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
