1. First Grade Homework & Classroom News:
August 27th- Aug 31st
Word families
Words that end in these patterns:
-ap (gap)
-an (ran)
-ad (mad)
-id (hid)
-is (his)
-ed (red)
-eck (neck)
-ob (job)
-og (log)
-up (cup)
-um (hum)
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 your planner
Go on to the class website and explore some of the ELA and Math games linked on the Web Resources page.
Daily Math skills:
Counting to and from any number within 120
Add zero to different numbers and write number sentences (4 + 0=4 or 0+6=6)
Counting handfuls of items (cereal, pennies, paper clips)
Add together two groups of items to find sums (4 cheerios plus 3 cheerios gives us 7 cheerios)
Practice writing numbers from 1-120
STEM focus and Words of the week
Questions: How can we find different solutions to problems?
Challenges: Help Goldlocks solve a problem by designing and building a chair to replace the one from baby bear *continued
Words to know: community, small, medium, large, strong, weak, flexible, rigid

2. A note from the teachers…
Homework and Newsletter
August 27th- Aug 31st
A note from the teachers…
We hope everyone had a great weekend! This week we will extending our knowledge of decoding and writing short vowel word families. In math, we are building number sense skills and writing addition number sentences within 10. We have dived into the Engineering Design Process with a fairy tale challenge. We will be using reading, math, writing, and STEM skills to finish up our Goldilocks fairy tale and solve a big problem! We hope to see all of you here tonight at the K-2 parent information night form 6-7:30 pm. This is a parent only event so that we can cover lots of information and answer questions.  Sign up sheets for Fall conferences will also be available tonight. Don’t forget that Labor Day is on Monday so we have a three day weekend!! As always, feel free to contact us with questions or comments through or our class dojo. Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Swartz, Mrs. Watson, Ms. Frank, and Mrs. Rakowitz
Upcoming Events:
Monday, August 27th- K-2 parent information night 6-7:30pm (no students)
Wednesday, August 29th- 3-5 parent information night 6-7:30pm (no students)
Monday September 3rd-Labor Day (no school)
October 2nd-5th Parent teacher conferences and 1:30 dismissal each day
Citizen of the Week:
Mrs. Watson’s class: Liam P. has been a kindness role model and is always ready to help a friend or a teacher! He is always on task and does his very best 
WAY TO GO LIAM!

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