November 17, 2008
First Grade Newsletter
Spelling Words – segment sound to spell words with vowel sound in I = I and e
1. my
2. by
3. try
4. any
5. body
6. fly
7. cry
8. lucky
9. silly
10 puppy
High Frequency Words
11. things
12. always
Vocabulary Words
Boy – a male child
Tower – a tall building or part of a building
Sunset – got bigger
Night – the time between evening and morning
Reading
Story: An Egg is an Egg
Compare and contrast
Identify sequence
Identify the main idea
Recognize cause and effect
Identify the main idea – distinguish between realism and fantasy
Learn vocabulary words
Recognize high frequency words
Read aloud fluently with accuracy and appropriate rate
Phonics
Associate the long /i/and /e/ with y
Associate the cv spelling pattern with long vowel sounds
Recognize high frequency words
Use structural cues to decode
Use structural cues to decode words with infected endings /ed/
Language Arts
Action verbs
Daily fix it | 
