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