11-15-10

Ms. Gaddy’s First Grade

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A Cornucopia of A Feast of Upcoming Events

Learning Nov 16 –
Nov 18 –
PTA Meeting
Big Mike’s Pizza Night
Nov 24 – No School
Reading:
November is a great time to read fiction as well as non-
fiction literature. We will continue to apply our reading
strategies while reading many November-appropriate
books! While reading with your child at home, observe
the strategies they practice. When coming to a tricky
word, are they looking at the picture, getting their mouth
ready, thinking about what would make sense, looking for
chunks, and going back to re-read? If not, these are the
strategies we make use of daily! Bucket Buster x 2
Writing:
Gobble! Gobble! Our turkey stories will be published WOW! Grayce Brooks, what a
and displayed this week. We will also have fun writing RESPECTFUL LEADER!
about Thanksgiving while concentrating on talking marks,
juicy words, spaghetti and meatballs, capital letters, and I appreciate your commitment to our
stop signs! school community!
THANK YOU for
Math: modeling such an
This week’s focus will be on data analysis, representing
data, and investigating data, i.e. describing attributes, important
sorting and classifying objects, and taking a survey! character trait!
Science/Social Studies:
Artifacts, Social/Emotional/Physical Needs, Respect

Notes from the Teacher:

Studying spelling words can be a task for many parents, especially
after a long day of school and work! Take these ideas and practice
the words in a fun, engaging way! Magnetic letters, newspapers with
highlighters, Playdoh, shaving cream, word scramble, sand, Beat the Parent!

Weekly Words
Diversified/multi-level spelling lists will be compiled again this week.
The pretest words were: after, brother, mother, her, sister, people, old, over, boy, coin
Chunks: /oy/ and /oi/