February 1-5, 2010

Happy Monday! We had an extremely busy weekend! Filled with lots of fun family birthdays! Look what is going on in first grade this week!

SPELLING
The spelling words for this week are listed below. The spelling grade on the report card will be an average of all the tests given during the nine week grading period, no daily grades will be taken in spelling, so don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.

WORDS FOR FEBRUARY

February 1-5
fast, last, nest, must, most, step, stamp, still, stop, study, past, mast
Spelling words with initial or final st.

February 8-12
Spelling words ending wil ll
hill, bell, fell, ball, fall, call, Bill, pull, small, stall, swell, shall

February 15-19
Spelling words with initial or final consonant digraph sh
she, ship, shell, dish, wish, fish, harsh, shark, swoosh, shiver, shake

February 22-26
Spelling words with long a and silent e. (Bossy e)
make, came, lake, game, shake, ate, tape, come, shape, wake, Blake, shame, blame

READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /b/ as in bat. Our writing job will be related to various topics that begin with the letter Bb

Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. You will be able to see the results of the AR and Math facts test that your children take. You will not be able to take test at home but you will be able to practice Math facts with this program. Let me know if you have any questions!

MATH
We will test on Chapter 14 tomorrow and begin Chapter 15 on Wednesday. Homework for math will be lessons 15 in the Practice Math Workbook.

** We now have a math store beginning in February. Students can earn "Blount Bucks" for achieving certain math accomplishments. Specific details on how to earn the bucks are coming. Practicing the math facts in a flash on the AR home website would be a great place to start!:)

LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-16. Today I introduced Rules 17, 18 and 19, correct use of I, we, us, they and them. We are still practicing Rules 1-16 in sentences each week. Friday’s DOL will be taken for a daily grade as usual.


A Few Reminders:

*We have been asked to remind parents not to drop off students before 7:20 am.

*Our school is helping with the Haiti relief. A notice went home last week explaining it. We will be participating in a cash fund drive. The girls in the school will be in competition with the boys. The drive will last this week only (February 1 - 5). All money collected will go to the American Red Cross to aide victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

COOKIE DOUGH FUNDRAISER UNDERWAY
Catalogs and order forms were sent home Jan. 19 and orders with payments are due Feb. 3.
• Please help your children with their sales efforts and do not allow door-to-door selling without supervision!
• When returning your order, please use the large envelope provided ~ return the top copy only of your
completed order forms, along with check(s) made payable to Blount PTA.
• Extra order forms and catalogs are available in the school office
• Don’t forget to let you child select a prize goal and then indicate their prize choice when your orders are turned in.

****Classroom Needs****
We are still in need of Clorox wipes.

FUTURE DATES TO KEEP IN MIND
February 2 -Library Day. Please be sure to send books to school if they need to be returned. If you are still reading, they may be rechecked.
February 3 – Cookie Dough Fundraiser ends
February 12 – Valentine’s Party (letter to come this week)
February 15 – No School due to Presidents Day

Have a wonderful week!