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