The document provides information about what a first grade class covered in the past week and what they will be learning in the upcoming week. In the past week, the class took a reading test, learned math skills up to 20 using ten frames and a card game, discussed animal growth in science, and practiced printing letters. Upcoming lessons include introducing the letter t sound, identifying story details in reading, learning about probability and shapes in math, and exploring animal relationships in science. The document also lists skills that will be assessed at the end of the quarter.

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Peek at the Week:
o In reading, we reviewed and took our Unit 2 Test.
Continue to practice the High Frequency Words at
home.
o In math, we continued to explore Unit 4. The students
worked with ten frames up to 20. We also learned a
card game called Top It (war).
o During Science the students discussed how animals
grow and change as they mature.
o The students practiced printing the letter Ii, Aa, Dd,
Mm, Nn, and Ss. We also worked on writing our last
names!
o Students are doing great with their reading books!
Thanks for returning them!
Coming Up:
o Next week in Reading students will be
introduced to the consonant sound of /t/
and our new high frequency words “we,
at”.
o Also, in Reading, we will identify and
recall story details, understand fantasy
and reality and blend short /a/ and /i/
words.
o In Math, we will learn about probability,
review shapes and symmetry, introduce
subtraction, and practice counting,
writing and ordering numbers.
o In Science, we will explore relationships
between people and animals.
o Students will learn how to print the
uppercase and lowercase letter Tt.
As we approach the middle of the second marking period, I
would like to share with you the skills your student is working
on and the goal for midyear. You can work with your child
through daily activities to reinforce what they are learning.
The following skills will be assessed at the end of the quarter:
 Knows birthday
 Knows telephone number
 Knows the days of the week
 Identifies upper and lowercase letters
 Can make a sound for each letter
 Can say a word that starts with each letter
 Counts to 100 by 1’s, 10’s and 5’s
 Prints first name correctly on line
 Recognizes high frequency words(yellow and blue)
 Sorts objects and tells how they sorted them
 Writes short sentences with spaces and words.
December 2nd
, 2016
Reminders
o Please send in your family Christmas Tree so
we can share your stories and hang it in the
hall!
o Follow the December calendar and don’t
forget to participate in our themed days.
o Thanks to all for donations to the Angel Tree!
At all three elementary buildings, we raised a
total of $2,553.00.
o Please return rest items.
Writing Words
You will notice we have started to practice
printing decodable words. Students should
know the sounds/letters we have worked on
to blend and write these words.
m a d