1. First Grade Homework & Classroom News:
Sept 4th- Sept 8th
Word families
Words that end in these patterns:
-all (ball)
-ab (lab)
-ax (max)
-ip (rip)
-ig (pig)
-ell (smell)
-em (hem)
-om (mom)
-ock (rock)
-ut (cut)
-uff (huff)
Homework Menu:
Choose one appetizer and one main course to do for homework every night. If you are still hungry for practice, help yourself to some dessert!
Appetizer (5 minutes)
Practice any of the listed Daily Math skills
Write some word family words in a fun way
Main Course(15 minutes)
Read a “just-right book” to a stuffed animal or a family member for 13 minutes. Spend 2 minutes retelling what you read.
Dessert (10 minutes)
Write about something that happened today in your planner
Go on to the class website and explore some of the ELA and Math games linked on the Web Resources page.
Daily Math skills:
Say, show, or write different ways to make 4,5,6, or 7
write addition sentences within 10 and then write the “flip flop fact- (3+4=7/ 4+3=7)
sorting handfuls of items into groups of ten and some more(cereal, pennies, paper clips)
Practice writing numbers from 1-120
STEM focus and Words of the week
Questions: How can we tell if materials will be strong and sturdy?
Challenges: Design and build a house for the thee little pigs (Watson) design and build a bridge for the three billy goats?(Swartz)
Words to know: improve, structure, waver, collapse
Swartz: suspension bridge, arch bridge, beam bridge, truss

2. Homework and Newsletter
September 4th- Sept 8th
A note from the teachers…
We hope everyone had a great long weekend! We are excited to be starting new fairy tale STEM challenges this week. We really appreciate all of the Maker Space donations we have been receiving. The kids have so many options and are truly engaged in the activities. This week, Mrs. Watson’s class will be designing and building a strong house for the three little pigs and Mrs. Swartz’s class will be designing and building bridges to hold up the three Billy goats.
Our phonics focus for the week is short o but we are continuing to work with all of the short vowel sounds. In math, we are identifying different ways to make numbers within 10 to improve our addition fluency and our number sense. As always, feel free to contact us with questions or comments through or our class dojo. Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Swartz and Mrs. Watson.
Upcoming Events:
September 18th-Picture Day
October 10th-13th-Parent teacher conferences and 1:30 dismissal each day
Star Students:
Mrs. Watson’s class: Eliza for working hard and helping others
Giovanni for always being on task and being kind
Mrs. Swartz’s class: Griffon for helping his neighbors and showing empathy and
Anabelle for showing great teamwork with her job of being the line leader
and door holder.
Special Birthdays:
9/4-Eleanor (Mrs. Swartz)

3. After reading a story, use these transition words to retell as much as you remember. 

4. Items will be picked up by CDO on Friday, September 8th
Hurricane Harvey Relief Drive Items
September 5th to September 8th
(Insert where you want donations dropped off)
Items will be picked up by CDO on Friday, September 8th
ZEP Mold and Mildew Stain Remover
Moldex
Bleach
Gloves
Mops
Buckets
Sponges
Garbage Bags
3M mold respirators
Dental Hygiene
Shampoo and Conditioner
Hand/Bar Soap
Deodorant
Razors/Shaving Cream
Toilet Paper
Tampons and/or Pads
Diapers (adult, baby)
Hand sanitizers
Donations will be taken to Vantage West Credit Union at Northern and Magee (a World Care collection site) on September 11th

5. Engineer: ______________________________________
What materials do you want to use?
Why did you pick those materials?
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6. Engineer: ______________________________________
What materials do you want to use to make your bridge?
Why did you pick those materials?
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Engineer: ______________________________________