Whew! What a busy week!

We crammed a lot of learning into another short day! Today we learned about root words and the inflections -ed and -ing. This was tough for many of our kiddos. Check your child's memory and understanding of root words. Check out the question of the day and see if they can answer it for you. In math we are getting very good at "put together add" and "take away subtract". While you're getting your child ready for bed, ask them to tell you what is "one more than 9" or "one less than 20". This continued practice at home will strengthen their understanding of the more challenging math concepts to come. We tried something new today, too. Ask your child to tell you about the "Race to 100" fluency challenge. We timed ourselves for one minute to see how far we could write our numbers. Ask your child to tell you how far they got in one minute. This is another great activity to practice at home. Time your child for one minute and have them write their numbers as high as they can. Your child is bringing home a purple Sight Word folder tonight. Be sure to read the yellow note inside and start practicing on List 1. The purple folder needs to remain in your child's backpack everyday. Email me if you have any questions! Also, don't forget that next week is Picture Day! If you are interested in ordering please return your order forms to school with your child when you can. Thank you to all of my friends who have returned their field trip forms. If you have not already done so, please send it back to school by September 24. Don't forget, we have a spelling test tomorrow! Busy, busy, busy! Our first graders are rocking and rolling and learning like crazy. Have a wonderful night.