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DuJardin School
First Grade
2008-2009

Mrs. Jensen and Miss Braun

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER?

READING

MATH

 We have begun our second reading book called, Let's Be Friends.  We will be reading both fiction and non-fiction selections in this book.  We will continue to work on the short vowel sounds as well as final endings and beginning blends.

Our new comprehension strategy will be predicting.  We will practice using clues in the text to predict what will happen or what new information we will be learning.  Sometimes good readers change their predictions as they read and so we will practice this skill also.  Encourage your child to use these comprehension strategies at home as you read with them.

Unit 4 in our Math program is called Adding to Solve Problems.  In this unit we will practice writing addition sentences and understanding language associated with addition.  One strategy used for addition will be 'counting on'.  Ask your child to explain this concept to you.

Our next unit will deal with grouping and counting.  We will practice counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.  At the end of the unit, we will work on data collection again and compile data that we will transfer to a data table.

SCIENCE/S.STUDIES

HOMEWORK 

Our Science unit is called, Keeping Fit and Healthy. We have been talking about our bodies and how our bodies work. We will also learn what our bodies need in order to stay healthy.  To encourage good eating habits, please remember to send nutritional snacks for our morning snack break.  

During the month of November we will be working in Social Studies also.  Our new unit is called Americans Long Ago and will tie in with our Thanksgiving holiday.  We will discuss the life of the Pilgrims as well as the like of Native Americans, long ago and today.

We will continue to talk about Respect in the month of November.

Read together for 5-10 minutes and record your time on the November Log.

Talk with your child about the school day.

Go over the papers that come home.

Complete any assigned homework

Practice the word wall words that come home on Friday.

DATES TO REMEMBER