Farquharson’s News Flash
For the Week of March 9 – March 13,
13, 201
2015
Attendance Line 691
691-6510 Room 204
204 691691-6549
6549
Monday
March 9
Tuesday
March 10
Media
Books are due today!
Art
WOW
before
Amazing Words
autumn
SHARING
Caleb
Kree
Jaylyn
Taylor C.
Richelle
Wednesday
March 11
Thursday
March 12
Gym
Music
WOW
won’t
WOW
does
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
Roller Skating
WOW
oh
right
Amazing Words
migrate
hibernate
SHARING
Alyse
Taylor H.
Sammy
Marissa
Alysa
SHARING
Adelle
Kaden
Savannah
Hunter
Grade 1 Families,
In Spelling we are working on “er”, and “est” endings.
endings. This is a tricky list because some base word
final consonants are doubled and some are not before adding the ending (fast
(faster, sadd
sadder)
dder).
er). This
week Spelling will be Unit 3: Week 6.
6. I have printed the list on the back of this newsletter for you
to practice if you wish. We are also working on contractions with “not” (isn’t, won’t)
won’t).. We will also
be working on words with “dge” in them (fudge, ledge). We will continue to work on r-controlled
vowels “ar”, “or”, “er”
er”, “ir
“ir”, and “ur”
ur” in our stories. Please review the WOW words each night.
We are practicing working
working quietly for Daily 5 work time.
time. The Kiwi Packs need to be returned
every day,
day, just like your child’s folder and backpack. Please help him/her get into the habit of
bringing these things every day. Please read with your child each night and record your reading
minutes each day.
day.
In Math we are practicing addition and subtraction.
subtraction. It is very important that your child do the
addition and subtraction homework that we are sending home for more computation practice. We
will be working on fact families;
families; fact family triangles;
triangles; fact power;
power; measuring centimeters; “What’s
My Rule?
Rule?”; and counting quarters.
quarters. We will continue working on number and counting patterns on
the Hundred Grid and beyond with number scrolls.
scrolls. Please help your child practice these things
Friday
March 13
Gym
Roller Skating
WOW
goodgood-bye
Amazing Words
freeze
temperature
SHARING
SHARING
Brady
Camden
Ava
Dashawn Raynna
Ben
Student of the WeeK:
Hunter
Sunday,
Sunday, March 8 – Daylight Saving Time Begins!
Begins!
Spring Ahead 1 hour!
Tuesday
Tuesday,
day, March 1717- St. Patrick’s Day!
Wear something green!
Thank you for all you do at home to support your child’s
learning at school! I am looking forward to our week of
learning and fun!
Thanks, Mrs. Farquharson
at home too.
too.
Have a marvelous Weekend
Weekend!!
Spelling Unit 3: Week 6
Spelling Test Words - #18 (words with -er, -est)
(Unit 3: Week 6)
faster
taller
shorter
sadder
bigger
tallest
saddest
fastest
biggest
shortest
1. Draw a line to match the -er word with the –est word that has the same base word (bigger, biggest).
2. Write the words with –er on the top row.
3. Write the words with –est on the bottom row.
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ (-er)
er
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ (-est)
est
Dear Parents,
Throughout the year I will be teaching your child how to access and play these games. I may also be adding new
games to my webpage. Your child should know how to find my Webpage from the Cambridge Primary School
home page.
Some games to try are Syllable Split, Function Machine, Kerpoof and Kidsspell links on my Webpage. We will try
all of the websites in the Computer Lab or in class. The children really enjoy them! We will be able to try them again
another time. However, you may want to give your child more time to play these at home.
A lot of learning can take place while playing these games and it’s fun!
Have fun trying these out with your child!
Mrs. Farquharson
It’s Trivia Time!
• Did you know that Dr. Seuss didn’t think that he could draw?
• Did you know that Dr. Seuss’ real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel?
• Did you know that Dr. Seuss also wrote books under the name Theo LeSieg?
• Did you know that Dr. Seuss liked to write jokes for his school newspaper?
• Did you know that LeSieg is the name Geisel spelled backwards?
• Did you know that growing up Dr. Seuss loved to tell crazy stories?
• Did you know that when he was young, Dr. Seuss would draw funny animals and
make up names for them?
• Did you know that Dr. Seuss’ first book was “And To Think That I Saw It On
Mulberry Street?”