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PLEASANT HILL
FIRST GRADE

Parent
Newsletter
Oct. 3-7
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Mrs. Sneeds Snazzy Snippets

Highlights
In Reading we continue to practice
sounding out consonant-vowel-consonant
words. This week we will be introducing
short o. We will practice words like hot,
mom and top.

Weekly Focus
Please have your child practice
reading our second set of sight
words:

In Social Studies we are learning about

various biomes like deserts and
rainforests.

will, your, was, cant, with, ask,

them, best, not, they, blue, went,
big, black, give, little, white, her,
him, his, that, away, yellow, happy,
all, good, has, come

In Math we are practicing counting to

100 by 1s and to 30 by 2s. We are also
reading and comparing 2-digit numbers.

Reminders to Parents

In Health we are learning about how to

be safe in various situations such as with
fire, with strangers, and in traffic.

I will be absent on Monday, October 3, and

Wednesday, October 5. Please encourage
your child to be on his/her best behavior for
our substitute.

If you have not yet sent a pair of

First Grade Fun Fact:

Bees lose their stinger when they sting us.
They cannot live without their stinger so
they die soon after. Wasps, on the other
hand, can pull their stingers out after they
have injected their poison into us. Thus,
they survive after stinging us.

Student of the Week

Nicholas Behm
Nicholas would like you to know the
following things about him: I like
to play outside. I have one younger
sister. My favorite thing at school is
the cafeteria. I like to read books
about ancient pyramids. The Cub
and the Duck is a funny book that I
like to read.

headphones for your child, please do so!

Thanks so much.

Our Monthly Celebration for students who

were referral free for the month of
September will be held on Monday. That
includes our entire class!