Sunday, April 18, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
April 12-16, 2010
Happy Spring! I hope everyone enjoyed another wonderful weekend! Take a look at what we are doing this week!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
April 12 ~ Focusing on words with the vowel digraph ow
cow now down town brown show row low flower tower grow know
April 19 Focusing on words with the ar
car far jar stat start farm harm are garden large smart chart
April 26 ~ Focusing on words with double consonants.
funny bunny puppy penny happy kitten mitten little ripple cuddle sitting juggle
May 3 ~ Focusing on words with vowel digraph aw and the initial consonants digraph th.
saw paw law lawn fawn then this crawl these their think drawn
May 10 ~ Focusing on words in the -ook, -ood and -and word families.
book good look wood took stood stand hand land hood shook nook
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /j/ as in jaguar. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will begin Chapter 21 on Monday. Homework this week will be the pages in the practice workbook from Chapter 21. Also, continue to practice addition and subtraction each night.
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series and commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). Next week we will discuss synomyms We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Have a wonderful week!!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
April 12 ~ Focusing on words with the vowel digraph ow
cow now down town brown show row low flower tower grow know
April 19 Focusing on words with the ar
car far jar stat start farm harm are garden large smart chart
April 26 ~ Focusing on words with double consonants.
funny bunny puppy penny happy kitten mitten little ripple cuddle sitting juggle
May 3 ~ Focusing on words with vowel digraph aw and the initial consonants digraph th.
saw paw law lawn fawn then this crawl these their think drawn
May 10 ~ Focusing on words in the -ook, -ood and -and word families.
book good look wood took stood stand hand land hood shook nook
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /j/ as in jaguar. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will begin Chapter 21 on Monday. Homework this week will be the pages in the practice workbook from Chapter 21. Also, continue to practice addition and subtraction each night.
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series and commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). Next week we will discuss synomyms We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Have a wonderful week!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
April 5-9, 2010
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend! I was excited to hear all the stories today, we even had a few spring critters brought in to share:)! Spring is definitely in the air, it almost feels like summer already. Although the days are beautiful and the sun is calling us, we still have a lot to do to get ready for second grade. I will continue to expect full cooperation from each child in our classroom. That includes classroom behavior, completing work, hallway & lunchroom behavior as well as respect for ourselves AND each other. If your child receives a conduct ticket in class, it is for an offense that was given several warnings and needs attention. Thank you in advance for assisting me in immediately taking care of any conduct problems that arise. If you ever have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Let's make these last weeks of school the very best!!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
all, wall, call, will, tell, well, small, smell, stall, chill, drill, shell
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /qu/ as in queen. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will continue Chapter 20. Homework for math will be lessons 20 in the Practice Math Workbook.The addition and subtraction facts are getting a little more difficult, I would encourage you to spend a few minutes each night going over the basic facts as well as strategies to help with the more difficult facts. If you need any assistance with this please let me know. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test. (Probably mid to end of this week.)
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series, a rule that is not listed on the Grammar Rules sheet. In addition we will be learning that commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Future Dates to Remember
April 8 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 12 - Papers sent home about Raffle-style fundraiser
April 15 - Progress Reports
April 15 - Signed Papers
April 15 - Teacher Treat Day
April 15 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 19-22 Book Fair
April 19-25 Food Drive (drop off during morning carpool)
April 21 - Zoo Field Trip.......finally!!
April 22 - Earth Day ~ Speaker - The Talking Tree will visit 1st grade classrooms!
April 22 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 23 - FIELD DAY!! 1st Grade Time is 8:15-9:55
April 26 - Spirit Night @ Five Guys (give them your Blount Flyer)
April 29 - Signed Papers
April 29 - Gold Fundraiser (Blount Library)
April 29 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 30 - Blount Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
May 3-7 - DIBELS Testing
May 4 - PTA Meeting
May 6 - Kindergarten Round Up (for upcoming Kindergartners)
May 14 - Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
May 21 - First Grade Honor's Day (1:00-1:30)
May 26 - Last Day of School
Wow! Hope you marked your calendar with all these events coming up. I am sure if you are like me, this doesn't even include church, dance or ballgames.......spring is here!! Enjoy your time and don't forget to read with your precious little one! Have a wonderful week!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
all, wall, call, will, tell, well, small, smell, stall, chill, drill, shell
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /qu/ as in queen. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound.
Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. If you are having problems please let me know.
MATH
We will continue Chapter 20. Homework for math will be lessons 20 in the Practice Math Workbook.The addition and subtraction facts are getting a little more difficult, I would encourage you to spend a few minutes each night going over the basic facts as well as strategies to help with the more difficult facts. If you need any assistance with this please let me know. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test. (Probably mid to end of this week.)
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will continue to discuss commas in a series, a rule that is not listed on the Grammar Rules sheet. In addition we will be learning that commas are used in dates and addresses (city, state). We will take our Friday's DOL for a daily grade.
Future Dates to Remember
April 8 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 12 - Papers sent home about Raffle-style fundraiser
April 15 - Progress Reports
April 15 - Signed Papers
April 15 - Teacher Treat Day
April 15 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 19-22 Book Fair
April 19-25 Food Drive (drop off during morning carpool)
April 21 - Zoo Field Trip.......finally!!
April 22 - Earth Day ~ Speaker - The Talking Tree will visit 1st grade classrooms!
April 22 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 23 - FIELD DAY!! 1st Grade Time is 8:15-9:55
April 26 - Spirit Night @ Five Guys (give them your Blount Flyer)
April 29 - Signed Papers
April 29 - Gold Fundraiser (Blount Library)
April 29 - Spirit Night @ Cucos (send receipt to school)
April 30 - Blount Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
May 3-7 - DIBELS Testing
May 4 - PTA Meeting
May 6 - Kindergarten Round Up (for upcoming Kindergartners)
May 14 - Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
May 21 - First Grade Honor's Day (1:00-1:30)
May 26 - Last Day of School
Wow! Hope you marked your calendar with all these events coming up. I am sure if you are like me, this doesn't even include church, dance or ballgames.......spring is here!! Enjoy your time and don't forget to read with your precious little one! Have a wonderful week!
Monday, March 29, 2010
March 29 - April 2, 2010
I'm back! Sorry I haven't updated lately. In between school, family and problems with my computer at home it has been a challenge to try and update. Hopefully everything is worked out and home computer issues are resolved......I think....I sure hope!! Anyway on to the exciting news in our classroom. Spring is in full swing and we are definitely having a great time in Room 123. Check out what we are learning!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
March 29 –April 2
day may stay play away boat coat toad ray tray float soap
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /v/ as in volcano. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound. We will also create our own small volcano!
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. I’m strongly encouraging children to take a Math Facts in a Flash test immediately after taking an AR test. Hopefully this will get more students testing on Math Facts.
MATH We will begin Chapter 20.. Homework for math will be lessons 20 in the Practice Math Workbook. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test.
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will discuss commas in a series, a rule that is not listed on the Grammar Rules sheet. We will practice this rule in sentences Monday through Friday. Friday’s DOL will be taken for a daily grade.
A Few Reminders:
*Please remind and encourage your child to listen carefully each day and be a kind friend to everyone. We still have things to cover before the end of school so being a good listener is extremely important.
I placed the April Scholastic book order so hopefully the books will be in by the end of the week or the beginning of next week.
Please send in your Easter Eggs numbered 1 - 19. On numbers 6 and 9 please put a line under the number so the children won't get these two numbers confused when hunting eggs. Also, if you would please put a piece of tape around your eggs, they come apart easily. Since there are several classes having egg hunts on Friday, we are going to have ours in the morning. We will hunt our eggs at 10:00, if parents could come help to hide eggs around 9:30 that would be great! Also, we will have a yummy treat that afternoon, Joshua Brantley's mom is bringing some yummy cookies and I am baking some Easter cupcakes. If I could get a volunteer to send in Capri Suns that would be perfect! The weather is supposed to be great, I know the children are going to have a wonderful time!
FUTURE DATES TO KEEP IN MIND
Standardized Testing Dates: March 29-30.
Although First Grade will not be participating in the testing, parent volunteers are not allowed in the building during testing.
Due to testing Tuesday our Library time is cancelled. After testing, children may go to return and check out books. Please be sure to send books to school if they need to be returned. If you are still reading, they may be renewed.
March 31 Ice Cream Treats with our 3rd Grade Testing Buddies (Mrs. Karen Lee's Class)
April 1 Signed papers
April 2 Easter Egg Hunt
April 15 Progress Reports and signed papers
April 15 Teacher Treat Day
April 21 Zoo Field Trip
April 22 Earth Day Speaker-The Talking Tree will visit our classrooms
April 23 Field Day
April 29 Signed papers
Have a "Hoppy" week!
SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.
March 29 –April 2
day may stay play away boat coat toad ray tray float soap
READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /v/ as in volcano. Our writing job will be various topics related to this sound. We will also create our own small volcano!
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. I’m strongly encouraging children to take a Math Facts in a Flash test immediately after taking an AR test. Hopefully this will get more students testing on Math Facts.
MATH We will begin Chapter 20.. Homework for math will be lessons 20 in the Practice Math Workbook. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test.
LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-24 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. We will discuss commas in a series, a rule that is not listed on the Grammar Rules sheet. We will practice this rule in sentences Monday through Friday. Friday’s DOL will be taken for a daily grade.
A Few Reminders:
*Please remind and encourage your child to listen carefully each day and be a kind friend to everyone. We still have things to cover before the end of school so being a good listener is extremely important.
I placed the April Scholastic book order so hopefully the books will be in by the end of the week or the beginning of next week.
Please send in your Easter Eggs numbered 1 - 19. On numbers 6 and 9 please put a line under the number so the children won't get these two numbers confused when hunting eggs. Also, if you would please put a piece of tape around your eggs, they come apart easily. Since there are several classes having egg hunts on Friday, we are going to have ours in the morning. We will hunt our eggs at 10:00, if parents could come help to hide eggs around 9:30 that would be great! Also, we will have a yummy treat that afternoon, Joshua Brantley's mom is bringing some yummy cookies and I am baking some Easter cupcakes. If I could get a volunteer to send in Capri Suns that would be perfect! The weather is supposed to be great, I know the children are going to have a wonderful time!
FUTURE DATES TO KEEP IN MIND
Standardized Testing Dates: March 29-30.
Although First Grade will not be participating in the testing, parent volunteers are not allowed in the building during testing.
Due to testing Tuesday our Library time is cancelled. After testing, children may go to return and check out books. Please be sure to send books to school if they need to be returned. If you are still reading, they may be renewed.
March 31 Ice Cream Treats with our 3rd Grade Testing Buddies (Mrs. Karen Lee's Class)
April 1 Signed papers
April 2 Easter Egg Hunt
April 15 Progress Reports and signed papers
April 15 Teacher Treat Day
April 21 Zoo Field Trip
April 22 Earth Day Speaker-The Talking Tree will visit our classrooms
April 23 Field Day
April 29 Signed papers
Have a "Hoppy" week!
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