GLEN HAVEN
ELEMENTARY
December
2009
First Grade News
Reading
Reading to Inform
Math
This month, we will read informational
text. We will also continue to work on
before-,
duringand
after-reading
strategies. Ask your child to tell you
about the difference between non-fiction
(information texts) and fiction (make
believe stories)
Ms. Han, Ms. Hoover, and Ms. Martin’s
classes will complete our study of
measurement. Please continue to work
with your child on telling time using an
analog clock. For the rest of the month,
we will model and write two digit
numbers.
The
winter
MCPSAP-PR
(Reading
Assessment) starts on January 12, 2009.
Please continue to read with your child!
Mrs. Encarnacion and Ms. Talley will
continue to instruct students on
geometry, specifically the difference
between plane shapes (2-Dimensional)
and solid figures (3-Dimensional).
Students
will
also
learn
about
symmetrical and congruent figures.
Students
will
be
instructed
on
movement of shapes (flips, slides, and
turns).
Writing
Our focus this month is writing to perform
a task. We will learn how to do research,
organize our information, create headings,
add details and group facts together. We
will continue to add more information to
our writing and revise our work with our
friends in order to help our readers. Let’s
not forget to pay attention to details,
capitalization, and punctuation when we
write!
Upcoming Events
December 1 – PTA Meeting
December 10 – Winter Concert
December 22 – Field Trip to the
Smithsonian Museum
December 24 – January 1 - No School
(Winter Break)
DON’T FORGET!!
All our first graders want to be better
readers!
Please read with them 15-20
minutes each night during break!!!
First Grade Team; Mrs. Encarnacion, Ms. Han, Ms. Hoover, Ms. Lovejoy, Mr. Lynn, Ms. Martin, and Ms. Talley