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Welcome to Mrs. Jones's First Grade Wiki Space!

**This space has been created to keep the communication lines open between home and school. This site should inform parents of happenings in the first grade classroom, pictures of our class and their projects, and links to sites that can be useful and fun.**

Highlights for this week: November 27-December 1

Welcome to my WIKI space! I will update this space weekly to give you an overview of what will be happening in first grade. Updated pictures are coming soon!

The concert is next Thursday, December7th at 6:30 (High School Auditorium). Please have your first grader in the high school vocal room by 6:20 that night. Children are encouraged to wear any clothes that make them feel nice!

Book orders are going home on Wednesday of this week. As always, ordering is optional. Books do make great gifts! Orders are due next Friday, December 8. Our class code is DNTDR.

Some kids are already reading at home and returning their lists to receive the BookIt! pizza reward from Pizza Hut! I'm also asking that kids bring a book from their list to recommend for our reading basket (Books my friends recommend).

We are using our Reading Friends a LOT to help us read unknown words! There are certain words (high frequency words) that are seen quite often in print that we just want to know when we see them. I am sending home a letter and list of words for the children to practice at home. The letter will explain how you can help your child practice a list of words. Your child is to let me know (sign up to test) if he/she feels as though the list is mastered. I will test for mastery (reading the list in 45 seconds with 96% accuracy). If your child masters a list, I will send a new list home. There are nine lists (levels) that we are hoping to master in first grade. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns about this. It is NOT meant to be stressful!

A new part of our routine (for ALL students/staff at Audubon Community Schools!) is THE WHEELER WAY! This is a positive behavior program. We began rewarding students with tickets for positive behavior (focusing on being Respectful, Responsible and Safe). The students can put their tickets in a bucket for a reward (which will change each week and may be different in each class). In our class, I will draw tickets out of the Wheeler Way bucket each Friday. We are letting our tickets accumulate so we can "buy" a reward if we have enough tickets.

New GRINCH facts (He's a mean guy and takes them all 8-8=0 and then he is a nice guy and doesn't take any 8-0=8). Be looking for a set of flashcards to come home for extra practice with these new facts. Even numbers Identify and locate numbers on the 100's chart
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 * Reading** this week:

Be on the lookout for a bag like this to come home with your child (although this year the bags have red and white duct tape). When you see this bag come home....please review the contents of the bag with your child. I WILL MOST GENERALLY NOT GIVE HOMEWORK! The idea of the bags is to send things home so your child can "showcase" what he/she has worked hard on in school. Extra practice at home with skills is ALWAYS beneficial! Please take a close look (with your child) at what is in the bag and please RETURN THE BAG at your earliest convenience.


 * This week's story- Honey Bees
 * Genre- Nonfiction
 * Phonics- words with ee (as bee and keep) and words with two syllables (as in picnic and basket.....we will learn to divide between the two middle consonants and focus on reading just one "chunk" at a time)
 * Be sure to check the spelling tab of this WIKI. It gives a link to Spellingcity.com. Your child can play games to help practice words that we are working on in class.**


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*A WIKI space can be used as a method of communication through message boards, but I would prefer for you to call me, send a note, or send an e-mail if you have something you need to share with me.