Our 1st Grade Classroom News Week of November 26th – 30th Email: valorietrombley@johnston.k12.nc.us Important Information Dates to know * I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and were able to spend lots of time with family! * We are working hard to prepare for mid-year assessments in January! The kids are decoding and sounding out words so well. I love seeing their confidence build as they become better readers! I am sending you a pack of more information about mid-year assessments. Please be sure to review these concepts with your child and let me know if you have any questions! 12/7: RES Spirit Day 12/10 – PTA Holiday Shop from 4:00-7:00 12/11-12/14: PTA Holiday Shop during school hours 12/17: Secret Santa due! 12/17: Christmas Craft Day – please be sure your child is at school if at all possible! 12/18: PTA Family Dinner Night at Simple Twist from 5:00-9:00pm 12/19: Christmas Party - 2:15 12/21: Early Dismissal & End of 2nd Quarter 12/22 – 1/6: Christmas Break 1/9 – 1/31: Mid-year literacy assessments 3/28: Field trip to Marbles & IMAX Our Learning Focus Theme: Gingerbread Math: finding & proving that all possible combinations of a number have been found, properties of addition/subtraction, & place value Phonics: Baseword & suffix (or ending) “s” to make words plural (or to show action) – We only tap the base word! Reading Focus: Identifying the central message or lesson in a story & recalling key details Writing Focus: Writing narratives that provide a topic sentence, sequenced events, transitional words, and a sense of closure Science: Balance and Motion Words to Remember WWW: how, now, down, out, about, friend Word Families: -et, -en, -ed