Ms. Smith’s First Grade News February 13-17, 2017 Reminders and Events Please don’t forget to send in a decorated bag or box for your child’s valentines.Of course, don’t forget the cards! We will have a fun day Tuesday making valentines and doing special activities. We will have outside recess every day that weather permits. Please send your child with a coat each day that it is cold. Please send a snack with your child each day. We have snack at 9:20. Reading & Writing .We will read the whole group story A Bed Full of Cats. This story is realistic fiction. We are working on reading with fluency and using a variety of strategies to decode unfamiliar words. We are learning to transition from using our fingers to track words to using our eyes. We are working on neat handwriting, complete sentences, capitals and end marks and applying correct spelling by using our Word Wall, the Word Study notebook and books. Math We are learning about fractions as equal parts of a whole and parts of a set. We are working with halves, thirds and fourths and exploring equivalent fractions. Social Studies Theme: Famous Americans We are learning about the contributions of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Washington Carver and Abraham Lincoln. Tuesday, February 14 Send in a bag or box to collect valentines. Send in the valentines that your child will hand out to his or her classmates.