Transcript First Grade Newsletter Week 13

First Grade News
November 30th – December 4th
We hope that everyone had a
fantastic Thanksgiving filled with
good food, friends, family, and fun!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Dec. 1st – November Reading Logs are
due. Remember, our goal is 175
minutes of reading! You can do it!
Dec 2nd – Christmas Show
December’s Project
Reading Project
9:30am and 7pm
Dec. 8th – NO School
Designing a Christmas tree of book
recommendations
Dec. 9th – December Project is due
We can’t wait to see everyone’s
creativity! Feel free to type your
recommendations and attach them
to each ornament. You may add
additional ornaments (real or fake),
garland, etc. to your tree. We look
forward to transforming our hallway
into a winter wonderland! This will
be the last project of 2015. We
understand that this is a busy time
of year.
Jan. 22nd – First Grade Prayer Service
Christmas Program
December 2nd
Please note, students should arrive at
6:45pm for our evening show. All students
should attend both shows. 
Dec. 11th – Report Cards
Please check our school website for
additional news and events.
A hearty breakfast and healthy
lunch will help fuel the body for
learning!
Get wrapped up in
a good book!
This is an eventful time of year. Please
make sure your child is getting a good
night’s sleep.
Attire:
Students should wear Christmas colors (red,
green, and white) to school on Dec. 2nd. NO
jeans! Students should bring their gym
uniform to change into after our morning
show. This will prevent our nice Christmas
clothes from getting dirty at lunch or on the
playground.
Have a wonderful week and a
blessed holiday season!
Ho Ho Ho…
Only a few
weeks to go!
Daily Reading Practice
Daily reading should consist of fluency practice,
sight word practice, and free-choice reading.
Break these into separate times to prevent
them from feeling time consuming to your child.
Our Christmas show is almost here!
Please practice the carols below.
Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
Away in a Manger
We Three Kings
Fluency Practice
Poetry Practice (5 minutes a night)
Echo or choral read poems or short stories
together to model expression and fluency.
Sight Words (5 minutes a night)
Don’t forget to practice the Dolch sight word
booklet on a regular basis. Five minutes of daily
sight word practice can make a big difference!
Also, please have your child practice reading
the weekly words that are attached to our
spelling list. These words are in conjunction
with our weekly phonics/spelling skills. Reading
these words will help your child apply our
phonics skills.
Free Choice Reading (5-10 minutes a night)
Allow your child to select a book at their reading
level to read aloud to you. When time allows,
read to your child. This will inspire them and
help them grow as readers.
First Grade Community Service Project
Theme: Thanking Community Helpers
In conjunction with our reading unit, we will be
learning about people who live and work in our
community. During writer’s workshop, students
will learn how to write friendly letters and
create messages to thank community
members who help us every day. Along with
our notes of appreciation, students will be
filling candy bags to give to these individuals.
This holiday season is a perfect time to reflect
upon our many blessing and to thank those
who help us.
Joy to the World
Curriculum Notes
In math, we will continue with subtraction.
Please practice addition and subtraction
facts at home. In religion, we will make
advent wreaths as we prepare for
Christmas. Our reading focus in on long i.
During our writer’s workshop, we will learn
how to write friendly letters. In science, we
will begin to learn about animals that
migrate.
Below are some items to ask Santa for:
Pencils and pencil top erasers
Glue sticks
Crayons
Colored pencils
Writing journal (for home)
Peace and Light
First Grade Prayer Service
Mark your Calendar: January 22nd
at 2:15pm.
Our prayer service theme is Peace and
Light. For this special prayer service, your
child will need one battery operated
window (taper) candle. Plastic candles
please.  These candles can be found at
most stores during this time of year. Make
sure that your child’s candle has a battery
and that their name is on the bottom.
Candles should be brought in no later
than January 12th.
Spelling Words
Long i (CVCe)
Phonics: Long i vs. short i – This week, students will identify the difference between
long i and short i sight words. Last week, students differentiated between long a and
short a sight words. Please read the list of long i vs. short i words that are attached.
This will help your child to recognize the different in the vowel sounds. Also, practice
the additional long i sight words that are attached. Sight word practice should be part
of our child’s daily reading practice routine.
Reading & Spelling: Our whole group story this week is, Who Works Here? This story
is based on people living and working in a neighborhood. People that work in our
community help us in many ways. As part of a community service project during this
holiday season we will be thanking people who work in our community. Students will
learn how to write letters to thanks others who help us.
Please practice spelling these words each evening. Our spelling test will be
on Friday.
Spelling Words:
High-Frequency Words:
who
work
like
bike
ride
dime
*Challenge Words:
smile
hide
outside
time
ice
sunshine
white
kite
driveway
write
Words to READ
people
live
work
who
out
Don’t forget to practice your long i sight words on the reverse
side! Thank you. 
Short i
Long i
Tim
time
fin
fine
slim
slime
kit
kite
hid
hide
bit
bite
rip
ripe
pin
pine
din
dine
Long i Sight Word List
bite
time
slime
drive
drive
white
hike
ice
fire
wide
fine
shine
five
wife
lime
chive
life
wire
wipe
tile
like
write
rise
swipe
mile
dime
kite
pile
mine
pine
hide
nine
ride
tire
bike
while
side
chime
smile
vine
size
ripe
ride
line
mice
wise
file
whine