Science/Social Studies Our First Grade Newsletter Room #5 Mrs. Miller Reading Homework Mon. – 2/26 *Sight word sheet *Spelling Sheet (due by 3/5) Tues. – 2/27 *Blend-it Book 105 Wed. – 2/28 *Review Chunk Ring/Blend-it book 106 Thurs. – 3/1 *Blend-it book 107 Fri. – 3/2 *Blend-it book 108 Mon. –3/5 *Spelling Pretest/ Blend-it book 109 Tues. –3/6 Spelling & Reading Tests *Blend-it book 110 Reading Lesson 15 Sight Words: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk Phonics Skills: Long i (CVCe) Digraphs kn, wr, gn, mb Phonograms -ine, -ite Spelling Words: time, bike, like, white, kite, drive Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast Text and Graphic Features Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/ Clarify Grammar: The verb be Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes –er, -est Science/Social Studies We have begun our lapbooks in Social Studies. Last week we talked about the oceans and continents. We made a world map puzzle and were able to put it together with ease! We will continue this week talking about Earth’s natural resources. Math Look out for blend-it books coming home daily. Please work these books into your daily schedule, whether it’s before bed, before practice, in between commercials, etc. The more they practice, the better readers they will be! Room #5 News We will review all skills from chapter 5 and take our test by the end of this week. Look for the pretest study guide to come home soon.