Brock’s News
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Skills taught this week:
Phonics: review
Grammar: review
Math: Math facts and word problems
Leaders:
Tuesday: Calin
Wednesday: Clay
Thursday:
Friday: Lane
House Keeping News:
May 25- Memorial Day (No School)
May 26- Field Day @
May 29- Perform class plays for parents @
June 3- Hawaiian game day
June 4- Perfect Attendance award ceremony @
First Grade Luau: Will be held in gym. Set up begins
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June 5- Ice Cream Party and class awards @
Getting Ready for Second Grade
We have not stopped academics. More children are
reading Chapter books. We are competing individually on timed math facts. All
children have made a 100 on 100 addition facts. After completing this they work
on 100 subtraction facts, and then 200 addition and
subtraction facts in ten minutes. After this mastery they move on to double
digit addition and subtraction and then adding with regrouping and subtraction
with borrowing. I want each child to reach his/her full potential. Also our
grading is being done differently on class work. In the past, Mrs. Lisa graded
individual work and returned it to be corrected. However, the children are now
expected to know what to do and do it correct the first time. I go over the
directions and explain each sheet. At times correct answers are written on the
board. They are expected to go back and correct their papers. We are writing
notes on many of the papers to let you know if following directions or not
making corrections are a problem. Please review your child’s papers and discuss
their work with them in order to help prepare them for Second Grade.