1. First Grade Homework & Classroom News:
August 20th- 24th
Word families
Words that end in these patterns:
-at (bat)
-am (jam)
-ack (back)
-ip (rip)
-in (win)
-en (hen)
-et (get)
-op (stop)
-ot (hot)
-us (bus)
-un (fun)
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)
Go on to the class website and explore some of the ELA and Math games linked on the Web Resources page.
Daily Math skills:
Counting to and from any number within 120
draw dots to represent numbers from 0-20
Counting handfuls of items (cereal, pennies, paper clips)
Add together two groups of items to find sums (4 cheerios plus 3 cheerios gives us 7 cheerios)
Practice writing numbers from 1-120
STEM and Social Studies focus of the week
Questions: How can we design and create a chair that is strong enough to hold Goldie-locks and baby bear? What materials can we use?
Words to know: Reusable & Consumable materials .
Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve

2. A note from the teachers…
Homework and Newsletter
August 20th-24th
A note from the teachers…
Our first full week was even better than we imagined! We are excited to begin this learning journey with such sweet and curious students and their supportive families. This week we will be jumping into the first grade standards and our project based learning with short vowel word families, deepening reading comprehension through oral retells, and reviewing some basic addition skills. When you are reading at home, please encourage your child to retell afterwards with as many details as they remember. Sometimes it helps to give them transition words like “first, next, after that, then, and in the end.“ Being able to give strong retells after reading is generally an indicator of later reading success.  As always, feel free to contact us with questions or comments through or our class dojo. Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Swartz, Mrs. Watson, and Mrs. Rakowitz
Upcoming Events:
Monday, August 27th- K-2 parent information night 6-7:30pm (no students)
Wednesday, August 29th- 3-5 parent information night 6-7:30pm (no students)
Citizens of the Week:
Brooke
Brooke has been very helpful to her teacher and kind to her friends! She is a role model citizen in our classroom. WAY TO GO!
Birthdays:
Parker- August 24th

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