Monday, October 26th, 2015

Happy Moday parents, hope you had a great weekend. Today has been a busy Monday for us here in Grade 1, so here is some information on what we have done and news for the week:

Assembly

Math: Continued with chapter 5, different adding strategies, today we focused on using a number line and moving it to the right to add numbers. We will be having a chapter 5 assessment this Thursday, Oct.29th.

Reading: We reviewed the ow/oa sounds, later we introduced the term" alphabetical order" and discussed how to find words in a dictionary and explained why we use dictionaries. We had small competitions to see who could find words quicker. We copied the new spelling words which are HFW (High frequency words, words which we use often in a day):

• more
• work
• was
• were
• great
• done
• under
• around
• your
• first
• there,
• don't
• about
• before 
• because

Social Studies: Fiction vs. Nonfiction, understanding what these terms mean and what are facts. We took turns saying sentences and guessing if they were nonfiction or fiction. We will be having a quiz on Wednesday, which we will review for tomorrow. This will include questions about the following terms:

• presidents
• voting
• laws
• white house
• government
• symbols
• constitution
• George Washington / Ma Ying-jeo 馬英九 / Barack Obama

 Reminders:

• Students bring in their costumes to change into after lunch for All Saints Day Parade. 
• Animal presentations are due for Friday Oct. 30th 1st period.
• Spelling Quiz will be on Thursday, since we will not have time after presentations on Friday. 
• No school Monday Nov. 2nd for Teachers Professional Development. 
• Quarter Magazine have been sent home today, hope you enjoy them!