1. First Grade Homework & Classroom News:
Oct. 30th - Nov. 3rd
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
Addition or subtraction flash card games
Choose a word family word to write in a complete sentence
Main Course(15 minutes)
Read a “just-right book” to a stuffed animal or a family member for 13 minutes. Spend 2 minutes retelling the story with as many details as possible.
Dessert (10 minutes)
Write about something new you learned today in your planner
Xtra Math
Raz-kids (log-in information can be found in Wednesday’s folder
Word families
Words with beginning and ending digraphs
Sh (ship, shut, splash, fish)
Ch (chick, Chop, hatch, which)
Th (thorn, thump, with, bath)
Wh (whale, whole, what, when)
Ck (duck, click)
Daily Math skills:
Doubles facts (6+6=12) and using them to solve unfamiliar facts (6+7=13)
write addition sentences and solve within 20 in the horizontal and also the vertical format
Create your own story problems using addition within 20 and have someone in your family solve them!
Write a fact family for a set of numbers (3+4= = = =3)
STEM focus and Words of the week
Questions:
How can being unique be beneficial?
These skills will be hit during our Fall party stations and revisited during the week:
-static electricity, making and testing a hypothesis, the plant life cycle, reaction, spider body parts

2. A note from the teachers…
Homework and Newsletter
Oct. 30th - Nov. 3rd
A note from the teachers…
We can’t believe that November is here already! Tomorrow we are celebrating Fall in our classrooms with fun science-focused stations and our story book character parade. If your child chose to dress up, please send students to school in their costumes. You may send additional clothes to change into after the parade if their costume is uncomfortable. If your family chooses to go trick-or-treating, please be safe and have fun! We are discussing ways to be kind and safe during Halloween Festivities during Kimochis and also in class. Thank you to all of the families who have sent items in for our Fall festival baskets and items for our Fall party! We are so lucky to have such kind and supportive families in our classes! Have a wonderful week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Swartz and Mrs. Watson.
Upcoming Events:
10/30-11/3- Book Fair open in the Library before and after school
Friday, November 3rd-Innovation Academy’s Fall Festival (5:30 pm)
Wednesday, November 8th-PTO fundraiser at Chipotle (4pm Oro Valley)
Thursday, November 9th-Veteran’s Day Spectacular (9:15am)
November 10th-Veteran’s Day-No School
Star Students: 
Mrs. Swartz’s class: David has been filling buckets in his class by using a talking tone of voice with his friends!
Odessa has been so careful with her work and is always trying to do her best! 
Mrs. Watson’s class: Ashton has been working very hard on being a good friend in the classroom and on the playground. He is a good friend to have!
Emmett has been working extra hard to do his best on his classwork. He keeps trying even when it is hard! He knows how to persevere!

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

4. Paper for writing complete sentences 