First Grade News Letter Nov. 7, 2014 Important Dates Nov. 11 th PTO Meeting Nov. 14 th Just Plain 7p.m. Nov. 15 th Warstler Craft Show 9a.m.-2p.m. Nov. 18 th McTeacher Night Nov. 26 th St. Jude PJ Day Nov. 27-Dec. 1 st Thanksgiving Break Dec. 6 th Canton Charge p.m.

Reading This week: The Big Circle Spelling Pretest Mon./Test Thurs. Phonics: Long “o” o_e Sequencing: First, Next, Then Proper Nouns Next Week: Life in the Forest Spelling Pretest Mon./Test Thurs. Phonics: Long “u”: u_e Inflected Ending “ed” Authors Purpose Singular and Plural Nouns

Math This Week Preview and Practice of Unit 3 Next Week Lesson 3.1 Parts and Total Number Stories Lesson 3.2 Number Story Strategies Lesson 3.3 Exploring Counting, Matching Pairs, & Ordering by Length Lesson 3.4 Solving open response problems

Other News Please make sure your child is practicing their math facts. The end of the year goal is 100 math facts completed in 5 minutes. First in Math is a great tool for helping them to learn and practice their facts. They can also go onto Sum Dog. Also, students should be doing Accelerated Reader (AR) at home. Accelerated Reader will help improver their comprehension. The more reading your child does the better reader they become. 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 us.