1st Grade Newsletter February 20-24

Looking through the Week

Reading:Book: Frog and Toad Together Skill: plotStrategy: visualizePhonics: inflected endings –ed, ing, and r-controlled ar

Writing:- Informational Writing- We will be learning about Presidents and

students will be writing about what they would do if they were president

- Applying correct punctuation and capitalization

Math:- Telling time to the half hour and hour

Sight Wordsread by was came

turned men need air

Spelling1. ask2. asked3. plan4. planned5. help

**When adding –ed, if a word ends with a consonant vowel consonant (CVC) , double the final letter before adding ed.

Important DatesFeb. 20- President’s Day, No schoolFeb. 23- field trip to Peter Rabbit play

(no volunteers needed)50’s Dance 5:30-7

Feb. 27-March 2 Book Fair Feb. 28- Jump Rope for Heart $ due March 3- Professional Development, No School March 7 + 9- Parent Teacher Conferences

News from the Teacher

Please make sure that you are practicing fluency with your child at home, both in math and in reading. Fluency is built through repeated one-on-one practice. Students can build fluency in reading by using flashcards for sight words and reading and rereading their texts. Students should have both List A and List B of their sight words mastered by the end of March. If you have lost your copy from your child’s folder, these lists can be downloaded from our class website: http://mrsfangmansclass.weebly.com/useful-websites-and-flashcards.html

Students should be practicing fluency in math with flashcards and math games. Students should be able to recall math facts fluently through 20. That means, they can give the answer to 8+8 or 15 – 6 without having to count on or use their fingers. The more they practice, the easier they become!

Thanks for all your help!

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