September 6 Newsletter

Mrs. Bali’s First Grade News

September 6, 2019

Review of our week:

         We are finished our unit on fables and fairy tales.  We  started a unit on the human body this week.  Each day we interview the leader and I am really seeing some improvement in our writing.  We have also been working on sentence structure. We took our first math test.  We also started our next chapter on subtraction concepts. 

        

Homework:

         You and your child need to be reading for 20 minutes every night. We will start the Take Home Library next week.  These books are on your child’s independent reading level, they should be reading them to you.  They may seem easy and that is because they are or they should be.  They are one level lower than where I have them instructionally.   I would like your child to read the book a couple of times.  After they have read the book have them tell you what happened in the book and ask them some questions about the book for comprehension.  We did the assessments over the last couple of weeks to find their reading level.  By the time we start in our guided reading groups, some of them will be ready to move up.  Please, be patient with their take home book level until we start guided reading groups.  If your child is on a higher reading level, they won’t move through the levels as fast.

        

Sight Words:

         I will be sending home a list of sight words for your child to practice at home next week.  Once they can read these words fluently, they will be able to read all the books on their reading level.  Many times it is the sight words that hold their progress back.  I would really appreciate it if you would help them with these words.  There are 11 different lists.  If your child doesn’t bring one home, they have passed all of the words off.

         

Reminders & FYI:

* Remember Library books on Tuesday. I have asked my     class to keep their backpacks in their backpacks, so they are here every week.  Thanks

* Don’t forget to link your Smith’s Card to our school.  Ask grandparents and neighbors to do it also.  The school really makes a lot of money with this. 

* Please have your child wear their favorite T-Shirt on Tuesday.

Leaders for next week:

         September 9 – Mckay

September 10 – Nefi

September 11 – Reese

September 12 – Violet

September 13 –Westin

*Please send a snack if you can.

Upcoming Events:

·      Tuesday, September 10 – Health Screenings

·      Wednesday, September 11 – Hearing Screenings

·      Friday, September 13 – Family Fun Day (Price Family)

·      Friday, September 20 – Family Fun Day

·      Thursday, September 26 – Fall Pictures

·      September 30-October 4 – SEP Week (School gets out at 2:30 everyday, even Wednesday)

·      Friday, October 11 – End of first Quarter

·      Friday, October 11- Family Fun Day

·      Wednesday, October 16 – Celebrate Reese’s Birthday

·      Thursday, October 17 – Celebrate Kason’s Birthday

·      Friday, October 1 8 – Celebrate Jeffrey’s Birthday

·      Friday, October 18 – Family Fun Day

·      Monday, October 21 – No School (Harvest Holiday)

·      Tuesday, October 22 – Celebrate Ella’s Birthday