Week of January 1, 2018

      Happy New Year to all of you.  I hope you had a great break and your child is ready to come back to school.  This will be a short week and we will review school procedures and expectations.
The children will work on the following skills this week:

• Review school expectations and procedures.
• Discuss and write New Year's Resolution for 2018
• Identify and write compound words.
• Review addition and subtraction facts
• Count and write numbers by 2's, 10's and 5's..
• Identify signs of winter.
• Write narratives about making a snowman an living in a snow-globe.
• Continue to work on reading for comprehension and reading for fluency.

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• There will not be any spelling words this week due to the short week
• We will not be a Bible test this week.
• Your child should dress warmly each day.  Remember if your child will be keeping on their sweater or jacket during the day it must be a EHCS sweater or jacket.

Week of December 11, 2017

       This will be a fun and exciting week.  The children will begin the week with a field trip to the Public Library at the Global Mall and lunch at Chuck-E-Cheese.  Parents are invited to attend.  We will leave the school around 9:30.  The children will need to wear a EZ t-shirt or a holiday shirt.  Your child will not need to bring any money.
        The children will work on the following things this week:

• Read the story "Polar Express" and do fun activities
• Continue to learn about different holidays that are celebrated at this time of year
• Complete their math and reading assessment
• Read the story of The First Christmas 
• Compare and Contrast Christmas today and the first Christmas
• Make holiday crafts

THERE WILL NOT BE A SPELLING, BIBLE, OR READING TEST THIS WEEK.

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Children will be dismiss at 11:30 Tuesday-Friday
• Monday:  Field trip to the public library and Chuck-E-Cheese
• Wednesday:  Class Breakfast (If you did not sign up for something to bring to the breakfast it would be greatly appreciated if you would donate a bag of wrapped candy to go in our class Pinata.  Each child should bring 17 items to go in their friend's Christmas stocking.  Parents are invited to come and assist with the breakfast.  Please let me know if you will be assisting with the breakfast.
• Thursday:  Christ Carols/Christmas Reading with Mr. Riley.
• Friday:  Pajama Day

         

    WISHING ALL MY CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILY A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY

Week of December 4th

           This week we will be preparing for our visit to Whitsitt Elementary.  The children will take a gift and refreshment to the students at Whitsitt.  Parents are invited to attend.  If you are planning on going please let me know.
    The children will work on the following skills:

• Identify, decode, and read words with /u/oo sound
• Review inflectional endings -ing and -ed
• Compare and contrast stories
• Work on improving handwriting by writing using good letter formation and spacing.
• Read and identify details and the main idea in the story
• Work on coding skills (STEM)
• Write a narrative about the first Christmas
• Sequence a story by writing what happened first, next, then, and finally.
• Review ABC order
• Interpret data on a graph
• Review addition/subtraction facts
• Review previous learned Bible stories    
• Continue to learn about Christmas Around the World and other holidays celebrated at this time of year.      

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

book, look, cook, took, hood, room, wood, shook, broom, stood

Bonus Words:  Jesus-Christmas

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• All library books need to be turned in by Monday, December 4th.
• Field trip to Whisitt (December 7th)  The children will leave school around 8:30
• Remind your child to bring in cans for the school can drive
• Field trip to the library and Chuck - E- Cheese    (Surprise Field Trip)  December 11th
• Christmas Breakfast ( December 13th) in our classroom beginning at 9:00.  Parents are welcome to come and help.  A menu will be sent home this week.  
• Christmas Carols/Christmas Reading in Eagle Nest Thursday, December 14th (9:00)
• Pajama Day/Movie Day  December 15th   (9:00)

Week of November 27, 2017

        This will be a very busy week as we prepare for the holidays.  The children will work on the following skills.

• Read, discuss, and do activities with this weeks Bible story "Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors".
• Compare and contrast using a Venn Diagram about Christmas now and Christmas in the past
• Identify, decode, and read words with the long /u/ and long /o/ silent e
• Continue to work on reading with good comprehension and fluency
• Continue to work on decoding multi-syllable words
• Continue to work on addition/subtraction facts
• Add numbers with 3 or more addends
• Work addition/subtraction word problems
• The children will be introduced to measurement of inches and centimenters
• Learn about holidays that are celebrated during this time of year
• Identify, read, and use adjectives in their writing.
• Write narratives about the past and present using a Venn Diagram.
• Read different versions of the Little Gingerbread man and compare and contrast 
• I will begin reading assessment on sight words, reading for fluency and comprehension.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

hope, nose, note, rope, stone, cute, cube, rose, flute, tune

Bonus Words:  Gingerbread-December

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Field trip to see our pen pals on December 7th.  Parents are invited to attend.  We will be going to Whitsitt Elementary.  The bus will leave the school the school around 8:15.  The children will have lunch at school when they return.  If your child has not brought their $3.00 to purchase a gift for their pen pal.
• December 11th field trip to the Public Library at Hickory Hollow and lunch at Chuck-E- Cheese  (This is a surprise for the children.  Therefore, help me keep it a secret)
• December 14th-Christmas Breakfast  
• Half Days for children December 12th-15th

I will begin assessment of reading and math skills this week.  If you would like to schedule a conference please let me know.  I am free to have a conference with you any day before or after school or during my planning at 9:00 each day.

       This will be an extremely busy week.  We will be working on getting ready for our Thanksgiving feast that will be held on Friday.  Parents are welcome to come.  Please let me know if you are planning on attending.  A menu will be sent out to let you know what you can send for our Thanksgiving feast.
        Below are the skills that will be taught this week:

• Identify, read, and decode words with the soft c and the soft g.
• Identify and generate rhyme
• Phonemic Segmentation
• Writing narratives about weekly Bible story and the First Thanksgiving
• Reviewing addition and subtraction
• Adding numbers with three addends
• Addition/Subtraction word problems
• Identifying the main idea and details within a story.
• Reviewing -ed and -ing endings
• Comparing and contrasting things within a story
• Continue to read and discuss the story "Mr. Popper's Penguins"
• Students will be introduce to adjectives and how to use them in a sentence.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:mic

rice, age, dance, wedge, nice, page, ledge, stage cage, mice

Bonus Words:  Thanksgiving - November

WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE:

This is the Day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.Psalm 118-24

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• Thursday:  Field trip to the Nashville Children's Theater
• Friday:       Thanksgiving Day Feast - 10:45
• December 7th:  Service Project (Taking gifts to children at Whitsitt Elementary) All children should bring to school $3.00
• December 11th:  Public Library and Chuck-E-Cheese
• December 14th:  Christmas Class Breakfast

Week of November 6, 2017

 

       This will be another short week.  The children will be doing a lot to get ready for their Thanksgiving feast and their visit to the Nashville Children's Theater.
        Below are the skills that we will be working on this week:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with long /i/ silent e words
• Sequencing stories:  Identifying and writing what happened first, next, then, and finally in a story.
• Review plurals
• Read the stories "Squanto and the Indians" and "The Big Yuca Plant". The children will retell and rewrite the stories in sequence.
• Word Problems (addition and subtractions)
• Geometry shapes
• Mixed addition and subtraction facts
• The children will continue to learn about the Indians and the Pilgrims
• Write letters to our pen-pals at Whitsitt Elementary.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  

         like, spike, ride, hide, bike, mine, shine, nine, fire, spine

         Bonus Words:  Pilgrims - Indians

      

  The children will take part in the first grade service project.  They will be writing letters to their pen pal beginning this week.  The children will be able to visit their pen-pal's at Whitsitt Elementary on December 7th at 9:00.  I am asking all of the children to donate $3.00.  This will allow the children to purchase books, crayons, and other items for their pen-pal.  Your child may bring this to school next week.  Parents are invited to go with the children to Whitsitt Elementary.  More information will be sent home later.

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• No School/ Monday, November 6th
• Yankee Candle fundraiser:  The deadline for qualifying for prizes including the chance to win a FREE 2018-19 TECH FEE(valued up to $375) is Nov 14. 2 will be awarded in each school for qualifiers and seniors are eligible for a meal coupon to Angelos. 
• Field Trip - Nashville Children's Theater - November 16th
• Service Project: Taking books and goodies to students at Whitsitt Elementary.
• Thanksgiving Feast in the Eagle's Nest - November 17th

Week of October 30, 2017

       Wow! This has been a great week.  The children really enjoyed their field trip to the fire station and the fall party.  Thanks to all the parents that joined us at the fire station and came and assisted with the party.
       This week we will begin learning about the first Thanksgiving as we prepare for our Thanksgiving dinner.  This week we will be working on the following skills.

• We will continue to work on decoding words with multi-syllables.
• The children will decode, read, and identify words with the long /a/ sound
• The children will sort words with long and short a sound.
• The children will begin a unit of study about the Pilgrims and Indians
• The children will continue to work on addition and subtraction facts
• The children will learn how to tell time on the hour and the half hour.
• This week the children will read the story "Jacob Trick Esau" Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1-41
• The children will use a Venn Digraph and compare and Contrast Esau and Jacob
• The children will continue to work on learning the books of the Old Testaments
• I will review contractions with "not"
• The children will write a narrative about things that they are thankful for.
• We will continue to work on identifying the main idea in a story, main details within the story, and retell and rewriting a story in sequence.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORKS:

      make, take, came, game, gate, late, shake, name, plane, lake,

      Bonus Words:  Thankful - turkey

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• Classroom Spelling Bee will be Mondayy
• Remember to read at least 2 AR books.  All children will need to bring their library
• Field trip to the Nashville Children's Theater - November 16th
• First Grade Thanksgiving Feast November 17th

Week of October 23, 2017                         
        This week will be another busy and fun week.  The children will go to the fire station on Friday and have a fall party when they come back.  All children will have a plastic pumpkin.  ( I have already purchased these plastic pumpkins.)  If you would allow your child to bring something to put in each of their classmates plastic pumpkin it would be appreciated.  Some examples would be a small bag of candy, pencil, toy, etc..  Our room mothers will send a list of items we will need for the party soon. The children will enjoy making crafts on Friday before the party.
  The reading, spelling, and Bible test will be given on Thursday.  
        The children will work on the following skills next week:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with /ch/, /tch/, /wh/, and /ph/
• Read words with plural es, s
• Continue to work on reading and sequencing a story.
• Continue to work on sight words and vocabulary words.
• This week's Bible story will be "Isaac Chooses Not to fight" Genesis 26:12-33
• Begin learning the Books of the Old Testament.
• The children will write several narratives about fall, fire safety, and Halloween
• The children will interpret data from a class graph
• Children continue to work on subtraction and review addition facts.
• The children will  continue to work on addition and subtraction word problems.
• This week's high frequency words are around, by, many, place, and walk.
• The children will continue to learn about fire safety.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

whip, catch, match, chin, chip, when, stitch, chop, patch, batch

Bonus Words: Halloween- scarecrow 

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• All children should remember that they should bring their library book to school each day even if they are not ready to take an AR test.
• Students should take at least 2 AR test a week.  
• We will leave to go to the fire station around 8:30 on Friday morning.
• Our party will begin Friday at 11:30.  Your child will not need to bring lunch on Friday.

Week of October 16, 2017 
     
         This will be a very busy week as we prepare to go to the pumpkin patch.  The children will begin the week by reading and discussing stories about pumpkins and how they grow.  Below are other skills that will be introduced or reviewed this week.

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with the sound /th/, /sh/, and /ng/. 
• Identify words that have closed syllables.
• Continue to work on understanding the sequence of a story.
• Continue to work on writing simple sentences using good letter formation and spacing.
• Read and discuss the Bible Story "Abraham's Servant Finds a Wife for Isaac. Genesis 24:1-67
• Continue to study about fire safety.
• The students will read the Story "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" and discuss the sequence of the story and do other fun activities with the story.
• Students will write narratives about pumpkins and autumn.
• Continue to work on reading data from a class graph.
• Continue to work on reading with fluency and understanding.
• Read work work addition and subtraction word problems.
• Subtract with number with the difference 10 or smaller.
• Add with the sum 10 or less

   WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  fish, ship, rush, thing, sang, crush, shop, mash, path, and math

    Bonus Words:  pumpkin, pulp

CLASSROOM REMINDERS

• The children will go to Walden Farms (pumpkin patch) on Wednesday, October 18th.  All parents are invited to come assist us on the field trip. The cost of the field trip will be $9.00 for adults and $7.00 for children.  If you are planning on going to the pumpkin Farm please send $9.00 to school by Monday, October 16th.  NO CHECKS PLEASE

                               ALL CHILDREN WILL NEED TO BRING A SACK LUNCH.  PLEASE                                     DO NOT SEND A LUNCH BOX.  YOUR CHILD WILL NEED TO BRING                                 A DRINK.  I will have a cooler for the children to put their lunch and drinks                                 in.

                               

                              Please remind your child to read their AR book.  Your child should bring their AR                                book to school each time. 

•  It is important that your child continue to work on sight words and math facts regularly at home.          

               

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE: So Abram left, as the Lord had told him.  Genesis 12:4

Week of October 9, 2017                 
             This will be a fun week as the children learn about fire safety.  This week the children will be introduce to new skills.  It is important that your child continue to review sight words and math facts at home as much as possible.
Below are some skills that will be introduced and reviewed this week.

•   Read, decode, and identify words in text with ending blend /nd/, /st/, /nk/ and /mp/                  Phonemic awareness drills
• Review sight words and new vocabulary words.
• phoneme categorization

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with ending sounds, /nd/, /st/, /nk/, and /mp/
• Read and rewrite stories in sequence
• Identify the main idea and details within the story.
• Subtract number facts with differences ten or less
• Work addition and subtraction word problems.
• Identify telling and asking questions
• Put words in ABC order
• Identify and read contractions
• Read and identify words with inflectional ending -ing and -ed
• Learn about fire safety
• Begin reviewing the books of the Bible
• Read and learn about the Bible story "Isaac is Born" Genesis 15:1-6; 17:1-8;18:1-15:21:1-7

 WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  lend, fast, sink, past, send, wink, blink, drink, best. list

  WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• Family Chapel - 10/12
• Report Cards -   10/13
• Field Trip- Walden Pumpkin Patch 10/18
• Field Trip - Fire Department            10/27
• Fall Party -                                        10/27
• Review sight words and math facts
• Parents review all work that comes home and sign binders daily,

Week of September 25, 2017    

         The children truly enjoyed learning about Johnny Appleseed.  They loved tasting all the foods that are made of apples.  Thanks to all the parents that sent items in or came to assist serving the children.
        This week the children will learn about the changes that happen in the fall.  They will  be working on the following skills before fall break.

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words in text with short /u/
• Reviewing and sorting all short vowels
• Identifying and reading contraction words
• Identifying and generate rhymes
• Continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency
• Continue to work on vocabulary and sight words
• Introduce to subtraction
• Continue to work on word problems and interpreting data on a graph
• Read and discuss Abram travels to a new home. (Genesis 12:1-9)
• Discuss and identify the changes of fall
• Writing a narrative about autumn
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WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

run, nut, fun, rug, jump, lump, duck, crumb, hump, bug    

Bonus Words - Autumn-leaves

Weekly Reminders:

• Fall Break -10/2-10/6                                  
• Family Chapel 10/12
• Report Card first quarter 10/13
• Continue to remind your child to read their AR book daily and return it back to school daily.

Week of September 18, 2017

 

  I am looking forward to meeting with all my parents this week for Parent-Teacher's Conference.  If you have not scheduled an appointment please do it as soon as possible.  

   This will be a fun week as the children learn about Johnny Appleseed.  We will have a apple tasting party on Friday.  It would be helpful if all children would donate something made of apple for the children to taste.  Some examples are listed below.

(apple butter, apple cookies, apple chips, apple bread, apple juice, apple pie, apple candy, apple jelly, applesauce, apple cider, apple fritters, etc)  Feel free to send in something else that my not be on the list.

  Below are some of the skills the children will be learning this week.  

• Identifying, decoding, and read words with short /e/,
• Identifying and read words with the inflectional -ed
• Retelling and rewrite stories in sequence.
• Write using good letter formation and spacing.
• Practice phonemic Awareness isolation
• Have a better understanding of adding doubles 
• Interpret data on a graph
• Work addition word problems
• Continue to work on sight words and vocabulary words
• Read about Johnny Appleseed and do other activities about Johnny Appleseed
•  Identify the main idea and details within the story.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  leg, head, bread, beg, step, smell, men, hen, ten, rest

Bonus Words:  Appleseed - Planted

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Parent Teacher's Conference 9-19
• Class Pictures 9-19
• Apple Tasting Fun Friday

Week of September 11, 2017

     


      The children and I would like to thank all that came to Grandparent's Day.  The children enjoyed having their grandparents spend time with them at school.  I want to let you know that grandparents are always welcome in our class.
         This week will be another very busy week as we review previous skills and introduce new skills.  Below are the skills that we will be learning this week.

• Identify, decode, and read words with the /Rr/and /Ss/  blends
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic categorization
• Read words and identify words that are possessive
• Continue to learn new vocabulary and review sight word
• Continue to add using different strategies. ( using touch point, adding on, and using the number line.
• Interpret data on a class graph 
• Work addition word problem and show how they got the answer
• Work in small groups to create a chain. (Stem Lab)
• Continue to read and identify the 7 continents and 4 oceans
• Continue to write using good letter formations and spacing.
• Continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency.

Weekly Spelling Words:

• spill, drop, spin, drip, grab, grass, frog, stick, snap, stand
• Bonus Words:  football -game

Classroom Reminders:

This week will be Spirit Week. 

• Monday: Jersey Day/Favorite Team
• Tuesday: Jeans and Ezell-Harding T-Shirt
• Wednesday:  Camouflage Day
• Thursday;  Jeans and Ezell-Harding T-shirt
• Friday:  Crazy Read and White

Remind your child to read and return their AR book daily.

Continue to review your child's work daily and sigh your child's binder

Week of September 4, 2017

     

   This will be a busy and short week.  We only have two instructional days.  Therefore, we will not have any spelling words or Bible story this week.  We will not have weekly test on Friday.  Below are some of the skills that we will be doing this week:

• Review identifying the main details, setting, and characters within a story.
• Write narratives about grandparents
• Decode and identify words with short vowels.
• Add using a number line
• Add by counting on
• Continue to work on for fluency and understanding
• Continue to work on learning sight words
• Retell and sequence stories
• Continue a unit of study on map skills

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• There will not be school on Monday and Tuesday
• There will not be a spelling words or Bible story this week
• Grandparent's Day will be Friday 8th
• Remind your child to read their AR book at home daily
• Remember to sign your child's binder daily

First Grade

Week of August 28, 2017   

       This week will be another busy week as we begin preparing for grandparent's day.  There will be several new skills introduce for the first time this week in reading and math.  Therefore, it is important that you review your child's work daily at home.

Below are some of the skills that the children will be working on this week.

• Reviewing sight words
• Identifying and decoding words with the short /o/ sound
• Continue to work on phonological rhyming
• Continue to work on phonemic deletion
• Identify the characters, setting, and main details within a story.
• Read and discuss the story of Cain and Abel
• Identify and locate the seven continents on a map
• Add numbers using with sums of 10 or less using a numberline
• Solve addition word problems with illustrations
• Put words in ABC order by first letter
• Write a narrative about their grandparents

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

 hop, hot, top, lot, sock, log, hog, clock, cost, dot

Bonus Words:  friend - family

• If you are interested in donating a snack for Grandparent's Day please let me know.  Items needed are:  muffins, doughnuts, fruit bowls,/fruit trays, or orange juice.  
• Grandparent's Day September 8th
• Parent/Teacher's Conference 9/19  3:00-7:00
• Continue to review sight words at home regularly
• Continue to read with your child daily at home

     

Weekly Blog

Week of August 21, 2017

          This will be an exciting week as the children view a total solar eclipse.  Hopefully this will be a day your child will remember for the rest of their lives.  Parents please read the e-mail carefully that Mr. Riley sent you about the activities for the day of August 21st.  The children will be engage in many exciting activities and have a very special lunch.  

       HoThis week the children will also work on the following skills.

• Children will decode, and read words with the /Ll/ blends in sentences and stories
• Identify characters, setting, and details within the story
• Identify and write statements
• Write using good letter formation and spacing
• Identify nouns as a person, place, or thing
• Identify plural nouns
• Add using touch points with sums 10 or less
• Read, write, and identify numbers 0-50
• Interpret data on a graph
• Solve a word problem
• Read and identify main details in the story Adam and Eve
• Begin a unit of study on map skills
• Continue to review sight words, work on identifying details within a story, and read for fluency 

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  

clip, black, flip, plan, slip, flag, clap,slim, blimp, clam

Bonus Words:  North      South

AR

The children are getting use to taking AR test.  Remind your child to bring their book to school each day.  Thanks to the parents that are assisting with helping the children log in to AR. 

CLASSROOM REMINDERS: 

• Review all work your child brings home daily.
• Sign your child's folder each day
• Remind your child to read their AR book daily at home.  
• Study sight words as much as possible at home.
• Open House is Tuesday, August 22nd. 5:00-7:00  

Week of August 14, 2017      

       Wow! This is going to be a great week as we prepare for the Total Eclipse.  We will be doing several experiments and other fun activities as we learn about the eclipse.  You will receive more information later about things that will be happening on campus as we prepare for the this great event.

Below are what we will be learning this week in class:

• Identifying the sound of short /i/ and decode words with short /i/ sound
• Identify the characters and setting within a story
• Identify main details within a story
• The children will begin addition using pictures and adding using touch points
• We will continue to work with learning sight words and reading fluently
• The children will begin going to small guided reading groups.
• Continue to work on class rules and procedures.
• The children will continue to learn about the creation.  We will have our first Bible test on Friday.
• The children will interpret information on a graph.
• The children will continue to write using good letter formation and spacing
• The children will writing simple sentences.

AR

Your child will be bringing an AR book (Library Book) home daily to read.  Please listen to your child read the book.  Make sure your child can retell main ideas about the story and know the vocabulary in the story.  Your child will take an AR test on the computer the next day.  All children will need to read at least 3 books a week.  I will help your child log in to AR until they get familiar with taking AR test.  

WEEKLY SPELLING TEST

pin, miss, win, kiss, hit, pig, sit, wig, lid, big         BONUS WORDS: sun /moon

CLASS REMINDERS

• Remember to sign your child's folder daily
• Sign up on REMIND (If you are having difficulty please see me)

August 7, 2017
   
     The children have enjoyed the first two days back to school.  They all appear to be adjusting well in first grade.  I look forward to working with your child as well as you this year.  Please remember to keep in contact with me.  You may contact me through e-mail or text.
       I will begin assessing the children on Monday.  I will assess the children on sight words, reading for fluency and understanding, and decoding skills.
       Your child will bring home their binder this week.  Please review all work your child brings home and allow your child to make corrections. It is very important that you sign your child's binder daily.   All binders will have sight words in them.  It is strongly suggested that your child start learning these sight words at home.  We will be working on learning these words at school as well.  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD RETURNS THEIR SIGHT WORDS TO SCHOOL IN THEIR BINDER EACH DAY.
        This week the children will be reviewing and working on the following skills:

• The Bible:  They will learn what the Bible is made up of.  They will learn how many books are in the New Testament and Old Testament.  
• The children will begin learning about the Creations.
• Identifying the difference between vowels and consonants
• Decode and read words with short /a/
• Read for fluency and understanding
• Identifying picture clues when reading
• Identifying sets and number up to 10
• Identify and write numbers 0-10 with touch points
• Work on handwriting using good spacing and formation.
• Write simple stories using a class bubble map.
• Learn about the sun and stars in the universe.
• The children will continue to learn class and school expectation and procedures.

HOMEWORK:

• Monday:   Handwriting worksheet:  Practice writing, name, straight lines, and circle
• Tuesday:   Read words and sentences with short /a/
• Wednesday:  Read for fun
• Thursday:  Math worksheet (touch points)

CLASS REMINDERS:

• Don't forget to sign up on REMIND on your cell  phone.  Please select the 2017-2018 school year to receive messages from me
• Your child needs earphones.  Make sure you put your child's name of the earphones.
• Sign your child's binder daily.  
• Put your child's lunch money in a envelop with your child's name on it.

VOLUNTEER:

• If you would like to volunteer in the classroom please contact me.

Week of July 31, 2017

         Welcome to first grade.  I will be posting a weekly blog each week to allow you to know what will be happening in our class,  It will contain what skills I will be covering in each subject,  reminders of upcoming field-trips, homework assignments, and skills that I feel that the children should review at home.

       This week the children will work on getting organized and start learning first grade procedures and expectations.  I will began assessing each child next week on reading skills.  It would be helpful if your child would review their sight words at home regularly.

       I'm looking forward to working with each of you.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Week of May 8-12

Can you believe our last full week of first grade is here already?! We have only five full days and four half days left until our summer break! It is such a fun and busy time as we try to wrap up first grade.

This week we will be working on the following:

• Reading for comprehension and fluency
• Identifying and decoding words with -air, ear, and are
• Reviewing previously learned Math skills
• Addition with regrouping
• Butterflies and pollination
• End of the year memory books
• Summer words

This week's Spelling Words: summer, vacation, travel, beach, camp, hike, sunshine, cookout, sunscreen, swimming

If your child did not return his/her Library book on Friday, they are due ASAP! The Library has closed for the school year.

Calendar:

May 10  PARK DAY- Lee Victory Park in Smyrna

May 15-18 half days/dismissal at 11 am

May 17- Elementary Awards Day- 8:15 am in the MS Gym

May 18- Last Day Of School Party

May 1, 2017  

       We can't believe that the school year is coming to an end.  We still have skills and testing that we would like to do before the end of the year.  It is strongly suggested that you talk to your child to stay focus and do their best each day.

        This week we will be working on the following skills:

• Identifying the plot within a story.
• Decode and read words with three blends:  /spl/, /spr/, /three/ and /scr/
• Decode multi syllable words.
• Continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency
• Read words and use words with inflectional ending in their writing
• Continue to learn about the Solar System and space
• Begin a  unit of study on butterflies
• Review Subtraction/Addition
• Identifying shapes

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

split        splash       scratch       spray      strike       scrape      scrub   strap     three    spring

Bonus Words:     butterfly       caterpillar 

CLASS NEWS:

• The children will be given their end of the year reading assessment 
• The children will go to the Children's Theater on Thursday
• Your child may bring a water bottle to school on hot day.  PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD'S NAME OF THE BOTTLE.

 

April 24, 2017    
  Hooray!  The achievement test is over.  The children did well on their test.  The test results should be in hopefully before school is out.
      This week we will get back to our regular schedule.  The children will work on the following skills.

• Identify words with silent letters /wr/, /kn/, and /g
• Identify and understand multiple meaning words
• Phonemic Awareness Phoneme Substitute
• Read for fluency and comprehension
• Continue unit study of the Solar System
• Identify how to reuse, recycle, and renew items
• Add two digit numbers with regrouping
• Read and discuss tall tales identifying the main idea and details within the story

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:
SPELLING TEST WILL BE ON THURSDAY DUE TO FIELD DAY ON FRIDAY.

gnat        write        gnu      wrong       know      knot       knife       wrote       knew      knock

Bonus Words:  Earth       Recycle

Reminder:  Field Day will be Friday.  Parents are invited to attend.  More information will be sent home at a latter date.

Week of April 17, 2017

The children will begin taking the yearly achievement test on Tuesday.  Talk to your child about listening and following directions.  The children have all been reviewed of specific skills and will do great!
It is important that your child do the following each day before coming to school.

• Arrive to school on time.  NO CHILD WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE CLASSROOM ONCE THE TEST HAS BEGAN.
• Eat a good breakfast.
• Get a good night sleep.

This week the school will not have spelling words or homework.  It would be great if your child will review sight words, math facts, and read for fun.  

Ready to run! - Spring Sprint 2017

We had a great time at Spring Sprint today. The children did a wonderful job in our Grandparents Day program this morning. We have been working hard all week for this special day.It was great to see so many parents and grandparents on our campus!

Spring is such a busy time for us here at EHCS.

Week of April 10-14

Students will be working on the following:

• Identifying and decoding words with the variant vowel sound oo, ui, ew
• Reading for fluency and comprehension
• Reviewing story elements
• Continuing to read and take tests on AR books
• Writing narratives
• Learning more about space, planets, stars, etc.
• Reviewing basic addition and subtraction 
• Reviewing and correctly using parts of speech
• Practicing Math concepts
• Reading and retelling the Story of the Crucifixion
• Practicing previously learned reading and math in preparation for testing

This week's Spelling words: moon, tune, flew, blue, fruit, soup, room, soon, drew, cool, 

Bonus Words: Easter, satellite

Next Friday is Good Friday. There will be no school on April 14th and April 17th.

Don't forget to bring in your Easter eggs and goodies on Thursday, April 13th.

Spelling and Reading Tests will be on Thursday!

Achievement tests will be April 18th-21st.

Be sure your child has a good night's rest and a good breakfast every day. Be on time for school and ready to get to work. No child will be admitted into the classroom after testing begins. Tests begin at 8:00. There will be no homework during achievement testing. 

Week of April 3, 2017

Week of April 3, 2017

   This will be a fun and short week as we prepare for Spring Sprint and Grandparent's Day.  The children will work on the following skills this week:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with /oi/ and /oy/.
• Identifying and reading words with inflectional endings -ed and -ing
• Decode words with multi syllables
• Continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding
• Review long and short vowel sounds
• Write narratives about grandparents
• Identify the 9 planets and the constellations
• Identify even and odd numbers
• Reviewing addition facts, money, subtraction,  addition of ,addends, and word problems

Weekly Spelling Words:
WEEKLY SPELLING TEST WILL BE ON THURSDAY

 spoil, coin, join, boil, soil, joy, toy, boy, oyster, enjoy

Bonus Words:  Family    Grandparents

Weekly Notes:

• Sprint Sprint                           4-7
• Good Friday No School         4-14
• No School                               4-17
• Achievement Test                   4-18 thru 4-21
• Field Day                                4-28
• Family Chapel                         4-27

Week of March 27, 2017

      The next few weeks will be very busy.  We will be practicing for Grandparent's Day and reviewing and learning new skills as we prepare for the yearly achievement test. This week we will be working on the following skills:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with /ou/ and /ow/
• Reviewing long and short vowels
• Decoding and reading multi-syllable words
• Continue to review and learn new vocabulary words
• Write narratives about the moon and the sun
• Retell and rewrite stories in sequence. 
• Continue to work on reading for fluency and comprehension
• Identifying and making a whole, 1/2,  1/3, and 1/4
• Identify even and odd numbers
• Continue to work on addition and subtraction facts
• Continue to work on addition/subtraction word problems
• Identify the sun and its function in the solar system.
• Identify what the duties of an astronaut
• Identify the moon and the moon phases.

Weekly Spelling Words:

cow, town, mouse, tow, how,out, mouth, now, shout, couch

Bonus Words:  Solar System

Dates to Remember:

•  April 7th         Grandparent's Day/Spring Sprint
•  April 14th       Good Friday /School Holiday
• April 17th        No/School
• April 18-21      Elementary School Achievement Test

Week of March 20-24

We have gotten back into the swing of things in our classrooms. Our first week of the 4th term has started off well. The children have enjoyed sharing their adventures of Spring Break and having some St.Patrick's Day fun.

This week we will cover the following:

• nonfiction biographical stories of great inventors
• reading for comprehension and fluency
• ask and answer and sequence reading strategies
• prefixes 
• abbreviations
• writing with adjectives that describe
• identifying and decoding words with or, ore, and oar
• basic addition and subtraction
• solving addition and subtraction word problems
• counting sets of mixed coins to $1
• weather
• signs of spring

This week's Spelling Words: born, corn, core, more, roar, soar, torn, worn, store, short

Bonus words: forecast, quarter

Bible and Spelling tests will be given on Thursday this week due to our field trip on Friday!

On Wednesday (3/22) we will have a special visit from meteorologist Lisa Spencer of Channel 4 News. 

On Friday (3/24) we have our field trip to the Discovery Center in Murfreesboro. Parents are welcome to join us there. You will pay admission at the center. We will leave school promptly at 8:15 am and should return around 1:30 pm. Students need to wear an ezell tshirt, jeans, tennis shoes and appropriate outer wear(if needed). All students must bring a sack lunch. We will be eating at picnic tables at the Discovery Center. Please send utensils and napkins with your child's lunch. Disposable bags please-no lunch boxes.

Spring Spring will be on April, 7th. Please be looking for information about this fun event/fundraiser.

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Week of 3-13-17 

          Hope everyone had a fun and safe break. This will be a busy week as the children learn and review the following skills.

• Identify, decode, and read words with /ir/, /er/, /ur/
• Read stories with words with /ir/, /er/, /ur/ :  
• Student will write several narratives about weather and Saint Patrick's Day
• Continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency.
• Students will identify words with the inflectional ending-er
• Phonological awareness generate rhymes
• Identify coins and count money up to $1.00
• Continue review addition and subtraction facts
• Continue to work addition/subtraction/ word problems
• Continue to learn about lapse time when working word problems
• Identify diffference storms and how to be safe in storms
• Identify the Ten Commandments
• Read stories and do fun activities  about St. Patrick's Day

                                    Weekly Spelling Words

germ      her      dirt      bird     fur     shirt     fern     first     turn     church

Bonus Words:  Tornado     Hurricane

                                       Weekly News

• Cookie dough pick up on Tuesday, March 14th
• All Students should wear green on March 17th for Saint Patrick's Day.
• All students should bring something green to eat on March 17th.  The children will have Tasting of the Green.

Week of February 27, 2017
        The children have been very busy preparing for their African American presentation that will be held this Friday at 8:15 in the Eagle's Nest.
        This week the children will enjoy having guest coming in their class to read stories to them.
        They will be working on the following skills this week:

• Identifying words and decode words with /ar/ sounds. 
• Students will read sentences and stories with /ar/ words in them.
• Students will read stories about Frog and Toad
• Students will have phonemic drills on reversal and deletion of sounds within a word
• Read stories from the author Dr. Seuss 
• Continue to learn how to tell time by the hour and half hour
• Students will be introduce to fractions:  whole, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4
• Continue to review addition and subtraction facts
• Word problems on lapse time, addition and subtraction
• Continue to work on reading for fluency when reading, comprehension skills, retelling and rewriting stories that they read
• Students will be introduce to irregular plurals

Weekly Spelling :  cart, barn, arm, art, yarn, harm, four, star, barn, farm  (Bonus Words:  African Americans

                                                            .CLASSROOM NOTES:

• All children will participate in the first grade African American Presentation.  Children should come to school dressed as their famous African American.  Your child should bring clothes to change in after the presentation.  The presentation will be at 8;15 in the Eagle's Nest
• Your child should read books  at home and record on their reading log in their binder.  (This log  sent home on Friday)
• There will not be a Catapult summer program this summer. 
• This is Read Across American Week.  Your child may wear the following attire:

Monday:  Pajamas or comfy clothes (no leggings please)

Tuesday:  Green Eggs and Ham Day - Wear green

Wednesday:  Wacky Wednesday -Wear clothes backward, inside out, or mismatched.

Thursday:  Cat In the Hat Day (Wear favorite hat)

Friday:  Fox in Socks Day (Wear silly or mismatched socks)

                   If your chooses not to participate they must wear uniform.

Week of February 20-24
We have been working hard and enjoying this spring-like February weather. The children continue to learn lots about the weather, famous African-Americans, and George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Don't forget that Monday is President's Day and a school holiday! Enjoy your day off!

This week we will be covering the following:

• Review of long and short vowel sounds
• Identifying a decoding a variety of words and sounds
• Spelling the names of the months of the year
• Reading assessments
• Reading for comprehension and fluency
• Writing a short biography
• Famous African-Americans
• Weather
• Dental Health
• Weights and measurement
• Addition and subtraction
• Telling time
• Bible story: Moses Leads the People Through the Red Sea

This week's Spelling words: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Memory Verse: Exodus 14:31 "The people feared the Lord and put their trust in Him."

Complete your re-enrollment for next year now! We want to see you next year!!

Remember our cookie dough fundraiser! Everyone loves cookies and we can help out our school.

Monday, February 20   No School

Thursday, February 23  Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6 pm

February 27-March 3   Read America Week

March 3  Famous African-American Program

Week of February 13-17

It has been another busy week in first grade. We are continuing to learn about long vowel sounds, Famous African-Americans, dental health, and weather, just to name a few things. 
On Valentine's Day we will share cards and fun with our classmates.

Here is some of what we will be covering in the upcoming week:

• Reading nonfiction texts
• Comprehension and fluency
• Strategies: visualizing, sequence, and identifying main ideas and details
• Identifying compound words and root words
• Recognizing and using adverbs telling when
• Writing using descriptive words
• Weather and the water cycle
• Identifying and decoding words with the long e sound spelled with e, y, and ey
• Measurement and Weight
• Continuing to practice basic addition and subtraction facts and 2 digit addition and subtraction
• Famous African-Americans
• Dental Health
•  Bible Story: Moses Leads the Children of Israel Out of Egypt

This week's Spelling words: key, bumpy, puppy, funny, penny, sandy, money, sunny, rainy, windy

Bonus words: precipitation, evaporation

Memory Verse: Exodus 13:18 "God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea."

Remember our Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser. Everyone loves cookies and it helps our school!

Sign up sheets for Parent Conferences have been sent home in your child's white binder. Conferences will be on February 23rd from 3-6 pm. Don't forget to send in your sheet to sign up for a time. We look forward to discussing your child's progress with you.

Be looking for information coming home about our Famous African-American reports and presentations. This is a fun project!

Weather

Weather

     The children enjoyed a great week as they prepared for the Superbowl.  The children continue to work hard as they learn and review many reading and math skills. It is strongly encourage that your child read an AR book daily at home. They will be using AR in the classroom. Your child will be assigned  stories to read and take a quiz on in class.

• Identify, sort, read words with /i/, /y/, /igh/
• Learn their address and how to write their address correctly.  (This will be part of their spelling test on Friday
• Continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.
• Retell and rewrite a story in sequence
• Identify the cause and effect
• Use the verbs see/saw correctly
• Add and subtract two digit numbers.  IT IMPORTANT THAT YOUR CHILD WORK ON THEIR AND SUBTRACTION FACTS AT HOME.
• Add three or more numbers
• In Bible they will continue to learn about the Ten Plagues
• Learn about the rain cycle
• Continue to learn about famous African Americans

Weekly Spelling Words:  find, night, right, fried, by   bonus word:  meteorologist  - address

Your child will write their address as part of their spelling test on Friday.  They will need to know how to write:  entire name, street name and address, city, state, and zip.  ( They may use not any abbreviations)