Week of January 2, 2017

       Happy New Year!  We hope you all had a great break.  We are excited to get back to school and get back on a regular routine.  Below are some of the skills the children will be working on this week.

• Discuss and write New Years Resolutions. 
• Listen to the story the "After Christmas Tree" and retell and rewrite the story in sequence.
• Read about winter and the signs of winter
• Students will take a book walk through a winter book and write details within the story.
• Students will be introduce to place value up to 100.
• Students will review addition and subtraction facts.
• Students will begin addition of two digit numbers.
• Students will work addition and subtraction word problems
• Students will begin a STEM unit of study of Rolling things in Motions
• Students will create a snow globe and write a narrative about living in a snow globe.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:   winter, snow, icy, frozen, blizzard

                                                        Bonus words:  January - Resolution

Students should study for the first grade spelling bee.  They should study the words that was sent home before the break.  Make sure your child is studying the 2016-2017 word list.

Week of 12-12-16
      This week the children will be doing the following things:

• The children will continue to be assess in reading and math.  
• Read the story "Polar Express"
• Rewrite and retell stories in sequence 
• Write a letter to Santa Claus
• Continue to work on learning addition and subtraction number facts
• Continue to learn about different holidays celebrated during this time of year

The children will not have a spelling or Bible test this week.  

Your child will bring home a list of spelling words that they can study during the holiday for the school spelling bee.  The spelling bee will be in January when they return to school

The children will have a Christmas breakfast Wednesday morning.  Parents are invited to come and assist with the breakfast.  Please check with your child's teacher, if you do not know what your child will need to bring to the breakfast.

The children will be dismissed half day Tuesday thru Friday.

Wishing all our families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Week of December 5, 2016

        Wow! This is going to be a fun and exciting week as we continue to decorate and get ready for the Christmas holidays.  The children will be working on the following skills.

• Identify, read and decode words with the /oo/ u sound.
• Identify and use adjectives in their writing.
• Write a narrative about Christmas or a holiday that is celebrated during the winter
• Read the story "Polar Express" and do activities about the story.
• Identify, read, and use words with inflectional ending -ed and -ing
• Learn about estimation
• Continue to work on addition and subtraction number facts
• Learn about different holidays that are celebrated during the winter
• Continue to learn about phoneme segmentation of words

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

    book, look, cook, took, hood, buy, done, shook, brook, stood 

     BONUS WORDS:  December - Christmas

• The children will be going to Chuck E Cheese on Friday.  The children will not need to have any money.  This activity was included in the activity fee at the beginning of the year.  The children will leave school around 10:45. They will eat lunch at Chuck E. Cheese.  They will also be given tokens to play the games.   Parents are invited to attend.  Parents can meet us at Chuck E. Cheese at 11:00.  Parents will need to pay when they arrive at Chuck E Cheese.  Children will need to wear jeans and an Ezell Harding shirt.
• The first graders will have a Christmas breakfast in their classroom on Wednesday, December 14th.  The party will begin around 9:45.  You will get more information about the Christmas breakfast from your class room mother.  
• Remind your child to bring in can goods.

November 28, 2016

        This will be a fun week as the children learn new skills and get ready for the holidays.
The children will work on the following skills:

• Identify and generate rhyme
• Retell and rewrite a story in sequence
• Read for fluency and comprehension
• Identify, read, and decode words with /ice/, /age/, and /edge/
• Read the story of the "Gingerbread Man" and do several activities 
• Identify and read words with multi-syllable words
• Tally numbers to 100
• Count and write by 2's, 5's, and 10's
• Continue to review addition and subtraction facts
• Work addition and subtraction word problem
• Do several experiments in the STEM lab associated with the story "The Gingerbread Man"
• Begin a unit of study about winter holidays around the world
• Continue to work on editing skills in writing
• Write a narrative about the Gingerbread Boy
• Continue to review sight words
• Reading assessment on comprehension, sight words, and decoding skills

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

stage, rice, wedge, nice, ledge, page, from age, once, mice

Bonus Words:  Gingerbread - holiday

• 

  
  

Week of November 14, 2016

This week the children will work on the following skills:

• Identifying, sorting, and reading words with long /o/,/e/, and /u/
•  Read and write about things now and long ago.
• Make items that the Pilgrims and Indians used long ago.
• Read stories and do activities about turkeys.
• Find the missing numbers in addition and subtraction problems
• Work addition and subtraction word problems
• Continue to work on learning addition math facts with sums 10 or less
• Begin a unit of study on ramps in science
• Review previous learned Bible stories
• Identify and read words with multi syllables in poems

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

globe, broke, hope, nose, note,  rope, cute, cube, ago, people

Bonus Words:  Thanksgiving - Friendship 

THANKSGIVING LUNCH:

• The children will have a special lunch on Friday 18, 2016 at 10:45.
• Children will not have to bring lunch on Friday.
• If you do not know what to send for the special lunch please contact your child's teacher or class room-mother,
• Parents are invited to attend this special luncheon.

P.E. and Recess: 

The children will have P.E. daily.  The children will be going outside on most days.  Therefore, it is important for your children to wear a jacket or sweater.  All children will need to go outside.

• 

Week Of November 7-11

Week of November 7-11

This week in first grade we will be working on the following:

• identifying and decoding words with long i
• spelling words with long i
• sorting long and short vowels sounds
• reading for fluency and understanding
• retelling a story
• sequence in a story
• story elements
• present tense verbs
• compound words
• identifying and describing shapes
• mixed addition and subtraction
• basic addition speed drills
• Thanksgiving
• PIlgrims and Indians
• Balls and Ramps
• The story of Joseph's Coat of Many Colors

Spelling Words: slide, like, smile, ride, hide, bike, mine, make, should, water

Bonus words: Pilgrim, Indians

No School on Monday-Teacher In-Service

Don't forget about our Yankee Candle fundraiser. Packets went home yesterday.

Field trip next Friday to Children's Theater.

Our first grade Thanksgiving Feast will be on Friday, November 18th. Be looking for sign ups from your room mother concerning this.

Week of October 31, 2016

         This will be another very busy week as their will be lots of new skills introduced during the week.

• The children will be introduced to the long /a/ silent e sound.
• The children will sort long and short vowel sounds.
• The children will work with verbs.
• Weekly high frequency words: away, now, some, today, way why
• Student will be introduced to compound words
• Students will continue to work on measurement
• Students will continue to work on addition and subtraction facts
• Students will be introduce to shapes
• Students will continue to learn about the duties of the President of the United States
• Students will begin a science unit of study on balls and ramps
• The children will write about things they are thankful for
• The children will begin learning about the first Thanksgiving

Weekly Spelling Words:

make, take, came, game,gate, late, today, some, become, away

Bonus Words:  Thanksgiving / November

Reminder:

• The children should continue t collect boxtops
• The children will be going to the Children Theater on November 11th.
• The children will have a Thanksgiving feast on Friday, November 18th at 10:45. (More information will be sent home)
• Remind your child to read their AR book daily.

Week of October 24, 2016

       This will be another busy week as we prepare for our Fall Harvest fun day on Friday.  The children will be doing fun activities throughout the day.  The children will have some special treats at 1:45.  Parents are invited to come help and join in on the fun.

       This week the children will learn and review the following skills:

• The children will continue to work on learning sight words, reading for fluency, and comprehension skills.
• The children will review the short vowel sounds
• The children will learn how to identify words with one, two, and three syllables.
• The children will learn their double number facts
• The children will learn to add 3 or more addends with sums less than twenty.
• The children will learn to measure my using an inch ruler and tape measure
• The children will continue to work addition and subtraction word problems.
• The children will read the story "Where the Wild Things Are" and do several activities associated with the story.
• The children will learn about the duties of a president
• The children  will write a narrative about if they were President of the United State 
• The students will learn about Jacob having a Dream (Genesis 27:41-45; 28:10-22)

Weekly Spelling words:  pumpkin, patch, seed, fall, candy, trick, tree, mask, orange, green 

                                        Bonus Words:  harvest - costume

                                               WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

• 

  
  

Week of October 17-21

This week we will be covering the following:

Fiction and Informational texts

Reading for Fluency and Comprehension

Topics, Main Ideas, and Details of a story

Adding -es to a noun to form a plural

Irregular Verbs

Writing with Capital Letters and Periods

Compound Words

Consonant Diagraphs-Words with -ch, tch, wh, -ph

Addition and Subtraction and Fact Families
Fire Safety
Writing a Narrative

Bible Story: Jacob Tricks Isaac
Memory Verse: Genesis 25:34 "Jacob gave Esau some bread and stew."

Spelling Words: whip, whale, catch, match, chin, graph, shop, with, many, around
Bonus: October, scarecrow

Don't forget Book Character Pumpkins for the Pumpkin Patch in the Eagle's Nest can be brought in beginning Monday, October 24th. Judging will be on the 28th. 

   

 This will be another busy and fun week as we prepare for our field trip on Friday to the fire station.  We will be working on the following skills this week:
Week of October 10, 2016

• Reading for fluency and comprehension
• The children will continue to learn new vocabulary and review sight words.
• The children will learn greater than, less than, and equal to. <,>,=
• The children will continue to work addition and subtraction word problems
• The children will continue to work with learning addition and subtraction facts
• They will learn to decode words with /sh/, /th/, and /ng/
• The children will be introduced to closed syllables
• The children will write several narratives about fire safety and firefighters
• The children will learn about fire safety.
• The children will read and discuss the weekly Bible story " Genesis 26:12-33

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

fish, shop, ship, with, thing, sang, want, call, flash, shell

Bonus Words:  firefighter, safety

REMINDERS:

• All children should be reading AR books daily at home. Please remind your child to return their book daily.  
• The children will go to the fire station on Friday, October 14th.  We will leave the school at 8:15.  Parents are welcome to attend.
• Children should continue to study sight words and math facts at home as much as possible.

• 

Week of September 26-30

What a busy week we have just finished!  We had a great time at our Vocabulary Parade today. We learned lots of new words and enjoyed seeing the creative costumes everyone was wearing. It was nice to meet with so many of you this week and talk about your students's progress on Conference day. Next week we are going on our first field trip to Walden Farm.

We will be working on the following:

• decoding and identifying words  with end blends
•  possessive words
• sequencing
• reading comprehension
• main ideas and details
• writing complete sentences
• using correct capitalization and punctuation
• fall words
• identifying nouns and verbs
• mixed addition and subtraction
• solving word problems
• graphing 
• writing about information on a graph
• handwriting-neatness and letter formation
• pumpkins\how plants grow
• the story of Moses sending his servant to find a wife for Issac

Spelling words:lend, send, fast, past, sink, wink, tent, run, of, who

Bonus words: pumpkin, autumn

Field trip on Thursday! Wear red EH uniform shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes. Bring a SACK lunch. We will be leaving around 8:15 after chapel. We will eat lunch at the farm and be back around 12:30 pm.

Fall Break-October 3-8

Week of  September 19, 2016


       This week the children will be very busy as they learn about the legend of Johnny Appleseed.  The children will be tasting things made of apples on Friday,  Therefore, we are asking each child to bring something special made of apples on Friday.  Below are some examples:
apple butter, apple chips, apple bread, apple cookies, apple sauce, and apple candy.  These are just examples.  Your child may bring anything made of apples.

The following skills will be taught this week:

• The children will read identify, decode, and read words with short /u/.
• The children will be introduce to contractions
• Students will continue to work on sight words and learning new vocabulary.
• Students will continue to work on identifying the main idea and details within a story.
• The children will continue to work with writing simple sentence.
• The children will work mixed addition and subtraction problems using different strategies.
• The children will interpret data from a apple graph.
• The children will continue to work on writing narratives using a class bubble map.

HOMEWORK:

Monday:  Write each spelling word in a complete sentence/Read AR book/ study sight words

Tuesday:  Read words and sentences with short /u/ to an adult at home/study sight words/read AR     book

Wednesday:  Read for fun/ Read AR Book/ Study sight words

Thursday: Mixed addition/subtraction worksheet

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

bug, cut, fun, lunch, nut, rug, run, skunk, three, could
Bonus Words:  Appleseed      orchard

CLASSROOM REMINDER:

• Remember to read at least 3 AR books throughout the week
• Vocabulary Parade September 23rd 8:30-10:00 Middle School Gym (Parents are Welcome)
• Parent-Teacher's Conferences September 22nd from 3:00-7:00
• Apple tasting Friday September 23rd 1:45

Week of September 12-16

This week:

• Students will be reading realistic fiction stories.
• We will discuss jobs in our communities.
• We will identify and discuss characters, settings, and events.
• Students will learn, decode, and identify words with short e.
• We will learn to use words with the inflectional ending -ed and discuss past tense.
• We will begin identifying and writing contractions.
• Students will continue to write complete sentences.
• We will study the story of Abram leaving his home.
• Students will be retelling the Bible story,
• We will continue to solve subtraction problems and word problems.
• We will begin a study of Magnets and do some simple experiments.

This week's Spelling Words: leg, beg, men, hen, head, bread, grass, spin, there, again

Bonus Words. magnet, attract

Please continue to check and sign your child's planner everyday.

Encourage your child to read his/her AR book to you several times before taking an AR test.

Keep practicing sight words as often as you can. Even if your child has mastered these it is a good idea to review.

Open House is this Tuesday, September 13 from 5-7 pm. Please plan to visit the classroom to see what your child has been doing. There will be sign up sheets for Parent-Teacher Conferences at Open House. Conferences will be on September 22nd.

The 3rd annual Vocabulary Parade will be on September 23rd. Please check your emails for information on this from the office. It is a very exciting day!

Our first field trip will be on September 29th. We will be traveling to Walden Farms. Be looking for more information to come about this trip.

Week of September 5, 2016

        I hope everyone had a great break.  This will be a busy week since it's a four day week.  Below are some of the skills and topics we will be working on this week:

• Identifying and reading words with the /s/ and /r/ blend
• Identifying details within the story
• Reading for good comprehension and fluency
• We will continue to work on learning new vocabulary in all subjects
• Subtract with difference less than 10
• Work and explain addition and subtraction word problems
• Identifying the characteristic of living and non-living things
• The children will be reading and the Bible story "God's Promise"
• The children will continue to work on writing using good letter formation and spacing.
• Review color words and colors of a rainbow

Weekly spelling words:
spill, drop, spin, drip, grab, two, grass, move, jump, two
Bonus words:  rainbow  -  promise


CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Remember to read and return library book to school daily
• Study sight words daily

Week of August 29, 2016

       The children appears to all have adjusted to first grade and are excited about all the things that they are learning.  This week the children will work on the following skills.

• Identifying the sound of  short /o/ and read words and sentences with short /o/
• Read stories and identify the main details and sequence the stories using picture cards
• Put words in ABC order
• Identify the continents and oceans
• add using a number line, touch points, and adding on
• Work addition word problems
• Read and discuss weekly Bible story "Noah's Ark"
• Write using good letter formation and spacing
• Write a narrative about  "Noah's Ark"

Weekly spelling words: hot, hop, log, they, hog, too, flop, block, lot, top

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• All money needs to be returned by Monday, August 29th for school wide fundraiser.
• Your child should read at least 3 AR books each week.  Help your child remember to bring their AR (library book) back to school each day.  Your child should read their book to an adult at home.
• Please put your child's name on all jackets and sweaters
• Remember to review your child's papers daily and sign their binder daily. Take all graded papers out of your child's binder 

    THE CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN ABOUT MAPS AND GLOBES

• • 

    
    

  

Week of August 22-26

Week of August 22-26

We are settling into our first grade routines and learning expectations and procedures. We have been to all of our Special Area classes and checked out library books. We've done a lot of reviewing and begun learning new things.

This week we will cover the following:

 

We will read stories about pets.

We will read and decode words with -l blends. 

We will continue to identify and write complete sentences.

We will practice sight words.

We will identify nouns and plural nouns.

We will continue to use touch point numbers in addition.

We will make a graph and interpret data from that graph.

We will work on solving word problems.

We will begin working on map skills and cardinal directions,

We will write complete sentences and simple narratives.

We will continue to practice handwriting, focusing on formation and spacing.

We will study the story of Adam and Eve. Test on Friday.

Spelling words: slip, clip, flip, black, flat, flag, plan,glad, be, pull

Bonus Words: school, color

Test on Friday.

Don't forget our Fundraisers!! First turn in day Monday, August 22. Final turn in on Friday, August 26th. You must have items turned in by the 22nd to qualify for prizes.

Keep practicing sight words daily.

If you haven't sent in a pair of headphones for your child to use with his/her tablet, please do so. We hope to begin using these very soon!

Week on August 15, 2016

The children all appear to be adjusting well into first grade.  They are all excited about learning new things this year.  Please review your child's work that they bring home daily.  Parents should  sign the binder daily.  Allow your child to correct work and complete uncompleted work.

This week the children will be review and learning the following skills.

• Identifying and decoding words with short /i/
• Writing simple sentences
• Review sight words
• All children will be assessed on sight words, reading for comprehension, and reading for fluency
• Students will write simple telling sentences
• The children will be introduce to ABC order
• Read stories and identify main details with in story
• Identify their family and how all members within the family are special
• Count and write to 100
• Add simple addition problems using touch points
• Work simple addition word problems
• CLASSROOM NOTES:

Reminder:

• All students should bring in a set of headphones for using with their tablets
• The children will be bringing home a Scholastic order form that they may order books.  You may go on line and order the books. 

Week of August 8-12

Welcome to First Grade!

Our first few days of first grade have gone very well. We will continue to work on learning how to be first graders over the next few weeks. We will also be reviewing and assessing what we have already learned.

This week:

• We will continue learning routines and procedures. 
• We will get to know our classmates better.
• We will work on handwriting and correct letter formation.
• We will be reviewing and practicing the sounds each letter makes.
• We will begin learning words with short a sounds. 
• We will identify rhyming words.
• We will identify and count numbers 1-30.
• We will begin the study of the Days of Creation from Genesis 1.
• We will talk about "Me" and begin a narrative about ourselves.
• We will learn about the summer olympics.
• We will begin center rotations.
• We will meet our Specialty teachers and go to Music, Guidance, Computer, Library, and Spanish.
• We will check out a book from the library.

Spelling and Bible tests will not begin this week. 

If you have not returned the forms from your parent packet, please do so ASAP.

Remember to sign up for the remind app to get texts from the classroom. Instructions for this are in your parent folder.

Please send a pair of headphones for your child to use with the tablets. These will be kept at school.

It is going to be a great year!

Week of May 9-13

Week of May 9-13, 2016

Can you believe this is our very last full week of first grade?! 

This week we will

• explore the story Mariana Becomes a Butterfly
• identify main idea and details
• retell a story
• learn about agricultural engineering
• talk about pollination and parts of a plant
• identify and solve problems
• discuss the importance of insects
• talk about an engineering process as applied in the story
• review basic math facts and concepts
• continue to practice solving word problems
• correctly use Spelling word in sentences
• practice and review basic grammar
• write and reflect on their year in first grade

Our Bible story this week will be the Story of Ruth. We will have our last Bible test on Friday.

This week's Spelling words:

summer, travel, vacation, hiking, beach, sunshine, sunglasses, picnic, camping, Popsicle

Bonus words: relaxation, pollination

 Our Spelling test will be on Friday.

Week of May 2, 2016



 This week the children will work on the following skills.

• The children will decode, identify, and read words with / kn/, /gn/, and /wr/.
• The children will read the story "Jack and the Beanstalk".
• The children will continue to retell and rewrite stories in sequence, identify the main idea of a story, and identify details within a story.
• The children will compare and contrast different version of the story "Jack and the Beanstalk" by using a Venn Diagram"
• The children will identify and the author's purpose for writing a story.
• The children will discuss and write about their mothers.
• The children will continue to review word problems, addition and subtract facts, using tally marks, and interpreting data on a graph.
• The child will identity the parts and functions of a natural system--the pollination system.
•  The children will take their year-end reading assessment on sight words and reading for fluency and comprehension, 
• The children will write a narrative about their mother.

                                                           Weekly spelling words: 

know        knot       knit       write       wrong       wrist       gnat       knife       gnaw      knight

Bonus Words:  beanstalk        Mother

                                                             First Grade Picnic

The children will enjoy a fun day at the park on Friday.  Parents are invited to come and enjoy fun and help with the children.

• The children should wear their blue field day shirt.
• All children should wear tennis shoes.  Please no sandals or flip flops.
• Children may bring balls and other outside games.  Please no hard balls.
• All children should bring a snack lunch including a drink.
• Please put sun screen on your child.  If your child would like to bring sun screen to be reapplied please put your child's name on it.  

Week of April 25, 2016

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

• The children will read words with /au/,/aw/, and /al/ in them
• The children will read several narrative and identify the problem of the story and the solution
• The children will continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency
• The children will write a thank you 
• The children will continue to work on understanding numbers and place values of numbers
• The children will be writing their numbers from 0-200
• The children will learn about the planets and constellations
• The children will review the correct formation and spacing of letters
• The children will continue to work on prefixes and suffixes

Weekly spelling words:  awful, talk, haul, paw, cause, dawn, saw, walk, claw, caught
                                        Bonus Words:  Constellations - planets

                            IMPORTANT FIRST GRADE NOTES:

• Spelling, Reading, and Bible test will be on Thursday due to Field Day on Friday
• Parents are welcome to come to Field Day
• All students will be given a t-shirt to wear on Field Day.
• Students may wear shorts to the knee on Field Day
• Remember to put sunscreen on your child on Field Day
• Students should bring a sack lunch on Friday.  Please include a drink.

Week of  April 18, 2016

      On Monday the children will begin taking their achievement test.  I am sure they well prepared for the test and will do well. Please help your child by doing the following.

• Make sure your child has a good night sleep.
• Make sure your child has had a good breakfast.  We will give the children a snack doing the test each day.
• Talk with your child about listening and following direction.
• It is very important that your child arrives to school on time.  No child will be allowed to enter the classroom once the test has begun

•    We will continue to review reading and math skill throughout the week.  It may be helpful, if you would review sight words and number facts with your child. 
• The children will continue to work with learning about motion.
• The children will begin a unit of study about the solar system
• Continue to allow your child to read AR books at home.  Remind your child to bring their AR book to school each day.

The children will not have a reading or spelling test this week.  Your child will not have homework this week.

Week of April 11, 2016

• This week the students will be doing activities to prepare for Grandparent's Day.
• The children will learn about the variant vowel of /u/.
• The children will write several narratives about their grandparents.
• The children will continue to work on editing skills.
• In math the children will learn about cups, pints, quarts, and gallons
• The children will continue to work on word problems, graphing skills, and addition/subtraction using two digit numbers.
• This week the children will read about "The walls of Jericho Fall Down" Joshua 6:1-27

This weeks spelling words:

moon, tune, few, flew, dew, fruit, blew, new, spoon, school

Bonus Words:  addition - subtraction

All first graders should be reading AR books.  First graders should read at least one chapter book a week or 3 smaller books.  Please remind your child to read daily at home and return their AR book to school each day.  

Grandparents Day/Spring Sprint

If your child will be leaving after Spring Spring please complete the form that was sent home last week.  It is very important for your child's teacher to know who your child will be leaving with

.

Week of April 4, 2016

This week the children will work on the following skills:

• The children will identify, decode, and read words with the /oi/ and /oy/ sound
• The students will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.
• The children will be introduced prepositions and prepositional phrases
• The children will learn about" Rahab Helps Two Spies" Joshua 2:1-24
• The children will continue to work with number sense, addition and subtraction word problems, and fractions
• The children will continue to work on editing skills
• The children will write several narratives about their grandparent
• The students will learn about a world in motion in science
• The students will learn important information about themselves and be able to write it: Address and phone number,coin      
• The children will learn their address and how to write their address

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

spoil      toy       coin      boy      enjoy      oyster      coil      soil      join      boy

Bonus Words:  Tennessee        Address

Week of March 28, 2016

        This week the children will work on the following skills:

• Identify, decode, and read words with /ou and /ow/
• Continue to work on identifying and using adjectives correctly
• Using adjectives to compare by use  er, est
• Continue to work on comprehension and read fluently
• Identify the author's point of view within the story
• Continue to write narrative by writing a story in sequence
• Reviewing addition/subtraction number families
• Learning about how Moses sent twelve spies to the Promised Land Numbers 13-1-14:35
• Identifying the duties of a grandparent
• The children will write about their grandparents using adjectives within their story.

Please use this week to review your child's sight words.  If your child cannot find their sight words please let your child's teacher know.  

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

cow       out       town       brown       clown      sound      mouth      mouse      down      how

Bonus Words:  Grandparents        umbrella

HOMEWORK

Monday-Write weekly spelling words in a complete sentence

Tuesday- Read words in sentences and in a  story with /ou/ and /ow/ to an adult at home.

Wednesday-Read for Fun

Thursday-Math worksheet ( Addition/Subtraction number families)

REMIND YOUR CHILD THAT THEY SHOULD READ AT LEAST 2 AR BOOKS OR 1 CHAPTER EACH WEEK.

Week of March 21, 2016
 
     This week the children will work on the following skills:

• The children will decode and read words with /or/, /ore/ 
• The children will continue to work on retelling, sequencing, and identifying main ideas within a story.
• Students will write a narrative about the Easter Story using a bubble map
• Students will review abbreviation
• Students will learn about the  Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ
• Students will learn about even and odd numbers
• Students will review number families of addition and subtractions
• Students will continue to work on counting money
• Students will enjoy making crafts for the Easter
• Students will make magnetic silly putty.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS;

born        corn         roar      soar      core      learn      more      sure       store      torch

Bonus Words:  Easter       Resurrection    

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring Break! March 7-11

We hope everyone has a safe and relaxing Spring Break. See you in a week!

Week of March 14-18
After Spring Break we will work on the following skills:

• identifying, decoding, and reading words with /er/,/ur/,/ir/, and /or/
• identifying and generating rhymes
• reading to find cause and effect
• reading stories about the moon and sky
• identifying money and the value of coins
• addition and subtraction
• retelling stories
• using adjectives in writing

Our Bible story will be Moses and the Ten Commandments from Exodus 19-24.

In Science we will begin exploring Magnets

In Social Studies we will talk about Saint Patrick's Day. For St. Patrick's day fun, we will be having a tasting of green foods. Each child will need to bring in a green food on the 17th to share with the class. Some examples of this would be broccoli, grapes, celery(and dip), limes, kiwi, green apple slices, lettuce, lime jello, lime sherbet, honeydew melon, sour cream and onion potato chips, etc. Your child's teacher will send a reminder about this when we return from break, Send your teacher an email to let her know what green food you plan to send.

Spelling Words: her, bird, fur, fern, dirt, work, barn, arm, climb, through
Bonus Words: shamrock, rainbow

Week of February 29, 2016

       This will be a busy and exciting week.  The children will have some fun activities as they read books by Dr. Seuss.  The children will prepare for their chapel presentation that will be held at 8:00 a.m.  All parents are invited to attend.  Your child should dress as their famous African American.  They should wear this to school.  Please send a change of clothes for them to put on after chapel.
       The children will be going to the Discovery Science Museum on Friday.  Parents are welcome to go.  Parents can pay admission to the museum when they get their.  Please let your child's teacher know if you are planning on attending.
The children will be working on the following skills this week:

• They will identify, decode, and read words in content that has the sound that /ar/ stands for.
• The children will learn about irregular plural.
• The children will learn how to identify the plot of the story.
• They children will continue to retelling and rewriting a story in which they read.
• The children will learn about how Moses fed the people mana.
• The children will begin a unit of study on magnets.
• The children will graph and interpret the data from the graph.
• The children will learn to count and recognize pennies, nickels, and dimes.
• The children will write several narratives about the "Cat in the Hat".
• The children will continue to work on reading fluently and comprehension.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

cart      barn     arm     yarn     harm     four     art     mark     shark     card     smart

Bonus Words:  quarter     nickel

                                                                                             

Week of February 22, 2016
 Exodus 14:1-31  Moses and the Red Sea


This week the students will work on the following skills:

• The children will learn about the long e spelled e, y, ey
• The children will identify words with long e spelled e, y, ey in stories
• The children will continue to work on reading for fluency and comprehension.
• The children will be introduce to adverbs and use adverbs correctly in their writing
• The students will write and edit a narrative about a monuments and famous African Americans
• The children will continue to learn about famous African Americans as they prepare for their presentation in chapel.
• The children will continue to learn about American symbols
• Students will continue to work on addition and subtraction with number up to 20.
• Students will work on picture patterns and number patters
• In Bible the children will learn about Moses and the Red Sea

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

key       penny      bumpy      sandy      puppy     funny      would      wash      sunny      buggy

Bonus Word:  Monument      Eagle

FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• All students should read an AR book daily.  Your child should return their AR book each day to school,  even if they have not completed reading it.  We have D.E.A.R.  (Drop Everything and Read ) in class each day.  Your child may read their book in class during this time.
• Your child should complete and return their African American presentation to school by Monday, February 22nd.  We will begin practicing for chapel this week,
• The children will participate in chapel on March 3rd.  Parents are welcome to attend.
• Students will go on a field trip to the Discovery Science Museum on March 4th.

   

Week of February 15, 2016

 This week the children will work on the following skills.  Due to snow days we have a lot to make up.

• Students will identify, read, and write words with long /i/ spelled i, ie, y, and igh.
• Student will write stories with long /i/ words spelled i, ie, y, and igh.
• Students will continue to read stories and identify the main idea, details, purpose.
• Student will learn about cause and effect within a story.
• Students will review inflectional ending to verbs.  They will  review verbs, nouns, and .adjectives.
• Students will continue to learn about famous African American as they prepare for their presentation.  More information will come home this week about their presentation.
• Students will learn about dental health and the proper way to take care of their tenth.
• Students will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.
• Students will continue to learn  about Moses and the Red Sea.
• In math the children will review time.  They will view telling time by the hour and half hour.
• Children will  review finding the missing addend.
• Students will write narratives about presidents, and famous African Americans.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

find       night      by      sky     right      pie    tried     kind      bright      cries

Bonus Words:  Dentist      teeth

FIRST GRADE INFORMATION:

• First graders will do Chapel on March 4th.  More information will come home this week about this during the week.
• Children will go to the Discovery Science museum on March 3rd,
• Students need to read a AR book daily.  Your child should read at least 3 AR books a week.  If your child is reading a chapter book they should read at least one book a week.  Please remind your child to return their AR book to school each day.  We allow time in the class to read for fun each day.

Week of February 8-12   
We are continuing to work hard! We are almost back to our "normal" routines. We have many exciting things to look forward to in February.
This week we will be working on the following:

• In Bible we will continue the story of Moses. Our lesson this week will be Moses says"Let my people go!"-Exodus 5-12
• We will be identifying and decoding words with the long o sound spelled with /oa/, /ow/, and /oe/.
• Students will work on identifying and writing proper nouns.
• The children will be writing a narrative, "If I was President".
• We will begin a study of our country including the flag, the president, and national symbols. This will include Presidents' Day.
• Our study of the weather will continue with lessons on storms and wind.
• Our reading unit this week will include stories about animals and how they live.
• We will be working to improve fluency and comprehension in reading. Don't forget to practice daily at home!
• In Social Studies this month we will also be talking about famous African Americans. the children will create a booklet in class. Also, be looking for information about a research project coming soon.
• In Math we will review addition and subtraction facts, measurement, missing addends, and time. We will continue to work on word problems.
• We will do some Valentine's Day activities and exchange cards on Friday as part of our Fun Friday activities.
• The School Spelling Bee is scheduled for February 10th.

This week's Spelling Words:
low, boat, no, row, oat, toe, we, keep, over, more, 
Bonus Words:
president, America

Week of February 1, 2016

       Wow!  Last week was a busy week.  Hopefully, we can get back to our regular routine this week.
      This week we will work on the following skills.

• The weekly Bible Story will be "God Talks to Moses" Exodus 3:1-4:17
• Comparing and contrasting different versions of the story Cinderella.
• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with the long /e/ spelled ee, and ea
• Identifying and reading words with the prefix un, re, and pre
• We will continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency.  Please allow your child to practice reading at home daily.
• Measuring using inch and centimeters
• Continue to work on addition and subtraction word problems
• Continue to work on learning addition and subtraction facts
• Using weight scales to identify how much things weight and which weights the most
• The children will learn about Groundhog Day
• The children will learn about the rain cycle and the thermometer 
• Weekly Spelling Words:    me, keep, feed, beak,seat, other, because, we, sheep, feet         Bonus words:  thermometer-temperature  

                                                         Our First/Second Grade Program

• Classroom spelling bee with be on Tuesday
• First Grade spelling bee with be on Wednesday
• The children will go to the Children's Theater on Wednesday to see Cinderella
• This week the children can participate in the Coming Home activities.  They may wear the following things:

Monday: Teacher Day (dress like one of the teachers)

Tuesday: Crazy Socks Day

Wednesday: America Day (red, white, blue)

Thursday: Crazy Red and White

Friday: Super Bowl (favorite team jersey