First Grade Gazette

March 2008

 
Text Box: Look What We’re Studying . . . Reading: Sound & Symbol Relationships Number, Sight, Red Words Words with short vowels, diagraphs & blends Rhyming Words Reading Fluency & with Expression Comprehension: Story parts & Retelling Writing: Forming each of the letters and writing down thoughts using sounds of letters to spell words. Using capitalization and punctuation. Using correct pencil grip. Spacing of letters and words and staying on proper lines, and forming letters correctly (see attached sheet). Using complete sentences. Math: Calendar & Review Skills Recognizing sets of numbers, numerals and number words. Writing numbers to 100, by 10’s, 5’s, and (2’s to 20). Math Facts 0-20 Sequencing of numbers & writing the missing numbers Fact Families Place Value of Numbers using tens & ones Greater than & Less than Ordinal Numbers (first, second, third etc. to tenth) Telling time on the hour and half hour. Recognize and know values of penny, nickel, dime, quarter. Count like coins to $1.00. Problem solving strategies (draw a picture, think aloud, act it out) Counting on and counting backwards to solve problems. Adding doubles and three addends. Geometry: Shapes & patterns,
Text Box: Reminders -Book Orders should be sent in on Thursday, March 6th. -Popcorn Sales—25 cents each Friday End of Marking Period—March 14th Conferences—Evening of March 20th. We will be sending notes home to parents soon. No School—March 21st, Good Friday March is Reading Month- Look for a Reading Month calendar with activities. Book It! This is the last month for Pizza Hut Book It! reading. Anyone missing a prior month can read extra and get credit for the missed month. Students who have read all 6 months will have a pizza party with their teachers. Spring Break- April 7-11
Text Box: Superstars Birthdays: Blake—March 6th Tyler D.—March 10th Hannah—March 12th Dylan—March 19th Damian—March 23rd Mercedes—March 23rd
Text Box: Odds & Ends Homework: Please continue reading 10 minutes each night, (send back star slips), practice math facts, and spelling words. Remember to fill out your Book It! Calendars to earn your pizza slip (remember it is part of your child’s reading grade). Testing: We will begin testing your child on skills already taught throughout March for end of marking period grades. Please review skills taught with your child. Supplies—We are still in need of Clorax wipes. With all the illnesses we have had, we try to disinfect the desks daily.