First Grade News
Week of August 22 - 26
Reading
We will begin Sight Words this week. The sight word books are coming home today. Your child can begin testing on list 1 tomorrow. You can also go to the app Sights ($5) or go online to www.getsights.com to practice the sight words. Our class code is 9pu4y . You will need to help monitor your child on this sight. It shows what words your child will need help with and mixes the list up for better practice. It will also show me when and what words your child needs help with.
We will also be STAR testing this week. I will send home a print out of your child's score after he/she has completed their test. Some students have already began AR testing.
Spelling
We are working on the Welcome Back Superkids this week and next week. This is a review of all the alphabet. We will have a small spelling test next Thursday to get them used to testing. I will send home a list of words to practice. These words will just have the basic sounds that your child should know already.
There are a few homework sheets in the homework packet to review consonants, short vowels and blends. These packets are due back on Friday. Please don't try to do them all in one evening.