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.

Polar Express Day in Room 123!

December 16 - 20

We have had a lot of absences lately. Please do not forget to send in a note the day your child returns.  We are working hard at staying healthy, washing our hands and cleaning our desks.  Please keep your sweet firstie at home if they do not feel good. I know everyone wants to be well for Christmas!

Thursday, December 19th - Christmas Party and Green Grinch Day. The children can wear green to school and we will watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas before our party.

Reading- Unit 2 Week 2

Story Title- The Farmer in the Hat

Genre- Realistic Fiction

Amazing Words- group, soothe, share, borrow, rehearsal, respect, aquarium, and lines

Spelling- We will not test on this weeks spelling words.

age  cage  cake  face  late  made  make  name  safe  take  could  old

Word Wall Words- be  of  could  horse  old  paper

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

Math- Chapter 6- We will test Wednesday. Don’t forget to use your homework book for practice.

December 9 - 13

A big thanks to Charles and Chloe’s mom for taking the children to lunch while I enjoyed Teacher Treat Day in the library!!!

Please remember to send in $5 cash for the Christmas party scheduled for Thursday, December 19 from 1:30-2:15.  The children may also wear green that day and we will watch the movie How The Grinch Stole Christmas before our party.

Friday, December 13, the children may wear their pajamas to school and we will

 watch The Polar Express.  We will have a sweet treat to enjoy during the movie!

Our copier machines at school were not cooperating today so I didn't send home any reading homework or the Family Ties sheet for reading.  Hopefully these will both come home tomorrow!

Reading ~ Unit 2 Week 1     Story:  A Big Fish for Max   Genre:  Animal Fantasy

Amazing Words ~ chore, cooperation, commute, downtown, 

                household, rule, subway, display

Word Wall Words ~ catch, put, good, said, no, want

*A new spelling chart has been added to your child’s take home folder for Unit 2.

Vowel Sound in ball:  a, al            Consonant Digraphs sh, th

Spelling Words ~ fish, with, shop, ship, then, rush, trash, shut, shell, thin

Language ~ We will focus on Common Nouns {a word that names a person, place, animal, or thing}.  Common nouns start with a lowercase letter unless they are at the beginning of a sentence.  girl (person), classroom (place), dog (animal), and pencil (thing) are common nouns.  They are singular nouns that name one person, one place, one animal, and one thing.

Math ~ We will continue through Ch 6.  Please make sure you are reinforcing the lessons being taught in class using their practice workbook sent home at the beginning of the year.  Please refer to the math chart for the current lesson taught.  A review sheet will come home the night before the test. 

Reminders:

12/9 ~ Nancy’s Italian Ice $1.00

12/10 ~ Library lesson with Mrs. Morris

12/12 ~ Signed Papers

12/14 ~ Spirit Day at Tish’s Cupcakes

12/20 ~ Box Top Collecction

12/23 – 1/3 ~ Winter Break {NO SCHOOL}

1/6 ~ Children return to school

Please email me with any questions or concerns.  

Have a wonderful week!

Hugs!

Amy

Sharing Soup in November!

It's December!!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! It was so nice to have time to spend with family we don't get to see as often as we would like! However, I sure did miss my sweet little first grade friends!! We have a busy, busy month ahead! Full of fun and excitement!  Oh and how did you like that Iron Bowl?  ....WAR EAGLE!!!! {I just had to!}

December 2nd ~ 6th

Reminders: 

**Field Trip money must be turned in Monday. Please make your check for $17 payable to Blount Elementary.

Friday, December 6^th ~ Field Trip

We will leave Friday at 9:30 and return at 1:30. I will have a check out sheet with me if you would like to check your child out at the end of the field trip.

Friday, December 13^th ~ The children will wear their PJ’s to school and we will watch the Polar Express. I will need a couple volunteers to send chocolate milk, cups, and cookies. If you can help please let me know. Thanks!

Thursday, December 19^th- Christmas Party and Green Grinch Day ~ The children will wear green to school and we will watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas before our party. The party will begin at approximately 1:15

We have a lot going on in the next few weeks before Christmas. Please check your child’s take home folder EVERY night! What an exciting and fun time of the year!!

Reading- Unit 1 Review Week

We will review all of the vowels and sounds introduced in unit 1. You can reread the last 6 weeks of homework words and sentences for review.

Spelling-

No new Spelling words this week. 

Word Wall Words ~ No new words this week. Review all old words from the last 9 weeks.

Language ~ We will review nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, subjects and predicates of sentence, declarative sentences, interrogative sentences and  exclamatory sentences.

Math ~ Chapter 6 ~ We will begin Lesson 1 Monday. Don’t forget to use your homework book. We will not have a Math lesson Friday because of the field trip.

November 18 ~ 22

Reading- Unit 1 Week 6

We will focus on short u and final consonant blends. A review sheet to use as homework will come home Monday. The front has 10 sentences that come from the main selection story and the back has a list of words to practice.

Genre- Literary Nonfiction

Comprehension- Focus on character, plot, setting, main idea and important details.

Amazing Words- desert, forest, world, chatter, silent, snort, medicine, and poisonous

Spelling- Week 4

We will have a spelling grade every Friday. Two of the spelling grades will count as major grades and the rest will be minor grades in language. We will take 1 test grade before progress reports and 1 before report cards.

This weeks words:

crust bump jump must just dust trust dusk hunt lump many into

Word Wall Words- home into them many

Language- We will continue to review nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, subjects and predicates of sentence, declarative sentences and interrogative sentences. Our new skill is exclamatory sentences.

Math - We will complete Chapter 5. I will not give a Chapter 5 test from the book for this chapter.  Last week we did a daily grade on Fact Families and everyone did great! I will use that for our Chapter 5 test grade.

Please remember to send in your item by Tuesday for our "Sharing Soup." Have a wonderful week!

Hugs!

November 12 - 15

Everyone should have their  usernames and passwords to accesswww.pearsonsuccess.net  You will press login and enter your child’s username and password. Then you will click on “to do” in the top right hand corner to access the work the program assigned them based on what they missed on their test. We will not use these worksheets in class but it will be great homework for you to print and do at home.

Everyone is taking their reading test on the computers but we realize that testing on the computer is a skill, so anyone who scores below an A is also given the opportunity to take it on paper. We will then take the higher score and enter it into INow for their test grade. In signed papers you will receive a slip of paper with your child’s test grade. If you notice a test stapled to that paper, it is because they retook it on paper and scored higher. If you only receive the one slip of paper with a test grade recorded, that means they took the test on the computer and scored well, or they took the test on paper and scored lower than the computer test. I only record the highest score.

Reading- Unit 1 Week 5

We will focus on short e and initial consonant blends. A review sheet to use as homework was sent home today. The front has 10 sentences that come from the main selection story and the back has a list of words to practice.

Genre- Realistic Fiction

Comprehension- Focus on character, plot, setting, main idea and important details.

Amazing Words- habitat, hatch, survive, chirp, croak, and moist

Spelling- Week 4

We will have a spelling grade every Friday. Two of the spelling grades will count as major grades and the rest will be minor grades in language. We will take 1 test grade before progress reports and 1 before report cards.

This weeks words:

men  red  step  ten  net  leg  jet  sled  wet  bed  saw  your

Word Wall Words-

saw  small  tree  your

Language- We will continue to review nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, subjects and predicates of sentences and declarative sentences. Our new skill is interrogative sentences.

 Math- We will pick back up Tuesday with lesson 5.5.  Please use your workbook pages at home for homework!

Pumpkin Patch Pics!!

We had a wonderful time visiting the Pumpkin Patch last week.  Our day started off with a little rain, but that didn't stop all our sweet firsties from having a great time! Thank you so much to all our sweet parents who braved the weather and joined us!! I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day!! Please check back to see what we will be learning in Room 123 this week!
Hugs!!

Happy November!

Happy November!! I can't believe it is already November!!

Important Reading Information ~ Please read carefully!

Recently I sent home usernames and passwords for you to access our reading series at www.pearsonsuccess.net at home.  You will click on login and enter your child's username and password.  We have started taking our weekly reading test on the computer.  The computer automatically scores the test and targets any skills they missed by assigning them activities they can complete at home.  Unfortunately we do not have enough time in class for this program to be utilized to its potential.  However, it can serve as an excellent resource at home! Please take advantage and allow your sweet firstie the opportunity to complete any "assignments" that are listed under the "to do" section.

Each student is taking the test on the computer.  I do realize that testing on the computer is a skill that is very new to many of our students.  Anyone who scores below an A will be given the opportunity to take the same test on paper.  The higher score will be entered into INow for their test score.  In signed papers, if your child made an A on the computer test you will receive a paper with their score written on it.  If your child had to take the test again on paper, you will receive the paper test also.  

READING ~ Unit 1 Week 4

This weeks story is A Fox and a Kit.  We will focus on inflected endings ~s and ~ing.  Please read the homework pages in your child's take home notebook to read and re-read every night.

Genre ~ Literary Nonfiction

Comprehension ~ character, plot, {beginning, middle, end}, setting, main idea and important details

Word Wall Words ~ eat, five, four, her, too

Spelling Words ~ sit, sits, win, wins, fit, fits, hit, hits, nap, naps, her, too

We will have a spelling test every Friday. Two of the spelling grades will count as major grades and the rest will be minor grades in language arts.  

LANGUAGE ~ We will continue to review nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, and identifying subjects and predicates in sentences.  This week the children will be introduced to declarative sentences.  A declarative sentence is a statement and ends with a period.  The DOL for this Friday will count as a major grade.

MATH ~ We will begin Chapter 5 this week.  Children will learn how addition and subtraction facts are related.  Please remember to look in your child's folder for math homework.

PUMPKIN PATCH FIELD TRIP INFORMATION

We will arrive at the Pumpkin Patch between 9:30 and 9:45 and leave around 1:00.  Adults will pay at the gate {$5.00}.  If you bring a sibling the cost is {$12.00} and will also be paid at the gate.  Please send the children in BLOUNT Spirit t-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes or boots.  If you plan to be a chaperone and want to take your child with you I will have the check out sheet for you to sign them out.  Also, it may be damp and/or muddy if you want to bring a beach towel that would be most helpful! The children are soooo excited and so am I!! We are going to have a wonderful time!!

IMPORTANT DATES!

11 ~ 6     PTA meeting at 6:00

11 ~ 7     FIELD TRIP TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH

11 ~ 11   Veteran's Day {No School}

11 ~ 13   Spirit Night at Zaxby's

11 ~ 14   Progress Reports

11 ~ 25 - 11 ~ 29  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

PLEASE let me know if you have any questions or concerns!! Looking forward to a wonderful week!

Hugs!!

Amy