First Grade Field Day!!

Easter Egg Excitement!

April 7-11, 2014

Reminders: Field Trip Tuesday

I still need a couple permission slips to be returned, also be sure and send a snack on Tuesday since we will eat snack early and lunch late! 

Reading- Unit 4 Week 1

Homework will go home Monday.

Story Title- Mama’s Birthday Present

Amazing Words-

celebrate   cherish   grateful   delicate   rarest   loot   genuine    

Spelling Words-

train   way   tail   play   day   may   rain   gray   mail   afraid   about   would    

Word Wall Words- about   enjoy   give   surprise   worry would

Language- We will focus on adjectives.

  

Math- Chapter 12

I will send an email if we are ready to test this week.

Stay dry!

Picture Day and Jump Rope for Heart!

We Love to READ!

February 2014

March 17 - 21

Reading- Unit 3 Week 6

Homework went home today.

Story Title- Where Are My Animal Friends

Amazing Words- hibernate   migrate temperature  freeze  autumn  weary  bitterly

Spelling Words-

faster  fastest  taller  tallest  shorter  shortest sadder  saddest  bigger  biggest  good-bye before

Word Wall Words- before  oh  does  right  good-bye  won’t

Language- We will focus on contractions with "not." We will also talk about drawing conclusions and background knowledge.

  

Math- Chapter 11  - 3D Shapes

March 3 - 7

Reading- Unit 3 Week 4
Homework will go home on Monday.

Story Title- Frog and Toad Together

Genre- Animal Fantasy

Amazing Words- gardener  nature  sprout  dim shade  sprinkling  destroy 

Spelling Words-
call  helped  ask  planned  drop  called  help  dropped  plan  asked  again  soon

Word Wall Words-
afraid  few  again  soon   read

Language- We will focus on verbs for past and future. We will also review the Author’s Purpose.

Math- We will test on Chapter 9 on Tuesday and begin Chapter 10 on Wednesday.

Happy February!

Reminders:

*Remember to bring in your Valentine Cards!

*Don't forget to send in your item by Tuesday for our Valentine Party on Friday!

*Field Trip Permission Slip and money due Tuesday.

Reading- Unit 3 Week 1

Reading homework will be in your child’s take home folder tomorrow.

Story Title- A Place To Play

Genre- Realistic Fiction

Amazing Words- growth, public, tether, makeshift, population, shuffle, crooked, and spindly

Spelling Words-

my, by, try, sunny, handy, fly, cry, lucky, silly, puppy, things, and always

Word Wall Words-

always, everything, things, become, nothing, day, and stays

Language- We will focus on action words (verbs) this week but will continue to review special titles, proper nouns, common nouns, singular and plural nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, subjects and predicates of sentence, declarative sentences, interrogative sentences and exclamatory sentences.

  

Math Chapter 8- We are still working on Chapter 8.  We will test on Thursday.

January 21 - 24

Reading- Unit 2 Week 5 {Homework will go home Tuesday.}

Story Title- Life in the Forest

Genre- Fiction

Amazing Words- environment, thrive, slimy, capture, require, inhale, sludge, and creature

Spelling Words-
cube   cute   flute   huge   June   mule   rude   rule   tube   use   water   under

Word Wall Words-
around   grow   find   under   food   water

Language- We will focus singular and plural nouns this week but will continue to review special titles, proper nouns, common nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, subjects and predicates of sentence, declarative sentences, interrogative sentences and exclamatory sentences.

Math Chapter 8- We will begin Chapter 8 Tuesday and I plan to test around February 6^th.

Happy New Year!

Oh how I have missed my sweet firsties!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Happy, Happy New Year!! 

Reading- Unit 2 Week 3

Homework will go home Wednesday

Story Title- Who Works Here?

Genre- Expository Text

Amazing Words- citizen, law, earn, branch, patrol, community, leader, and headquarters

Spelling- We will still plan to test Friday. Start studying today!

Spelling Words- bike, dime, hide, ice, kite, like, ride, smile, time white, who, and work

Word Wall Words- live   who   out   work   people

Language- We will focus on special titles this week but will continue to review proper nouns, common nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, subjects and predicates of sentence, declarative sentences, interrogative sentences and exclamatory sentences.

Math Chapter 7- Greater than/Less than and Compare Numbers. We have talked a little about this in the past. The children know the alligator always eats the greater number. I tentatively plan to test Friday, January 17^th.