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.