1st Grade Newsletter December 2-9

Looking through the Week

Reading:Book: The Big Circle Skill: Sequence Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up Phonics: long o (CVCe) and contractions n’t, ‘m, ‘ll

Writing:We are learning about the writing process. Students have been learning to make a pre-write and rough draft. Then, students work to edit their rough drafts (checking for sentence SWAG!) before making a neat final copy.

Math:- Identify and draw 2-D, plane (flat) figures

including fractional parts of shapes- Identify and draw 3-D figures- Use concrete manipulatives to create

composite shapes from 2D or 3D shapes

Sight Wordsthere down going herethey time another through

Spelling1. stone2. chose3. hope4. joke5. those

*The other 5 words will have long vowel o.

Important DatesDecember 13- Pictures with SantaDecember 15- AR Goal ends (4 points)

Class Holiday PartyDecember 16- Movie/ PJ Day

End of 3rd 6-week periodDecember 19-Jan 3- Winter Break

News from the TeacherAs we get closer to midyear, please continue to

practice sight words with your student at home. Students should know all of List A (100 words) by end of December. A copy was sent home in your child’s folder. Sight word knowledge is critical to reading success. Here are some great ways to practice sight words at home:

Have your child draw a picture to go with their sight word and make a flashcard

Read and write the sight word (as they write it, say the word to connect the word to its sounds)

Point out sight words in reading (many are found in our weekly story)

Games (word searches, memory with flashcards, go fish with flashcards, letter magnet spelling)

Remember- flashcards can be printed from our class website under the section “For Parents”www.mrsfangmansclass.weebly.com

WISH LISTWe are in need of holiday decorations for our classroom. If you have any old decorations that you no longer need,

we will gladly accept donations for our class! Thank you!

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