Monday, April 25th

Spelling Words: use, cute, cube, tube, tune, rule, nice, large, hear, talk

Challenge Words: argument, confused, usually, unicorn, pollute

Sight Words: clear, color, good-bye, hair, kinds, only, toes

Reading: This week we will be reading a story called, "Amazing Animals." This story is a nonfiction story. It will be teaching us many new facts about a variety of different animals.

In media we are starting our very own nonfiction animal research. Ask your child about the animal he/she has been researching.

We are also learning all about verbs. Verbs are action words...

Such as: read, dream, play, catch, run, skate

A super fun way to practice verbs is by playing an exciting game of charades.

Math: In math we are staring to learn to tell time. An important part of telling time is actually being able to identify the parts of a clock (minute had, hour hand and second hand).

In first grade we focus on telling time to the hour (9:00) and telling time to the half hour (9:30). Children will become familiar with telling time on both analog and digital clocks.

**Please remember to send in money or picture packets (if not paying for) for Spring Pictures. Pictures must be paid for if you are keeping them.

**Boxtop collections have started! Please send in your boxtops! Classrooms are having a competition to see who brings in the most. Our classroom will receive a gift card for the amount we collect.

Tuesday, April 19th

Reminder: Spelling Test is Tomorrow! (Wednesday, April 20th) Please remember to turn in you spelling homework too!

NWEA is finished! The kids did a fabulous job. I will let everyone know when they can expect to get their child's scores in the mail. Congratulations First Graders!

Parents and Poetry R.S.V.P -- Due April 26th. Please remember to send in your sheet. The kids are extremely excited to share their wonderful poems with you! They have worked very hard on them! I can promise that you will be VERY IMPRESSED! They are poets and didn't know it:)

Spelling Words: ice, nice, race, page, edge, large, home, those, love, hello

Challenge Words: garbage, necklace, dodgeball, didgeridoo, bridge

**Spelling test will be on Wednesday, April 20th.

Sight Words: become, busy, eyes, high, listen, remembered, talk, visitor

READING: We will be stretching this reading unit over two weeks. There will be no new spelling words or sight words for the week of April 18th. We are doing this because of the testing that first graders will be participating in over the next two weeks. It is Spring and therefore it is time for the NWEA test again. This is the skills assessment the students take on the computers (in both reading and math).

Our scheduled time for reading is Wednesday, April 13th.

Our scheduled time for math is Tuesday, April 19th.

Scores for the assessments will be mailed home later in the year. This assessment allows us to see if each student is making adequate progress and it shows where he/she is performing compared to peers.

We are working on consonants /s/c, /j/g, and -dge.

(s, -ss, ce, ci-, j, -ge, gi-, -dge)

We will continue to write and read poems for National Poetry Month.

MATH: In math we are learning about money. The next two chapters focus on identifying pennies, nickels and dimes. We will be learning the value of pennies, nickels and dimes, counting groups of money to find a value and using different coin combinations to equal same amounts.

I hope to see everyone at the carnival on Saturday, April 16th!

Monday, April 4th

Spelling Words: home, hope, rope, rode, rose, those, like, nine, right, walk

Challenge Words: telephone, envelope, explode, moment, closed

Sight Words: brown, city, hello, loudly, love, pulled

Reading:

This week we will be focusing on the long /o/ sound. We recognize long /o/ as: oa, ow, 0_e, o.

We are also looking at -er and -est endings. For example; big, bigger and biggest.

Math:

We will continue to focus on fractions. We will be dividing into 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4. Ask students about the fraction pizzas they created. They are fabulous!

READING ROCKS:

Please think about donating any items associated with reading to our carnival basket. We are in desperate need of donations. Cash donations are also greatly appreciated. Some ideas for our basket include; books, reading light, comfy chair, bookmark, snacks, cuddly reading buddy, etc... Thank you in advance for your donations!

Wednesday, March 30

Happy Birthday Katie!

Sorry for the delay in blogging this week. Between an all day meeting and sick kids, I have not been able to update.

In math we will be starting to work on Fractions. Please look for the parent/family letter on Thursday.

READING ROCKS BASKET...

We are in desperate need of donated items for our basket. Please send in anything associated with read, OR a money donation would also be appreciated. We thank you very much for your support!

Spelling Words: came, gate, game, late, lake, take, day, play, four, place

Challenge Words: whale, motivate, escape, hesitate, hibernate

Sight Words: around, found, gone, hears, might, near, open, tired

Reading: This week we are reading a play titled, "Flake the Missing Hamster." Each student has a part in our play. At the end of the week, we will be tested on the story elements of our play. The story elements include; characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and solution.

Math:

There will be math homework on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, we will be tested on chapter 16. Wednesday we will start chapter 17. This chapter will focus on patterns.

March 25th is Spring Picture Day! Please send in your child's picture form ASAP.

Monday, March 7

Spelling Words: day, say, play, plain, rain, wait, feet, me, door, told

Challenge Words: rainbow, Wednesday, hairspray, holiday, hooray

Sight Words: cool, dry, four, holes, move, place, warm

Reading: We are working with the long /a/ sound this week. The different ways we see recognize long /a/ are: ai_, a_e, _ay

Math: We will be finishing up with solid figures and shapes this week. You will see math homework on Monday night. We will be testing on Tuesday.

Wednesday will be the start of Chapter 16. In this chapter we will be looking at "Spatial Sense." Please talk with your child about directions such as: above, below, over and under.

REMINDER: First Grade Music Concert is on Thursday, March 10th at 6:30p.m. I hope to see you all there!

Spring Break is Monday, March 14 through Friday, March 18th. Have a safe and fun break! See you on Monday, March 21st.

Thank you so much for the wonderful conferences. I loved meeting with everyone to share and celebrate all the successes we are seeing! Look for report cards in your child's Friday Folders on March 25th. As always, please feel free to call or email me with any questions or concerns you may have.