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Weekly Newsletter

What First Grade is Learning, the week of January 28th: New Sight Words: New Sight Words for next week will be: three, able, give. Please help your child learn to read, write, and spell our new words. Language Arts: Next week we will continue our unit in Literacy by Design called Earth Explorers and the theme “From Mountain to Ocean.” Our vocabulary words will be: scenery, desert, ocean. We will be learning about how to use a glossary and practice comparing and contrasting. We will also talk about how –ed endings can help some words tell about the past. In writing, we will begin our next unit called “Memoir: All About Me.” Students will talk about the kinds of information we would include when we are writing about our own lives. Math: We will continue the math unit called “Number Games and Crayon Puzzles.” Students will be learning games that help to build understanding of addition and subtraction around the number 10. We will play many different games, such as Tens Go Fish, to help us remember different combinations to make ten. Social Studies: Next week we will begin a new unit called “World of Work.” Students will be learning about the differences between wants and needs. We will discuss how people have to make choices about how they spend their money and how needs are things that are necessary to have a safe and healthy life. Things to work on at Home: Please work with your child to learn to read, write, and spell the sight words they need more practice learning. Use the list that came home highlighted from your child’s teacher. Ask your child if they can use these words in sentences and talk about the differences between words that sound the same but are spelled differently (such as to, two, and too). Special Notes: *BIST BIT: It’s a Problem in my Life Do you ever find yourself trying to solve your child’s problem rather than teach them how to solve their own problems? If so, you’re not alone. It’s easy to make excuses for repeated misbehaviors rather than look at why they occur. Kids need to get to this level before they can truly change their misbehavior. Be patient, this step of accountability does not happen overnight! *Please make sure your child has a winter coat (not just a hooded sweatshirt) for recess—even when the weather is supposed to warm up during the day. Students also need gloves and a hat. Please let us know if your child needs help acquiring these items. Thank you for your help. *PTO Family Night will be Wednesday, January 30th at Runza in Papillion from 5 to 8pm. 10% of the business during this time will be donated back to Carriage Hill and you can dine-in or drive-through! *Feel free to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions, comments, or concerns! Mrs. Anderson: mjanderson@paplv.org Mr. Radicia: jradicia@paplv.org Miss King: dking@paplv.org