Room 23 January 20, 2017 Language Arts Word Study Important Dates: This week we started a new theme, “Dressing for the Weather.” We listened to the story, Lucille’s Snowsuit, and practiced our new comprehension strategy, fix-up strategy, to discuss how we could figure out the meaning of words that we heard in the story. We also read the story, How Should I Dress? and had discussions about the appropriate dress for different seasons. We learned three new vocabulary words: mistake, cloud, dress **Please check my notes on your child’s reading circle ticket and organizers. This week students had to correct their mistakes. Word Study This week we learned all about magic e! (silent e) We learned that magic e makes the vowel say it’s name (long vowel). We practiced making CVC words into CVCE words. For example, we learned that when you add the magic e to “hop” it becomes “hope.” We practiced adding and taking away letters to form new words with magic e. We added new words to our word wall. Please practice these at home. They are: live, give, make Important Dates: January 26th: Hanging of the rainforest layers in the hallway (volunteers 9am) January 27th: Scholastic book orders due & School-wide pajama day February 1st: Rainforest Animal research paper due (& tracer if choosing to make own) February 3rd: Rainforest Day! (volunteers 9-11am) Reminders Weekly reports to be signed and returned Monday. **Please make sure your child is reading at least 10-15 minutes every night, or at least some nights(!), either independently or with an adult! Miss Alaina Seygal Email Address: SeygalA@tesd.net 1st Grade Devon Elementary School Phone Number: (610)-240-2455

Alternates for the week: Writing We learned and practiced how to write a friendly letter. Students sang the “Friendly Letter Song” to help them remember the 5 parts of a letter. See if your child can perform the song for you! Science We have been continuing with our Rainforest Unit this week. We are getting very excited for Rainforest Day in February! On Tuesday, we painted the 4 layers of the rainforest which will be hung in the hallway, Thursday! Don’t forget to come to Devon at 9am on Thursday if you signed up to volunteer to help hang up the layers! On Friday, we learned all about food chains and how different prey escape their predators. Math We completed chapter 8 today. In this chapter, students learned to add and subtract within 20 using different strategies, such as grouping into tens and ones, number bonds, and using doubles facts to add and subtract. If you would like extra math practice for your child, please visit my webpage for helpful websites and apps. Addition and subtraction word problems seem to be the most challenging to students. This is something all students could use extra practice with. Next week, we will begin chapter 9: Length. Lunch Menu Next Week Monday: Chicken Nuggets Tuesday: Nacho’s w/ beef Wednesday: Mac & Cheese Thursday: Chicken Patty Friday: Mickey’s Pizza Alternates for the week: B) Pizza C) PBJ D) Ham & Cheese E) Chicken Caesar Salad