Week of November 17

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Please Note, we now have more words. We are beginning our 3rd Anthology (theme of books). In this theme we have 8 High Frequency words per story as well as 9 Spelling words.

Please don't forget to fill out the bottom of the Berggren Bulletin and return with what item you can donate for our class dessert feast. Thanks so much
Have a great Week! Mrs. Berggren

Week of November 2, 2014

Story: A Cupcake Party                     

 Genre: Fiction                              

Word family Words: Short /u/ words and ending blends -ump:                                                                 jump, must, bus, fun, sun, run                                      

High Frequency Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take       
 Writing:  Students will use a circle map to brainstorm, a tree-map to organize words and thoughts and writing 5 sentences on the topic. They will include a topic sentence and concluding statement.                  Grammar: Synonyms and Edit your work—Green for the capital letter that begins the sentence. Red for the punctuation mark that ends the sentence.

Math: Chapter 3—Addition Facts within 15.

Homework:                               

Monday: Write the words in ABC order.        
1. Write the word with pencil. 
2. Trace the vowels with red crayon. 
3. Trace the consonants with blue crayon.                     
 Tuesday: Write 5 sentences using your word family words.                    
 Wednesday: Write 5 sentences using your high frequency words.              
 Thursday: Write all your words 3 times each to study.   

*Make sure you can read your words* In Quarter 2—Children will be able to get a 4 on their spelling/high frequency word test. Students will be dictated sentences with words that they have not studied, but are a part of the Word Family above and previous high frequency words learned on the word wall.     IF all words are spelled correctly, letters are formed correctly (no backwards letters) and the sentence is written with correct punctuation and capital letters—Students will receive a 4 on their test.

Dates to Remember:

Nov. 7-Mexico Family Project is due

Nov. 10-No school, Professional Development for Teachers

Nov. 11^th-No school

Nov. 13^th- Hispanic Heritage Night

Nov. 14^th- Picture Re-take day

Nov. 19^th- Early Dismissal

Nov 26^th -28th- No School-Thanksgiving Break

Fall Fun Day:

·       Thank you to everyone who was able to send in materials, food and/or volunteer on October 31^st . We had a great time of fun, learning, arts and crafts and treats!

·       Have you heard about the St. Lucie County Education Foundation? You can adopt a class right from the county website!

 

 

 

Week of October 27th, 2014

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Week of Oct. 20th

This week we will be doing an Author Study on Laura Numeroff.
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Week of Oct. 13, 2014

Here is our Bulletin for the week:
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Week of October 6, 2014

Thanks again for all of the donations for the 5 senses and Apples. We hit a little snag with our copies, so Apple week will be conducted this week instead of last week. Here is a sneak peek into our week:
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Have a great week! Mrs. Berggren

Week of Sept. 29th

Can you believe September is almost over?  Wow! Time is flying in first grade.
This week we will begin book 2--Our story is a version of the well known "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
Our story is called "Jack and the Wolf"
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Have a great week!
Mrs. Berggren

Week of September 22, 2014

We are heading into the 6th week of school! Wow, time sure does fly.
Here is the link to the classroom newsletter: Berggren Bulletin
Remember that Wednesday is an Early Dismissal at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday there is no school. 
We will still be having our reading comprehension assessment, high frequency word/grammar and spelling test on Friday. 
Flashlight Friday was a big hit! The kids really loved reading with the lights out and the flashlights on! The next Flashlight Friday will be on October 3rd.
Thank you so much for all the donations for our 5 senses unit--They are greatly appreciated.
Have a great week,
Mrs. Berggren

September 15, 2014

In this post, please scroll all the way down as there is a copy of our classroom newsletter as well as First Grade News.
Here is our weekly Bulletin. Click on the link to download
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Don't forget to send in a Flashlight on Fridays for Reading with our Flashlights.


In addition to our regular newsletter, here is a copy of what First Grade will be working on in science in the next few weeks. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Week of Sept. 8, 2014

This week we will be reading Curious George. He was one of my favorite characters as a child.
In Math, we will continue to work on addition as well as learn some new Math centers.
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Week of Sept. 2, 2014

This week we will be re-telling The Storm, building stamina in all areas of Daily 5 and beginning small reading groups. Does your child have a book or books they are reading at home? If so, please send them in labeled with their name. Students choose what they read during Read to Self in Daily 5. Students will take the books home, when they have finished reading them. 
See our homework-news Bulletin below: 
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