Week of September 10, 2018

         This week the children will be preparing for Grandparent's Day.  Grandparent's Day will be Friday, September 14th.  All grandparents, parents, aunts, and other special friends are invited.  Your child may leave school after the program with their grandparents.  However, you must complete the form that was sent home last Thursday.  If your child will be staying at school for the remaining of the day please send me the form back letting me know this.  Your child will be doing activities in extended day.  If your child will be staying in extended day they will need to bring a lunch. 

Parent/Teacher's Conference will be September 18th from 3:00-7:00.  I would like to have a conference with all parents.  I will  also be able to have a conference with you any morning before school, during my planning at 9:30,  or after school.  Please complete the Parent/Teacher's form that your child brings home on Monday.

        This week the children will be working on the following skills:

• Reviewing short vowel sounds
• Identifying nouns and possessive nouns
• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with r blends
• Reviewing sight words
• Weekly Bible Story "Noah's Ark"
• Weekly Memory Verse: Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him.
• Addition by adding on (Students will use unifix cubes to practice adding on)
• Solve and illustrate addition problems
• Write a narrative about grandparents using a class bubble map.
• Continue to practice writing letters, words, and sentences using good letter formation and spacing.
• Identify details, setting, and characters within a text
• Practice reading for fluency and comprehension.
• Use pictures and diagrams to understand text that they read.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS;

spill, spin, grab, grass, drop, drip, grill, drag, spot, drink

Bonus Words:  grandparent-family

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Grandparent's Day Friday, September 14th
• Continue to bring in toilet paper and paper towel empty rolls
• Review daily work in binder and sign binder
• Your child may work on the website (www.IXL.com)  Your child's username and password is taped to the back of your child's binder 
• Parent Teacher's Conference 9-18    

Week of September 3, 2018

     Again we have another 4 day week!  Therefore, another busy week!  The children are all adjusting well in first grade and appear to be enjoying it.  We will continue to work on learning school and classroom procedures and expectations. It is very important that you review your child's binder daily and remove all graded papers.  It would be helpful,  if you would allow your child to complete any uncompleted work and return to school.   Please leave sight words in the binder.  We go over our sight words regularly at school.
       The children will work on the following skills this week:

• Read and discuss detail and main idea in weekly Bible Story "Cain and Abel"
• Read and discuss the meaning of the weekly memory verse: "I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep." John 10:11
• Identify, decode, and read words with the short /o/
• Discriminate between the short /a/, /i/, and /o/ sounds
• Generate and identify rhyming words in reading
• Continue to work on learning sight words, reading for fluency, and reading comprehension
• Retell and Sequence a story
• Identify details within a story 
• Retell and rewrite a story naming details within the story.
• Write a narrative about themselves
• Add by adding on
• Solving addition word problems
• Reviewing touch points
• Add in any order
• Continue to learn about the 5 senses (smell, hearing, and seeing)
• Learn about Friendship and how to be a good friend.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

hop, top, log, hog, block, hot, lot, flat, slip, clock         Bonus Words:  friend     school

Your child will bring a list of spelling words home on Tuesday.  They should write each spelling word 3 times. (This will be their homework for Tuesday) The children should make sure that they did not write any letter backward when writing the word.  Allow your child a few minutes each day to review the spelling words. Your child will have one dictation sentence on the spelling test on Friday,  They should make sure that they begin the sentence with a capital letter and use a period at the end of the sentence.  Your child will have two bonus words on the spelling test.

Week of August 27, 2018

       This will be a very busy week, since we may be out of school on Friday.  I will let you know if we are out of school as soon as I find out.  The children will be working on the following skills this week:

• Reading for fluency and comprehension
• Reviewing sight words
• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with the L blend  (cl, sl, bl,gl,)
• Reviewing short /i/ and short /a/
• Identifying the five senses
• Sequence stories
• Identifying details within a story
• Counting and writing numbers 1-100
• Addition word problems
• Using touch points to add simple addition
• Bible story "Adam and Eve Disobeyed God"
• Memory Verse:  The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7  

CLASSROOM NOTES:

• Students will have their first Bible test this week.  The study sheet will be sent home on Thursday.
• Children may be out of school on Friday if 60% of the students participated in the fundraiser.
• Please review your child's work and sign their binder daily.
• Continue to review sight words with your child daily.

Week of August 20, 2018

       The children are enjoying first grade.  They are adjusting well in first grade and eager to learn. This is going to be a fantastic year. Please continue to talk with your child about listening and following directions from all teachers and staff at school. 
       I have completed assessing the children on reading skills.  If you would like to schedule a conference feel free to text me through the REMIND App and schedule a conference.
       The children will be working on the following skills this week:

• Reading and discuss the Bible story of the "Creation."
• This week memory verse will be Genesis 1.
• The children will identify, decode, and read words with short /i/.
• The children will begin identifying details, characters, and setting within a text.
• The children will identify word order in a sentence.
• The children will write simple sentences using a class bubble map.
• The children will begin to go to literacy centers and work on specific skills.
• The children will begin guided reading groups.
• The children will learn about what a family is and the importance of their family.
• Count and write numbers 0-50
• Continue to identify numbers 1-9 and how to use touch points 
• The children will be introduce to addition
• The children will use illustration and touch points to add simple addition problems
• The children will continue to work on identifying rhyming words.

       CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Please continue to go over your child's sight words daily at home.
• It is important that you review all work your child brings home daily in their binder and sign your child binder.
• If you have not connected with the Remind app please do so ASAP.  Directions was sent home in the orange folder that you received at the Meet and Great Meeting.
• Your child will bring home their Read for Fun Bag on Wednesday.  Please remind your child to return the bag and book to school on Thursday.

STEM LAB:

The children enjoyed going to the STEM LAB on Friday.  They had to work as a team and build a tower using spaghetti and marshmallows.

 

                                                                Week of August 13, 2018           
 
                                                  WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD
                                                                        OF FIRST GRADE

        The children are all adjusting well in first grade.  They had a great time learning about themselves and what they will be learning and during in first grade.  I am looking forward to a fantastic year.
         Thanks for all who came to parent orientation.  If you were unable to attend the meeting please schedule a conference as soon as possible.  If you are able to come in and help in the classroom please send me a text or email.  You can reach me on the REMIND App or by email.  My email address is Tchandler@ezellharding.com.  PLEASE CONNECT ON THE REMIND APP.  The information on how to connect was sent home in the orange folder,

       The children are still learning classroom and school procedures and expectations.  Please continue to speak with your child about listening carefully and following directions.

This week the children will work on the following skills:

• Continue to work on classroom and school expectations and procedures.
• Have a unit of study about the family and themselves.
• Write about School using a classroom bubble map.
• Write about their family using a classroom bubble map.
• Identify words that rhyme
• Identify, decode, and read words with short a.
• Identify,count and write numbers 0-20
• Identify and write numbers 1-10 using touch points
• Graphing and interpreting data
• Review color and number words
• Write letters and simple sentences using good letter formation and spacing.
• Use Google map to locate their school
• Identify the parts of the Bible and the Books of the Bible.

       I will be doing reading assessment this week on each child.  It is strongly suggested that you would begin reviewing sight words with your child daily at home.  Sight words list was put in your child's binder.  I will schedule a short conference with each parent when I have completed your child's assessment.

Week of May 14, 2018

       This week the children will continue to work on their first grade memory book. They will continue to  learn about Hawaii as they prepare for their Hawaiian Luau on Thursday.  Information will come home on Monday letting you know what your child will need to bring to the Luau.  All parents are invited to attend. We will begin around 8:30 in the lunchroom.  This will be the children's end of the year celebration.  I will decorate the lunchroom on Wednesday after dismissal.  If you would like to join me I would really appreciate it.

       Award's Day will be on Wednesday, May 16th.  Parents are all invited to join us in the middle school  gym at 9:15.

       Well, this will be the final blog for first grade.  This has been a great  year.  The children have learned so much and I am very proud of each of them.  I know they will each do well in second grade.  Please continue to keep in contact with me throughout the years.  I hope you all will  have a fun and safe summer. 


                 Remind your child to read and study their math facts a lot this summer. 

Week of May 7, 2018

This week I will be reviewing the children on skills previous learned.  The children will be given their end of the year reading assessment on reading, comprehension, and reading for fluency.


We will go to Lee Victory Park on Friday, May 11th for our end of the year picnic.  Children will not need to bring a lunch.  However, they will need to bring a bottle of water and a blanket.  Your child may bring balls, bats, and other items that they would enjoy playing at the park.  Please make sure your child have their name on these items.Your child will need to wear sun screen. Parents are invited to attend.  We will leave the school around 8:30 and return around 1:30. 


END OF YEAR CELEBRATION  (Hawaiian Luau)
We will be preparing for our End of the Year Celebration.  Our celebration will be on Thursday, May 17th at 8:15.  Parents are invited.   More information will be sent home later in the week about this celebration.  HOWEVER, YOUR CHILD WILL NEED TO BRING A WHITE TEE SHIRT TO SCHOOL BY WEDNESDAY MAY 9TH.  

This week the children will be working on the following skill:

• Inflectional Endings: -ed and -ing
• Words with three letter blends
• Reviewing addition/subtraction facts
• Reviewing adding 10 to a number
• Subtracting 10 to a number
• Learning about the state of Hawaii
• Reading assessment on decoding, reading comprehension, and reading for fluency.
• Reading the Bible story" The Walls of Jericho Falls Down"

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Park Day- May 11th Lee Victory Park
• Awards Day May 16th-  8:00
• End of Year Celebration (Hawaiian Luau):  May 17th - 8:00
• Final Day of School:  May 17th