This week is Fire Safety week! We went to an assembly today presented by the Wixom Fire department. This Saturday they have an open house. The fire department has a free hot dog lunch and lots of fun for families! I hope to be there with my boys!
This week in First Grade we are working on starting Unit 2 in math. Last night a homelink was assigned and students brought home their Unit 2 Family Letter. The letter explains what we will be studying for the next unit in math. I am sending home the unit one assessment tonight. Parents please look over the assignment and then sign the attached note stating you've looked the test over.
Practice skills at home such as number writing, counting by fives and counting back by ones.
In math this week we are working on using the number grid effectively. Student learned how to count up and back on the number grid and played a game called "Rolling to 50." Students learned how they can count up by one by moving their finger one space forward and they can also count up by 10 by moving their finger down one whole row.
In reading we read the book It's Mine by Leo Lionni. We are working on stopping to to turn and talk about the story to check for understanding. We discussed the following vocabulary words: quarrel, trembling, quibbled, and subsided.
Popcorn words this week are: go, get, got, can, cat, be, but.
In writing we have moved on to writing longer stories that take more than one page. We are stretching out our stories over three pages. Today we discussed when to use a period. We worked on putting periods at the end of complete thoughts.
In social studies, we are still working on rules and what is fair and unfair. We will read this week about Martin Luther King and discuss how laws can be changed.
Our field trip to the outdoor center will be on October 27th. Please send both the permission slip and $11.00 by October 15th.
This Friday we will be taking a new state required on line assessment for math. It's called "I ready."
Please have your child at school on time that day, ready to take the assessment.
Our PTA Walkathon is next Friday. Students are being asked to raise money for the school. The student who raises the most money receives a $200 gift card to Target!
Our character quote this week is "Today is a good day to try" from Walt Disney.
This weeks star of he week is Ayveri and next week Hope will be the star of the week!
Have a good week!
Mrs. Scheck
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