Week of May 14, 2012
The Top Things Parents Must Know This Week-
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Weekly Schedule
MONDAY:Music and Spanish
TUESDAY: Art and P.E.
WEDNESDAY: Music
THURSDAY: Library/Computer (Library books due back Wed. before)
FRIDAY: Music and PE
Mrs. Bush's Notes
Please let me know if there are any questions by contacting me at dbush@stanna.org
Reading Story: Ben Franklin and His Kite
High Frequency words: answered, poor, brothers, carry, different
Phonics: un-, re-, long i, o
Story genre: Biography
Homework for the week
Along with nightly homework each student should spend at least 15 minutes a night reading. This can be a family member reading to the student or the student reading to someone.
Monday: Math130-1
Tuesday: none
Wednesday: Math 131
Thursday: Math 132
Friday: None
Weekly Centers
Saxon Math for the week
Monday: events such as certain, likely, impossible
Tuesday: written assessment 25
Wednesday: identifying and counting hundreds, tens, ones
Thursday:written addition and subtraction facts
Friday: representing numbers to 500 using pictures
Religion topics for the week
We will continue to talk about honoring our Mother Mary and about Pentecost.
Social Studies/Science topics for the week
We will cover the following topics of wants and needs, money and trade and spend or save. We will also talk about goods and services.
Spelling Information
Remember there is a weekly spelling test on Friday. Spelling words are kept in the student's FISH binder. The weekly spelling packet is sent home on Thursday and is due the following Friday.
Enrichment Folders
A letter was sent home to inform parents about the enrichment activities that are being done in the classroom. Each child will have a folder with optional work that has been selected for them (remember these papers will not be the same for each student). Students know these papers are there as an option when they have completed other work. These papers/projects may seem harder at first as they are meant to challenge the students to the next level. If at anytime you have any questions please contact me.
Optional Work: Any enrichment type activities that will further our units of study will be listed here. Please remember this is all optional and there is nothing that must be turned in.
1. Create a May calendar with Holidays included.
2. Research any famous inventor and write facts about what they invented. We will present these to our class.
Useful Information
Parents…please do not forget to send a healthy morning snack for your child. Pretzels, granola bars, fruits, cheese, crackers etc. are all great choices.
Lunch time snack purchases- 1st grade is allowed to purchase a snack from the table only on Friday if they have eaten everything inside their lunch box. Please discuss with your child. It is school policy that students do not purchase ice cream at the snack table.
