memorize their math facts of addition and subtraction to 10. Thank you!
Spelling
Spelling website: www.bigiqkids.com The login is cbennett.pe and the password is 1234. There are fun games to help your child practice the weekly words.
We are on Week 11. The spelling pattern is - words with qu and x.
Words: six, box, wax, queen, quack, quit, want, were
Sentences: I want six bugs in a box. Were the king and queen made of wax?
Remember - Wednesday's practice test is all 8 of these words. Friday's practice test is 6 of these words and two other words that follow the spelling pattern, but not words that they have practiced this week.
Writing
We are learning how to log in to their Google Drive. We will be publishing a presentation through their Google Drive account.
Sight Words
If your child has passed all of the sight words, their focus is not their math facts to 10. They will no longer have sight words to practice, just their "sight facts". Please practice these as you did your sight words so they can know the answer as soon as they see the math fact, just like reading their sight words. They have 30 seconds for each set of math facts. The facts are in their goal notebooks. If you would like a copy for home, just let me know and I would be happy to send some home.
****** I have some interactive flash cards on the website under sight words - practice. The boxes have a Q on the and the number of the quarter. They are nice because your child can try to say the word and then click on the word to see if they are correct.
Reading Skills
Reading / Phonics
We will be testing on all the phonics skills learned so far this year.
Social Studies
FYI
- We go to the library on Thursday mornings. Please leave your child's library books in their backpack so they can trade every week.
- No School - March 7.
- Katie's Cafe technology fundraiser week is March 3-7.
- Father Child Snowed in Night of Fun is March 7.
- Book Fair - March 10-14
- 3rd Quarter Academic Celebration is March 14.
- Spring Break is March 17-21.
Specials:
Monday - PE
Tuesday - Art
Wednesday - Music
Thursday - PE