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Our Weekly Learning 9-2-16
News and Information No School Monday! Enjoy your 3 day weekend! Grandparents Day will be from 2:30 to 4:00 on Friday, September 9. Grandparents are welcome to come in to see their grandchild’s classroom and meet their teacher. The Reading Challenge for 1st Grade has started. If your child completes the reading challenge then they will get to participate in the Read-A-Thon. The challenge ends on October 14.
Language Workshop This week we have continued our friendship unit as we read the book Enemy Pie. We worked on retelling using Beginning, Middle and End. We also practiced using capital letters for the beginning of a sentence, months, and days. In Reading, we have been practicing our reading strategies. (Think about the story, Look for parts you know, Stretch out the word)	Math Workshop We finished Topic 1 “Addition” and moved into Topic 2 “Subtraction.” We have been working on finding the missing parts of 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Word Study This week’s words were: no, so, go, was, his. Next week’s words are as, ask, has, add, had, pan, lap, bag, jam, at. Be sure to practice reading and writing these words at home!	Writing Workshop This week we continued writing in our journals. We have been working on using capital letters correctly, spacing, and punctuation.
Next Week We will start our unit on Eric Carle next week by exploring his website and then reading some of his books. We will work on using punctuation correctly and continue practicing subtraction. In writing, we will continue to work on writing complete sentences. Don’t forget to check your child’s folder daily for important papers coming home.	Important Dates          September 5: Labor Day (No School) September 8: Cox Care Mobile at School September 9: Grandparent’s Day (2:30-4:00p.m) September 16: No School (Teacher PD Day)