Text Box: Spelling: This week’s spelling list will be on words with the “ow” sound. The words are: town, house, sour, frown, cow, clown, found, how, mouse, brown, could and should. The bonus words are: around and towel. Students who score 100% on Monday will be on the challenge list this week only. There is a practice test on Thursday, and the final test is on Friday. Reading: We will be reading Big Bushy Mustache. We will discuss topic, main idea, details, and dictionary skills. The vocabulary words for this week are: bushy, costume, disguise, handText Box: some, mustache, and mirror. Math: We will continue with Chapter 5: Two-digit addition. We will add with and without regrouping. We will be writing the problems and adding money. We do math facts daily. The students have 1 minute to complete 30 problems. The should be at the facts of 4 by the end of November to meet expectations on the report card. Writing: We will be changing our class book to a different topic. We will begin again this week and will complete it in the short week next week. The final copy will be Text Box: available for purchase as a hard cover book. More information will come soon. I have a sample in my class from one I did when I taught first grade. Please feel free to con tact me at any time during the school hours of 7:30am and 3:30pm. I may be reached by phone at 480-987-7420 or by email at cmurphy@qcusd.org. The web address to the SNAP grades webpage where you can login and view your student’s progress in class is: https://snapgrades.net/login/?20682 Text Box: What can I do to help my child Read with your child each night Ask questions about what has been read Have your child tell his or her favorite part of the story Practice spelling words every night Review math facts on the way to and from school Give your child a hug or a high five each day Praise, praise, praise Text Box: Social Studies/Computers Text Box: We will begin talking about communities, the constitution, citizenship and government. This will be the beginning also for the kids to prepare for the music program on February 10th. The theme is patriotism. Text Box: In Computers, we will use the internet to research a state of the student’s choice. They will use this information to create a brochure about the state for writing. Students are given the last 15-20 minutes of computers each week to catch up on AR tests. Everyone must sign up for a test each week to reach their AR goals. Text Box: Volume 4, Issue 13 Text Box: November 16, 2009

 

 

1st Grade Performance

9:30am

11/18

Early Release

12:20pm

11/18

Student of the Month

Assembly 1:00pm

11/25

Thanksgiving

NO SCHOOL

11/26-11/27

District Writing Sample

11/30

DIBELS testing

12/1-12/4

Kids Korner

Gift shop

12/7-12/11

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