First Grade Homework & Classroom News: Sept 10th- Sept.14th Word families Words that follow the pattern of adding –s, -ed, and –ing (examples) show: shows showed showing pick: picks picked picking Homework Menu: Choose one appetizer and one main course to do for homework every night. If you are still hungry for practice, help yourself to some dessert! Appetizer (5 minutes) Practice any of the listed Daily Math skills Write some word family words in a fun way Main Course(15 minutes) Read a “just-right book” to a stuffed animal or a family member for 13 minutes. Spend 2 minutes retelling what you read. Dessert (10 minutes) Write about something that happened today in a journal. Go on to the class website and explore some of the ELA and Math games linked on the Web Resources page. Daily Math skills: Say, show, or write different ways to make numbers within 10. write addition sentences within 10 in the horizontal and also the vertical format Grab two handfuls of small items and write a number sentence to match (7 pencils + 5 pencils = 12 pencils) Create your own story problems using addition within 20 and have someone in your family solve them! STEM focus and Words of the week Questions: How can we use problems in fairy tales to help us understand the Engineering Design Process? Challenges: Work independently or with a partner to design a sturdy structure that can withstand weight and movement. Words to know: length, measurement, strong, rigid, flexible, weak, movement

A note from the teachers… Homework and Newsletter Sept 10th- Sept.14th A note from the teachers… We hope everyone had a great weekend! This week we will be reading and writing words with inflected endings (-s, -ed, -ing). We will not be assessing the students on words with special rules like cry-cries or run-running until later on in the school year but if you want to practice those at home you are welcome to do so! We will also be discovering how to identify main idea and details in a text. In math, we are continuing to build number sense skills and writing addition number sentences within 10. When students have strong number sense, they are able to mentally manipulate numbers and easily solve problems in multiple ways. Those skills are critical for success in higher level math. We are continuing our STEM focus on fairy tales this week with a new story and a new challenge! We are so proud of our engineers! Sincerely, Mrs. Swartz, Mrs. Watson, Ms. Frank, and Mrs. Rakowitz Upcoming Events: Monday, September 10th-Analog night at the library! 6-7:30pm Thursday, September 27th- Fall picture day October 2nd-5th Parent teacher conferences and 1:30 dismissal each day October 8th-12th- Fall Break- No School Citizen of the Week: Hadley shares kind words and actions with our class every day! She works hard to be respectful, responsible, and KIND. We are glad she is part of our classroom community! WAY TO GO Hadley!

After reading a story, use these transition words to retell as much as you remember. 

The following pages are NOT REQUIRED but are here if you would like to use them with your child 

Create your own addition facts and record them here Create your own addition facts and record them here! (you can put this page in a page protector and play over an over again with a dry erase marker )