First Grade Newsletter
Week of February 22, 2021
Phonics
This week is a review week we will review these sounds:
-ar
artist, barn, charm, March
suffix -ed, ing
r controlled vowels er, ir, ur
fern, girl, fur
Contractions ‘s, ‘ve’ ‘re
he’s, you’ve, we’re
This week we will introduce these sounds:
-dge (j)
Edge, nudge, pledge
Suffix -er, est
smaller. taller,
smallest, tallest
Tricky Words of the Week
Review:
could, from, now, wanted day, for, of said, put, eats, see
our, some, down, of, for, are, water, who, new, where, their, without, friends, what, good, done
New Words:
Every, find, there, again
Math
We will finish topic 6 interpreting data and begin Topic 7 Extending a counting sequence. Please continue to practice math addition and subtraction facts at home. Math fact fluency is an important skill for confidence in math. Review telling time and identifying money with your student at home.
Important
This Week:
Monday 2-22 orange
Tuesday 2-23 blue
Wednesday 2-24 orange
Thursday 2-25 blue
Friday 2-26 orange
School starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child has their chromebook charged and ready for school.
On home learning days please remind your child to complete their attendance google form in google classroom.When your student is at school they will complete the form at school.
Students learning at home will have assignments in google classroom each day. They are expected to complete these assignments. The google meet for home learning students will be at 8:00 am from now on.
Students will have paper homework each week that is to be completed and returned the following week. Because of the snow day and the day off last week homework will be sent on Wednesday for orange kids and Thursday for blue kids so that they have time to complete their homework from last week. Thanks for being flexible.
Please remember to check Seesaw for teacher updates.
In preparation for the kids heart challenge all classes will have P.E. everyday next week. Please make sure your student has gym shoes for P.E.
Please make sure your student has clothing appropriate for outdoor play on the days they are attending school in person.