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