Week of February 29, 2016

       This will be a busy and exciting week.  The children will have some fun activities as they read books by Dr. Seuss.  The children will prepare for their chapel presentation that will be held at 8:00 a.m.  All parents are invited to attend.  Your child should dress as their famous African American.  They should wear this to school.  Please send a change of clothes for them to put on after chapel.
       The children will be going to the Discovery Science Museum on Friday.  Parents are welcome to go.  Parents can pay admission to the museum when they get their.  Please let your child's teacher know if you are planning on attending.
The children will be working on the following skills this week:

• They will identify, decode, and read words in content that has the sound that /ar/ stands for.
• The children will learn about irregular plural.
• The children will learn how to identify the plot of the story.
• They children will continue to retelling and rewriting a story in which they read.
• The children will learn about how Moses fed the people mana.
• The children will begin a unit of study on magnets.
• The children will graph and interpret the data from the graph.
• The children will learn to count and recognize pennies, nickels, and dimes.
• The children will write several narratives about the "Cat in the Hat".
• The children will continue to work on reading fluently and comprehension.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

cart      barn     arm     yarn     harm     four     art     mark     shark     card     smart

Bonus Words:  quarter     nickel

                                                                                             

Week of February 22, 2016
 Exodus 14:1-31  Moses and the Red Sea


This week the students will work on the following skills:

• The children will learn about the long e spelled e, y, ey
• The children will identify words with long e spelled e, y, ey in stories
• The children will continue to work on reading for fluency and comprehension.
• The children will be introduce to adverbs and use adverbs correctly in their writing
• The students will write and edit a narrative about a monuments and famous African Americans
• The children will continue to learn about famous African Americans as they prepare for their presentation in chapel.
• The children will continue to learn about American symbols
• Students will continue to work on addition and subtraction with number up to 20.
• Students will work on picture patterns and number patters
• In Bible the children will learn about Moses and the Red Sea

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

key       penny      bumpy      sandy      puppy     funny      would      wash      sunny      buggy

Bonus Word:  Monument      Eagle

FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• All students should read an AR book daily.  Your child should return their AR book each day to school,  even if they have not completed reading it.  We have D.E.A.R.  (Drop Everything and Read ) in class each day.  Your child may read their book in class during this time.
• Your child should complete and return their African American presentation to school by Monday, February 22nd.  We will begin practicing for chapel this week,
• The children will participate in chapel on March 3rd.  Parents are welcome to attend.
• Students will go on a field trip to the Discovery Science Museum on March 4th.

   

Week of February 15, 2016

 This week the children will work on the following skills.  Due to snow days we have a lot to make up.

• Students will identify, read, and write words with long /i/ spelled i, ie, y, and igh.
• Student will write stories with long /i/ words spelled i, ie, y, and igh.
• Students will continue to read stories and identify the main idea, details, purpose.
• Student will learn about cause and effect within a story.
• Students will review inflectional ending to verbs.  They will  review verbs, nouns, and .adjectives.
• Students will continue to learn about famous African American as they prepare for their presentation.  More information will come home this week about their presentation.
• Students will learn about dental health and the proper way to take care of their tenth.
• Students will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.
• Students will continue to learn  about Moses and the Red Sea.
• In math the children will review time.  They will view telling time by the hour and half hour.
• Children will  review finding the missing addend.
• Students will write narratives about presidents, and famous African Americans.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

find       night      by      sky     right      pie    tried     kind      bright      cries

Bonus Words:  Dentist      teeth

FIRST GRADE INFORMATION:

• First graders will do Chapel on March 4th.  More information will come home this week about this during the week.
• Children will go to the Discovery Science museum on March 3rd,
• Students need to read a AR book daily.  Your child should read at least 3 AR books a week.  If your child is reading a chapter book they should read at least one book a week.  Please remind your child to return their AR book to school each day.  We allow time in the class to read for fun each day.

Week of February 8-12   
We are continuing to work hard! We are almost back to our "normal" routines. We have many exciting things to look forward to in February.
This week we will be working on the following:

• In Bible we will continue the story of Moses. Our lesson this week will be Moses says"Let my people go!"-Exodus 5-12
• We will be identifying and decoding words with the long o sound spelled with /oa/, /ow/, and /oe/.
• Students will work on identifying and writing proper nouns.
• The children will be writing a narrative, "If I was President".
• We will begin a study of our country including the flag, the president, and national symbols. This will include Presidents' Day.
• Our study of the weather will continue with lessons on storms and wind.
• Our reading unit this week will include stories about animals and how they live.
• We will be working to improve fluency and comprehension in reading. Don't forget to practice daily at home!
• In Social Studies this month we will also be talking about famous African Americans. the children will create a booklet in class. Also, be looking for information about a research project coming soon.
• In Math we will review addition and subtraction facts, measurement, missing addends, and time. We will continue to work on word problems.
• We will do some Valentine's Day activities and exchange cards on Friday as part of our Fun Friday activities.
• The School Spelling Bee is scheduled for February 10th.

This week's Spelling Words:
low, boat, no, row, oat, toe, we, keep, over, more, 
Bonus Words:
president, America