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First Grade Teachers First Grade Newsletter September 25-29, 2017 Jackson County School District Raising the Standard www.jcsd.k12.ms.us Spelling Words Students will spell the words. Short Vowel ‘e’ men, jet, red, sled, step, wet, ten, bed, net, leg Teacher's Corner September Events September 28 th – KONA Ice September 29 th - Apple Day! September 29 th - Field Trip permission form and money due. The cost is $11.50. October Events October 5 th – First Grade Field Trip to Seward Farms Corn Maze. October 9 th - Teacher Work Day – No School October 12 th – 1 st Nine Weeks Report Cards October 13 th – Early entries for the Reading Fair will be accepted. All entries must be turned in no later than Monday, October 16 th . Star Student: September Good Citizen: Math at a Glance : This week your child is learning to find number partners for 8 and 9. Knowing the number partners for 8 and 9 will help your child add and subtract. Partners for 8 Partners for 9 1 and 7 1 and 8 2 and 6 2 and 7 3 and 5 3 and 6 4 and 4 4 and 5 Number Partners can be used in a number sentence to show all the ways to make a number. Reading at a Glance: Week 8 Vocabulary Words: saw, tree, your, small, that *Students must be able to read the vocabulary words. Language: Predicates in a Sentence o The predicate contains the action part of the sentence. o Example: The dog chased the cat . What did the dog do? chased the cat. Scan the code above for Subjects & Predicates! Adjectives o An adjective is a word that tells what kind, how many, or which one. (Adjectives describe.) o Example: The little bug
