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Writing Workshop -Planning details -How to include reactions, feelings, thoughts, etc. in our pieces -Revising and editing with partners

Handwriting Without Tears -Lowercase k and l -Appropriate spacing between words and letters when writing sentences.

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Recording strategies for solving story problems by using numbers and equations,

pictures, and/or words.

Generating equivalent expressions for a number.

Envisions Topic 10 and 11 Counting with Groups of 10 and Leftovers

1 More, 1 Less; 10 More, 10 Less Ordering Numbers with a Hundred Chart

Happy 2012! I am so excited to begin another fun filled semester of learning with 1B! We will be conducting mid-year reading, writing, and spelling assessments over the next few weeks of school. Please make every effort to have your child at school on time each day so that we can complete these tasks. Guided reading

folders will not be sent home this week, since I will be working with students independently.

Mrs. Scott’s Official Newsletter for the Week of January 2, 2012

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Control -Predicting and recording weather information.

-Identifying characteristics of the seasons.

-Learning about different tools scientists use to predict and record weather changes including

thermometers and anemometers.