Newsletter Week 20- Jan 22nd
Newsletter for Week of January 22nd
Hello first grade families!
Math:
This week we will finish unit 5. We will take the unit 5 assessment on Wednesday. Then we will begin unit six. In unit six we will be learning about telling time, adding two-digit numbers in story problems, and place value. We will also review fact families and partners of ten. This week we will work on telling time to the hour and half hour.
Homework:
We will have math homework activity every night. Homework is mandatory and will be graded. Please make sure your student completes their math homework nightly.
Language Arts
Reading:
We will begin unit six titled, Stories Teach Many Lessons. We will draw inferences in the stories we read.
Language Skills:
We will start verb-subject agreement. We will learn how the verb must agree with the subject of a sentence.
Writing:
This week we will make sentences with “not” contractions.
Spelling/Phonics:
We will be making and sounding out long “I” words. This week's spelling words are; mine, nice, line, ride, time, white, spice, slide, life, bike.
We will take a spelling and reading assessment on Friday.
Homework: Make sure your child is reading and working on sight words for at least twenty minutes each night.
Reading at home:
Please have your student read online on their Raz-kids account twenty minutes each night! These are books I have assigned to each student at their current reading level.
To use student account login to:
https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login
Teacher: jhodgman0 (last digit is a zero)
Click their name
Student passwords are their student ID/lunch number.
Reminders:
We go outside twice daily. Please make sure your student is dressed appropriately for the weather. Please make sure your student has some kind of uniform approved long sleeve shirt either under their uniform shirt or an approved zip up sweatshirt every day, the classroom temperature does vary over the day!! Please make sure your student has a winter hat, gloves, coat, snow pants and boots every day.
Upcoming events:
Jan. 8-31, Flower Fundraiser Sales
Jan. 26, Pajama Day
Feb. 5-8, I Love to Read Parent Readers
Feb. 8, Parent Conferences From 3:45-6:45
Feb. 9, NO SCHOOL! Parent Conferences From 7:15-12:45
Feb. 14, Flower Delivery
Feb. 19, No School
Feb. 20, World Culture Fair
Feb. 23, Red, White, and Blue Day
Have a wonderful week.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.
Jennifer Hodgman
First Grade Teacher
Room 232