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Scholfields First Grade Classroom Newsletter January 10, 201

:ates to .emem!er Friday, January 1;th re"ular #o#corn 1hursday, January 2)th <nd of 2nd =uarter Friday, January 24th > ?alf :ay Students released at 12920#m
5oo% @rders 0ttached are the !oo% orders for the month of January. /f you are interested in #urchasin" !oo%s #lease send !ac% your order !y Friday, January 24th. 1han%s6

Si- Fla"s .eadin" / will !e sendin" home a Si- Fla"s Great 0merica readin" sheet with your child ne-t wee%. 1his is a reward that the com#any "i2es for children readin". 3our child is !ein" as%ed to read for a total of + hours !etween now and Fe!ruary 24th. 1his time can !e included with their 5oo% /t6 Minutes. 7hat we are 8earnin" 7ritin"9 7e ha2e !e"un a new unit in writin". 7e are learnin" a!out teachin" !oo%s. 1his is a !it tric%y for us to chan"e our ty#e of writin" !ut we are startin" to ha2e success as we wor% one day at a time at !uildin" our teachin" 2oice to teach others a!out thin"s we %now a lot a!out.

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7hat 7ere 8earnin" Scholastic News9 1his wee% we finished our scholastic news we started !efore the !rea% a!out animals and what they do to "et ready for winter. 7e wor% to"ether with a #artner to create a #icture to e-#lain se2eral new 2oca!ulary words. /t was interestin" to see how each student re#resented these new 2oca!ulary words.
:aily 49 7e ha2e F/N0883 introduced .ead to Someone. 1he students are e-tremely e-cited to finally ha2e the o##ortunity to read their te-t to a friend. 7e will continue to wor% on !uildin" stamina with this new daily until we are #roficient enou"h to ha2e it !e one we can choose on a re"ular !asis. 7e are also continuin" to re2iew all of the other daily 4 choices to hel# us remem!er what it means to !uild stamina the correct way. 7e ha2e started word sorts this wee%. <ach student was #laced in a word sort "rou# that will use direct instruction teachin" to hel# !uild their s#ellin" s%ills which will hel# us out in not only our readin" !ut also our writin". / ha2e already started to see the transfer with se2eral students. 7ay to "o "uys6

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Math9 7e are o2er half way throu"h unit . 7e too% our second assessment for the unit and / ho#e to com#lete the unit !efore the end of the Duarter so we would test !efore the end of the Duarter. / am "oin" to try my hand at a Screencast and will !e #lacin" it on the !lo" come ne-t wee%. 1his will !e me wal%in" you and your child throu"h the unit re2iewEtest. / find this #articular unit to !e Fust a little tric%y as students are introduced to se2eral different ty#es of addin" strate"ies, identifyin" ones and tens, are as%ed to com#are and finally will loo% at strate"ies for sol2in" these ty#es of #ro!lems.