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 

[email protected]