Transcript Week 2 Newsletter - Holy Family School | Phoenixville, PA

First Grade Newsletter
September 19th -23rd
Mrs. Frost
Friendly Reminders
•Please label your child’s belongings such as
their lunch tote, water bottle, jacket, sweatshirt,
etc. Thank you! 
•Students are allowed to bring in soft/foam (nerf)
balls for recess. No regular footballs are allowed.
Safety first!
•We are very busy in 1st grade! Please make
sure your child is getting an ample amount of
sleep.
•Please remember to pack healthy snacks and a
water bottle for school each day. Our daily lunch
time is at 10:55. Our morning snack is at 9:10
and our afternoon snack is at 2:00. Please
remember that our snack times are nut free.
Thank you!
•Please check your child’s yellow folder every
afternoon and make sure it is returned to school
each day. Put all notes and paperwork in this
folder.
Healthy Habits
With allergy season here and the dreaded flu
season right around the corner, please discuss
with your child the importance of proper hand
washing and coughing/sneezing techniques.
We are disinfecting the desks, doorknobs and
tables frequently. We are striving for a happy
and healthy school year.
Reading and writing go handin-hand. Please find time to
practice these skills at home.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
September 22nd – First day of fall!
Happy Fall!
September 23rd – Book orders are
due. Please refer to our handbook for
payment instructions.
Art Project
Thinking ahead…
We have a special art project planned
to celebrate Halloween. For this
project, each student will need to
bring in a glass jar (a spaghetti sauce
jar is preferred). Please clean it
thoroughly and remove the label. Put
your child’s name on the bottom.
Thank you!
Jars are due on or before
Monday, October 10th.
October 14th – No School for
students. Teacher retreat.
Please remember to check our
school’s website for upcoming events
and school news. For your
convenience, my webpage contains an
additional copy of the newsletter
(which includes the weekly spelling
and sight words), our reading
strategies, and the first grade
handbook.
Curriculum Notes
Into good study habits!
Math: This week, we will compare numbers using greater than and less than. We
will also cover ordinal numbers. Our Chapter One math test is scheduled for Friday
of this week. Please practice reading, identifying, and correctly writing (digit and
word form) numbers at home. Continue to review counting patterns, missing
numbers within a counting pattern, ordinal numbers, and comparing numbers using
greater than and less than. These are the topics that will be covered on our first test.
Thinking ahead… Next week, we will be diving into addition! We will focus on
addition strategies and facts to 12.
Reading: Our word focus will be on short i. We will read our second whole group
story: Pig in a Wig. Our spelling words will be generated from our weekly story.
Spelling and sight words were sent home on Friday. Please review these nightly.
We will also focus on fall poems and stories to improve reading fluency.
Grammar and Writing: For the next few weeks, we will be focusing on sentences.
We will discuss types of sentences, the parts of a sentence, word order, and correct
punctuation.
Religion: This week, we will complete Chapter One in our textbook and begin
Chapter Two. A Chapter One and Two assessment is planned for next week.
Handwriting: A significant amount of instructional time will be spent on reviewing
correct letter and number formation.
Social Studies and Science: All About Fall!
Last week, we completed poems and projects about apples to celebrate the
beginning of school and the upcoming fall season. As a whole class, we will begin
to learn about Johnny Apple Seed this week. We will also read and discuss the third
edition of our Scholastic News magazine.
Get hooked on some
great books this fall
Please let me know if you
need additional reading
books at home. I am happy
to share my personal
collection with you.
Spelling Words
Each week, your child will have ten spelling words based
on our phonics skill and two high-frequency words from
our story for a total of twelve spelling words.
Short i
in
fix
it
sit
six
lip
did
mix
pin
wig
High-Frequency Words
and
take
Bonus Words: These words will not be graded. Please practice
these words if you feel that your child is up for a challenge.
1. trim 2. kick 3. quit
Please remember to practice the short i sight words that are attached. Also,
try the below reading strategies with your child.
•Echo Read - Read a sentence aloud to your child and then have your child
read the sentence aloud to you.
•Choral Read - Read a sentence or page of a book together at the same
time.
Reading Recipe Ingredients
Repeated reading
Sight word practice
Free-choice reading
And a heaping amount of read alouds 
Get hooked on some
great books this fall
Short i Sight Words
Optional Activity – Word Sort
1. Read the word lists
2. Cut the words out
3. Mix them up
4. Sort them according to their word family
5. Read each word list again
____in
____it
____id
bin
bit
bid
fin
fit
did
pin
hit
hid
tin
kit
kid
win
quit
lid
in
pit
rid
thin
sit
skid
shin
it
grid
chin
___ix
___ip
___ig
fix
dip
big
mix
flip
dig
six
hip
jig
nix
lip
pig
nip
wig
rip
fig
sip
twig
slip
rig
Challenge short i sight words
Blends
Please practice the words below if you feel that your
child would benefit from a more challenging list of
sight words.
kick
pick
quick
wick
chick
click
flick
disk
risk
brisk
whisk
think
ditch
hitch
twist
mist
wrist
pitch
ditch
switch
quilt
wilt
slit
drink
pinch
inch
flinch
swim
trim
slim
grim
chimp
limp
blimp
squid
bring
crib
sniff
cliff
crisp
fish
dish
wish
bliss
prince
print
sprint
sing