Friday, January 20, 2012

The Week of January 23rd

We are entering our last full week of January which means we are just about half way through first grade! Wow time flies when you're having fun!

This week we will learn about the state of Alaska. Students will find out how people lived there in the past and how they live in the present. In math we will introduce the quarter. It would be helpful to practice coin counting at home to reinforce the concept.

We will be starting unit 4 in our Scott Foresman series. Students will be introduced to "silent e".

Please study the following new word wall words: after, as, call, laugh, something, every, of, made, mother, was

Our spelling words for this week are: ate, gave, make, has, helped, bake, late, take, after, wanted. Bonus words are: glacier, solid and liquid