First Grade News September 15, 2014

Curriculum Highlights
Math Counting, comparing, sorting, recording, explaining thinking
Social Studies self reflection
Word Study - Short Vowel Review
Writing Workshop The Writing Cycle - Plan
Reading Workshop Choosing Books Comprehension and 5 Finger Rule



Reminders
Tuesday, September 16 No School - One Malaysia Day Holiday
Parent/ teacher conferences October 14
th
& 15
th
- no classes for students.
These days have been set aside especially to cater for conferences, as meeting during
the normal busy school week is not possible. Please plan to be available on these days
as a lot of preparation goes into planning between teachers and admin to ensure that
siblings are scheduled around the same time and support teachers such as EAL can be
in attendance too.



News From Ms. Tindalls Class

We have been working a lot on friendships and the Melawati Way. First grade can be a difficult
time for students as there is a huge growth in social skills during the year. This means testing
boundaries of friendships and coming up with all sorts of rules for being (or not being a friend.)
Please encourage growth in this area by talking through situations with your child and sharing stories
of how you have felt in similar situations and what you did to work things out. At school we
advocate the number one thing to do is to talk about the problem directly with the person who is
bothering you and, on the other side, being a good listener and trying to work out a solution together
so that both sides win.

In partnership,
Ms. Tindall



















Monday
Reading: Zoom in on Comprehension this week. How do you know youve understood the
authors message? Can you retell the story in your own words? Can you identify the
problem and solution? Can you state a number of facts from the text? Can you
summarize what the book was about? Can you explain the main idea? How do you know
if you are comprehending? What do you do if you dont understand?

Math: Find some things of a large quantity around your home that you can count? (EG
Legos, blocks, books, cutlery). Make a plan of how you will count them? How will you
organize them? How will you keep track of what you have and havent counted? Is
there a way you can group them to make counting more efficient?
Tuesday
Reading: Repeat Mondays suggestion.
Math: Repeat Mondays suggestion with different items.

Wednesday
Reading: Repeat Mondays suggestion.
Math: Repeat Mondays suggestion with different items.
Thursday
Reading: Repeat Mondays suggestion.
Math: Repeat Mondays suggestion with different items.
Friday
Reading: Repeat Mondays suggestion.
Poem collection: Recite and sing poems and songs from your poem collection to family,
friends and neighbours. Put your finger on each word as you read. Return poem
collection to school on Monday.
Use the letters in this box to make new words by adding them to the
word endings below.

b c d f g h j k l m n
p r s t v y z qu sh th ch



If you can spell hit

You can also spell _____ _____

_____ _____ ______ _____ _____



If you can spell tell

You can also spell _____ _____

_____ _____ ______ _____ _____



If you can spell rug

You can also spell _____ _____

_____ _____ ______ _____ _____