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.