Spelling January 9 - 12

Reminders:  Go to spellingcity.com for games and reinforcement of our spelling words.
Username:  scarey1  Password:  mollyd

have, having, come, coming, make, making, like, liking, from, friend, were, was  BONUS:  January

Topic: Language, January 9-12

This week we will be studying three concepts at a deeper level:


1.  Some words are spelled the way they sound and some are not. Have and from are not spelled the way they sound.

2.We have a lot of expressions in our language;  have a ball, have a chip on your shoulder, have the blues, have a close call, have a green thumb, have cold feet, have a sweet tooth, etc.  We will be discussing these and making lists of things in our language that funny expressions we use.

3.  When adding -ing to words that end in e, we drop the e before adding -ing.

READING FLUENCY

Our goal in first grade is to guide and teach your child to read fluently, with expression and to comprehend what is read.  By doing so, your child is more likely to have a successful school experience.  It is vital during this first grade year that your child spends a great deal of time reading not only at school but at home as well.  I will be sending books home with your child on a daily basis as long as they are brought back the following day.  Please send the word cards and take home books in the plastic bags to and from school everyday.  We are on a quest for fluency!!  Just watch your child fly when his/her confidence blossoms through reading!  I'm ready to launch each one of them!!  Happy Reading!


For those of you who already are very dedicated to bringing your book bags back,  thank you, thank you, thank you!!  You're on your way to helping your child achieve great success!


By the way, have I mentioned this year being now 2012 how much I love my job!!

Magazines Anyone???

We are in need of magazines for cutting out words and pictures.  If anyone has any old ones you are willing to part with, we would appreciate them very much.

I am also needing medium sized plastic bottles for some word work activities.  The ideal size is not a litre pop bottle but the larger water bottle size.  I think it is 20-24 oz.  Thank YOU!

Math/Language focus this week

We will spend a lot of time talking and reviewing about adding and subtracting as well as using coins while we add and subtract.  I am having the kids work a lot on place value over the next few weeks as well as proximity and direction words.  Use language at home to help your child at school like:  First, Second - Tenth; Above, Below, Behind, Beside, Next to etc..

We will also be making a large list of words that have double letters in the middle.  Please keep a list of words and have your child bring them to school for us to post on our chart.

Spelling Words!

Please go to the spellingcity.com for games and spelling reinforcement.  The words this week will be review words:  can, dog, the, fast, park, as, run, were, was, with, at, his


The spelling lists will be getting longer as the kids improve in their writing and spelling of words.  I am very happy to see the kid's improvement in spelling.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I trust that all of you had a relaxing and wonderful holiday with your family.  I missed your child and am so happy to be with them again!

Please send back the homework and books that were sent home to read over the holiday break.  Thank you for those of you who have done this already.

It's great to be back!

We have a new student names Mila.  We are very happy to have her with us in our class family.  Welcome Mila and her family to Perrydale and our class!!