9-27-10

Ms. Gaddy’s First Grade

First Grade News Friends

kellygaddy@nixaschools.net
High Pointe
225-1611

Upcoming Events
“Fall” Into Our Week
9-27 - 10-1 Book Fair
Reading: 9-29 - Character Ed Assembly 2:45
My First Grade Friends have spent the past few weeks 9-30 – Grandparent Day – 2:40-3:20
immersed in books. We have also learned several basic 10-1 – Favorite Hero Dress Up Day
but very important reading strategies that will make us
better readers. The strategies we will revisit this week Fall Festival – 5:30-8:00
are looking at the picture, matching one to one, getting 10-11 - Skate Night – 6:00
our mouths ready, and making sense of what we read.
Quiz your child on these strategies as I’m sure they would
love to teach you about them!

Writing:
Grandparents Day is right around the corner; therefore,
we will conclude our Grandparent writing. We will again
focus on our writer’s checklist, making certain that we
have capital letters at the beginning of a sentence,
Bucket Busters
punctuation at the end of a sentence, and correct
spacing. We will also talk about capital letters in the Angel Bolen, you are simply the BEST!
middle of words! I appreciate the fact that I can always
Math: count on you to do the right thing and
Graphing and patterning will be our primary focus this
week in math. We have a couple of great activities
finish each day strong!
planned! Congratulations Angel for busting
my bucket!
Science/Social Studies:
Plants/Responsibility/Self-Control

Notes from the Teacher:

Parents, I want to take this opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing you
Thursday evening during our Open House! As you were well aware, the children were
so very excited to show off their projects! You made our evening very special and we
appreciate your support more than words can ever express!

Weekly Words
fun, run, bun, sun, spun, no, not, ran, we, with
Chunks: /wor/ and /ear/
Word Family: un