April 30-May 4, 2012


Announcements:

• Our field day has been changed to Tuesday, May 22nd. Please change this on the calendar in your child's folder.
• May 24th is last the day of school :)
• Please do not allow your child to bring toys to school. They seem to have become an issue the past few weeks. I don't mind if they bring balls or jump ropes, but let's limit it to items like that. Thanks in advance, for your help with this.
• We will be doing a unit study on Cinderella around the world.

Spelling/Phonics: oy,oi

1. point
2. soil
3. oil
4. spoil
5. toy
6. joy
7. word
8. goes
9. about
10. use

Dictation Sentence: The boy put the plant in the soil.


Reading/Phonics:
I will be doing some end of the year testing this week. I will be letting the students choose a book on their level to read for homework this week. These books may be challenging for them, but encourage them to use their strategies.


Sight Words to review: why, which, done, also, want, friend, every, these, time, home, use, about


Writing: Elements of a fairytale.


Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Review Telling Time
Wednesday- Review Telling Time
Thursday- Review 2-digit addition
Friday- Weekly Test
*Please return homework on Friday :)

April 16-20, 2012

Announcements:

• April 27th will be an inclement weather day.
• The 1st grade specialty choir will perform on Tuesday, April 24th at 9:30 and 6:30, in the Primary Cafeteria.
• Our field day will be on Friday, May 18th.
• We will be studying butterflies this week.
• Progress reports will go home on Wednesday, April 25th.

Spelling/Sight Words:

1. shook
2. stood
3. wood
4. broom
5. spool
6. soon
7. last
8. seven
9. every
10. these

Dictation Sentence: She shook the broom at the cat.

Reading/Sight Words:
Sight words to review: after, why, which, done, also, want, over, under, seven, every, these

Please make sure to check your child's reading log each night to see if they have homework.

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Number Grid Puzzles
Wednesday- Adding/Subtracting 2-digit numbers
Thursday- Review Day
Friday- Weekly Test

*Please return math homework on Friday :)

Language/Writing:

• We will be reviewing nouns and verbs.
• Review writing plural forms of nouns.

Mollie Dykes came to tell us about pollination!

April 9-13, 2012

Announcements:

• Book orders will be due by Tuesday, April 10th.
• April 27th will be an inclement weather day.
• The 1st grade choir concert is Tuesday, April 24, at 9:30 and 6:00.
• We will be doing a unit study on the water cycle this week.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. talk
2. walk
3. chalk
4. draw
5. straw
6. law
7. over
8. under
9. away
10. next

Dictation Sentence: I walk over to talk with her.

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Counting by 10s and 1s on the # line.
Wednesday- Adding/Subtracting 10s.
Thursday- Adding/Subtracting 2-digit numbers
Friday- Weekly Test

*Return math homework on Friday.

Reading/Sight Words:
Please check your child's folder each night for reading assignments.

Sight Words to review:
after, why, many, any, which, done, also, want, over, under, away, next

Language/Writing:

• Using a story map to plan writing.
• Editing and Revising