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Templeton Center School Templeton, MA November 1, 2013 Volume III, Issue III. Thanksgiving is Coming!. Mrs. Syring’s First Grade Classroom Newsletter. Classroom News. Literacy. Themes. Hello Parents!
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Templeton Center School Templeton, MA November 1, 2013 Volume III, Issue III Thanksgiving is Coming! Mrs. Syring’s First Grade Classroom Newsletter Classroom News Literacy Themes Hello Parents! The month of October was very fun and exciting for the children! We covered a lot of material and the students seemed to follow along great! Thank you to all who helped out at the Halloween Party!! Homework- We will start homework next week! The homework is just reinforcing what is being done in class. It is not graded, just checked for understanding. Important Dates November 5th: No School November 11th: No School-Veteran’s Day November 25th: Half Day Dismissal at 12:05 -Parent-Teacher Conferences November 26th: Half Day Dismissal at 12:05- Parent-Teacher Conferences November 27th: Half Day Dismissal at 12:05 November 28th- 31st: No School-Thanksgiving Break. In Reader’s Workshop we will be starting our unit on Making Connections! Please check my website for more information: http://teacherweb.com/MA/TempletonCenterSchool/MrsSyring Sight Words: the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for, on, are, as, with, his, they, I, at, be, this,have, and from. I will be passing out sight word list 2 at conference time. Sounds: All short vowel sounds and /th/, /ck/, /sh/, /wh/, /ch/, and l blends! The Theme for the Month of November will be: • Thanksgiving, Native Americans, and Fall. Math Here are some of the concepts that we will be reviewing and working on this month: -Counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. -Geometry -Using a Number line -2 digit Pico Fermi Bagel -Number of the day -Addition facts to 12 -Understanding Subtraction Grammar/Phonics The following are phonics concepts that we will be learning and working on this month: Digraph: /th/, /ng/, /ing/, /ck/, /sh/, /wh/, /ch/, and l blends Phonograms: -est, -ent, -ang, -ing Initial Blends: with s and r Contractions: `s, n’t, and `ll Grammar: Telling and asking parts of sentences.