Week of September 9, 2019

       This week the children will be getting reading for Grandparents' Day.  Grandparents' Day will be this Friday, September 13th.  It will begin at 8:30.  Your child's grandparent or special friend will be able to check your child out of class and go to the reception and program in the high school.  We will take the remaining children to the reception and program.  Your child will be dismissed at 11:00 on Grandparents' Day,  so they can spend some more time with their grandparent/s.  Please make sure you have turn in your note about if your child will be leaving with their grandparent/s on Monday.  If your child will be staying for extended day they will need to make sure that they bring a lunch.

This week the children will work on the following skills:

• Read and learn about the Bible story Noah.
• Identify, decode, and read words with /s/ and /b/ blends.
• Review ABC order
• Write a short narrative about their grandparents.
• Review decoding words with  short /a/, /i/ and /short /o/
• Read and learn about weekly high frequency words:  jump, move, run, two,
• Phonemic Awareness Drills with short vowel sounds.
• Read and discuss why they have grandparents and their role.
• Continue to work on map skills ( Identify and use a map key.
• Continue to work on handwriting using good letter formation and spacing.

CHILDREN WILL HAVE READING, SPELLING AND BIBLE TEST ON THURSDAY DUE TO

GRANDPARENT'S DAY

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

spill, drop, spin, drip, grab, grass, frog, stick, snap, stand)

Bonus Words:  grandparent/family

WEEKLY REMINDER:

• Grandparent's Day                                    9-13
• Field Trip to fire station                            9-27

Week of  September 2, 2019

         This will be a very busy week since it is a 4 day week.  It is important that you review your child's work daily and sign your child's binder daily.  

       Below are the skills that your child will be working on this week.

Bible 

•  Cain and Abel 
• Memory Verse "I will always obey your law forever and ever. I will walk about in freedom. "Psalm 119: 44-45
• Work in our gardens to show appreciation for God's creation

Math

•  Number Fluency 
• Working with a hundreds chart
• Skip Counting
• Word problems
• Place Value 1-99

Reading

• Reading for fluency and understanding
• Identifying the main details within a story
• Identify, decode, and read words with short/o/ 
• Phonemic Awareness drills
• Work on listening skills
• Put words in ABC order
• Continue to work on learning sight words. This week sight words are (fun, make, they, too)

Social Studies

(The children will begin a unit of study on map skills)

• Direction words (north, south, east, west)
• Identify and use symbols on a map.

Science

• Animal Habitats

Spelling Words:

• hop    top    log     hog    hot    lot    rock    clock    dot    jog

           Bonus Words:  animal habitat

Library

• Your child should be bringing home a library book.  Encourage your child to read their library book and return it back to school as soon as they complete it.
• Your child is responsible for their library book.  Help you child keep up with their library book .  All lost books must be paid for before your child can check out another book.

Week of August 26, 2019

      The children are excited about their upcoming field trip to Cheekwood.  We will be reading fairy tales to the children this week to prepare them for what they will see at Cheekwood. .  

      We have completed assessment in reading and math.  If you would like to talk about how your child did you may contact us to schedule a conference.  It will only take 5 minutes.

       This week the children will work on the following skills:

• Reading and discuss the weekly Bible Story about Adam and Eve.
• Our weekly memory verse will be: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he him; male and female created he them.  Genesis 1:27
• Identify, decode, and read words with /Ll/ blends.
• Read for fluency and understanding.
• Identifying the main idea and details within a story.
• Discussing the characters and setting of a story.
• Writing simple sentences. 
• Continue to work on sight words.  This week our high frequency words are: be, come, good, pull.
• Place value 1-50
• Working with hundreds charts,
• Number fluency
• Exploring manipulatives
• Introducing math and literacy centers
• Identify and discuss animal habitats.
• Identify community helpers and how they help our community.
• Continue to write using good letter formation and spacing.
• Learning about community helpers

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  

clip, flip, slip, flag, black, plan, slap, flip, clap, glad

Bonus words:

REMINDERS:

• Field trip to Cheekwood  on Wednesday.  Please to read the note that was sent home on Friday carefully if you are planning on attending the field trip
• Please review the your child's binder each day and sign their planner.
• All children will have a Bible, Spelling, and Reading Test on Friday. 
• All children will need to have earphones. (not ear plugs)  Please put your child's name on the earphones and put them in a zip lock bag.
• Students lunches are $5.00 this year.

Week of August 19, 2019

The children have adjusted well in first grade  Encourage your child to talk about what they are doing in school.  This will allow you to know what they are learning and how they feel about school.  It is strongly suggested that you make sure your child has a good night rest and a nutritious breakfast.

      This week the children will work on the following skills:

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with short /i/.
• Identifying the characters and setting within a story.
• Identify rhyming words
• Identify and write telling sentences.
• Continue to work on writing using good letter formation and spacing.
• Learn about the role of each family member.
• Identify the difference between needs and wants
• Identifying living and non-living animals.
• Identifying the parts of a plant
• Identifying and writing numbers 0-20
• Complete the study of The Creation

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE:  In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth.  

                                                     Genesis 1:1

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  pin, win, hit, sit, miss, kiss, fix, it, is, tip

                                                       Bonus Words:  school - rules

REMINDERS:

•  Please review the your child's binder each day and sign their planner.
• All children will have a Bible, Spelling, and Reading Test on Friday. 

• All children will need to have earphones. (not ear plugs)  Please put your child's name on the earphones and put them in a zip lock back
• Students lunches are $5.00 this year.
• Field trip to Cheekwood will be August 28th.
• If you would like to volunteer in our class please contact your child's teacher

          Tchandler@ezellharding.com
          Vmartin@ezellharding.com

Week of August 12, 2019

Welcome to the wonderful world of first grade!  We are very excited to have your child in our class.  The children appears to be adjusted well in first grade.  Below are some skills we will be covering this week in class.  The children will begin changing classes this week.  

• We will continue to work on learning procedures in first grade.
• We will talk about what makes each child special.
• The children will discuss about different kinds of families.
• Each child will be assessed in reading and math. 
• The children will work on recognizing rhyming words in poems
• Identify and read words with the inflectional ending -s
• .Identify, decode, and read short/a/ words in content
• Review previous learned math skills
• Identify and read high frequency words:  does, not, school, what
• The children will learn about the 7 Days of Creation in Bible.

After your child has been assessed in reading you may schedule a meeting with us to see how well they did and what they need to work on.  We can meet with you before school at 7:15, after school at 3:00, or during our planning time.  It will only take about 5 to 10 minutes.

REMINDERS:

• All children will need to have some earphones.  Please put your child's name on the earphones and put them in a zip log bag
• Students lunches are $5.00
• Our first field trip will be August 28th.  We will be going to Cheekwood.  You will need to pay your activity fee to Ren Web before the field trip.  This fee is $59.00.  This will be for all the field trips we will be attending this year.
• The children will not change classes until August 19th.
• If you would like to volunteer in our class please contact us.

  I can't believe that this year has come to an end.  The children have worked hard and learned a lot.   I have completed the end of year assessments in reading.  If you would like to see how well your child did please email me.  It will only take 5 minutes.  I encourage all students to review their sight words, addition/subtraction facts, and read for enjoyment regularly this summer.

          

This week we will learn a little about the state of Hawaii as we prepare for our Hawaiian Luau.  All parents are invited to attend and join in on the fun.  Don't forget to wear your favorite Hawaiian Luau attire.  The Luau will begin at 8:30 on Tuesday, May 14th. 

     
 Your child will wear a Hawaiian shirt. I will give them their shirt on Tuesday morning when they arrive to school.  They may also wear shorts,  flip flops or sandals. 

   

 I would like to thank all my parents for your support and encouragement that you have given me throughout the year.  This has made this year a great one.  I pray daily for God to  continue to bless you, and your family,  I wish each of you a exciting and safe summer.

Love,

Mrs. Chandler

    

Week of  May 6, 2019

       Wow! I can't believe this is the last full week of school.  We have a lot of fun activities this week and class work to do before we end the year.  

      The children will be working on their end of the year booklet.  I will continue to give reading assessment on reading and writing skills.  If you would like to see how your child did on their assessment contact me and schedule a conference.  It will only take about 10 minutes.  I will notify you when the yearly achievement test scores come in.  Please talk to your child about listening, following directions, and following classroom and school rules.

       Field day will be on Monday, May 6th.  The children should all report to the classroom first.  Parents are invited to come and enjoy the fun with their child.  The children will have lunch with our class.  Parents are welcome to join us.  Children should bring a sack lunch with a drink.  If you bought a lunch for your child they will pick it up in the lunchroom.  Children can wear running clothes.  Your child should wear a shirt with the field day shirt that they brought home on Friday.  If your child will be leaving with you please check them out in the office before leaving.

       The children will enjoy a fun day in the park on Friday.  The first and second graders will be going to Lee Victory Park in Smyrna On Friday, May 10th.  We will leave the school around 8:30 and return  around 1:30.  Your child should wear play clothes and their field day shirt.  Your child may bring toys to play with such as ball, bats, jump ropes, hula hoop, etc.  Please make sure your child has their name of each item.  Your child will need to bring a sack lunch with their name clearly labeled on their lunch.  Please make sure your child has two drinks.  Water will be provided for the children.  Make sure you put sun screen on your child.  Your child may bring sun screen to reapply during the day.  Parents are invited to come and chaperone.  

        The children will have a end of year celebration (Hawaiian Luau)  on May 14th.  The  celebration will be in the cafeteria and will begin at 8:30.  Parents are invited to come and join in on the fun.   I am asking each child to please bring a white cotton tee shirt to school before Wednesday, May 8th.  I will be making special shirts for your child to wear to the Hawaiian Luau..  Your child will need to wear shorts.  Your child may wear flip flop or sandals to the Luau.  

Mrs. Wilburn our classroom mother will send a email to let you know what  your child will need to bring to the Luau.  

CLASSROOM REMINDERS

Children will not be able to charge their lunches this week on Renweb.  They must bring cash.

• Field Day                                                             May 6th
• Signing of Year Book                                          May 8th
• Fun in the Park                                                   May 10th
• Lower School Award Day                                  May 15th
• School Camps and Activities  are open for register on www.ezellharding.com/camps