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June 8th, 2018

Dear parents and guardians,

I am back in full force, hopefully for good this time! Feeling much better and healing up! The students have been very resilient over the past 2 weeks, working diligently even on days where I was absent. Way to go grade ones!

Just a reminder to please send back all home reading and library books if you have not done so already. We will not be doing any more book exchanges or sending home any new home reading books this year. The Raz-Kids accounts remain active so this may be a good tool to use to keep your kids reading at home :).

This week we have continued to work hard on our writing during journals and letters to home. The expectations for editing continue to rise with students being expected to notice errors in capitalization, punctuation, and spelling of sight words. They should also be checking to see if they have used their blends and digraphs and if there are any spots where they should be adding some descriptive language.

We have learned a TON of science concepts this week. Ask your child what the following words mean:

- camoflage
- herbivore
- carnivore
- omnivore
- consumer
- producer
- food chain

In math, we have continued to work on addition and subtraction and solving word problems. Students should be able to pick out key information from word problems and decide whether to add or subtract. They should be showing their work, either using a picture or another way that works for them.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather. Thank you again for your patience over the past couple weeks!

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