Important Dates and Events First Grade News Dec. 14, 2012 Important Dates and Events Language Arts Next Week Unit 3 An Egg is an Egg” What is changing in our world?” Spelling (long y) Compare & Contrast Action Verbs Just Completed Unit 2 Communities Benchmark No Homework This Week Dec. 24-Jan.2 Winter Break Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Jan. 4th School wide Birthday Party Thank you Mr. Geiger for coming in and talking to our students about Honey Bees. They learned so much and truly enjoyed it.

Math Social Studies: The purpose of a city and it’s importance. Next Week Lesson 5.5 Animal Weights (intro. To 2-digit addition) Lesson 5.6 More Than & Less Than Number Stories Lesson 5.7 Comparison Number Stories Lesson 5.8 Solving Number Stories Just Completed Ch. 5 Pretest Lesson 5.1 Place Value Tens & Ones Lesson 5.2 Place Value with Calculators Lesson 5.3 Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To Other News You may reach us by phone or by e-mail. If you would like to practice math facts with your child you may check out this website: mathfactcafe.com. We will have enrichment for students who get “Above” on their Math Pretests. In order to help your child we need your help. Please have your child read everyday. Ask them questions about what they have read. Have them read aloud to you. Having them listen to you read will help them to hear what a good read sounds like. Homework goes home on Friday and is due on Thursday!!!