WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26-30, 2011

MRS. DENNIS' FIRST GRADE HOMEWORK

IMPORTANT NEWS: NO SPELLING LIST THIS WEEK (DUE TO SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND FLOOD DAY OUR SPELLING LIST IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH OUR READING STORIES; THEREFORE WE WILL TAKE A WEEK OFF FROM SPELLING. THIS MAY OCCUR ONCE OR TWICE A MARKING PERIOD.

MONDAY (DAY 4) (LIBRARY CLASS - CAN EXCHANGE BOOKS) DO THE B SIDE OF MATH WORKSHEET; READ ALOUD THE DECODABLE READER, "DOT CAN." ALSO LOOK FOR AN ENVELOPE WITH VOCABULARY WORDS; PLEASE REVIEW WITH YOUR CHILD. THEY WILL RECEIVE A NEW SET WITH EACH NEW STORY WE READ.

TUESDAY (DAY 5) (COMPUTERS) READ AND DISCUSS THE STORY, "THE BIG BLUE OX" AND TALK ABOUT THE SETTINGS OF THE STORY; STUDY VOCAB. WORDS FOR THE STORY.

WEDNESDAY (DAY 1) (ART) DO THE B SIDE OF MATH WORKSHEET. ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT SCIENCE EXPERIMENT (THE PENCIL TRICK). READ THE DECODABLE READER, "CAN DO."

THURSDAY (DAY 2) (GYM - REMEMBER SNEAKERS) PARENTS LOOK FOR NEW "FAMILY TIMES" FOR OUR NEW STORY, "A FOX AND A KIT." ALSO, DO THE SIDE B OF MATH WORKSHEET.

FRIDAY (DAY 3) (MUSIC) PARENTS - LOOK FOR THE FRIDAY FOLDER (RED) IN YOUR CHILD'S BOOK BAG. INSIDE YOU WILL FIND THE READING TEST, MATH TEST, OFFICE AND PTO PAPERS, WEEKLY EVALUATION FORM AND, THIS WEEK, THE STUDENT PROGRESS REPORT FOR YOUR CHILD. PLEASE SIGN THE BACK OF THE FOLDER AND RETURN IT TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S PROGRESS REPORT, FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME OR CALL ME (ON MONDAY).

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19-23, 2011

FIRST GRADE NEWS

THIS WEEK SUMMER ENDS AND FALL BEGINS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A NORTH SCHUYLKILL PEP RALLY ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 23RD.

WE WILL BEGIN LESSON 3 IN SPELLING. WE WILL FINISH READING THE STORY, "PIG IN A WIG" AND BEGIN THE NEW STORY, "THE BIG BLUE OX." WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING SENTENCES AND WILL NOW BEGIN LEARNING ABOUT THE TWO PARTS OF SENTENCES; BEGINNING WITH THE NAMING PARTS AND, THEN, THE ACTION PART. WE WILL BE PRACTICING THE H/F WORDS: TAKE, AND, UP. WE WILL BE READING THE DECODABLE READER, "FIX IT!"


IN MATH WE WILL BE DOING WORD PROBLEMS AND GOING OVER THE STEPS TO FINDING THE ANSWERS. WE WILL IDENTIFY MORNING, AFTERNOON; FIRST, LAST; BETWEEN, MIDDLE; FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. WE WILL ACT OUT "SOME, SOME MORE AND SOME, SOME WENT AWAY STORIES. WE WILL IDENTIFY TRIANGLES AND, ALSO, HOW MANY SIDES AND ANGLES THEY HAVE. WE WILL SORT SHAPES BY ONE ATTRIBUTE. FINALLY ON FRIDAY, WE WILL WORK WITH GEOBOARDS TO MAKE SHAPES AND IDENTIFY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE WRITING NUMERALS.


WE WILL TAKE TIME TO WRITE IN OUR JOURNALS, AT LEAST TWICE THIS WEEK. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH EXPERIMENTS ON BALANCE AND MOTION(IN SCIENCE). WE WILL BALANCE TRIANGLES AND ARCHES ON CLOTHESPINS AND PREDICT WHICH WILL STAND AND WHICH WILL FALL. WE MAY POSSIBLY DO THE PENCIL TRICK EXPERIMENT THIS WEEK ALSO.


ON FRIDAY WE WILL STUDY THE WEEKLY READER AND STUDENTS WILL GET THEIR FRIDAY FOLDERS. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT ALL PAPERS IN THE FOLDER. MOST CAN STAY AT HOME. THEN SIGN THE WEEKLY EVALUATION FORM AND THE BACK OF THE FRIDAY FOLDER AND RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY.


OVERALL, I HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR. THEY ARE TRYING HARD TO FOLLOW CLASS RULES. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO LISTEN CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. FOR SOME THIS IS DIFFICULT; BUT, WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME LEFT TO WORK ON THESE SKILLS.

HOMEWORK

MONDAY (DAY 4-LIBRARY)- READ "PIG IN A WIG" AND STUDY NEW SPELLING WORDS (LESSON 3)

TUESDAY (DAY 5-COMPUTERS)- LOOK FOR "FAMILY TIMES" FOR NEW STORY IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER. DO SIDE B OF MATH WORKSHEET. STUDY SPELLING WORDS.

WEDNESDAY (DAY 1-ART)- READ "THE BIG BLUE OX." STUDY SPELLING WORDS (PRACTICE TEST TOMORROW). DO SIDE B OF MATH WORKSHEET.

THURSDAY (DAY 2-GYM-REMEMBER SNEAKERS!)- READ "THE BIG BLUE OX." DO SIDE B OF MATH WORKSHEET. IF YOUR CHILD EARNED A 100 ON THE SPELLING PRACTICE TEST, THEN, THERE IS NO SPELLING HOMEWORK; IF ANY WORDS WERE INCORRECT, PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD WRITE ONLY THE INCORRECT WORD/S 5X EACH IN THE SPELLING LIST BOOK.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12-16, 2011

FIRST GRADE NEWS/HOMEWORK

SORRY FOR MY ABSENCE ON FRIDAY. I LIVE IN BLOOMSBURG AND ALTHOUGH MY HOME RECEIVED LITTLE DAMAGE; THE ROADS WERE CLOSED AND SEVERAL BRIDGES ALONG MY WORK ROUTE WERE CLOSED. I DO HAVE A BACK-UP ROUTE(ACTUALLY TWO), HOWEVER, BOTH OF THOSE WERE FLOODED AS WELL. ALSO, MY MOTHER'S HOME WAS SEVERELY FLOODED AND WE HAVE BEEN HELPING HER.

I PLAN TO BE IN SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING. WE WILL TRY TO GET RIGHT BACK ON OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE. DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON FRIDAY, 9/9, WE WILL SEND HOME FRIDAY FOLDERS WITH THE SPELLING TESTS AND WEEKLY EVALUATION FORMS EITHER MONDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING.

MONDAY, 9/12(DAY 4)( LIBRARY CLASS/BOOK EXCHANGE) WE WILL HAVE MATH HOMEWORK; PLEASE REREAD THE STORY, "SAM, COME BACK." WE WILL HAVE A TEST ON THE STORY MID-WEEK.

TUESDAY, 9/13(DAY 5)(COMPUTERS) WE WILL HAVE MATH HOMEWORK.

WEDNESDAY, 9/14(DAY1)(ART) WE WILL HAVE MATH HOMEWORK.

THURSDAY, 9/15(DAY 2)(GYM) PLEASE WEAR SNEAKERS. MATH HOMEWORK AGAIN!

FRIDAY, 9/16(DAY3)(MUSIC) FRIDAY FOLDERS WILL COME HOME; PLEASE LOOK AT ANY PAPERS AND SIGN FOLDER AND RETURN.

WHEN I RETURN TO SCHOOL, I WILL UPDATE THE HOMEWORK BLOG TO LET PARENTS KNOW ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK, TESTS AND NEW SPELLING LIST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6-9, 2011

FIRST GRADE NEWS/HOMEWORK

TUESDAY(9/6) - STUDENTS SHOULD STUDY SPELLING WORDS; READ TEXTBOOK STORY, "SAM, COME BACK," AND COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK SIDE OF THE MATH WORKSHEET.

WEDNESDAY(9/7) - STUDENTS SHOULD STUDY SPELLING LIST (PRACTICE TEST TOMORROW). ALSO, COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK SIDE OF MATH WORKSHEET. READ FOR 5 MINUTES FROM READING TEXT.

THURSDAY(9/8) - STUDENTS SHOULD STUDY SPELLING WORDS (UNLESS HE/SHE EARNED A 100 ON THE PRACTICE TEST). READ WITH YOUR CHILD FOR 5 MINUTES (EITHER THE TEXT OR DECODABLE READER). COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK SIDE OF THE MATH WORKSHEET.

***IMPORTANT***SCHOOL PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN FRIDAY MORNING. YOUR CHILD MUST DRESS ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL DRESS CODE. IF YOU ARE BUYING A PHOTO PACKAGE; PLEASE SEND IN THE ORDER ENVELOPE WITH CASH/CHECK ON FRIDAY.

ALSO: WE HAVE GYM ON WEDNESDAY - MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD WEARS SNEAKERS.

WE HAVE LIBRARY BOOK EXCHANGE ON FRIDAY - SO PLEASE SEND YOUR

CHILD'S LIBRARY BOOK TO SCHOOL.