Dear Parents,
 
If you have not seen the sight words for this week they are:  made, my, now, over, people.  We are still working on the long a sound using ai and ay.  We are trying to remember that ai likes to be in the middle of words and ay likes to be at the end.
 
My math class will have  the unit 5 math test tomorrow.  If we have time we will do lesson one from unit 6 and I will send home the unit 6 math packet.  If we do not have time to begin unit 6 after the test the packet will come home on Friday. 
 
We have been learing about paragraph writing by writing about topics we have strong opinions on.  We are going to begin writing book reviews this week.  I am certain all the kids can name some favorite books or authors.  You might want to ask them to tell you about some of their favorites and give you some reasons why they enjoy the books. 
 
We are working very hard on giving retells after reading.  Please have them give you retells after reading at home.   They should read for about 15 minutes.  If the books are longer they do not need to read the entire book in one day.
 
When giving a retell of a narrative your child should include the following elements: 

When retelling expository text your child should include the following elements:
 

 
If you are looking for a fun game try Bananagrams.  My family discovered it over winter break and we are loving it (well, at least I am because I can actually win this game).
 
Thanks,
 
Shante' Dallapiazza
First Grade Teacher
Sandburg Elementary
 
 
 

 

 

 

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