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Mrs. Bledsoe's Newsletters and Other Newsworthy Items! // In order to read the open the newsletter, your computer must support Microsoft Word //.​ We have been studying a lot about money in First Grade! By the end of Chapter 9, your child should be able to: 1. **Identify all coins** (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar) and know the value of each coin. 2. **Count onto a number by ones, fives, tens**, in order to count change (i.e. 3 dimes and two nickels can be counted as follows: "10, 20, 30, 35, 40"). 3. **Count groups of mixed coins** (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars). Please practice counting money with real coins at home and by playing games on the math page of this wiki.

**//__Current Academic Goals (May 10, 2010)__//** **FLUENCY GOAL**: Students should be able to comfortably read 60 words per minute, as of May 1! **ROCKET MATH GOAL**: Please practice math facts! Students should know all zero addition facts (0+1, 0+2, 0+3, etc.), one facts (1+1, 1+2,1+3, etc.), two facts through seven (2+1, 2+2, 2+3, 2+4, 2+5, 2+6, 2+7, 2+8), and double facts through ten! WRITING GOAL : Students should be able to write a minimum of five sentences in a paragraph focused on one topic. Students should be able to write a one support sentence for each detail sentence he writes. Students should follow the "CUPS" model for writing mechanics ( **C** apitalize each sentence, write for ** U **nderstanding, ** P **unctuate each sentence, **S** pace your words). Parents: Drop me an e-mail at tbledsoe@rowva.k12.il.us and tell me you have visited our wiki space. Your child will get to eat a special lunch with me the first week in May if you visit the wiki!
 * WORD WALL WORD GOAL **:Students should know 98-100% of current word wall list (Units 1-5). First Grade students have learned 160 word wall words so far this year.

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