JANUARY 27-30, 2015

 

FIRST GRADE HOMEWORK

 

MONDAY: SNOWDAY:(

 

TUESDAY: DAY 1: ART: READ NEW STORY, "HONEY BEES."  STUDY SPELLING WORDS AND DO WORKBOOK PAGE 302.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 2: GYM: READ "HONEY BEES." STUDY SPELLING WORDS AND DO WORKSHEET.  PARENTS RECEIVE MATH-TOPIC 7 LETTER. SPELLING PRACTICE TEST WILL BE TOMORROW! 

 

THURSDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: READ "SEEDS" (DECODABLE READER). STUDY FOR SPELLING RETEST TOMORROW AND WRITE ANY INCORRECT WORDS 5X EACH ON BACK OF PRACTICE TEST. DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 7-1.

 

FRIDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: JEANS DAY(IF PARTICIPATING): PARENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDERS WITH MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND REPORT CARDS.

 



JANUARY 19-23, 2015

 

HOMEWORK

 

 

MONDAY: DAY 2: GYM: STUDY SPELLING WORDS.  READ "LIFE IN THE FOREST." DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 6-5.

 

TUESDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: STUDY SPELLING WORDS FOR PRACTICE TEST TOMORROW.  READ STORY AGAIN.  DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 6-6.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: READ STORY FOR LAST TIME.  DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 6-7.  IF YOU DIDN'T GET A 100 ON SPELLING PRACTICE TEST, THEN WRITE INCORRECT WORDS 5X EACH ON BACK OF THE TEST AND STUDY!

 

THURSDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS: READ A BOOK FOR YOUR READING LOG!

 

FRIDAY: DAY 1: ART: PARENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDER TO COME HOME WITH IMPORTANT PAPERS FROM THE OFFICE AND STUDENT'S PAPERS.

 

 

FIRST GRADE NEWS

 

STUDENTS HAD A BLAST ON FRIDAY WHEN THEY HAD THEIR REWARD "TOY PARTY." THEY WERE SO BUSY AND WELL-BEHAVED!!!  HOPE WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN.

 

THIS WEEK WE WILL HAVE A VERY SPECIAL DAY ON THURSDAY.  STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WEAR JEANS AND A NS SPIRIT T-SHIRT!  PLUS THEY WILL BE ATTENDING "BRAINSHOWMANIA" IN THE MORNING.  WE ALL LOVE THAT SHOW AND EVERYONE GETS TO PARTICIPATE.

 

HOPEFULLY, WE WILL HAVE A FULL WEEK WITH NO DELAYS, EARLY DISMISSALS OR SNOW DAYS (OR FIRE DAYS)!

 

THINK SPRING!



January 12-16, 2015

FIRST GRADE NEWS

  

WELCOME BACK AGAIN!!  HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET BACK ON TRACK AND HAVE A FULL WEEK AFTER TODAY.  DUE TO MISSING THE LAST TWO DAYS, STUDENTS WILL HAVE SCHOOL NEXT MONDAY (THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE OFF FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY).

 

AFTER THE TWO HOUR DELAY ON TUESDAY, WE DID COMPLETE THE READING TEST ON "THE BIG CIRCLE" AND SOME STUDENTS DID A RETEST ON THE LONG O SPELLING WORDS.  TOMORROW (WED.) WE WILL START A NEW STORY AND A NEW SPELLING LIST WILL BE SENT HOME (THE TESTS WILL NOT BE UNTIL NEXT WEEK. 

 

THE SECOND MARKING PERIOD IS  COMING TO AN END AND THAT MEANS THE STUDENTS WILL BE GETTING THEIR REPORT CARDS TO BRING HOME.  THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO COME HOME ON FRIDAY, JAN. 23RD.

 

WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO LEARN ABOUT LONG VOWEL SOUNDS, PLANT AND ANIMAL COMMUNITIES, NOUNS, AND SUBTRACTION FACTS TO TWENTY.

 

WE WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. IN THESE TIMES WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH VIOLENCE AND HATRED IN THE WORLD, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THOSE LEADERS WHO BELIEVED IN PEACE AND CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH NONVIOLENT MEANS.

 

KEEP WARM!!!

  

HOMEWORK

 

TUESDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 6-2.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: READ NEW STORY, "LIFE IN THE FOREST." STUDY NEW SPELLING LIST.  DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 6-3.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS:  REREAD STORY.  STUDY LONG E WORDS.  DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 6-4.

 

FRIDAY: DAY 1: ART: PARENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDERS TO COME HOME WITH PAPERS FROM THE OFFICE AND CORRECTED PAPERS/TESTS.

 

 

 



January 5-9, 2015

 

FIRST GRADE NEWS

 

 

THE PARTY'S OVER! IT'S BACK TO WORK.  HOPE THE CHILDREN MISSED ME A LITTLE, CAUSE I MISSED THEM.

 

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE READING ABOUT DINOSAURS.  A HERD OF DINOSAURS TO BE EXACT.  THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION IS "HOW DOES LIVING IN A COMMUNITY HELP ANIMALS? 

 

WE WILL BE STUDYING LONG O WORDS IN SPELLING.  IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PRACTICE TEST ON THURSDAY AND THE RETEST ON FRIDAY.

 

WE WILL ALSO BE STUDYING CONTRACTIONS THIS WEEK.  WE WILL TRY TO WRITE EITHER SENTENCES OR PARAGRAPHS IN OUR JOURNALS EACH DAY.  WE WILL BE ENTERING A CONTEST FOR "NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION WEEK" AND EACH CHILD WILL DRAW A PICTURE AND WRITE A SENTENCE ABOUT WHICH KIND OF BOOKS THEY LIKE TO READ.

 

IN MATH WE WILL BEGIN TOPIC 6 - SUBTRACTION FACTS UP TO 20.

 

THERE ARE ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS IN THE 2ND MARKING PERIOD.  YES, REPORT CARDS WILL COME HOME THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY!

 

ALSO - CHILDREN WILL BE TAKING DIBELS TEST DURING THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.  THIS WILL GIVE US AN INDICATION OF THEIR PROGRESS IN READING AND SHOW AREAS OF STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS.

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

 

MONDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: STUDY NEW SPELLING LIST AND DO WORKSHEET. SHOW PARENTS THE MATH LETTER FROM TOPIC 6.

 

TUESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS: READ THE NEW STORY, "THE BIG CIRCLE." STUDY SPELLING WORDS AND DO WORKSHEET.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 1: ART: REREAD THE STORY AND STUDY FOR SPELLING PRACTICE TEST.  DO SPELLING WORKSHEET.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 2: GYM: READ THE STORY AND STUDY H/F WORDS FOR TEST TOMORROW.  UNLESS YOU EARNED A 100 ON THE SPELLING PRACTICE TEST, YOU MUST STUDY FOR RETEST AND WRITE ANY WORDS YOU MISSED 5X ON BACK OF PRACTICE TEST. DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE.

 

FRIDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: PARENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR THE FRIDAY FOLDERS TO COME HOME WITH PAPERS FROM THE OFFICE/PTO/TESTS.