First Grade Newsletter Reading/Language Arts Math

First Grade Newsletter
Smiley Faces Publishing
Reading/Language Arts
Chunk: “ight”
Word Wall Words: change, here, move, kind,
again
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Practice reading and writing this week’s
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word wall words in a variety of ways.
Identify unknown words and model using
context clues to decide on the meaning.
Week of: January 9, 2012
Math
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Add to 20 with three addends.
At home practice:
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Basic facts (+,- within 10, and use strategies
to solve problems up to 20) for at least 10
minutes, three nights a week.
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Suggested activities include games, on-line
games, flashcards, and puzzles.
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Writing
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Science & Social Studies
Use transitional words (first, next, then,
after, that, finally) in writing to describe a
little moment in time.
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Continue to discuss rules and routines in
our new school building and classroom.
Here’s How You Can Help at Home:
If you can, please donate glue sticks and crayons for our classroom. Thank you so
much to everyone who has donated! 
Please help your child bring his/her book-in-a-bag (reading homework) to school daily.
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