Memos Miss Kochka’s Specials Upcoming Events A Peek at Our Week 1St Grade ckochka@pgsd.org 610-323-0903 Memos Week of April 10, 2017 Upcoming Events A Peek at Our Week 4/12: Act 80 Day! Early Dismissal at 1:30! 4/13: Staff Development. No School! 4/14 & 4/17: No School! 4/19: Spring Picture Day! 4/24-4/28: Book Fair! 4/27: Art Show! 4/28: Grandparents’ Day! Reading: Because this is a short week, there will be no official story this week. We will read a few different spring related stories and practice skills such as sequencing, compare/contrast, and finding evidence in text. We will also do a fun activity with compound words. We will continue to work in our centers on raz-kids. Please encourage your child to use this at home. Writing: This week we will continue opinion writing We will work on writing reviews on restaurants, books, games, and movies. Math: This week we will continue working in Unit 8. We will review making change and introduce the dollar. We will also talk about place value to the hundreds place. We will continue to work with basic facts on xtramath.com. Encourage your child to use this at home. Fundations/Spelling: This week we will continue Unit 13. We will work with words that end with the suffix –es. Because this is a short week, There will be NO SPELLING OR FUNDATIONS TEST this week!  Notes & Reminders Tip of the Week! Math- Keep practicing counting coins at home. Get real money out and have your child practice counting the change. Remember to practice counting by 25s too! Reading- Have fun with reading by using flashlights. Children love to read this way. We are learning compound words this week. Find some while reading at night! Specials Important Note: Please have your child log on to Raz-Kids at home. It is great for them to practice reading on those on-level texts. Each book they read on Raz-Kids can be written on their book log and counts towards the 100 book club!  Monday: Day 4: P.E. Tuesday: Day 5: Library Wednesday: Day 6: Art Thursday: No School! Friday: No School!