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!