Week of March 26, 2018



        This week we will begin the week out by learning about the Easter Story.  The children will participate in  several activities about this story.  They will have a celebration on Thursday.  I am asking each parent to allow your child to bring 18 plastic eggs fills with goodies     . ( Remember do not put anything in the egg that has nuts.)  Mrs. Anderson will contact you this weekend about what else your child will need to bring on Thursday for our class celebration.
        On last Wednesday, The Castle Quest- kicked off  Ezell-Harding's annual Spring Sprint.  Please read the information carefully that was sent home and register your child as soon as possible.  More information will be sent home  this week about Castle Quest.  Feel free to come by our classroom and see our castle.  If you are having difficulty with registering please contact me for assistance.
         This week I will be working on the following skills:

• The children will read, discuss, rewrite, and do crafts about the weekly Bible story. "The First Easter"
• I will introduce the sound that /oy/ and /oi/ stands for.  The children will identify, decode, write, and identify words in text with /oy/ and /oi/.
• Identify and read high frequency words:  above, build, fall, knew, money, toward, balance, and section
• The children will continue to identify and count coins. (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars.
• The children will continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency. 
• The children will continue to identify the main idea and key details within a text.
• Our class will plant a garden this week.  
• Phonemic Awareness Phoneme blending of final stable syllables
• The children will continue to work on addition/subtraction facts and adding/subtracting two digit numbers
• The children will begin a study of plants

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

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

Bonus Words:  crucifixion - Jesus

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE:

"God raised him on the third day and made him appear."A
Acts 10:40

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• Reading, Spelling, and Bible Test will be given on Thursday.
• School Holiday No School 3-30
• Easter Celebration (In our Classroom) 3-30
• Spring Sprint and Family Picnic 4-6
• First Grade Achievement test April 17th-20th

Week of March 19, 2018
          Hopefully, we will have better weather and begin learning about spring.  The next couple of week will be very busy.  I will be introducing and reviewing several new skills. The children will be reviewing for the annual achievement test.  Please talk with your child about listening closely and following directions.
         Mrs. Sutton, our classroom educational assistance will be working in our class for two days each week.  She will be working with the children with decoding skills, reading comprehension skills, and math skills.
         I will be introducing and reviewing the following skills:

• Reviewing Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Substitution
• Introducing inflectional endings -er and -est
• Introducing and discussing about signs of spring.
• Reviewing addition/subtraction facts
• The children will continue to write narrative and work on editing skills
• Introducing counting money. (pennies, nickels, quarters, and half dollars)
• Introducing high frequency words. 9 color, early, instead, nothing, oh, though)
• The children will read and discuss the Bible story "God Gives Manna to Eat'  Exodus 16:1-36
• Introduce homonyms
• Work on test taking skills

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:
cow, town, mouse, how, out, mouth, house, flower, shout, brown
Bonus Words:  Springtime - garden

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE:
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Psalm 150:6


CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Please make sure your child read each day at home.  Your child should bring their library book to school each day.  Your child should read at least one AR book each week or 3 smaller books
• Moms in prayer 3-27-18   8:00 A.M.
• Spring Sprint and Family Picnic 4-6-18
• Spring Pictures 4-3-18
• Achievement Test - April 17th-20th
• Field Day - April 27th

    

Week of March 12, 2018
     
        The children did an awesome job on Friday, March 2nd at the African American Presentation.  I would like to thank all the parents that helped with the costumes and helped dress the children.  I would like to give a special thanks to Mr. Krause for taking a video of the presentation.  I will forward you this video when I receive it.
        This week I will be working on the following skills:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with or, ore, oar
• Read stories with or, ore, oar words (The story of a Robot and Thomas Edison
• Introducing and using abbreviations in writing
• Learn about inventions by Thomas Edition and other inventors
• Writing an about an invention that they would like to invent
• Writing an narrative about "What they would do if a leprechaun came to visit them.
• Introduce fractions, whole, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4
• Continue to work on addition/subtraction facts
• Interpreting data from a graph
• Addition/Subtraction two digit numbers
• Read and learn about the country of Ireland and the holiday Saint Patrick
• The children will read about the Moses and the Red Sea 

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart.  Proverbs 3:5

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

born, corn, core, more, roar, soar, oar, torch, horn, more

Bonus Words:  Leprechaun  and   Ireland

CLASSROOM INFORMATION:

• The children will have a "TASTING OF THE GREEN ON FRIDAY" To celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.  I would like for all children to bring in something  for our snack that is green.  Some examples are:  green apple slices, pickles, celery, olives, green cookies, green grapes, green chips, or green cookies.  These are just some examples.  
• The children should wear green on Friday.

Week of February 26, 2018

       This week the children will be working on their African American presentation.  The presentation will be Friday, March 2nd in the Eagle's Nest at 8:30.  The children should come to school dressed in what they will be wearing in the program.  Allow your child to bring a change of clothes to put on after the program.
Parents and friends are invited.

       This week the child will be working on the following skills.

• Identifying and generating rhyme
• Identifying, decoding, and reading words in text with ir, ur, er
• The children will have a unit of study about Dr. Seuss 
• Write a narrative about "Living with Dr. Seuss"
• Continue to work on addition and subtraction facts
• Continue to learn about famous African Americans
• Identify and interpret data on a graph
• Continue to work on addition/subtraction word problems

Weekly Spelling words:

her, dirt, bird, girl, fir, fern, hurt, burn, turn, stir

Bonus Word:  History -  African 

Weekly Reminders:

• The African American Presentation will be on Friday, March 2nd at 8:30.
• Spring Bring will be March 5th - 9th
• This week the children will enjoy "Read Across America"

          Monday -  "Sleep Book" and wear pajamas or 

                            comfy clothes, NO LEGGINGS

           Tuesday - "Green Eggs and Ham" Wear the color green.

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

           Thursday - "The Cat in the Hat"  Wear your favorite hat.

           Friday - Fox in Socks"  Wear silly or mismatched socks

• Continue to study addition/subtraction facts
• HAVE A FUN AND SAFE SPRING BREAK.

Week of February 19, 2018

         This will be a very busy week since we will only have 4 days.  The children will be out of school on Monday, February 19th for President's day.  Our class is  busy getting ready for our African American presentation.  It will be held on March 2nd at 8:30 a.m.. More information will be sent home this week about the African American presentation. 
          Below are the skills that we will be working on in class:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with /ar/.
• Categorization Phoneme
• Decoding and reading words in content with multi-syllables
• Identifying the plot within a story
• Identify, read, write, and use irregular plurals
• Identify the correct way to use commas in a sentence.
• Read several stories  for fluency and understanding.  "A Barn Full of Hat" and "A Lost Button"
• Bible story "Moses"  
• Problem Solving using three dimensional geometry
• Number sense
• Continue to work on addition/subtraction of two digit numbers
• Addition/Subtraction word problem
• The life of George Washington
• Continue to learn about famous African Americans
• Continue to learn a

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

• cart, yarn, barn, harm, farm, army, art, smart, mark, start
• Bonus Words:  United States   Country

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• No School (Monday, February 19th)
• Fun Friday Activity (Olympic Time at Ezell)
• African American presentation March 2nd 
• Students may wear jeans and school t-shirt this week.

Week of 2-12-2018                                 

         The children are looking forward to their Valentine's Day party.  The party will be Wednesday, February 14th at 12:30 P.M.  Your child should make a Valentine card for each of their classmates.  It would be great, if you would allow your child to bring a treat to go in each of their classmates Valentine's bag.  Parents are welcome to come and assist with serving the children on Wednesday.

       The children will work on the following skills this week:

• Identify, decode, and read words with long e spelled y, and ey
• Reviewing compound words
• Categorization
• Identifying and reading high frequency and reading selection vocabulary:  found, hard, near, woman, would, write, clever, signal
• The children will continue to work on reading for fluency and comprehension
• Retell and rewrite a story in sequence
• Write a letter using the 5 parts of a letter  (Writing letters to the Pen-Pals)
• Continue to learn about famous African Americans
• Continue to learn about weather
• Comparing numbers <,>, and =
• Review addition and subtraction facts
• Interpret data on a graph
•  Work on addition/subtraction of two digit numbers
• Addition/Subtraction word problem

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE:

We love because he first loved us.  I John 4:19

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

key      bumpy     puppy     funny     honey     penny      candy     chimney     money      hockey

Bonus Words:  Valentine      friendship

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• Valentine's Day Party:   Wednesday, February 14th at 12:30
• All children need to continue to review addition/subtraction facts daily at home
• Donuts with Day:  Feb. 15th at 7:15-7:45
• Muffins with Mom:  Feb 16th at 7:15-7:45
• Conference notes will be coming out this week.  

Week of February 5, 2018

        The child really enjoyed celebrating the 100 Days of School.  There was a lot of learning that took place while they had a great time. This week we will continue working of the following skills.

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with long i, /y/,/igh/, and /ie/.
• Begin a study of learning about famous African Americans.
• Write narratives about famous African American, weather, and the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• The children will learn about famous United State symbols.
• The children will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.  They will be reading the following stories: "Creep Low, Fly High", "Meet the Insect", and Hi, Fly, Guy"
• Review cause and effects within a story.
• The children will be introduced to the following sight words:  caught, flew, know, laugh, listen were, beautiful, and fancy.
• The children will add and subtract two digit numbers and work word problems
• The children will continue to work on adding numbers with sums of 20 or less
• Read and interpret data on a graph
• Continue to work on place value
• The children will begin assessment of sight words, reading for fluency and comprehension, and math skills.
• Weekly Bible story will be about Baby Moses.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

find, night, by, right, pie, kind, fight, bright, tried sky

Bonus Words:  America   Olympics

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• The children will go on a field trip to see a play about Charlie Brown on Tuesday, February 6th.  Your child will need to bring a lunch to school.  PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD'S LUNCH IN A BAG WITH THEIR NAME ON IT.  We will have drinks for all children.
• Donuts with Dad-February 15th
• Muffins with Moms-February 16th
• Please review your child's work that they bring home daily and sign your child's folder.
• Continue to review math facts and sight words at home.
• February 19th Teacher In-Service (No School for Students)