Weekly Email 10.23.15
Dear Families,
We hope you had a great week!
Stonegate Clean Up Day is tomorrow, October 24!
Next week is the last week of Marking Period 1! Here’s what we will be learning:
Reading:
We will be asking questions to clean up confusion as we read informational texts including When Do
Animals Leave Home? and Habitats. We will also ask and answer questions to determine the
meaning of unknown words in a text and use sentence-level context clues to determine the
meanings of words. While we have not officially begun the study of text features, we have
started introducing them, as they will be a tool that students will need to know and be able
to use both this year and in the future. Text features are parts of an informational text that an
author includes to help readers better understand what they have read. Please see the
attached list for a description of text features that we will explore in first grade.
Writing:
Our animal research comes to an end this week. If time permits once our animal research is
complete, we will begin talking about opinion writing and how to support our opinions with facts.
Math:
We will continue our study of graphs this week. We will collect, organize, display, and interpret data
in pictographs and bar graphs. Additionally, we will compare our data using the symbols > < = as we
interpret data and ask questions based on data.
Science/Social Studies:
In science we will explore the purpose of camouflage. In Social Studies we will continue to learn
about American symbols including the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, and the American Flag.
How can you help at home?
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Use the information in this email to ask your child questions about the books that we read and
the topics that we study.
Read with your child nightly!
Take surveys at home (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite restaurant, etc.) and support your
child in organizing the collected data.
Practice writing and spelling Word Wall Words and Words Their Way word patterns with your
child.
Important Reminders and Information:
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October 30- Halloween Parade at 2:15 PM followed by class parties
November 2- no school for students- Professional Day
The PTA is going social! Follow the PTA on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/stonegatepta and
check out their FaceBook Page! https://www.facebook.com/StonegateESPTA
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Take photos and make memories! The Yearbook needs your help to capture photos of
Stonegate students this year. Follow this link to sign-up to take pictures at events that interest
you: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4babad2fa13-stonegate/
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If you pre-order your yearbook by 10/31, you can get 10% off! Contact Linda Morris
at [email protected] for more information.
When your child is absent, please call the office after 8:30 a.m. letting the school know the
reason for the absence. You can also send an email to the office staff at:
[email protected]; [email protected]
Please consider donating $15 to the First Grade Classroom Celebrations fund. Please place
your cash or check donation in a sealed envelope and send to school with your child in
his/her blue first grade folder by Monday October 5. Checks can be made out to Carly
Guirola.
Please remind your child to have a book in his/her backpack to read in the morning.
If you are not yet a member of the PTA, please register today at
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/stonegatees/pta/
Are you on the PTA list serve? Anyone can join! Please contact Kanitha Sar to get your email
address added: [email protected]
Interested in an additional half-day learning experience for your child? George B. Thomas, Sr.
Learning Academy has started! Here is the link to register:
http://www.saturdayschool.org/programs/enroll.shtm
Have an excellent weekend and enjoy the gorgeous fall weather!