The week the first graders will be working on the following skills:

Bible Verse:  Genesis 37:5  Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers.

READING

•                                
• The sound of the soft c and soft g sound.Retell and rewriting a story in sequence
• The children will read and retell and rewrite the story about The Gingerbread Man
• Continue to work on sight words
• Sorting adjectives, nouns, and verbs,
• Identifying the cause and effect within a story
• Compound words 
• Reading for comprehension and fluency

WRITING

• Write narratives about the 'If the Gingerbread Boy came to our school......
• Use correct punctuation and capitalization when writing
• Use correct spacing and letter formation

MATH

• Continue to work on addition and subtraction number facts
• Begin addition speed drills.
• Begin adding numbers with two digits
• Continue to work on word addition/subtraction word problem
• Identifying and explain a graph

SPELLING

Weekly Spelling words:  rice, nice, page, age,wedge, ledge,like,ride,from, dice

Bonus Words:  holiday - gingerbread

• Movie Night                                             12-04-15
• Decorate a Gingerbread Man                   12-10-15    More information will be sent home about this project.
• Scholastic Book Fair                                12-7 thru 12-11
• Children will go to Chuck-E. Cheese on 12-11-15
• Christmas Parties (Breakfast)                   12-17-15

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

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with long /i/ silent e
• Read for fluency and understanding
• Comparing and contrasting Indians and Pilgrims using a venn diagraph
• Rewrite and retell a story in sequence.
•  Identify and sort nouns, verbs, and adjectives
• Finding the missing addend in an addition work problem
• Finding the missing addend in an addition problem
• Practicing adding and subtracting using different strategies 
• Students will be learning about balls and ramps as they prepare for a lesson in the Stem Lab

Weekly Spelling Words:
like       spike       ride      hide      bike      mine      shine      dime      drive      glide
Bonus Words:  Thanksgiving       Parade

Reminder:

• Students will enjoy a special Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday at 10:45 (Parents are invited)
• Students will go to Chuck E. Cheese on December 11th.  The cost of the field trip is $7.00.  This should be paid to Ren-Web by November 20th.

Week of November 9-13

Bible Story: Jacob Has a Dream Genesis 27, 28
Memory Verse: Genesis 28:15 "Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go."

Reading:
Read for fluency and understanding
Identify and decode words with -ay and -ai
Story elements(Character, setting, main idea, details)
Sight words
Short and Long vowel sounds                                  

Language:
Identify and name adjectives
Write a narrative
Listen and respond to oral texts

Math:
Clocks-Telling time to the hour and half hour
Basic addition and subtraction facts

Social Science:
Thanksgiving/Pilgrims and Indians
Veteran's Day
Balls and Ramps(Inclines and velocity)

Spelling :pail, mail, tail, hay, say, may, day, jay, stay, rail
Bonus words:  Pilgrims - Indians


Science:  Balls and Ramps
This week the children will be learning about balls and ramps as they prepare for an experiment in the STEM lab.  We are asking the children to bring as many toilet paper and paper towel rows to school this week.  We will be using them on Friday in the STEM lab.

Notes of interest:
Don't forget the Cherrydale Fundraiser!!!
11/10- Bring in gently used coats for the Warm Coats give Away
Look for more information to come about our First Grade Thanksgiving Feast!
11/23-27   Thanksgiving Break
11/30-12/4   Food Drive

Week of November 2, 2015
REMINDER:  NO SCHOOL Nov. 2nd

Bible Story:  Jacob Tricks Esau  (Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1-41)

This week we will be working on the following skills:
Reading:

• Reading for fluency and understand
• Identify, decode, and read words with long /a/ silent e
• Review and learn new  vocabulary words
• Identify, read, and decode words with long /a/ and short /a/
• Identify the setting, characters, main idea, and major details within a story
• Retell and rewrite stories in sequence.

Language:

• Write a narrative using good sentence structure.          
• Identify and name adjectives
• Read and identify contraction in content
• Listen and respond to a text orally and written

Spelling:

• make
• take
• came
• game
• gate
• late
• cake
• same
• name
• rake                Bonus Words: November - Thankful

Math:

• Time
• Continue to review addition and subtraction facts.

Social Studies:

• Begin learning about the first Thanksgiving

Week of October 26-30

This week the children will be working on the following:

Language Arts:
Book Studies over the books Pumpkin, Pumpkin and Where the Wild Things Are
Review of Previous Skills
Real and Make-Believe
Short Vowels
Decoding words with consonant blends at the beginning and end
Fluency and Comprehension

Math;
Addition and Subtraction
Shapes

Spelling Words:
pumpkin     patch     seed     fall     candy     trick     tree     mask     orange     green
Bonus Words:   harvest     costume

Bible:
Isaac Chooses Not Fight
Memory Verse; "Love your neighbor." Matthew 22:39

Social Science:
Pumpkins
Field Trip to Pumpkin Farm

Important Notes:
*Remember to read and return AR books.
*Please let your child's teacher know no later than Tuesday morning if you plan to attend the field trip and send your money in ASAP!
*Field trip on Wednesday!
*R. Friend is visiting us on Thursday to share her books! Please check your child's binder for more information.
*Don't forget to send in a treat for each of your child's classmates on Friday.

Week of October 19, 2015


IMPORTANT NOTICE:
THE FIRST GRADE CLASSROOMS ARE NUT-FREE ZONES.  PLEASE READ THE LETTER CAREFULLY THAT WAS SENT HOME FRIDAY.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FIRST GRADE TEACHERS.

Weekly Bible Verse:  "Go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac"  Genesis 24:4

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

Language Arts

• Decoding and reading words with the following sounds /ch/, /tch/, /ph/, and /wh/
• Irregular plural nouns
• Sequence of the story
• Identifying the main idea and details within the story
• Comparing and Contrasting Stories

Math

• Math families
• Continue to work on addition and subtraction facts
• Measurement using non-standard/standard measurements
• Word Problem

Social Studies/Science

• Identify the growth pattern of a pumpkin
• Map Skills

Spelling Words:

whip       whale      catch     match     chin     graph      shop     with     many     around

Bonus Words:  Pumpkin      Compass

Week of October 12th thru 16th.

:This week we will be working on the following skills:
   
    Language Arts:

• Consonants digraphs (sh, th, and ng)                    
• Reading for fluency and understanding
• Decoding skills
• Story elements- characters, settings, and events
• Main Idea and details
• Writing narratives
• Handwriting
• Verbs

Math:

• Mixed addition and subtraction
• Word Problems
• Counting and recognizing numbers 0-150
• Shapes 

Social/Science

• Fire Safety
• Christopher Columbus

Bible:

• Isaac is born  (Bible Verse- Genesis 21:1)

Spelling Words:  fish-shop-ship-with-thing-sang-fast-wink-want-call

Bonus Words-America - Parade

Dates to Remember:

10-5 thru 10-9     Fall Break

10-16                   Vocabulary Parade/ Report Cards go home

10-17                    Fall Festival

10-28                    Field Trip Walden Farm