Week 5

Dear Parents,

We had a great week in Grade One this week. I would like to thank each of you for the time that you spend with your child doing their homework! First Grade students have done really well in their tests this week and I am super proud of them.

This week we covered the following:

English

· We practiced comprehension skills

· Lesson 1 – Nouns for People and Animals

· Lesson 2 – Nouns for Things and Places

· Lesson 3 – More Nouns

Reading

· New words: five, four, in, once, three, two, upon, what, box, did, got, hot, lot, wag

· We read the following stories: A Lot! A Lot!, A Party for Bob and Shapes Are Everywhere

· Beginning sounds p, d, w, l

· End sounds d, l, x

· Short a, i, o words,

Math

· Ways to Make Numbers

· Add in Vertical Form

· Write a Number Sentence

Science

· Lesson 1 – How do Animals Use Their Parts?

· Lesson 2 – How Are Animals Grouped?

· Test

Spelling List 6 – Test Friday

May, say, tray, lay, hay, pay, way, ray, today, because

Additional spelling words: where, when, what, how, why

Dictation

Today May put the tray on the table because it was heavy.

Show and Tell

· A black object

· Please return Yellow object grading page

Important Dates for this week:

· Wednesday, 6 October – Show and tell – A black object

· Friday, 8 October – Math Test

· Friday, 8 October – Spelling and Dictation Test

Timetable:

Please note that there has been a slight change to our class timetable. As Grade 1 had three specialty subjects on a Thursday we needed more time for core work; our Library period has now been moved to Fridays to help distribute the time more evenly.

If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me.

Regard,

Robyn Wood