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News from Mrs. Carli’s 1^st Grade Class

December 3, 2015

Upcoming Events

·      Friday, December 4^th – Dismissal at 11:45

·      Friday, December 4^th – Scholastic Book Orders due

·      Thursday, December 10^th – Dismissal at 11:45 (conferences)

·      Friday, December 11^th – Dismissal at 11:45 (conferences)

Hello Families!

In Fundations (phonics), we are working on making and reading words and recognizing special features of words. Special features can be digraphs (wh, th, sh, ch, ck) or buddy letters (qu). We are also learning new trick words (such as you, your, of, or, for), practicing using upper and lower case letters appropriately and trying to remember to put punctuation at the end of our sentences. We have been using white boards, magnet letter boards, going on word hunts around the classroom, and playing spelling games to help us strengthen our phonics skills.

Last week, we visited our third grade buddies in Mrs. Messina’s class to listen to the story The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola. Afterwards, feeling inspired by the story, we painted our own sunsets.

Conferences and Supplies

Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for the week of December 7^th.  An email was sent via Sign-Up Genius in October. Please let me know if you did not receive the email.  I am looking forward to meeting with families to discuss each child’s progress thus far in first grade.

Thank you to families who sent in shared classroom supplies at the beginning of the school year. We are running low on disinfecting wipes. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated!

Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Carli