November
REMINDERS
·
Every Wed. is P.E. please make sure you child is wearing
appropriate sneakers.
·
If you child’s method of transportation home
is changing (even for one day) please email or write a note to let me
know. I cannot let them leave otherwise.
·
If ANYONE would like to donate old Halloween
costumes, they will go to good use for next year’s class.
·
If you would like to set up a conference
before conference day, please get in touch with me. I can do before school from 8:20-8:40.
UPCOMING DAYS/ DAYS OFF
· Monday Nov.5th-school closed for students
· Tuesday Nov.6th- Election Day: No School (GO VOTEJ)
· Friday Nov. 9th –We will be discussing Veteran’s Day
· Monday Nov.12th-Friday Oct.16th-American Education Week *First Grade is Monday
· Monday Nov.19th –Conference Day *first grade does not get report cards first quarter
· Thursday and Friday Nov 22nd and 23rd-Thanksgiving Break…gobble gobbleJ
A PEEK AT OUR WEEKS
·
Math: Unit 2 test will fall on Nov. 14st. We will begin unit 3, Solving Story
Problems.
·
Reading: We will
continue to use a combination of fiction and non-fiction texts. We are also using Houghton Mifflin series to
teach a variation of comprehension skills as well as reading fluency. Our classroom will start the PACE program
(Processing and Cognitive Enhancement) to develop our Language Arts skills.
·
Phonics: We have
been blending and sounding out digraphs as well as continuing our short vowel
sounds.
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Grammar: We will
begin to learn different parts of a sentence and speech such as nouns,
adjectives, telling and asking sentences, and what needs a capital letter.
In other news...
Ms. Lahey's college football team is on a roll!
As most of you know, Ms. Lahey is from Albany, New York. Fortunately, Albany was not hit too hard by hurricane Sandy, but a lot of my friends and family were effected by the horrible storm. If you hear of ways to help, I'm sure everyone up north would greatly appreciate it:)
