It was so great to see the students after the break! They were all very excited about their holiday! I think they grew!!!! And lots have lost teeth!!!
I hope you enjoyed your time with your child over the holidays!
Lots of info!
Well, the real 'meat and potatoes' of Grade One begins now! We have laid a great foundation with the students with some basic sight words and Home Reading. We will now be rapidly building on that foundation and you will really begin to see your child take off in reading and writing and math!
We will be learning many ELA concepts such as blends, long vowels, and writing longer and more complex sentences and stories. The focus in math will be on addition and subtraction, numbers to 100 and place value.
Attendance is very important. Some students are missing one day a week and this will begin to have a significant impact. We have been reviewing a lot of concepts but now many concepts are only taught 2-3 times so missing school means your child may be playing 'catch up' too often. One day a week is 20% of the school year!
How to help my child excel?
1. Continue to participate frequently ( 3-4 times a week) in Home Reading.
2. Practice Sight words. Many students will be able to learn 200 words before the end of June or even more!
3. Complete Homework assignments such as Spelling words, etc.
Most children are reading at Level 6-7 and that will quickly improve to levels 8-10 over the month of January and February. The goal is a minimum of Level 14 by the end of June.
Cumulative Spelling Test Units 1-10
I was pleased with the cumulative spelling test results. A few students have not been tested yet but the class average of 12 students was 89%. Thank you for taking the time to study! I know some of the students practiced very hard as their average was higher than the average of all the individual tests!
A copy of each student's test is in their agenda today.
Skating note - will go home on Monday with all the details and dates.
Family Literacy Night - mark Wednesday, January 30 on your calendar as the Grade one to Three classes are invited to stay after school for a Family oriented activty to celebrate reading! More will be sent home soon once the details are finalized.
Sight word testing
The following students passed on to the next Level of Sight words today! Everyone knows all the Apple Words!
Congratulations to Aiden, Hailey W., Keenan, Izzy, Lexi, Tori and Dyson!
Concession
Hot Meals are no longer being pre-ordered. A hot meal is sold out of the concession each day. A list will be on the Monday memo. You MUST write in the agenda if your child is going to go to the concession to purchase lunch or a treat. Please let me know also if they have cash or a concession card. Otherwise, I will not allow the students to go to the concession. Thank You! This prevents confusion as well as money 'mysteriously' appearing from home! Mr. Betker has also agreed to let the Grade one's come down to the concession 5 minutes earlier than the other students. Thanks, Mr. Betker!
Spelling Words for Unit #11 - test on January 7 - words are also written in agenda
1. ten
2. hat.
3. hot
4. sand
5. hand
6. pen
7. that
8. spot
9. land
10. when
Have a great weekend!
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