Announcements:

• This week we will be continuing our Common Core Unit, The Amazing Animal World.  We will have a focus on reading to learn. We be also be studying spiders this week. 
• Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on October 22nd and 24th from 3:30-6:30.
• Report cards go home on Monday, October 21st.
• Our P.E. day is on Wednesday. Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. band
2. blend
3. mint
4. print
5. sunk
6. hang
7. I
8. at
9. be
10. this

Dictation Sentence: The band is at the game.

Math:

Monday- Introduce Doubles Plus One Strategy

Tuesday- Lesson 3.4- Using doubles to create easier sums.

Wednesday- Lesson 3.5- Doubles plus one and Minus one.

Thursday- Lesson 3.6- Use strategies to solve addition facts.

Friday- Mid Chapter Quiz

*Please return math homework on Friday.

Reading:

Sight Words: do, can, could, when, did, what, so, see, not, were

Announcements:

• The week we will be starting our new Common Core Unit: The Amazing Animal World.
• We will also be doing out apple study this week. Please send your child's favorite kind of apple by Wednesday of this week.
• Book orders are due by Friday, October 4th.
• Parent-teacher conference will be on October 22nd and 24th.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. desk
2. fast
3. ask
4. blast
5. crisp
6. grasp
7. are
8. as
9. can
10. his

Dictation Sentence: The apples are crisp.

Math: 

Monday- Introduce Chapter 3: Addition Strategies

Tuesday- Lesson 3.1- Review the Commutative Property of Addition (5+3, 3+5)

Wednesday- Lesson 3.2- Using Counting on 1, 2, and 3 as a strategy

Thursday- Lesson 3.3- Using doubles as a strategy

Friday- Continue Doubles Facts (Addition Fact Quiz)

**Please return homework on Friday.

Reading:

Sight Word Phrases

look at him

as little

at all

I have a

there is

down there

then we have

look up

look at her

we go out

I am

*Please read these once each night. :)

Homecoming Parade Pics!!!

September 9-13, 2013

Announcements:

• Please make sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework.
• Our P.E. day is on Wednesday, so make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.
• Spelling city is a great website for spelling practice. You can enter the words for the week. There are several activities for your child. This may be a fun alternative to writing their words.

Spelling/Phonics: R blends: cr,tr, br, dr, fr, pr

1. crab
2. trip
3. brim
4. drip
5. prop
6. trim
7. into
8. frog
9. is 
10. you

Dictation Sentence: The frog is on the log.

Reading:

Sight Words Phrases              Please have your child 

he had to                                 read these each night :)

she said that

to the

you and I

but they said

on a

for his

of that

it was

Math:

Monday- Review for Chapter 1 test (Addition concepts)

Tuesday- Take Chapter 1 test

Wednesday- Lesson 2.1- Using pictures to show "taking away"

Thursday- Lesson 2.2- Using concrete objects to show "taking away"

Friday- Lesson 2.3- Using concrete objects to show "taking away"

Announcements:

• P.E. day is on Wednesday. Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.
• Please send your t-shirt money as soon as possible. I still have a few students without money.
• Picture day will be on Thursday, September 5th.
• No school on Monday, September 2nd.
• Please remember to initial your child's folder each night.

Reading:

This week I will be starting with reading groups, so make sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework. I write the book on their reading log, so you know when they have a book for homework. They may not have reading homework every night.

Sight Words: was, said, his, that, she, for, on, they, but, had

*They just need to be able to read these words to me on Friday.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. blot
2. plan
3. clap
4. flap
5. slip
6. glad
7. the
8. and
9. a
10. to

Dictation sentence: The cat has a plan. (The dictation sentence will count as a bonus.) The test will be on Friday.

Math:

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Lesson 1.7- Making numbers different ways (5+1=6 is the same as 4+2=6)

Wednesday- Lesson 1.7 (cont.) Making numbers different ways

Thursday- Lesson 1.8- Build fluency for addition within 10

Friday- Math Quiz

*Please return math homework on Friday.

August 26-30, 2013

Announcements:

• Our P.E. day is Wednesday, so make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day!
• Please turn in your t-shirt money as soon as possible, if you have not done so.
• Please make sure to initial your child's folder each night and return the folder the next day.
• This week we our continuing our unit on Alphabet books and the children that read them.

Math:

Monday- Lesson 1.4- Using adding to and putting together to make a model.

Tuesday- Lesson 1.4 (cont.)- Use addition within 20

Wednesday- Lesson 1.5- Use the additive identity property (ex. 5+0=5, 6+0=6)

Thursday- Lesson 1.6- Explore the commutative property (ex. 5+2=7, 2+5=7)

Friday- Lesson 1.6 (cont.)

**Please return math homework on Friday :)

Spelling:

We will be having a practice spelling test on Friday over short vowel words. (cat, rug, hop) We will begin our regular spelling lists next week.

I hope your child is enjoying first grade! I hope to have some pictures posted in the next few weeks :)

March 11-14, 2013

Announcements:

• Parent-teacher conferences will be on March 11th and 12th from 3:30-6:30.
• We will not have school on Friday, March 15th.
• Spring pictures will be on March 27th. You will have to pay for these pictures up front this year.

Phonics/Spelling:

1. care
2. square
3. hare
4. share
5. pair
6. stairs
7. hair
8. fair
9. air
10. chair

Dictation Sentence: I found a pair of socks on the stairs.

Math:
Monday- Exploring Symmetry
Tuesday- Introduce Fractions
Wednesday- Finding fractional parts of a collection.
Thursday- Weekly Test
Friday- No School :)
Please return homework on Thursday this week.

Reading/Sight Words:
Sight Words: soon, made, run, gave, open, has, find, only, us, three

Just a reminder that the students will be reading their own Language test this week. I will still be going over the directions, but they will be working independently. We will also be taking a reading comprehension test this week as well.

I hope you have a great spring break!! :)

February 11-14, 2013

Announcements:

• February 15th and 18th are inclement weather days. We will not have school on those days, if there is no bad weather prior to them.
• The Valentine's party will be on Thursday, February 14th at 2:05. The cost is $1.00. If you haven't sent your money, please do so as soon as possible. Also, please feel free to join us for the party. We would love to see you there.
• Our P.E. day is on Wednesday. Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. reach
2. meal
3. neat
4. free
5. tree
6. see
7. leap
8. flee
9. clean
10. three

Dictation Sentence: I reach over my desk to get the book.

Reading/Sight Words:
Sight Words: think, walk, round, going, myself, saw, again, never, eight, find, fly, want

I will be sending home reading passages in your child's math packet each week. Please try to encourage your child to use their reading strategies when they come to words they're not sure about. They will not receive any assistance on the test in April, so I'm trying to prepare them for independent work. I realize some words may be difficult for them, but they will come across that problem on the test as well. I'm hoping this will help get them ready for what they will see.

Math:
Monday- Missing Addends
Tuesday- Problem Solving
Wednesday- Problem Solving with candy hearts
Thursday- Weekly test
Friday- No School (inclement weather day)

100th day pictures!!!!

Writing 100 words!

100th day trail mix