Week of December 16, 2019

       Wow! We can't believe that we are at the end of the first semester of first grade.  The children have made good progress.  We encourage you to continue to review sight words, addition number facts, and allow your child to read as much as possible during the winter break.  This week we will continue to complete assessments in math and reading.

        This will be a fun and exciting week for the children.  Please read the following information carefully.

      

CHRISTMAS PARTY

      The Christmas party will be on Monday, December 16th.  The children will enjoy a special breakfast in the Administration Building at 8:30.  Parents are invited to come and help assist with the party.  Please make sure your child brings the item that was checked on the note that was sent home.  If your child is unable to bring the item please contact one of us.  We want to make sure their is enough food for all the children.  All children should bring a bag of wrapped candy for the class Pinata.
       Your child can bring a  special game to play with during the afternoon.  Please no electronic games.

CHRISTMAS STOCKING

       Your child will need to bring items to put in their classmates stockings.  If your child is in Mrs. Martin's class they will need to bring 12 item.  If you are in Mrs. Chandler's class they will need to bring 13 items.  Some suggestions are as followed: (bubbles, crayons, erasers, pencils, small candy bags, small toys, candy canes, etc)  You may get these items at the Dollar Tree or other dollar stores.

Your child will not need to bring a stocking.  They have a Christmas stocking hanging in the classroom with their name on it.

       Your child will need to wear a holiday shirt or E-Z Harding t-shirt and khaki or jeans.

 

POLAR EXPRESS AND GRINCH DAY

       The children will enjoy some special activities in reading and math.  They will have activities as they review some skills that they have learned this semester.  Your child can wear a Christmas shirt.  Your child will not need to bring anything for this special fun day.
Your child will need to bring a lunch.  Your child cannot charge lunch.

CHUNK -E -CHEESE

       The children will have a special field trip on Wednesday.  The children will go to the public library for some special  activities.  Then your child will go to Chunk -E- Cheese for lunch.  Your child will not need to bring money.  Your child will have pizza, drink, and be given tokens to play games.  Parents are welcome to meet us at the library and have lunch with us at Chunk - E - Cheese.  We will leave the school around 10:15 and arrive back at school around 2:00.

Students will need to wear a uniform shirt and jeans.

PAJAMA DAY  (Half Day - (Students will be dismissed at 11:00)

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Students should study their Spelling Bee words during the winter break.  The classroom spelling bee will be 1-15-20
• Winter Break -12-20-19 thru 1-07-20
• Click the link below to view pictures from the play.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GdyoPtU6VJYRhdRi8

Week of December 9, 2019

      This will be a very busy week as we prepare for the K-2 play.  The play will be Thursday, at 6:30.  Your child will need to arrive at 5:30 so they can get their face painted.  Your child should be dress for the play when they arrive.  Mrs. Chandler's class should wear white shirt (no logo) and black pants.  Mrs. Martin's Class should wear black shirts and khaki pants   Your child should bring their clothes to school on Wednesday for the dress rehearsal.

Please make sure that you put your child's name in their clothes.

       This week the children will be working on the following skills:

• In Bible the children will be working on the "First Christmas".
• The weekly Bible verse:  She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins. - Matthew 1:2
• Weekly Spelling: manger, tree, carol, toy, Santa, reindeer, Jesus, elves, gift, winter -Bonus Words:  Christmas-Celebration
• Identify the different ways people celebrate the winter holidays throughout the world.
• Read, retell, and rewrite stories in sequence.
• The children will begin assessment in reading.  The children will be assessed on sight words, reading with fluency and understanding,
• The children will work on completing their book that they are writing which will be published.
• Identify different subtraction strategies
• Continue reviewing addition strategies
• Science: Experimenting with states of matter.

Weekly Reminders:

• First/Second Grade play December 12th
• Christmas Party December 16th
• Field Trip to Public Library/Lunch at Chuck-E-Cheese December 18th
• Game Day/Pajama Day-December 19th
• Book Fair - December 9th thru 13th
• Winter Break - December 20th thru January 7th
• The children will enjoy "Polar Express" and "The Grinch" Day on December 10th.
• Information about the Christmas party will come home this week.
• We are no longer allowed to warm student's lunch.

Week of December 2, 2019

       We  are praying that all of our families are enjoying the Thanksgiving break.  We are working on planning  what the children will be doing when they return back to school.  We have a lot of skills that the children will learn and fun activities that they will take part in.

      The children will work on the following skills:

• Identify, blend, and read words with /u/oo, u sound
• Identify, read and write contractions with not
• Put words in alphabetical order by the first letter
• Retelling and rewriting a story in sequence using a class flow chart
• Continue to work on reading with fluency and comprehension
• Write narratives in sequence
• Continue to work on learning spelling bee words
• Writing a rough draft for our class book on "Why I am Thankful"
• Begin a unit of study of winter celebrations 
• Identify and read the following high-frequency words: after, buy, done, every, soon, work)
• Identify different subtraction strategies
• Continue reviewing addition strategies
• Science: Experimenting with states of matter.

Bible:  

Weekly Bible Story "Joseph's Brothers Sell Him"

Weekly Bible Verse:   Genesis 42:8 "And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not."

Weekly Spelling Words:  

book, look, cook, took, hood, wood, stood, crook, shook, wool

Bonus Words:  December - Holiday
               
                   FIRST GRADE SERVICE PROJECT

       The first graders will be giving toys to children less fortunate.  We are asking each child to bring in a unwrapped toy not more than $10:00.  It would be great if your child could bring these toys to school on December 2nd.

Weekly Reminders:

• First/Second Grade play December 12th
• Christmas Party December 16th
• Field Trip to Public Library/Lunch at Chuck-E-Cheese December 18th
• Game Day/Pajama Day-December 19th
• Book Fair - December 9th thru 13th
• Winter Break - December 20th thru January 7th
• We will no longer allowed to warm student's lunch.

Week of November 18th

       The children are excited as they prepare for their Thanksgiving feast.  The Thanksgiving feast will be on Friday at 11:00.  The children will not need to bring a lunch.  Parents are invited to come and help assist the children and enjoy a feast with your child.  If you will be coming to assist please let us know.  If you have not signed up to bring something please do so as soon as possible.  You may respond to the email that was sent to you last week or let your child's teacher know.  

 The children will work on the following skills:

Science:

States of Matter cont. 

Math:

Intro to Subtraction: Using pictures, 

Taking From, 

Taking Apart, Fewer and More  

Spelling:   

This week spelling test will be Thursday.

Weekly spelling words:

hope, nose, note, rope, cute, tube, rake, kite, came, line

Bonus Words:  Thanksgiving - Mayflower

Reading/Language Arts

Identify, decode, and read words with long vowels silent e

Identifying rhyming words within text

Retell/rewrite a story in sequence

Comparing and Contrast stories using a Venn Diagram

Read for fluency and understanding

Social Studies:
Learning about and contrasting the first Thanksgiving Day and Thanksgiving Day today.

Bible:

Weekly Bible Story:  Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

Weekly Bible Verse:

 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:2 

 GIVING BAGS

This winter we want to enable our students to be the hands and feet of Jesus to our community. Please help us collect the following items  to fill our blessing bags that will be available throughout the winter for EH families to take and give away.  This is a service project that the entire lower school is doing.

In each bag, we want at least one item from each of the following categories:

Something Warm:  Beanies, gloves, or socks

Something to Eat:  Beef Jerky, Granola Bars, or Peanut Butter Crackers.

Something for Self Care:  Mouthwash, hand sanitizer, chapstick, band-aids, deodorant, or tissues (travel size) 

FIRST GRADE SERVICE PROJECT

       The first graders will be giving toys to children less fortunate.  We are asking each child to bring in a unwrapped toy not more than $10:00.  It would be great if your child could bring these toys to school before December 2nd.

CLASS REMINDERS:

• First/Second Grade play December 12th
• Children's Theater - November 21st
• Thanksgiving Day Feast - November 22nd
• Thanksgiving Break - November 25th-29th

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH OUR FAMILIES A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

We are thankful for each of you and for being able to work with your child each day.

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Week of November 11, 2019

      This week we will begin the week by learning the importance of observing Veteran's Day.  We will have a special guest speaker to talk with the children.  The children will begin preparing for the first grade Thanksgiving Day feast.  We will send more information home about what you will need to send for the feast.

       The children will work on the following skills. this week:

Math: 

Creating and solving word problems. 

Determining when to add and when to use process elimination.

Mental math strategies (no hands)

Addition strategies boot camp

* adding 10 + a number

* adding 9 + a number

* review doubles plus one and minus one 

(Practice with your kids at home. Randomly quiz them in the car their doubles. ) 

We will be moving on to subtraction the week after. Addition MUST be mastered first.

Science:

The three states of matter 

Gas 

Liquid 

Solid 

Reading:

Identifying, decoding, and reading words with soft /c/, soft /g/, and /dge/

Identify the cause and effects within a story.

Generate rhymes within poems

Write narratives about the first Thanksgiving.

Use a flow chart to rewrite a story in sequence.

Continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.

Compare and contrast using a class Venn digraph

Social Studies:

Read about the first Thanksgiving

Lean about the Native Indians that was at the first Thanksgiving.

Bible:

Read the Bible story "Jacob Returns Home"

Weekly Bible Verse:

Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you."

Genesis 31:1

Spelling Words:

ice, page, wedge, price, dance, nice, age, ledge badge, bridge

Bonus words:  Indians - Pilgrims

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• First/Second Grade play December 12th
• Children's Theater - November 21st
• Thanksgiving Day Feast - November 22nd
• Thanksgiving Break - November 25th-29th
• Christmas Party - December 17th
• Field Trip to Nashville Public Library and Chuck E Cheese - December 18th
• First Grade Game Day - December 19th
• Your child should continue to study their sight words and addition number facts at home.

Week of November 4, 2019

      Thanks to all the parents that came to help or sent something for our fall party.  We will be planning other activities.  Information will be sent home soon about these activities and parties.

       This week we will work on the following skills:

• Identify, decode, and read words with long /i/ silent e
• Identify present tense verbs
• Identify and read words with 1,2, and 3 syllables
• Write a narrative about things that I am thankful for.
• Review ABC order
• Read for fluency and comprehension
• Read, retell, and rewrite a story in sequence using a class flow chart
• Read and discuss the Bible story "Jacob has a Dream".
• Read and identify the characters, setting, and plot of a story.
• Practice doubles minus with problem fact practice.

Weekly Spelling Words:

like, spike, ride, hide, bike, mine, shine, dime, white, swipe

Bonus Words:  November - Thankful

Weekly High Frequency Words (sight words)

green, grow, pretty, should, together, water:

Weekly Bible Verse:

  I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.

Leviticus 26:12

Weekly Reminders:

• Habitat Presentation in the Eagle Nest  11-8-19   8:00
• First/Second Grade play December 12th (Mrs. Shannon will send you more information about what your child will need to wear,)
• Children's Theater - November 21st
• Thanksgiving Day Feast - November 22nd
• Thanksgiving Break - November 25th-29th
• Christmas Party - December 17th
• Field Trip to Nashville Public Library and Chuck E Cheese - December 18th
• First Grade Game Day - December 19th

Week of October 28, 2019

      This week the children will be preparing for their harvest party.  The  party will be on Thursday.  The party will begin at 1:30.  Parents are invited to come and help out.  Please let your child's teacher know if you will be coming.  Your room mother will contact you on what you will need to send to the party.

This week the children will be working on the following skills below:

• Addition of doubles
• Identifying the unknown number that equal to 10.
• Adding doubles plus 
• Adding 5 in any order
• Identifying, decoding, sorting, and reading words with long /a/ silent e.
• Identifying, writing, and using contractions in writing.
• Reading, retelling and rewriting a story in sequence.
• Reviewing sight words
• Reading for comprehension and fluency.
• Completion of nonfiction text
• Identify man made and nature 

WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE:  Philippians 4:6-7 

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything

WEEKLY BIBLE STORY: " Jacob Tricks Esau"  Genesis 25:19-34; 2:1-41   

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  

make, take, came, game, gate, late, shake, name, date, plane

Bonus Words:  Halloween - harvest

• Harvest party - Thursday 1:30-2:30  ( Contact your child's teacher if you are attending)
• Continue to allow your child to study their spelling bee words.
• November 4th - Teacher In-Service no school
• First/Second Grade play - November 21st ( More information will be sent home about this)
• First Grade Thanksgiving Day Feast - November 22  at 11:05
• Thanksgiving break - November 25th- November 29th
• Don't forget to send in dimes to your child's classroom.

Wow!

Week of  October 21, 2019

      Wow! The children had a great time at Lucky Land Farm.  We would like to thank all the parents that came to help chaperone the children.  

       This will be another busy week as we prepare for the lower school vocabulary parade.  All children are ask to participate in this event.  The vocabulary parade will be this Friday, October 25th. The parade will begin around 8:15.  Your child should dress as a word.  Your child should have the word and the definition  on the costume or on a piece of  paper attached to the costume.  Parent's are welcome to come.  If you have any questions please contact us.  There are lots of ideas on Pinterest.

WEEKLY SKILLS THAT YOUR CHILD WILL BE WORKING ON 

• Addition strategies (counting on making a ten flip flopping number lines.
• Earth science (natural and unnatural.
• Identifying, decoding and reading words with /ch/, /tch/, and /ph/
• Identifying and using irregular nouns
• Identifying, reading, and using compound words in writing.
• Write a narrative about signs of fall.
• Write using good letter formation and spacing.
• Read for fluency and understanding.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS

whip, catch, match, chin, graph, shop, with, patch, whiz, which

Bonus Words:  scarecrow - haystack

Weekly Bible Story

"Isaac Chooses Not to Fight"

Memory Verse - God said to Isaac "I am with you and will watch over you"

Genesis 28:15

Class Reminders

• Vocabulary Parade -  October 25th
• Fall Party               -  October 31st  - !:30-2:30   ( Your child's room mother will contact you to let you know what your child will need to bring to the party)