Week of October 28, 2019

      This week the children will be preparing for their harvest party.  The  party will be on Thursday.  The party will begin at 1:30.  Parents are invited to come and help out.  Please let your child's teacher know if you will be coming.  Your room mother will contact you on what you will need to send to the party.

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

• Addition of doubles
• Identifying the unknown number that equal to 10.
• Adding doubles plus 
• Adding 5 in any order
• Identifying, decoding, sorting, and reading words with long /a/ silent e.
• Identifying, writing, and using contractions in writing.
• Reading, retelling and rewriting a story in sequence.
• Reviewing sight words
• Reading for comprehension and fluency.
• Completion of nonfiction text
• Identify man made and nature 

WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE:  Philippians 4:6-7 

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything

WEEKLY BIBLE STORY: " Jacob Tricks Esau"  Genesis 25:19-34; 2:1-41   

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:  

make, take, came, game, gate, late, shake, name, date, plane

Bonus Words:  Halloween - harvest

• Harvest party - Thursday 1:30-2:30  ( Contact your child's teacher if you are attending)
• Continue to allow your child to study their spelling bee words.
• November 4th - Teacher In-Service no school
• First/Second Grade play - November 21st ( More information will be sent home about this)
• First Grade Thanksgiving Day Feast - November 22  at 11:05
• Thanksgiving break - November 25th- November 29th
• Don't forget to send in dimes to your child's classroom.

Wow!

Week of  October 21, 2019

      Wow! The children had a great time at Lucky Land Farm.  We would like to thank all the parents that came to help chaperone the children.  

       This will be another busy week as we prepare for the lower school vocabulary parade.  All children are ask to participate in this event.  The vocabulary parade will be this Friday, October 25th. The parade will begin around 8:15.  Your child should dress as a word.  Your child should have the word and the definition  on the costume or on a piece of  paper attached to the costume.  Parent's are welcome to come.  If you have any questions please contact us.  There are lots of ideas on Pinterest.

WEEKLY SKILLS THAT YOUR CHILD WILL BE WORKING ON 

• Addition strategies (counting on making a ten flip flopping number lines.
• Earth science (natural and unnatural.
• Identifying, decoding and reading words with /ch/, /tch/, and /ph/
• Identifying and using irregular nouns
• Identifying, reading, and using compound words in writing.
• Write a narrative about signs of fall.
• Write using good letter formation and spacing.
• Read for fluency and understanding.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS

whip, catch, match, chin, graph, shop, with, patch, whiz, which

Bonus Words:  scarecrow - haystack

Weekly Bible Story

"Isaac Chooses Not to Fight"

Memory Verse - God said to Isaac "I am with you and will watch over you"

Genesis 28:15

Class Reminders

• Vocabulary Parade -  October 25th
• Fall Party               -  October 31st  - !:30-2:30   ( Your child's room mother will contact you to let you know what your child will need to bring to the party)

Week of 10-14-19

        The children will begin the week by learning about Christopher Columbus. The children will learn about his voyage to American and why it was important to make the voyage.

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

• Continue to work on addition strategies.
• Continue to learn on animal habitats.
• Read and discuss the voyage of Christopher Columbus.
• Identify, decode, and read words with closed syllables.
• Continue to work on reading for fluency and comprehension.
• Continue to work on writing sentences using good letter formation and spacing.
• Recall and rewrite a story in sequence.
• Identify, decode, and read words with /ng/, /sh/, /th/.
• Read and discuss weekly Bible story "Abraham Servant Finds a Wife for Isaac'
• Read and discuss the process a seed goes through before it becomes a pumpkin by reading the story "Pumpkin, Pumpkin".

Weekly Spelling Words:

fish, with, sink, shop, thing, trash, ship, sang, fast, wink

Bonus Words:  America - pumpkin

Weekly Memory Verse:

" After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too,  until they have had enough to drink."  Genesis 24:19

The children will be going to the Lucky Land Farm on Friday.  Parents are welcome to come.  Your child can ride with you.  If you are going on the field trip and your child will be riding with you please let your child's teacher know as soon as possible.  You will be able to meet us at the farm and your child will be counted as present.  However, you MUST let us know.

The children will need to bring a sack lunch and drink.  They should wear jeans and a EH t-shirt.

The bus will be leaving the school around 8:15.

The address of Lucky Land Farm:  4374 Rocky Glade Rd, Eagleville, TN 37060

 REMINDERS:

• Please check your child's binder and sign your child's binder
• Vocabulary Parade 10-25
• Field trip to Lucky Land Farms     10-18

Week of 9-30-19

       This will be a busy week as we prepare for Fall Break.  I will be doing reading assessment of sight words, read for fluency and understand, and decoding words.  It will be helpful if your child continue to study their sight words.

       This week we will be working on the following skills:

• Math addition strategies
• Introduction to addition
• Science:  Habitat
• Research
• Identify, decode, write, and read words with nd, sk, nk, nt, mp, 
• Identify nouns and use nouns in a sentence
• Review contraction
• Review ABC order
• Continue to learn about fire safety
• Continue to work on writing using good letter formation and safety.
• Read and rewrite a story in sequence.
• Read and discuss the weekly Bible story "Isaac is Born"

Weekly Memory Verse:

Genesis 12:3

 I will bless those who bless you,

And I will curse him who curses you;

And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

       The children brought home a package with the words that they will be working on for the spelling bee.  The spelling bee will be in January.  However, we will begin working on them now.  It would be great if your child would work on them at home also.  We will work on them at school each day.  We will work on how to spell the world as well as learn the definition of the word.  If you have any question feel free to contact us.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

sand, jump, ask, mask, junk, drink, past, tent, went, lamp

Bonus Words: leaves /autumn  

REMINDERS:

• PLEASE REMEMBER TO REVIEW THE WORK YOUR CHILD'S BRINGS HOME DAILY AND SIGN YOUR CHILD'S BINDER EACH DAY.
• Fall Break 10-7 thru 10-11
• Report cards go out 10-18
• Lucky Land Farms( Pumpkin Patch)        10-18

Week of September 23, 2019

      This week the children will be busy preparing for their field- trip to the fire station.  The children will go to the fire-station on Forest-View and Murfreesboro Road.  Parents are invited to attend.  If you are going on the field trip please let your child's teacher know.  We will be going on Friday, September 27th.We will be leaving school around 8:30. The children will have lunch at school.  There is no cost for this field trip.

This week the children will be reading and discussing the Legend of Johnny Appleseed.  We will have an apple tasting party on Wednesday.  A note will be sent home letting you know what your child should bring on Wednesday.

This week the children will work on the following skills:

• Identify, decode, and read words with short/u/
• Review all of the short vowel sounds
• Identify nouns as a person, place, or thing.
• Continue to work on Phonological Awareness (Identifying rhymes)
• Continue to work on writing using good letter formation and spacing.
• Read and write about the legend of Johnny Appleseed,
• Read for fluency and understanding
• Read, discuss, and write about a story in sequence.
• Read and learn about fire safety.
• Unit math test
• Creating animal habitats 
• Weekly Memory Verse:  So Abram left, as the Lord had told him. Genesis 12:4

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

fun, bug, rug, nut, cut, plug, stuff, truck, duck,  plum

Bonus Words:  fire - apple

Week of September 16, 2019

       It was so good to see all the grandparents on Friday.  The children were excited and will remember Grandparent's Day for a lifetime.  

      This week the children will begin the week with learning about "God's Promise".  They will enjoy doing several fun activities about "God's Promise".

      This  week the children will be getting reading for our homecoming.  Ezell-Harding's homecoming will be this Friday.  

This week the children can wear the following since this will be Spirit Week.

• Monday              Pajama Day
• Tuesday              Hat Day
• Wednesday         Favorite Sport Team
• Thursday             Wacky Tacky Day
• Friday                  Spirit Day ( All children should wear an Ezell Harding T-shirt

IF YOUR CHILD DOES NOT WEAR THE ABOVE THEY MUST WEAR THEIR UNIFORM.

Below are the skills the children will be working on this week:

• Comparing numbers 1-99
• Read and discuss the Bible story "God's Promise"
• Weekly Memory verse: Genesis 9:16 (NIV) "Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." 
• Plants VS, Animals (How are they alike? How are they different?)
• Identify, decoding, and reading words in content with short /e/
• Identify details, setting, and characters within the story.
• Review ABC order
• Identify and use the inflectional ending -ed
• Continue to work on reading for fluency and comprehension
• Continue to work on sight words
• Retell and rewrite the weekly Bible story in sequence
• Continue to work on writing using good letter formation and spacing
• Continue to work on map skills

Weekly Spelling Words:

leg, beg, men, hen, head, bread, wet, smell, ten, spell
Bonus words:  west/east 

Class Reminders:

• Please review the work your child brings home daily and sign their binder.

• Field Trip to fire station                            9-27

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