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First Grade News April 15, 2013

Curriculum Highlights Math Money, place value Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Connected spellings, connected meanings Procedural Writing and Reading - Verbs, transition words

Reminders Friday April 19th, No School - Teacher In Service

Word Study

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where two twin twice betweenNews From Ms. Tindalls Class This week well be exploring procedures in both reading and writing. You cansupport this learning by noticing procedures in your home and talking abouthow a procedure is alike and different to other types of writing. Recipes,craft books and assembly instructions are great examples. You can talkabout what makes one procedure easier to follow than another. EG Pictures,

numbered steps, clear simple language. Notice verbs such as, cut, draw,measure, roll, paste etc and transition words such as next, after that,following, finally, before etc.

Time continues to be a challenging concept for many students as it is soabstract not something they can physically hold and manipulate. It isvaluable for us to try to make it as relevant to their lives as possible. Athome, notice what time you do things and how long they take. Talk about

how you plan your time. EG, I need to wash the car, write a letter and havea shower before seven oclock. Now its 5:30pm so that gives me an hourand a half. I should be able to wash the car in about half an hour. Thatleaves one hour to write the letter and have a shower. I think Ill have myshower first because that only takes a few minutes and then Ill have therest of the time to write the letter. Look at both analogue and digitalclocks. Help your child match the time from a digital clock to an analogueclock and vice versa. Talk about how long activities take. EG. You can brush

your teeth in a few minutes, but to go to the movies you may need a fewhours. Exposure, not mastery, right now is the most important thing.

In partnership, Ms. Tindall

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MondayReading: Look for verbs and transition words. (Verbs are action words eg cut, draw, run, jump, slide.Transition words move you from one idea to the next eg next, then, after that, before, the next day, in themorning, after lunch, at noon etc)Math: Making amounts with coins extra practice. Turn over 2 number cards (or roll a dice twice). Use the

numerals to make the biggest 2 digit number you can. Make that number using coins. Repeat.* Math challenge: turn over 3 cards to make the biggest money amount using dollar and cent notation. EG. If

you turn 3 , 2 & 5. You could make $5.32Homelink 7.8Word Study: Study the words carefully. Highlight any connections you see.Science: How does your family reduce waste? Have a discussion. Be prepared to share at school.

TuesdayReading: Look for verbs and transition words. Math: Homelink 8.1Word Study: What is the difference between hear and here? How can you remember the spellings?Science: What does your family reuse ? Have a discussion. Be prepared to share at school.

WednesdayReading Math: Homelink 8.2 Word Study: Whats the difference between their, there and theyre. How can you remember the spellings?Science: What does your family recycle? How do you prepare materials to be recycled? (EG wash out cans,separate paper etc) Where do you take your recycling? Have a discussion. Be prepared to share at school.

ThursdayReading Math: Homelink 8.3 Word Study: What do twin, twice, two, between have in common? Can you think of any other words thatmight be related? Hint: Use a dictionary to find other words with tw.EG: twig (place where the branch splits into two)twist (move from side to side 1, 2, 1, 2)

Friday Reading Poem Collection

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