Or visit our Class Website Beth SwainGrade 1 Beth.swain@cityschools.net Or visit our Class Website You Heard it First! August 31st-September 4, 2015 Skills By the Day… A Peek at Our Week Parents, I cannot get the newsletter completed each day due to making it the same across the grade level . Therefore, I will send it home on Mondays. There are several things that went home last week. Parent handbook signature pages (the back of the stapled handbook), household income survey, as well as t-shirt orders are all due on Friday, September 4th. Don’t forget to practice homereaders nightly!! The students are making good progress. I need magazines desparately! Please send them in asap if you have any. We will be using them all year long. Thanks!!! Please make sure your child’s Daily Communication log binder stays in their folders. Please send a snack with your child daily. Sp. Area Mon.-MUSIC Tues. PE Wed.- Art Thurs.- Music Fri.- PE Writig We are beginning our study of writing Narratives on “small moments”. This is a skill modeled by me each day and then they write. Math This week in Math we are working on using a number line to subtract. We are also working on identifying PM times. THU Language- We are working on our study of adjectives. Mentor sentences is an ongoing skills teaching punctuation, capitalization, nouns, verbs, adjectives. FRI We are learning how to navigate Lexia Reading this week. As soon as I feel comfortable with it, I will send home log in information for home. Did you sign your child’s behavior form? Did you remember to list their homereader?. Spelling & Word Study Spelling pattern Language Skill Mark Your Calendar We are still learning about the short o sound. We are also practicing the letters Dd, Ll, Hh We are going to begin talking about verbs and adjectives. For reading , we will be talking about character traits. September 3 Half Day, Dismissal 11:00- (Don’t forget to visit my webpage. Go to cityschools.net and find Overall Creek under Schools. Click Grade 1 and then my name. The newsletter and LOTS more is online each week) September 7 Labor Day Holiday- No School Words to Remember is, of, was,are, have, they, that, two These are our sight words.

Classroom Memos A Peek at Our Week Teacher’s Desk Mark Your Calendar Teacher’s Name Grade Phone Number Email Class Website Classroom Memos Insert Newsletter Date or Edition Here WEEKLY HOMEWORK A Peek at Our Week MON List homework options here Reading: Unit of Study Insert a brief description of reading activities and/or learning for the week. TUE List homework options here Math: Unit of Study Insert a brief description of reading activities and/or learning for the week. WED List homework options here Writing: Unit of Study Insert a brief description of reading activities and/or learning for the week. THU List homework options here Science/SS: Unit of Study Insert a brief description of reading activities and/or learning for the week. EXTRAS List homework options here ________ Stars Student’s Name: _____________________________ Parent’s Signature: ___________________________ From Teacher’s Desk the Type Note to Parents In This Section Mark Your Calendar List Important Dates and Events In This Section