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)