Happy Tuesday! We must be working hard in first grade because our days are flying by. Today we went to reading clubs and worked on Beginning, Middle and End. We created a chart about the Beginning, Middle and End of our day. Ask your child to share with you something they did at the beginning of their day at school (lunch choice, reading clubs), the middle of their day (lunch, recess, math) or the end of their day (desert habitat and extra recess with Mr. Mortenson!). Their abilibty to retell events in sequencial order will help them become stronger readers! In math we worked more with the + and - signs. Your child should be able to tell you that when they see a + sign, they are going to get bigger numbers at the end and when they see the - sign, their answers will get smaller. Your first grader got new books in their Book-in-a-Bag today. Please be sure to encourage your child to read their books each night and return them to school everyday. Our whole group story today was "Get Up, Rick!". We talked a lot about what to do when we see a comma or exclamation in our reading. Be sure to use the login directions for ThinkCentral located on the sidebar of the blog to access our textbook and read the story at home! Has your child used our "Fancy Pants" words yet this week? They should be able to tell you or show you what our 3 fancy words mean...Have a wonderful evening! Let me know if you need anything!