Detroit ISD - First Grade News

Detroit First Grade Newsletter

Sept 24^th – 28^th, 2018

Spelling Words:

bug rub

yum van

zip quit

for here

Dictation Sentence:

Here is a pup in the red van.

(Please remind your child about the proper use of capital and lower case letters on the Spelling Test/Dictation Sentence.)

What we will be studying this Week:

Reading:

Story: Farmers Market, page 148.

Listening Comprehension: Realism & Fantasy.

Phonics: letter sounds: v, y, z, qu, and short u. Initial, medial, final sounds in words. CVC pattern words, diagraphs th, ch, sh, blends.

High Frequency Words: for, go, here, me, where.

Grammar & Handwriting: Writing sentences using nouns, verbs, adjectives.

Math: Addition & Subtraction/Time to the Hour

Social Sciences: Properties & Patterns

News and Special Notes:

Friday, Oct 5^th – First Grade will be having a Ring Toss for the Harvest Festival. We would appreciate any donations of plastic bottled drinks. Please send any donations by Wed., Oct. 3. Thank you.

Please read A.R. Books several times, before you test them at home or we take the A.R. test at school.