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

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• 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