Fantastic First Grade News
by Nancy Hilyard
Important Dates-2010
February 12-Mid-Terms go home
February 24-Six Flags reading logs due
February 26-11:10 Dismissal/Pajama Day
March 12-End of third quarter
March 18 & 19-Parent/Teacher conferences
April 22-Family Literacy Night
April 29-First grade field trip to the Planetarium
April 29-First grade musical-7:00
April 30-4th Quarter Mid-Terms go home
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First Grade Goals-4th Quarter
Reading
Read every single night with your child.
BEFORE READING: Make predictions about the characters and setting by looking at the cover.
DURING READING: Encourage your child to sound out unfamiliar words, self-correct errors, and reread for meaning.
AFTER READING: Discuss problem, solution, and draw conclusions. Retell what happened using the words first, next, then, and last.
Once a week, have your child write a response to a story that they have read themselves or that you have read to them. Encourage the use of capitals, punctuation, and correct spelling. One example of a response could be a connection that they have to an event or a character in the story.
Math
Please work with your child on the following skills:
- Counting mixed coins
- Identifying part of a whole: 1/2, 1/4, 1/3
- Using measurement tools (ruler, balance scale)
- Solving story problems
- Identifying the missing number (5 + _ =7)
- Telling time to the hour and half hour
- Identifying geometric shapes and patterns
