1. First Grade Homework & Classroom News:
Nov. 13th - Nov. 17th
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 (message us on Dojo if you need us to resend log-in information )
Word families
Words with long vowel I
ike (bike, like)
ice (rice, spice)
ide (slide)
ime (time, slime)
ile (smile, pile)
Daily Math skills:
Doubles facts (6+6=12) and using them to solve unfamiliar facts (6+7=13)
write addition and subtraction sentences and solve within 20 in the horizontal or 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 we create a structure that floats and holds weight?
What makes a good hypothesis?
STEM focus: The scientific method
-what steps do scientists follow when planning and conducting an experiment?

2. Homework and Newsletter
Nov. 13th - Nov. 17th
A note from the teachers…
We hope you had a relaxing long Veterans Day weekend with your families. The family turkey projects have already started coming to school and they look great! Thank you for taking the time to support your child in this activity. On Wednesday, the students will be presenting their projects and voting on the best disguised turkey. We will have a little award ceremony to recognize all of the hard work they put into their designs. We are also learning and applying strategies for subtracting numbers within 20. They are becoming great mathematicians! This week we are continuing to work on our long vowel spelling and determining author’s purpose when reading. As always, thank you for trusting us with your wonderful kids! Have a great short week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Swartz and Mrs. Watson.
Upcoming Events:
November 15th-Turkey Projects due
November 15th-PTO meeting in the Multi-Purpose (Child care provided)
November 22nd-Turkey Trot at school hosted by Mrs. DeSylvester
November 23rd-24th- Thanksgiving Holiday (No School)
Star Students: 
Jeremy always participates and has great ideas! He loves to imagine and build!
He is a FUN friend to have!
Special Birthdays:
11/24 Happy Birthday Jacob!!!

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

4. Choose “long i” words from the word bank to write in sentences:
Paper for writing complete sentences 
bite
smile
slime
chime
lime
time
kite
shine
like
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