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