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Classroom News
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Week of November 9, 2009 Canned foods collection all month Tuesday Library books due Wednesday Mass 8:30 Thursday Art shirt needed Friday Fabulous Reader, Mrs. Hoffman  The students will spend time learning about some of the saints. We will talk about St. Nicholas, St. Brigid of Ireland, St. Joseph, St. Rose of Lima, and St. Luke the Gospel writer. Our service project for November is the collection of canned food items.  In LA (language arts) this week we will continue to work on sounding out(decoding) short a, short i, short o, short u, and short e words. We will learn the vowel or. The vocabulary words this week are: be good Mr. need our right saw time try. You may need to introduce 3 new words each evening this week. Check first to see if your child already knows any of the new words. The story this week is TRY YOUR BEST. There is an AR test for this story. You may need to read the AR tests to your child. I have discovered that there are words that the students have not had yet. We are requiring your child to take the test after reading the story aloud to you this week. It will help your child improve his/her comprehension skills. The spelling words this week are: or for corn cork fork more hang ring two from.  We will have a test on telling time to the 1/2 hour on Monday. We will begin Chapter 12 on number patterns: counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's. The students will continue to work on the addition facts. I will send home the +4 facts to be memorized on Monday for those who are ready. They will make flashcards at school.  The students will continue to concentrate on writing a story with a beginning, middle, and an end.  We will compare/contrast a model to the real object/animal/person.
Mrs. Collins' First Grade
St. Barnabas School
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