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First Grade News February 18, 2013

Curriculum Highlights

Math Applying Rules, Progress Check

Science animal adaptations, habitat

Word Study question words and qu review Writing - information report parts of a paragraph - topic sentences, fact sentences, concluding

sentences

Reading Monitoring comprehension

Reminders

Parent/ teacher conferences - March 7th & 8h. Grade One Performance, 8:30am Friday March 1st February 22, Friday, No school for students Teacher In-service February 21, Chinese New Year Cultural Day

Word Study

what when why which who

where how quick quiet queen

News From Ms. Tindalls Class

From the research: It is recommended for children under the age of 8 to spend no more

than 1 hour per day in front of a screen. This includes combined computer, TV and video

games. How much is your child getting each day? From Jane Healy, Failure to Connect.

(Parents this is an amazing book if you have ever wondered what roles

computers/technology should play in a childs life.) I also highly recommend Your

Childs Growing Brain: Brain Development from Birth Through Adolescence by the sameauthor.

This week in Writers Workshop we will start working on our first draft taking our dash facts (plan)

and writing them into sentences. We will be learning about the structure of a paragraph introduction

(topic sentence), body (fact, explanation and example sentences) and conclusion (concluding sentence).You can support this learning at home by looking for these features in the books you are reading together.

Some sections you read may or may not have all three parts. Topic sentences tell the reader what the

section will be about EG Dogs eat different types of food. or Dogs eat many kinds of foods. or Dogs

dont have a varied diet. or There are only a few things that dogs like to eat. or Do you know what

dogs eat? I do. The topic sentence shouldnt tell any specific fact. The concluding sentence is very

similar. It doesnt tell any new information but sums up the main points of the section. EG As you can

see dogs have a limited diet. or Clearly dogs have big appetites. or Dogs really do eat a lot of food.

or Obviously the size and type of the dog will determine how much food it eats.

In partnership,

Ms. Tindall

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