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    The document provides information about curriculum and activities for first grade students. It discusses topics in science, writing, reading, and math for the week. It encourages bringing in living things for Choice Time on Friday and reinforcing word study skills at home by having children find other words with suffixes like <ful> and <ly>.

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    January 13, 2014

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    The document provides information about curriculum and activities for first grade students. It discusses topics in science, writing, reading, and math for the week. It encourages bringing in living things for Choice Time on Friday and reinforcing word study skills at home by having children find other words with suffixes like <ful> and <ly>.

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    First Grade News

    January 13, 2014

    Curriculum Highlights Science Animals are living things Writers Workshop Non-fiction Readers Workshop Features of non-fiction texts Math Fact Power The suffixes <ful> and <ly> Reminders: Choice Bring in living things for Friday Choice Time, 2:10 2:40pm. Just let Ms. Tindall know youre coming. The purpose of word study is to expose students to the different ways words are made and to help them understand that words in English are governed by a consistent set of rules. Students in grade one are at all different stages in the reading/writing continuum. Please adapt the word activities to suit your childs needs. EG Support by you reading the words aloud and have your child notice the pattern aurally. Extend by challenging your child to write/find other words that follow the same pattern. Reinforce by noticing rules children have been exposed to already in their reading books. Word Study

    firstly timely

    helpful useful

    helpfully homely

    really lastly

    likely usefully

    !"#$%&'()%*$+%,-./0112$%310$$% %

    Our first week back at school was full of alternating bursts of energy and sleepy yawns as children got back into the school routine. It was lovely to see the children back in good health and with many stories to tell about their holidays. Before the break I sent a note asking that you keep your childs learning alive over the holidays by making your child involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation of your travel plans. I was so pleased to hear students recounting last week some of the things you had them doing! I heard about maps and tolls and cinema prices and distances between destinations and dividing cakes and pizzas into fractions and entrance costs and value for money and reading menus and travel brochures and much more! You did exactly what kids need to make the skills and content they learn in school relevant to everyday life. Please share with other parents how you make learning come alive for your child at home. You are often each others best resources and means of support. Thanks again! In partnership, Ms. Tindall

    Monday Reading: Is your book fiction or non-fiction? How do you know? Word Study: Find words with the suffixes <ful> and <ly> Math: Find math around your home. Think shapes, patterns, numbers, money, time, measurement, story problems can you find math in just about everything you see?

    Tuesday Reading: Is your book fiction or non-fiction? How do you know? Math: Play a skip counting game with your family. The starting person picks a number to count by and a number to start the count. Each family member says the next number in the sequence. See how high you can count. Start with some easy warm-ups and get harder. EG Start at zero, count up by 5s. Start at 90 count up by 10s. Start at 200, count back by 2s. Start at 7, count up by 2s. (You might like to use a number grid as a resource to help you.) Wednesday Reading: What are some different types of non-fiction texts? (Think creatively newspapers, some poemsetc) Word study: Youve found words with the suffixes <ful> and <ly>. Identify what is the base word and how does the suffix change the meaning of the word? Math: Take out your piggy bank (or ask mum or dad for a pile of coins). Count how much money you have saved. How can you group the coins for easier counting? Thursday Reading: What are some features of non-fiction texts? How are they different to stories?

    Math:

    Teach someone what do the symbols

    <, > =
    and

    mean.

    Friday Poem collection: Recite poems and sing songs to family and friends. Return to school on Monday. (Optional) Science: Play a game with your family. Is it living/non living/ or once lived? Justify your answers. Point to things in your environment, take a walk in the park, go on a hunt for living things.

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