Week of January 4, 2016

       Happy New Year to all!  Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  We are so glad to be back in school.  We have missed each one of our students.
      This week we will be working on the following skills:

• Reading words with long  /o/ and /u/ vowels with CVCe
• Comparing and contrasting things from the past and now as the children read the following story: "Long Ago and Now" and "From Horse to Plane"
• Read and discuss poems for winter
• Discuss and write New Year Resolutions
• Add and subtract two digit numbers
• Work word problems with two digit numbers
• Identifying and reading compound words
• Begin a unit of study on weather
• Write a narrative about living in a snow-globe
• Continue to work on reading for fluency and understand

Weekly Spelling Words:  hope cute nose cube none note ago rope long people

                                          Bonus Words:  January      Resolution

REMINDERS:

• Continue to study words for spelling bee
• The children will practice for the 1st/2nd grade program.  The program will be January 28th.
• Special thanks to Kara Morris (Tate's Mom) for painting the first grade shirts.

Week of December 14, 2015
This week the children will do the following things:

• Learn about the First Christmas and other ways people celebrate the holiday around the world
• Continue to work on addition of two digit numbers 
• The children will have a special story read from Coach Riley
• The children will make special gifts for some special people
• Write a letter to Santa
• They will view a special movie on Friday 

REMINDERS:

• All children should bring in a long sleeve white t-shirt for the First Grade Play in January
• The First Grade Play will be on January 28, 2016
• If you are able to come in and help with decoration please let your child's teacher know before the holiday.  We will begin making the decoration after the holidays.
• All children should bring in a book to exchange at our party.  Please wrap the book
• The children will have their Christmas party on Thursday morning.  Parents are welcome to attend.
• There will not be a spelling test this week.
• The children can wear their pajamas to school on Friday.

Week of December 7, 2015

• This week the children will be assessed on sight words, reading for fluency and understanding, and decoding word.
• The children will read the story "Polar Express" and learn and review many reading and math skills while enjoying the story.
• The children will continue to work on retell and rewriting storing in sequence.
• The children will continue to work on addition and subtraction math facts.
• The children will continue to work with place value and adding numbers with two digits.
• The children will learn about estimation and interpreting data on a graph
• The children will review previous Bible Stories

Weekly Spelling Words:

star-candle-Christmas-gift-bell-carol-Jesus-present-Santa-reindeer

Bonus Words:  Polar Express

                         train

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• All children will need to bring in a long sleeve white tee-shirt to be used in the first/second grade play.
• Any parents that are able to come in and help decorate the tee-shirts please notify your child's teacher.
• The children will be going to Chuck-E-Cheese on Friday December 11th.  The children will leave school around 10:30.  Parents are invited to meet us at Chuck-E-Cheese.
• All children should be a book for exchange by Tuesday, December 11th.
• Our Christmas party will be Thursday morning.  We will have a breakfast.
• There will not be any AR due to the book fair.  If your child has a book out please return it as soon as possible.
• Your child may shop at the book fair during the week.

The week the first graders will be working on the following skills:

Bible Verse:  Genesis 37:5  Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers.

READING

•                                
• The sound of the soft c and soft g sound.Retell and rewriting a story in sequence
• The children will read and retell and rewrite the story about The Gingerbread Man
• Continue to work on sight words
• Sorting adjectives, nouns, and verbs,
• Identifying the cause and effect within a story
• Compound words 
• Reading for comprehension and fluency

WRITING

• Write narratives about the 'If the Gingerbread Boy came to our school......
• Use correct punctuation and capitalization when writing
• Use correct spacing and letter formation

MATH

• Continue to work on addition and subtraction number facts
• Begin addition speed drills.
• Begin adding numbers with two digits
• Continue to work on word addition/subtraction word problem
• Identifying and explain a graph

SPELLING

Weekly Spelling words:  rice, nice, page, age,wedge, ledge,like,ride,from, dice

Bonus Words:  holiday - gingerbread

• Movie Night                                             12-04-15
• Decorate a Gingerbread Man                   12-10-15    More information will be sent home about this project.
• Scholastic Book Fair                                12-7 thru 12-11
• Children will go to Chuck-E. Cheese on 12-11-15
• Christmas Parties (Breakfast)                   12-17-15

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

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with long /i/ silent e
• Read for fluency and understanding
• Comparing and contrasting Indians and Pilgrims using a venn diagraph
• Rewrite and retell a story in sequence.
•  Identify and sort nouns, verbs, and adjectives
• Finding the missing addend in an addition work problem
• Finding the missing addend in an addition problem
• Practicing adding and subtracting using different strategies 
• Students will be learning about balls and ramps as they prepare for a lesson in the Stem Lab

Weekly Spelling Words:
like       spike       ride      hide      bike      mine      shine      dime      drive      glide
Bonus Words:  Thanksgiving       Parade

Reminder:

• Students will enjoy a special Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday at 10:45 (Parents are invited)
• Students will go to Chuck E. Cheese on December 11th.  The cost of the field trip is $7.00.  This should be paid to Ren-Web by November 20th.

Week of November 9-13

Bible Story: Jacob Has a Dream Genesis 27, 28
Memory Verse: Genesis 28:15 "Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go."

Reading:
Read for fluency and understanding
Identify and decode words with -ay and -ai
Story elements(Character, setting, main idea, details)
Sight words
Short and Long vowel sounds                                  

Language:
Identify and name adjectives
Write a narrative
Listen and respond to oral texts

Math:
Clocks-Telling time to the hour and half hour
Basic addition and subtraction facts

Social Science:
Thanksgiving/Pilgrims and Indians
Veteran's Day
Balls and Ramps(Inclines and velocity)

Spelling :pail, mail, tail, hay, say, may, day, jay, stay, rail
Bonus words:  Pilgrims - Indians


Science:  Balls and Ramps
This week the children will be learning about balls and ramps as they prepare for an experiment in the STEM lab.  We are asking the children to bring as many toilet paper and paper towel rows to school this week.  We will be using them on Friday in the STEM lab.

Notes of interest:
Don't forget the Cherrydale Fundraiser!!!
11/10- Bring in gently used coats for the Warm Coats give Away
Look for more information to come about our First Grade Thanksgiving Feast!
11/23-27   Thanksgiving Break
11/30-12/4   Food Drive

Week of November 2, 2015
REMINDER:  NO SCHOOL Nov. 2nd

Bible Story:  Jacob Tricks Esau  (Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1-41)

This week we will be working on the following skills:
Reading:

• Reading for fluency and understand
• Identify, decode, and read words with long /a/ silent e
• Review and learn new  vocabulary words
• Identify, read, and decode words with long /a/ and short /a/
• Identify the setting, characters, main idea, and major details within a story
• Retell and rewrite stories in sequence.

Language:

• Write a narrative using good sentence structure.          
• Identify and name adjectives
• Read and identify contraction in content
• Listen and respond to a text orally and written

Spelling:

• make
• take
• came
• game
• gate
• late
• cake
• same
• name
• rake                Bonus Words: November - Thankful

Math:

• Time
• Continue to review addition and subtraction facts.

Social Studies:

• Begin learning about the first Thanksgiving

Week of October 26-30

This week the children will be working on the following:

Language Arts:
Book Studies over the books Pumpkin, Pumpkin and Where the Wild Things Are
Review of Previous Skills
Real and Make-Believe
Short Vowels
Decoding words with consonant blends at the beginning and end
Fluency and Comprehension

Math;
Addition and Subtraction
Shapes

Spelling Words:
pumpkin     patch     seed     fall     candy     trick     tree     mask     orange     green
Bonus Words:   harvest     costume

Bible:
Isaac Chooses Not Fight
Memory Verse; "Love your neighbor." Matthew 22:39

Social Science:
Pumpkins
Field Trip to Pumpkin Farm

Important Notes:
*Remember to read and return AR books.
*Please let your child's teacher know no later than Tuesday morning if you plan to attend the field trip and send your money in ASAP!
*Field trip on Wednesday!
*R. Friend is visiting us on Thursday to share her books! Please check your child's binder for more information.
*Don't forget to send in a treat for each of your child's classmates on Friday.

Week of October 19, 2015


IMPORTANT NOTICE:
THE FIRST GRADE CLASSROOMS ARE NUT-FREE ZONES.  PLEASE READ THE LETTER CAREFULLY THAT WAS SENT HOME FRIDAY.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FIRST GRADE TEACHERS.

Weekly Bible Verse:  "Go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac"  Genesis 24:4

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

Language Arts

• Decoding and reading words with the following sounds /ch/, /tch/, /ph/, and /wh/
• Irregular plural nouns
• Sequence of the story
• Identifying the main idea and details within the story
• Comparing and Contrasting Stories

Math

• Math families
• Continue to work on addition and subtraction facts
• Measurement using non-standard/standard measurements
• Word Problem

Social Studies/Science

• Identify the growth pattern of a pumpkin
• Map Skills

Spelling Words:

whip       whale      catch     match     chin     graph      shop     with     many     around

Bonus Words:  Pumpkin      Compass

Week of October 12th thru 16th.

:This week we will be working on the following skills:
   
    Language Arts:

• Consonants digraphs (sh, th, and ng)                    
• Reading for fluency and understanding
• Decoding skills
• Story elements- characters, settings, and events
• Main Idea and details
• Writing narratives
• Handwriting
• Verbs

Math:

• Mixed addition and subtraction
• Word Problems
• Counting and recognizing numbers 0-150
• Shapes 

Social/Science

• Fire Safety
• Christopher Columbus

Bible:

• Isaac is born  (Bible Verse- Genesis 21:1)

Spelling Words:  fish-shop-ship-with-thing-sang-fast-wink-want-call

Bonus Words-America - Parade

Dates to Remember:

10-5 thru 10-9     Fall Break

10-16                   Vocabulary Parade/ Report Cards go home

10-17                    Fall Festival

10-28                    Field Trip Walden Farm

Week of September 28-October 2

             

Week of September 28th - October 2nd

We are continuing to learn and do new things.

• This week we will continue to work on phonemic awareness and decoding cvc words with short vowel sounds. We will be working on end blends-(nd, -st, -nk, -nt). Children will learn words in the -end and -ast word families.
• In Reading we will read and discuss stories about communities in nature. We will continue to identify key details and story elements.
• Please continue to work on sight words.  It is very important to study these regularly. Recognition of these words is vital to becoming a good reader.
• In Math we will began working on greater then and less than. We will be reviewing and reinforcing addition and subtraction skills. We will also continue to solve simple word problems.
• In Language Arts we will write a narrative on fire safety. We will continue to practice identifying and using singular and plural nouns. This week we will introduce verbs.
• As October approaches, we will begin a unit on fire prevention and safety in Social Studies. In Science we will continue to learn about living things.
• Our Bible lesson this week will be about Abraham traveling to a new home. (Genesis 12)

This week's Spelling words are:            
lend
send
fast
past
sink
wink
run
bug
of
who
Bonus words: October, fire

Memory Verse:
"The Lord said to Abraham, "Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father's house to a land I will show you."     -Genesis 12:1

Week of September 21, 2015

This week the children will continue to enjoy fun activity as they learn more about Johnny Appleseed and plants and animals.

       LANGUAGE ARTS

• Continue to work on sight words, reading with fluency, and identifying details in a story.
•  Decode words with short /u/ and other previous learned sounds
• Continue to work on writing complete sentences using correct punctuation and capitalization
• Continue to learn about singular and plural nouns,
• Continue to identify and discuss characters, settings, and events within a story.
• Write narratives about Johnny Appleseed and Noah and the Ark
• Retell and rewrite a story in sequence.

      MATH

• Continue to work on subtraction using different strategies
• Continue to interpret information on a graph
• Continue to work addition and subtraction word problems
• Continue to count, write, and recognize numbers 0-100 

      SOCIAL STUDIES

•    Continue to learn about the legend of Johnny Appleseed

      SCIENCE

•     Continue to learn about the parts of a plant and what a plant needs to live.

Spelling Words:

run

fun

bug

rug

nut

cut

men

head

could

one

Bonus words:

autumn

leaves

Memory Verse:

"Only Noah and those who were with him on the ark lived." Genesis 7:23

      

Reminders:

• Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday, 9/24
• Bring in apple items Friday, 9/25
• Homecoming Friday, 9/25
• Fall Break 10/5-9

Week of September 14-18

 
                                               
What a busy time in first grade! 

• This week we will continue to work on reading and decoding words and practicing sight words. The children will continue reading to develop fluency and understanding. We will also continue working on ABC order. The children will analyze key details and make predictions about the text. They will decode and identify words with short e.
• In Language, the children will be identifying and using nouns correctly. We will continue to write complete sentences using capital letters and punctuation. We will work on writing simple narratives.
• Handwriting will be practicing letter formation and spacing. We will continue to work on neatness and legibility. 
• In Math the children will continue to work on subtraction, including word problems. We will be introduced to more graphing this week as well.
• In Science, we will continue our discussion of living/ nonliving things and introduce parts of a plant and their functions. The children will participate in a hands-on activity in the STEM lab on Friday.
• In Social Studies we will begin a study of Johnny Appleseed. We will incorporate many different activities into this unit of study over the next few weeks.
• In Bible we will learn the story of Noah Building The Ark.

Our memory verse for this week is Genesis 6:22 "Noah did all that God commanded him to do."

This Week's Spelling words:
leg
beg
men
hen
head
grass
spin
there
again
test
Bonus Words:
September
apple

Upcoming Events:
9/24      Parent Teacher Conferences
9/25      Homecoming
10/2      End of the First Quarter
10/5-10/9   Fall Break

REMINDER:  Please return the conference form to schedule a conference.

Week of September 7-11

• This week we will continue to work on ABC order and recognizing sights words. The children will identify and decode words with s and r blends. We will continue analyzing key details and asking questions about the text. 
• In Language we will write several personal narratives. We will talk about possessive nouns.
• In Handwriting we will continue to work on using good letter formation and spacing.   
• In Bible, our story will be about Cain and Abel. Our memory verse will be Matthew 22:39, "Love your neighbor as yourself."
• In Math we will be introduced to subtraction. We will continue to do addition and subtraction problems, including word problems. The children will count and write to 100.
• Weekly Spelling words: spill, spin, grab, grass, drop, drip, hop, lot, two, move -Bonus Words: September, apple
• In Science we will  begin a unit on living and non-living things.
• Please continue to review your child's work sent home and sign the planner daily.

Important Dates:

• Monday, September 7         No School - Labor Day
• Tuesday, September 8          Open House 5-7pm
• Friday, September 11           Wildlife On Wheels visit

Weekly Spelling Words:  spill      spin      grab     grass     drop     drag

grin           frog         truck           drip  
Bonus Words:  animal       plant

Week of August 31, 2015

Weekly Memory Verse:   Genesis 1 :27 So God created man in his own image.

    This week the children will continue to work on learning sight words.  They will learn about the short/o/ sound.  The children will decode words, read words, and write words with the short /o/ sound.  In language they will begin learning ABC order.  They will continue to work on writing simple sentences, identifying asking and telling sentences, and recognizing and sorting nouns.
    In writing the children will continue to work on writing using correct letter formation and spacing.  They will be writing a  narrative about their friends.
      In math the children will continue to work simple addition word problems.  They will be introduce to addition using the number line.
      In science the children will continue to work on colors.  They will be going to the Stem Lab on Friday.

First Grade Reminders:

• Class Pictures                             Monday, August 31st  ( Students must have uniforms on)
• Incentive Date                            September 4th
• Labor Day                                  No School
• Elementary Open house            September 8th   5:00-7:00

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS

hop

top

log

hog

hot

lot

flip

black

they

too

Bonus Words:  friend    color

Week of August 24, 2015

      This week the children will learn about /Ll/ blends.  They will be decoding words with /Ll/ blends and reading stories with /Ll/ blends in them.  The children will continue to work on learning sight words.  They will be working on identifying the main details and main details in the stories they read.  The children will begin to learn to read fluently.  They will continue to decode words with  short /a/ and short /i/ vowel sounds.
       In language the children will learn what a noun is.  They will be sorting nouns according to people, places, things, and animals and identifying nouns in sentences.  They will begin learning how to make nouns plural.   The children will continue to learn about telling and asking sentences.  They will write sentences about the creation.  The children will begin to write in their journals.
       In Bible your child will continue to learn about the creation.  They will continue to make a booklet about the creation.  Your child will be writing a narrative about what they have learned about the creation.  They  will have a test on the creation on Friday.  A study sheet will come home on Thursday.  This week memory verse is "God created the Heaven and Earth". They will be ask to recite the memory verse on Friday.
       In math the children will continue to work on addition.  They will be adding by using the strategies of adding on and using touch points.  They will continue to learn to work addition word problems. Your child will continue to work on counting and writing numbers to 120.
       This week's spelling words will have the /Ll/ blends in them.  Your child will have a dictation sentence to write along with their spelling words.
WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:
1.  clip       2.  flip     3.  slip      5.  flag     6.  black     7.  plan     8.  be     9.  pull     10.  class
BONUS WORDS:  Heaven     Earth

       In science the children will begin a study of colors as they prepare to do some experiments with colors in the Stem lab.

Week of August 17, 2015

                                                     Weekly Memory Verse:  Genesis 1:1

                                                                         


 Wow!  The children are really adjusting in first grade.  They are very excited about being back in school.  We have had a very busy week.

       Next week we will be learning about the short /i/ sound.  We will read stories with short /i/ words and practice decoding  words with short /i/. The children will be working on their tablets to practice decoding words.  The children will work on identifying  the main idea in stories and main details in stories.  

       In math the children will begin addition.  They will learn how to use touch points to add. The children will learn to make illustration to represent the addition problem.  

     In writing the children will continue to work on learn how to write using good letter formation and spacing.
      In language the children will learn the difference between a telling sentence and a asking sentence. They will practice writing simple telling and asking sentence.  Your child will be writing a narrative about the Bible and themselves.

      In Bible the children will begin learning about the creation.  They will be making a booklet to illustrate how God created the world in seven days.   There will not be a Bible test next week.

       In social studies the children will continue to talk about school and themselves.                     

Weekly Spelling Words:

• pin                                                                
• miss
• win
• kiss
• hit
• out
• sit
• up
• lip
• wig

Bonus Words:

• Bible
• Jesus

Homework:

• Monday:         Write each spelling word three times and study sight words
• Tuesday:         Read and decode words with short /i/ to and adult and study sight words
• Wednesday:    READ FOR FUN
• Thursday:        Math worksheet (addition)

The Beginning of a Fantastic Year in First Grade

        Welcome to first grade.  We are very excited about the upcoming year.  The children appear to be adjusting well in first grade.
       This week the children will continue to learn procedures and expectations of a first grader.  We will be assessing all students on reading and math skills.  It would be very helpful, if all students will begin to study their sight words that are in the daily binder.
      In math, the children will review numbers from 1 to 20.  In social studies, the children will continue to learn about what makes each of them special. In Bible they will begin learning the books of the Old Testament.  Your child will make a special Bible to help him/her  better understand the parts of the Bible.


HOMEWORK:

• Monday- Practice writing straight lines and circles on tablet paper and study sight words.
• Tuesday- Practice writing first name on tablet paper and study sight words
• Wednesday- Read for fun and study sight words.
• Thursday- Write numbers 1 through 5 using touch points and study sight words.
• Friday- Study sight words and read for fun.