February 8 - 12, 2010

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Did you play Hug O War? I hope you enjoyed the new poem in your child's poetry folder! We had a fantastic time with our poem this week!!

SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.

WORDS FOR FEBRUARY

February 8-12
Spelling words ending with 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 /g/ as in gorilla. Our writing job will be related to various topics that begin with the letter Gg.

Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. You will be able to see the results of the AR tests and Math Facts in a Flash that your child takes. Students can earn "Blount Bucks" for achieving certain math levels. In first grade students will earn five dollars to spend at the Math store each time they have passed five levels. Ex. When they have passed five levels they will get five dollars to spend. When they pass ten levels they will get five more dollars to spend. Please practice hard!! Your child will be able to take practice tests and tests at home but it will not count towards their achievement level. Only test taken at school will be counted towards earning Blount Bucks. The Math store will only be open the last Friday of the month. Let me know if you have any questions!

MATH
We are test on Chapter 17 Tuesday or Wednesday and begin Chapter 18. Homework for math will be lessons 17 in the Practice Math Workbook. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test.

LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-19. I will introduce Rule 20-adding s to mean more than one. We are still continuing to practicing Rules 1-19 in sentences each week. Friday’s DOL will be taken for a daily grade as usual. We are going to review specifically Rules 11-16 next week, identifying words as being a noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, compound word and matching the two words to it’s contraction. We will have an activity (worksheet) to choose these words in the context of a simple sentence Thursday. This will be taken as a test grade.

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

*Thanks for all who donated to the Haiti relief fund. We raised just over $3000.00 dollars!!! Way to go Blount!!

I hope your child has been working on Valentine cards. Please have your child bring their valentines to school no later than Friday morning! We will deliver the cards Friday morning before the party so they can enjoy them during the party.

****Classroom Needs****
PLEASE send Clorox wipes if you can.

FUTURE DATES TO KEEP IN MIND
February 9 -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 11 - Individual Spring Pictures
February 12 – Valentine’s Party
February 15 – No School due to Presidents Day
February 16-26 - Yearbooks on Sale
February 19 - Deadline to turn in Muffin for Moms response slip
February 24 - Muffins for Moms 7:00-7:45 (A-L)
February 25 - Muffins for Moms 7:00-7:45 (M-Z)

Have a SWEET week!