The Rodrigues Report March 4, 2013 First Grade Rocks!!!!!!!!!! I have conferences at 7:45 and 11:35 each day. Just send a note to request a meeting. NO CELL PHONES IN THE CARPOOL LINE! Keep reading and sending in books from home to take AR tests on! Our children are doing very well. Please address behavior as you see it marked at home!!!!! I need your help reinforcing to children that school is a place for learning. Thanks! Please send in TWO STAMPS in an envelope for your child’s 4 th quarter report card to be mailed home. Reading: The Lady in the Moon; realism; long I (flight, pie, light, high, etc) Language Arts: adjectives for amounts Sight Words: above, laugh, touch, moon, eight Amazing Words: delightful, festive, symbol, memory, errands, fiesta, ordinary, refreshments Math: addition and subtraction to 40 Math Vocabulary: tens and ones columns, value

Light Pies Fighting Right Tight High Flies Die might Load Mow Road Row Toad Sown Boat Toads float Flies Dries Silliest Goofier Happier Loneliest Funnier spies Above Laugh Touch Eight moon

Hide and Seek Let’s play hide and seek. Let me look for you. Hide out of sight! Try to hide in this box. The lid will not close. It is a tight fit. Try to lie under that rug. No, it is not big! You are not out of sight! Can you hide in this tree? Sit on that branch. No, it is too high. Inside this cave might be line. No, there is no light. It is dark like night! By this shelf might be fine. No, I can see you in the light! Get out of sight! Under this bed might be fine. I will not see you. Yes, this is just right!

Hints For Working At Home Read to your child. Find things that they like. Let them read what they feel comfortable with; the library is a wonderful resource! Have your child use our Amazing Words in everyday life. The more the word is used, the better chance it has of becoming part of a child’s vocabulary. Research tells us that we fall short on standardized tests based on vocabulary and not on subject knowledge. Use the words! Children should write what they think. Work with your child on writing stories and thoughts. Keep a journal at home where your child can reflect on the day in just a couple of sentences. Emphasize meaning and handwriting. Sight words can easily become part of our automatic reading vocabulary by composing and decomposing them. Find them on menus, signs, food packaging, books you read. When children are aware of their learning they can own their learning! Fun is key to learning! If a child is stressed there is not a positive correlation. Exercise and play will let your child feel refreshed and ready to learn.

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AR Pointers * I provide books on a daily basis for each child to use toward points. Each book a child plans to test on must be a book that the child can read INDEPENDENTLY. The test will not be read to them. I have worked very hard with the children on reading a book several times before they attempt an AR test. Several parents use the reading logs and AR logs that I have sent home. This is helpful for children who are reading a lot at home. Most of the books that our children are reading are only going to have five questions on the test. If a child misses one question their score is already an 80%; the percentage we much achieve to reach our goals is 85%. It’s very important to be quite familiar with the text being tested. Tests may only be taken at school. Goals are not set at random; they are calculated according to scores from the Star Test taken at the beginning of the quarter.