1. First Grade News Letter Sept.26,2014 Important Dates Oct. 1 st Duck Tape The Principal Oct. 13 th No School Columbus Day Oct. 20 th -24 th Scholastic Book Fair Oct. 20 th Great Pumpkin Raffle Oct. 22 nd Conferences 4-8:30 Oct. 24 th End of the Grading Period Oct. 30 th Fall Harvest Party

2. Reading This week: A Fox and A Kit How do wild animals take care of their babies? (question of the week) Spelling Pretest Monday, Test on Friday Inflected Ending (s,ing) Main Idea & Details Declarative Sentences Next Week: Get the Egg! Which wild animals live in your neighborhood? (question of the week) Spelling Pretest Monday/Test on Thursday Short e Main Idea & Details Interrogative Sentences Consonant Blends (tr, br,st, sl, etc.)

3. Math This Week Lesson 1.10 Solving Number Stories to practice addition and subtraction within 20 Lesson 1.11 Practice using a number grid Review for Math Test Lesson 1.12 Math Test Online First in Math Begins. Passwords went home today. Sumdog online math begins. Passwords went home today. Next Week Lesson 2.1 Counting On Lesson 2.2 Identifying pairs that add to 10 Lesson 2.3 Identifying pairs that add to 10 Lesson 2.4 Exploring Subtraction, pairs of numbers that add to 10, Data Lesson 2.5 Making sums of 10

4. Other News Please make sure your child is practicing their math facts. Last week passwords were sent home for First in Math, SumDog, and Accelerated Reader (AR). If you do not have a computer, your child has the opportunity to use the tech lab at school before school starts. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call or e-mail us. cogant@plainlocal.orgcogant@plainlocal.org ondoj@plainlocal.org