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Scholfields First Grade Classroom Newsletter December 13, 2013

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What Were ear!i!" Writi!"# We ha$e com%leted o&r stor' abo&t M' (isit to the North )ole. We are %&blishi!" o&r stories &si!" Stor' *&dd' 2 a! a%% that allows &s to create the boo+ i! o&r ,boo+s where the st&de!ts ca! the! read them d&ri!" their -ead to Self. We ha$e had se$eral mi!i.lesso!s this wee+ abo&t or"a!i/atio! a!d how to hel% ma+e o&r stories more i!teresti!" b' &si!" o&r se!ses to tell the reader abo&t what we see, hear, smell a!d feel. Scholastic News# We were lear!i!" abo&t eco!omics a!d se0&e!ci!". We read a stor' abo&t a child who was b&'i!" %rese!ts for his co&si!. 1e had sa$ed his mo!e' a!d was read' to "o "i$e his "ift. While we lear!ed abo&t the se0&e!ce of him %&rchasi!" the "ift we also too+ some time to %&t o&r math s+ills to the test. We were addi!" i!to the tee! !&mbers it was "reat %ractice for all of &s.

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-eaders 3heater We ha$e selected o&r %arts a!d will co!ti!&e %ractici!" o&r readers theater for !e2t wee+. 3he st&de!ts are e2cited to tr' to wor+ to"ether to create a %rod&ctio! of 3he Gi!"erbread Ma!. We loo+ forward to %erformi!" this for a co&%le classrooms.

What Were ear!i!" Dail' 7# 3his wee+ we ha$e bee! foc&si!" more o! %ho!ics. We wor+ed to"ether thro&"h some be"i!!i!" a!d e!di!" so&!d cha!"es. 3he' seem to be "etti!" better at disti!"&ishi!" the i!itial so&!d a!d the e!di!" so&!ds. 8ll of the st&de!ts are starti!" to "et word sorts where we are foc&si!" i! o! a s%ecific s%elli!" %atter! that the' are !eedi!" more i!str&ctio! i!.. )lease loo+ for these to come home a!d ha$i!" 'o&r st&de!t sort them for 'o&. 3he' sho&ld be able to tell 'o& wh' each word is where it is.

S%elli!" Words for !e2t wee+# 5ll6 s%elli!" %atter! o&t some their sill' small the! two ma!' hill hallwa'

Math# We are well o! o&r wa' i! 9!it :. 3his wee+ we ha$e slowed wa' dow! to co!ce!trate o! the do&bles strate"'. 3his is a tric+' co!ce%t for most of o&r frie!ds. , am "oi!" to tr' m' ha!d at ma+i!" a scree!cast a!d %&tti!" it o&t o! the blo". 3his sho&ld clear &% a little co!f&sio! with what the childre! are wor+i!" o!. We attem%ted a!d were !ot s&ccessf&l i! tr'i!" to ta+e o&r first 0&ic+ 0&i/ for the &!it o! the com%&ter toda'. ,t was a lear!i!" e2%erie!ce for all of &s. We !ow +!ow it wo!t wor+. We were ;&st a little disa%%oi!ted.