Ms. Snyder’s 1^st Grade News Mar. 12^th , 2010
Dates to Remember Mar. 1-19^th- Pennies for Pizza (We are currently in 3^rd place) : ) Mar. 12^th-TVT Play Mar. 15^th-Spring Pictures Apr. 2^nd- Good Friday (No School) Apr. 5-9^th- Spring Break	Its time again for book orders! Please return money and order forms by Friday March 19^th. I am also sending a Puzzle Mania order form. Please sign and return whether you are interested or not-We get prizes for all papers that are returned!!
Skills of the Week Reading- Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House Phonics Skills: Suffixes –ly, -ful, vowels in moon Skills: Cause and Effect Strategy: Preview Grammar: Adjectives that compare Everyday Words: told, because, across, only, shoes, dance, opened Amazing Words: discover, dwell, resident, welcome, admire, sadness, tremendous, substantial Math- Telling time to the hour and half hour, elapsed time Practice as much as possible!!! It makes a difference. Vocabulary- minute, hour, before, after, minute hand, hour hand, digital, o’clock, half-hour United States REPORTS I am so proud and impressed by the hard work each student has done on their state. We have learned several new things about each state. Thank you so much for you support. I know the students were excited and proud of their accomplishments. The newsletter is updated each week online. Check it out at…. http://www.rheacounty.org/teachers /sces/snydera/	Spelling Test will be Fri. Mar. 19^th, 2010. Spelling words are harder this week. Please make sure to study. 1. slowly 7. sadly 2. careful 8. gladly 3. quickly 9. nicely 4. useful 10. wonderful 5. painful 11. because 6. playful 12. across Please practice Dictation Sentences Remember-capital letters and backwards letters will be counted ACCLERATED READER It has been great seeing everyone working so hard on their AR goal. Remember, books at our level are only worth .5, so students must test on two books to get 1 point. ( I know its crazy) Also, they only get all of the .5 if they make a 100. So read the stories carefully with your children. They should have a library book, a thin AR book, and a yellow series book. The goal is 45 points and 85% by the last Friday in April. Keep up the wonderful work!!