March 10 to March 12- Short Week!!!

Some of you are very good about checking the blog each week.  The blog is very important because that is where I list upcoming dates/events that you need to be aware of.  I also use the blog to give information about what we are studying in class and suggestions about what to work on with your child. So as an experiment to see who is checking the blog, bring in an apple to give to me.  This will let me know who is indeed checking the blog.   Thank you for your help :)

We will be having a test in math.  The test is on counting coins.  We have been going over this every day for a while.  Your child should not only be able to identify each coin as well as the value of the coins. We are working on pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters only.  They must be able to count on according to the value of each coin.  For example:

Q+Q+D+N+N+P+P=

25, 50,60,65,70,71,72= 72 cents

We will begin telling time next week hour and half hour, on a regular clock.   I highly suggest you review this each day as well because telling time can be a difficult concept for first graders. Thank you for your support :). 

We are in the season of Lent in the church and have begun discussing the Stations of the Cross.  

Reading at home should be a regular activity whether I send home a reader or not.  Students know the vocabulary , but need lots of work in fluency.  Reading and then rereading a story again helps to build good reading fluency.  Practice, Practice, Practice makes perfect!! :)

I am working on encouraging good behavior in the classroom .  Students know the regular routine and the classroom rules.  I should not have to continue to remind them of such things.  I will begin Fun Frudays where students who do what they are suppose to do and follow rules in and outside the classroom will be able to participate in fun Friday.  Each child has a sticker reward chart on their desk where there will earn stickers for doing the things they need to do without constant reminding.  If your child has to be reminded too often( where they don't earn stickers) or has to sit out more than twice in a week, they will not be able to participate in the fun Friday activity.  I will start the chart this week.  Because it's a short week, we will go until next Friday for our fun Friday activity.  Please encourage your child to work on following routine and following the rules.  Thanks for the support!

There will not be any new vocabulary words this week.  There will spelling words given out on Monday with the final test on Wednesday.  Please start studying Monday night for the test on Wednesday. Here are the words:

see

feet

steep

keep

green

bees

sleep

sheep

speed

meet