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

January 28-February 1, 2013

Announcements:

• This week will be learning about Jackie Robinson and many other famous African Americans.
• We will also be studying penguins.
• February 15th and 18th are inclement weather days. There will be no school on those days, if we do not have any snow days prior to them.
• The Valentine's party will be on Thursday, February 14th at 2:05. Please feel free to join us for the party.
• The cost for the Valentine's party is $1.00. Please send this as soon as you can.

Spelling/Phonics: ay, ai

1. wait
2. paid
3. mail
4. away
5. train
6. stay
7. paint
8. play
9. rain
10. today

Dictation Sentence: I went to get the mail today.

Reading/sight words:
Beginning this week I will be sending home a reading passage with your child's homework packet. Please do not tell your child the words in the passages. I am trying to encourage them to use their reading strategies to figure out unknown words. The passages are similar to what they will see on the test in April, so I am trying to prepare them. Just return them with the math homework on Friday.

Sight Words:
think, walk, two, going, away, saw, again, never, eight, been, find

Writing: Linking Verbs: is, are, was, were

Math:
Monday- Finding Missing Addends
Tuesday- 100th Day Activities
Wednesday- Solving # Stories
Thursday- Part, part, whole with dominoes
Friday- Weekly Test

*Please return math homework on Friday :)

January 21-25, 2013

Announcements:

• This week we will be studying Abraham Lincoln.
• We will not have school on Monday, January 21st.
• Class picture day is on Thursday, January 24th. Please try to be here on that day.
• February 15th and 18th are inclement weather days.
• Our Valentine party will be on Thursday, February 14th.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. bird
2. dirt
3. first
4. stir
5. girl
6. third
7. skirt
8. chirp
9. shirt
10. sir

Dictation Sentence: The girl was in a skirt.

Reading/Sight Words:
Make sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework. Dibels testing is complete, so we are back to our regular reading groups.

Sight Words: sleep, walk, two, girl, before, eat, again, third, who, been, find

Math:
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Introduce fact families
Wednesday- Fact Triangles
Thursday- Domino Fact Families
Friday- Weekly Test

*Please return math homework on Friday :)

January 14-18, 2013

Announcements:

• We will be starting a new unit on American Contributions this week. We will study many famous Americans over the next six weeks.
• Martin Luther King Day is on January 21st. There will be no school on that day.
• Class Picture day is January 24th.
• Please return book order money by Tuesday, January 15th.

Spelling/ Phonics: or sound

1. port
2. store
3. more
4. fort
5. shore
6. horn
7. work
8. thorn
9. corn
10. fork

Dictation Sentence: I need to get more at the store.
There will also be an unknown dictation sentence on the test. The dictation sentences will be a grade of their own. I'm looking for correct spelling, spacing, capitals, and punctuation.

Math:
Monday- Place Value Concepts (ones and tens)
Tuesday- Play Base 10 exchange
Wednesday- I'll be out on this day (review)
Thursday- Making groups of ten
Friday- Weekly Test
*Please return math homework on Friday :)

Reading/Sight Words:
I will be finishing up Dibels testing on Thursday.
Sight Words: sleep, walk, two, or, before, eat, again, play, who, been, may

Writing: Punctuation Review (., !, ?)

December 10-14, 2012

Announcements:

• The first grade choir concert will be on Tuesday, December 11th at 9:30 and 6:30. (Zoey, Braylen, and Jordyn)
• The Christmas party will be on Tuesday, December 18th at 2:05. The cost will be $1.00.
• Christmas break will be December 20-January 7.
• We will be starting learning camp on Friday. We will continue learning camp until Wednesday of the following week.

Spelling/Phonics: Long I words

1. mine
2. time
3. bite
4. five
5. drive
6. quite
7. little
8. that
9. day
10. of

Dictation Sentence: I drive all day long.

Reading/Sight Words:
there, over, any, know, want, pretty, around, your, about, put

Math:
Monday- Dice Sums
Tuesday- Turn-around Facts (5+3, 3+5)
Wednesday- Easy Facts, Addition Strategies
Thursday- Weekly Test
Friday- Learning Camp

*Please return homework on Thursday this week.