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    The newsletter provides an overview of the 1-S class's recent activities in math, language arts, social studies, and upcoming events. In math, the class explored numbers, time, money, and word problems. In language arts, they worked on sight words, building words, and shared reading. In social studies, they learned about the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving. Upcoming events include Christmas crafts before winter recess.

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    First Grade 12.10 News

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    The newsletter provides an overview of the 1-S class's recent activities in math, language arts, social studies, and upcoming events. In math, the class explored numbers, time, money, and word problems. In language arts, they worked on sight words, building words, and shared reading. In social studies, they learned about the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving. Upcoming events include Christmas crafts before winter recess.

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    The newsletter provides an overview of the 1-S class's recent activities in math, language arts, social studies, and upcoming events. In math, the class explored numbers, time, money, and word problems. In language arts, they worked on sight words, building words, and shared reading. In social studies, they learned about the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving. Upcoming events include Christmas crafts before winter recess.

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    First Grade 12.10 News

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    The newsletter provides an overview of the 1-S class's recent activities in math, language arts, social studies, and upcoming events. In math, the class explored numbers, time, money, and word problems. In language arts, they worked on sight words, building words, and shared reading. In social studies, they learned about the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving. Upcoming events include Christmas crafts before winter recess.

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    Happy Holidays

    From
    1-S

    December 10, 2010


    Math
    In Unit 2, our four main areas of focus
    were:
    I am so proud of our Writers! They
    To explore various uses of numbers,
    To introduce the analog clock, have begun to confidently choose
    To practice finding the values of their own topics and complete several
    various combinations of pennies and pages with great enthusiasm. At this
    nickels, and stage in their writing I stress the
    To introduce number models for importance of making sure all
    change-to-more and change-to-less
    sentences are related, unfamiliar
    situations.
    words are sounded out phonetically
    The class had a lot of fun shopping in the and proper capitalization and
    classroom store and working with a punctuation are used. Before
    calculator. Thanksgiving, our Writers were
    given the task of telling their readers
    In Unit 3, our four main areas of focus
    how to prepare a turkey for dinner in
    were:
    To explore numeric, visual and only 4 steps. Their work is displayed
    concrete patterns, in the classroom and it is priceless!
    To introduce addition and Social Studies
    subtraction on the number line, We used our discussions on Peace as a springboard to
    To introduce the Frames-and-Arrows the events that led up to the first Thanksgiving at
    Routine, and Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts. Through reading a
    To find the values of collections of series of books and letters, we experienced how a young
    dimes, nickels and pennies. pilgrim girl and apprentice sailor journeyed on the
    Mayflower. We felt the emotions of a young
    To keep our math lessons fun, I like to
    Wampanoag Indian as he watched the “coatmen” build
    incorporate movement into our topics. The
    a village and steal dried corn that his tribe safely buried
    children often become coins of different value
    for planting the next year. On November 16th we
    and are asked to find partners to make a watched a live webcast from Plimoth Plantation. The
    specific sum or they are asked to make class learned about the adjustments the English settlers
    exchanges. They have kinesthetically solved had to make in order to survive and how 2 completely
    mathematical problems and always enjoy different cultures worked together to create peace and
    coming to the board to demonstrate how harmony.
    he/she arrived at an answer.
    We are currently learning about the different cultural
    holidays that take place during the month of December.
    1-S Newsletter Page 2

    Our List of Sight Words


    Language Arts Introduced to Date
    I is and
    We love playing “Build A you we my
    Word”! Build a word is an
    interactive lesson that utilizes
    knowledge of vowel sounds, the to of
    consonants, consonant blends
    and digraphs. Each student is said this that
    given a set of letter cards and
    an enlarged set is magnetically it would could
    attached to the board. They are
    challenged with the task of
    should he his
    building as many words as they
    can with the letters provided.
    Each student has the have had has
    opportunity to come to the
    board and share with the rest of was they up
    the class.
    Shared reading with will
    Readinga-z.com. With the use
    of on line projectable books, our
    class has been able to learn new
    vocabulary, reading strategies
    and comprehension skills.
    Students are able to follow
    along with the teacher, read to Upcoming Events
    the class, read high frequency
    words and work collaboratively
    to answer a comprehension December 16th: Christmas Crafts 1:30-2:30
    quiz. They are looking forward
    to our next shared reading
    December 17th: Winter Recess begins @
    activity where they will be able
    3:00pm
    to use the wireless mouse to
    highlight words.
    January 3rd: Classes resume

    January 15th: NO CLASSES -All School


    Writing Day

    January 18th: NO CLASSES-Martin Luther


    King Day

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