Field Day! What a great end to a great year!

May 7-11, 2012

Announcements:

• Field day will be on Tuesday, May 22nd.
• Please return field day permission slip and money by Friday, May 11th.
• May 24th is the last school day :)

Spelling/Phonics:

1. cent
2. ace
3. face
4. gem
5. age
6. huge
7. later
8. thing
9. read
10. maybe

Dictation Sentence: The clock had a huge face.

Reading:
I will be doing end of the year testing this week. I will be letting students choose books from my library for homework. This is optional, so all students may not bring home a book. Please help them to remember to return the book the following day :)

Math:
Monday-Problem Solving day
Tuesday- Geometry Review
Wednesday- Place Value Review
Thursday- TLI Assessment
Friday- Unit 10 Test

Writing our class fairytale...

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

April 2-6, 2012

Announcements:

• We will be having our ITBS test on April 3-5. Please make sure to have your child here on time on those days, if at all possible. Also, make sure they have had a good breakfast and a good night's sleep.
• Please return stuffed eggs by Monday, April 2nd.
• I will be sending book orders home this week. They will be due by Tuesday, April 10th. This will be the last book order of the year :)
• April 27th is an inclement weather day.

Spelling/Phonics:
We will be reviewing this week in spelling. We will be having a classroom spelling bee to review, and relax from the test.

Math:
We will be doing test practice on Monday. We won't be beginning any new skills this week. There will also be no tests or homework in math this week.

**Dr. Cox Came to Visit our Classrooms!**

March 26-29, 2012

Announcements:

• Springs pictures will be Wednesday, March 28th.
• No school for students on March 30th.
• Our ITBS test will be on April 3-5.
• Please remember to send your 24 stuffed eggs by April 2nd.
• We will be doing a unit study on Weather this week.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. few
2. stew
3. flew
4. new
5. chew
6. grew
7. also
8. our
9. does
10. want

Dictation Sentence: The bird flew into our new house.

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

Sight Words to review: were, after, why, many, any, which, done, also, does, want, our

Writing/Language:
Begin using writer's checklist to edit work.
Continue working on short stories.

Math:
Monday- Dividing into equal groups.
Tuesday- Problem Solving
Wednesday- Review Fractions
Thursday- Test Prep
Friday- No School for students

**Please return all math homework on Thursday.

***Field Trip Pictures***

We loved petting all the dogs!

The boys were getting pumped up to beat the girls.

Coin toss! Boys won!

The boys were getting their game plan together.

The girls were planning their attack :)

Ready to throw some water balloons!

Water balloon fight!

Treehouse

Wobbly bridge