1. First Grade Homework & Classroom News:
Nov. 6th - Nov. 10th
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
Addition or subtraction flash card games
Choose a word family word to write in a complete sentence
Main Course(15 minutes)
Read a “just-right book” to a stuffed animal or a family member for 13 minutes. Spend 2 minutes retelling the story with as many details as possible.
Dessert (10 minutes)
Write about something new you learned today in your planner
Xtra Math
Raz-kids (message us on Dojo if you need us to resend log-in information )
Word families
Words with long vowel a and soft g/c sounds
ake (make, cake)
ade (made, grade)
ape (grape)
ate (plate, date)
ame (came, flame)
cent, city
giraffe, page
Daily Math skills:
Doubles facts (6+6=12) and using them to solve unfamiliar facts (6+7=13)
write addition sentences and solve within 20 in the horizontal and also the vertical format
Create your own story problems using addition within 20 and have someone in your family solve them!
Write a fact family for a set of numbers (3+4= = = =3)
STEM focus and Words of the week
Questions:
How can we share our ideas with others? How to engineers and scientists publish their work?
STEM focus: The scientific method
-what steps do scientists follow when planning and conducting an experiment?

2. A note from the teachers…
Homework and Newsletter
Nov. 6th - Nov. 10th
A note from the teachers…
Last week was full of so much fun and learning! We are so thankful for all of the Fall station volunteers and we were impressed with the turnout for the Fall festival! Innovation Academy has the most wonderful families! This week we are focusing on reading and writing words with long vowel a. The spelling we are focusing on is the silent e (a_e). We are also practicing identification of causes and effects in stories. In Math, we are finishing a unit on addition strategies within 20 and will be taking the assessment at the beginning of next week. As always, thank you for trusting us with your wonderful kids! Have a great short week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Swartz and Mrs. Watson.
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, November 8th-PTO fundraiser at Chipotle (4pm Oro Valley)
Thursday, November 9th-Veteran’s Day Spectacular (9:15am)
November 10th-Veteran’s Day-No School
November 23rd-24th- Thanksgiving Holiday (No School)
Star Students: 
Mrs. Watson’s class:
Aurora is kind to all, and a good friend to have! She is working hard to complete her work in a timely matter. Way to go Aurora!
Vincent has been working hard on his classwork. He keeps trying until he gets it! Great job Vincent!

3. The following pages are NOT REQUIRED but are here if you would like to use them with your child 

4. Choose “long a” words from the word bank to write in sentences:
Paper for writing complete sentences 
face
page
frame
game
snake
lake
race
shake
whale
1.________________________________________________________ 2.________________________________________________________ 3.________________________________________________________ 4.________________________________________________________ 5.________________________________________________________