Mrs. Novins' First Grade,

          Welcome to our class website! Thank you for entrusting your child to me. I promise to do my best every day to be your child's companion in learning. I look forward to having your child in our class and watching him or her grow and accomplish many goals during the coming school year. I hope that your child feels successful and finds first grade exciting and fun. I look forward to working with each or you. Together we can make this a rewarding year for your child. This is going to be a great year!! Thank you for your support. Parents, thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of your child's life this year. I know we will have a wonderful and rewarding year together.

With Love, 

Mrs. Novins

Please feel free to email Mrs. Novins by clicking on the link that says "Contact Mary Ann Novins" at the top of this page.

                

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Hurley will have a Disney theme in 2009-2010: 

"Dream. Believe. Dare. Do."

Dates To Remember:

         Spring Break April 2-7  No School for students!                     

Parents please encourage your child to use good manners and respect their classmates.

   

   Weekly Update:

In Reading we will work on recognizing and spelling high frequency words, reading with fluency and retelling a story. This will be our last week of spelling tests with these words. We will then be reviewing all high frequency words for the following couple of weeks. We will have a cumulative assessment of all the high frequency words on March 26th. Your child should be able to fluently read and spell all 100 words by this date. DRA's will also be assessed and should be completed by the end of March. 

We will also be working on l, s, r & final blends in phonics. This week in Math we will be working on learning to tell time.  In Social Studies, we are learning about geography maps and landforms.

Homework:  Mar. 15-19

Monday: Read!! Read Social Studies textbook pages 98-103. Complete workbook pages 27-28.28.

Tuesday: Read! Read and answer questions w/ “Lost”

Wednesday: Read! Social Studies geography word / definition match sheet.

Thursday:Read! Math workbook pages 99-102. No spelling test this week.

Friday: Read! No Homework on Fridays.

Have a great Weekend!!

                             

Spelling words: No regular spelling words this week. Please review all 100 high frequency words for an assessment of these words on March 26th.

Bonus word: 

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LUNCH is at 11:10

Special Class Times

Tuesday-Art 8:45-9:15

Wednesday-Library 8:45-9:15

Thursday-Music 8:45-9:15

Friday-PE 8:45-9:15

First graders continue to read, read, read, and read some more. After Christmas they are on their way to mastering the computer program "Reading Counts." After reading a book, the student takes a computer quiz. Each story has approximately 30 questions. The computer randomly picks 10 questions for the student to answer. The questions are in the form of multiple choices. These are excellent comprehension practice tests for students. Parents we encourage you to get involved with this. The books are in our school library and are marked with a yellow dot on the binder. The children are allowed to check these books out. Also, individual classrooms keep a selection of these books that the students can read in their spare time or take home to read. Remember the more they read, the better reader they will become.

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