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News from Ms. Little’s 1^st Grade Class

October 2, 2014

Upcoming Events

·      Friday, October 10^th – Dismissal at 11:45

·      Monday, October 13^th – No School (Columbus Day)

·      Friday, October 17^th – Scholastic Book Orders due

·      Friday, October 24^th – Dismissal at 11:45

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Hello Families!

In Math, we’re continuing to strengthen our counting and addition skills. We have been using snap cubes, dominoes, number lines, dice and card games to help us practice. We’ve also been using pictures to show adding and to tell addition number stories. Our math vocabulary is growing! We’ve learned that addends are the numbers you add together, and the sum is the answer to an addition problem.

In Literacy, we are continuing to build our stamina during Read to Self. During this time children independently read the pictures, read the words, or read both pictures and words of a just right book. We’re practicing in order to reach our goal of reading independently for 20 minutes.

We have third grade buddies in Mrs. Messina’s class! Last Friday, our classes met for the first time to listen to a story about Johnny Appleseed. Then, we worked with our buddy to create a ‘parts of an apple’ mobile.

In Fundations, we are reviewing the proper formation of the lowercase alphabet and the letter-keyword-sound for each letter (b, bat, /b/… c, cat, /c/, etc.). Every day we do a warm up and practice our letter writing (with good writing posture!) on paper or with dry-erase markers on white boards. Next, we’ll be building words!

Enjoy the weekend! 

Ms. Little