Mrs. Lyman's November 11th  Newsletter

Friday, November 11th, 2011
 

 Dear First Grade Families,

          We continue to work hard on building stamina during our Daily 5 reading program. Students met their goal this week of 13 minutes. I have finished working one-on-one with children to test math targets for report cards. Next week I will begin meeting with them one-on-one to discuss their reading goals.

During shared reading time this week we learned to read Citybook by Shelley Rotner and Ken Kreisler. We drew pictures of a city.  We wrote about what we do in our city, Manistee, and compared Manistee to New York. We added words to our word wall, and we made a class book about Manistee.

          During math this week we practiced adding and subtracting on the number line. We learned to record and solve number sentences. We learned and practiced telling time to the half hour. We learned about the frames and arrows routine to help us practice addition and subtraction, and we learned how to count using calculators.

          Please be sure to turn in your public library books by next week Thursday, November 17th.

          Next week your child will be involved in a special project to learn about family Thanksgiving traditions. All of the information about the project as well as a grading rubric came home to you today. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. For homework next week your child will be asked to complete each piece of the project and on Friday they will share their information with our class.

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          Conferences will be held Tuesday, Nov. 22 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm and Wednesday, Nov. 23rd from 8:00am to 11:00am. If you have not signed up for a conference time please do so as soon as possible by calling our office at 889-5521.

          Middle School Student Council is hosting a hat week next week. Your child can wear a hat if they bring 50 cents.

          We will be having another book fair this year. A letter and a magazine showing a sneak peek of some of the books that will be available came home to you today.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Lyman

Questions to ask your child this week are the
following:

1)    Can you use the following words in a sentence? Where, long, walk, was

2)    Can you tell me some gr-blend words?

3)    Can you solve the following math problems? 4+3= ___, 5+1= ___, 8-4= ___, 7-1= ___

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