Question of the week for students:When is Valentine's Day? Whisper the answer
to me any morning this week for a star student slip!
Bonus question for 3 table points: Who is your favorite Super Hero?
Mrs. Cecil’s First Grade Newsletter
February 3, 2012
Dear Parents,
Thank you for attending your child’s polar animal presentation today!
They loved being on stage with the microphone. I could not be happier with
the results of their hard work. We will take our Polar Regions test on Monday
to complete this fun study.
In language arts, we have been working on the present and past tense
of verbs. Be on the lookout for correct verb tense when your child is
speaking and writing. We focused on comparing and contrasting in stories this
week. The students are progressing nicely in reading. Remember to encourage
re-reading for fluency and to ask questions after each story to check
comprehension. A higher-level skill that we are working with during guided
reading is making inferences. For example, the story may talk about raking
leaves and the weather getting cooler but never state outright that the
season is fall. Make sure your child can name the correct season in which
the story takes place. Please review your child’s reading and language arts
tests that come home weekly. The Read-A-Thon is going great! I am
encouraging the children to read during every spare minute of our day! I am
keeping track of the books we read in class and we already have 50 credits!
Those points will be added at the end of the RAT so don’t worry about writing
those down now. We will have pajama day this Monday in honor of the RAT.
In math, we are working through unit 6. Please encourage extra practice with
fact families. The minute math practice sheets that we started this week
will improve your child’s mastery of basic math facts. Continue counting
coins, telling time, and working on place value at home.
Our class will be having a small Valentine’s Day celebration on
Tuesday, February 14. It is not required, but if your child would like to
bring valentines for his classmates I welcome it. If your child wants to
participate, please make sure that he brings one for every child in the
class. (Amanda, Anna-Claire, Avery, Liza, Mary Claire, Hunter, Katie, Anise,
Charlotte, Eva, Evelyn, Laith, Nicholas, Davis, Nathaniel, Jelani, Matthew
M., Aria, Matthew N., Henry, Mason, and Alex )
Important Reminders:
• READ! READ! READ! Thanks to Julie Lee for being our AWESOME Read-A-
Thon mom! Please send the books in every day! RAT ends on Tuesday, February 7.
• Pajama day on Monday, February 6. Please allow your child to wear
their pajamas and tennis shoes since we have PE on Monday.
• Please check your child’s homework each night for accuracy, neat
handwriting and good effort. Many children are forgetting to return their
work and/or it is not up to the level they are capable of completing.
• It is chapped lips season in our room! Please feel free to allow
your child to bring chap-stick to school to keep in their book bag or at
their seat.
• February 17- 20-No School in honor of President’s Day and winter break
Congratulations to our new star students: Anna-Claire Cables and Jelani
Lancslin. They continue to focus on the IB profiles and I love their
enthusiasm for school!
