First Grade News for Miss Thies's class
June 2007
Supplies needed this month
Reminders
Upcoming Events
Things to do at home
  • tissues
  • wet wipes
  • paper bags to carry supplies home
  • Check your child's folder every night for notes and homework.
  • Remember to read with your child each night and fill in the star paper!
  • Label all of your child's clothing
  • The school year is coming to a close - check the Lost and Found for missing items.
  • June 1st - Butterfly program
  • Field Trip : Bronx Zoo please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather that day.
  • June 8th - Egypt presentation by Dr. Johnson
  • June 14th - Field Day
  • June 15th - Russia presentation by Mrs. Mindich
  • End of year celebration (students only)
  • June 22nd - Last Day for Students 12:20 dismissal
  • ask your child questions as he/she reads their story at night
  • practice addition/subtraction flash cards (fact triangles)
  • practice counting forward and backward from any number
  • practice counting money and giving change
  • review papers/workbooks as they come home for the summer
  • have your child keep a journal over the summer
Phonics Fun
Math
Science and Social Studies
Writing
  • oi, oy, oo, /oo/, ou, ow, aw, au, soft and hard g, wr, kn, and gn
  • changing y to i rule
  • possessives
  • adding to root words: -ed, -ing, -ly
  • compound words
  • review long vowel spellings
  • place value
  • fractions
  • number grid
  • double digit addition
  • addition/subtraction facts
  • counting money and giving change
  • review of time to 5 minute interval
  • planting from seeds and bulbs
  • Butterfly life cycle
  • review science concepts learned this year
  • map skills: north, south, east, west
  • map legends/key
  • identifying and reading globe
  • Complete Passport

Open Circle: positive self-talk, reflect on the school year

  • using descriptive language
  • choosing favorite genre of writing to write
  • adding on to writing
  • edit pieces for punctuation, spelling, and better language
  • publish piece of writing
  • Reading: non-fiction
  • Reading: author study
    Robert Munsch
    Cynthia Rylant
    Mem Fox
    David Shannon
    Eric Carle
    Simon James
Some great books for this month:
plant books:
Reason for a Flower
The Tiny Seed
How Groundhog's Garden Grew
Tops and Bottoms
butterfly books:
Are you a butterfly?
Butterfly Fandex
If at First You Do Not See
Butterflies and Moths
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog

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