MARCH 16-20, 2015

 

FIRST GRADE NEWS
 

ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER MAN WE MAY BE HERE THE FULL WEEK AGAIN!!!  I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT.  THIS WEEK WE WILL CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING.  WE ARE HOPING THE LEPRECHAUNS PAY US A VISIT ON TUESDAY.  WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED. 

 

WE WILL START A NEW STORY THIS WEEK CALLED "THE CLASS PET."  WE WILL PRACTICING ADDING -ES TO WORDS TO MAKE THEM PLURAL.  WE WILL PRACTICE THE /OR/ SPELLED OR AND ORE.  WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACTS AND OPINIONS.  PLUS WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW ANIMALS CHANGE AS THEY GROW. WE WILL STUDY THE STORY ABOUT SIX DAYS BEFORE TESTING.

 

IN SPELLING WE WILL PRACTICE WORDS WITH AND WITHOUT -ES ON THE END; PLUS TWO H/F WORDS.  WE WILL NOT HAVE THE PRACTICE TEST UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY. THEN THE RETEST WILL BE GIVEN ON WEDNESDAY.

 

IN MATH WE WILL BE STARTING TOPIC 9 WHICH COVERS PUTTING NUMBERS IN ORDER AND COMPARING NUMBERS.  WE WILL USE THE HUNDRED CHART AGAIN AND STUDENTS WILL BE IDENTIFYING ONE LESS, ONE MORE AND TEN LESS AND TEN MORE.  THEY WILL ALSO LEARN THE GREATER THAN AND LESS THAN SYMBOL.

HOMEWORK

 

MONDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY:  LOOK FOR MATH TOPIC 9 OPENER WITH A LETTER TO PARENTS.  STUDY THE NEW SPELLING LIST AND DO THE MISSING LETTER WORKSHEET. 

TUESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS: ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT ST. PATRICK'S DAY ACTIVITIES. STUDY SPELLING LIST AND DO WORKBOOK PAGE.

WEDNESDAY: DAY 1: ART: READ NEW STORY, "THE CLASS PET." PRACTICE H/F WORDS ON PAGE 89.  STUDY SPELLING LIST. DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 9-1.

THURSDAY: DAY 2: GYM:  READ THE STORY, STUDY H/F WORDS.  STUDY SPELLING WORDS. DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 9-2.

FRIDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDERS WITH GRADED TESTS (READING, WRITING AND MATH) AND ANY PAPERS FROM THE OFFICE. 

 ENJOY SPRING AT LAST!

 



MARCH 9-13, 2015

 

 

FIRST GRADE NEWS 
 

WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY, EXCEPT THAT I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HOPE WE HAVE A FULL WEEK.  IN 25 YEARS OF TEACHING I HAVE NEVER HAD A WINTER LIKE THIS! WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET STUDENTS AND STAFF BACK INTO THE SCHOOL ROUTINE.  WISH US LUCK (AND GOOD WEATHER).

 

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE ANIMAL FANTASY, "RUBY IN HER OWN TIME." IF I THINK THE CHILDREN ARE READY, I WILL TEST THEM ON THE STORY ON FRIDAY. 

 

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SAME SPELLING LIST.  WE WILL HAVE THE PRACTICE TEST ON THURSDAY.  THEN, IF NEEDED, WE WILL RETEST ON FRIDAY.

 

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH MATH TOPIC 8.  WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND FINISH THE TOPIC BY THURSDAY (I'M ALMOST AFRAID TO SAY THAT FOR FEAR THAT I'LL JINX US).

 

THIS WEEK I WOULD LIKE TO GET US STARTED WITH WRITING ABOUT ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND SPRING.  WE WILL HAVE A CELEBRATION FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY.  WE WILL DO SOME SCIENCE, MATH, READING AND ART ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE HOLIDAY.  OF COURSE WE WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR GREEN!
 

HOMEWORK

 

MONDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: READ THE STORY.  STUDY THE SPELLING WORDS. DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 8-5.

 

TUESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS: READ THE STORY.  STUDY THE SPELLING WORDS.  DO MATH WORKBOOK 8-6.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 1: ART: READ THE DECODABLE READER.  DO SPELLING WORKBOOK PAGE/STUDY FOR PRACTICE TEST.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 2: GYM: REREAD THE STORY AND STUDY THE HIGH/FREQUENCY WORDS. IF YOU DID NOT EARN A 100 ON THE SPELLING PRACTICE TEST, THEN WRITE THE INCORRECT WORDS 5X EACH ON THE BACK OF THE TEST AND STUDY FOR RETEST TOMORROW.

 

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

 

 

ONLY 11 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!!!

MARCH 2-6, 2015

 

 HOMEWORK

 

 

MONDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC (2-HR. DELAY): STUDY NEW SPELLING LIST.  READ "RUBY IN HER WON TIME." DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 8-4.

 

TUESDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: STUDY SPELLING. READ STORY. DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 8-5.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS: STUDY SPELLING. REREAD STORY.  DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 8-6.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 1: ART:  DO SPELLING WORKSHEET.  REREAD STORY. 

 

FRIDAY: DAY 2: GYM: PARENTS-PLEASE LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDERS.  EMPTY THEM PLEASE!

 

 

NEWS

 

 

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE STUDYING THE ANIMAL FANTASY, "RUBY IN HER OWN TIME."  WE WILL ALSO BE LEARNING SPELLING WORDS THAT END WITH NG AND NK. WE WILL STUDY COMPOUND WORDS AND, AS USUAL, THE HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS.

 

WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING MORE WITH VERBS.  ALTHOUGH THIS WEEK WE WILL LEARN TO ADD -S WHEN NEEDED TO VERBS. 

 

WE WILL LEARN TO WRITE 2 DIGIT NUMBERS WITH TENS AND ONES IN EXPANDED FORM AND IN TABLES.  THEN, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, WE WILL TEST ON TOPIC 8.

 

 

LESS THAN 3 WEEKS UNTIL SPRING!

FEBRUARY 23-27, 2015

 

NEWS

 

THREE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK.  FIRST-"BRAINSHOWMANIA" ON WEDNESDAY.  THEN WE WATCH A PLAY PUT ON BY MRS. SHADLE'S THIRD GRADE CLASS.  FINALLY ON FRIDAY WE CELEBRATE DR. SEUSS' BIRTHDAY.  BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL VISIT K-3 CLASSES TO READ TO STUDENTS AND DO ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE BOOKS.

 

ACADEMICALLY WE ARE CONTINUING TO STUDY THE REALISTIC FICTION, "A PLACE TO PLAY." WE WILL LEARN ABOUT VERBS, WORDS WITH Y (THAT SOUND LIKE VOWELS E OR I) AND THE ORDER OF EVENTS IN THE STORY. THE SPELLING PRACTICE TEST WILL BE TUESDAY; THE RETEST ON WEDNESDAY.  THE READING ASSESSMENTS WILL BE THURSDAY. OH YES, IN MATH WE WILL STARTING TOPIC 8-COUNTING TENS AND ONES (TWO DIGIT NUMBERS).

 

 

WILL WE HAVE A FULL WEEK???

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

MONDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: READ "A PLACE TO PLAY." DO SPELLING WORKBOOK PAGE 318. GIVE PARENTS MATH TOPIC 8 LETTER.

 

TUESDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: READ STORY.  WRITE ANY INCORRECT SPELLING WORDS 5X ON BACK OF TEST AND STUDY!  DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 8-1.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTER: READ STORY AND STUDY H/F WORDS.  DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 8-2.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 1: ART: DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 8-3.

 

FRIDAY: DAY 2: GYM: PARENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDERS WITH MONTHLY NEWSLETTER PLUS CORRECTED TESTS AND OTHER IMPORTANT PAPERS.

FEBRUARY 16-20, 2015

NEWS

 



WE WILL BE STARTING OUR THIRD READING BOOK THIS WEEK.  THE SELECTIONS FOCUS ON  CHANGING.   THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION IS "WHAT IS CHANGING IN OUR WORLD?"

 

WE WILL HAVE A NEW SPELLING LIST WITH WORDS THAT END WITH Y, BUT, THE Y MAKES A VOWEL SOUND, PLUS TWO H/F WORDS FROM THE STORY.  THE PRACTICE TEST WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY AND THE RETEST ON WEDNESDAY.

 

THIS WEEK WE WILL FINISH MATH TOPIC 7-COUNTING AND NUMBER PATTERNS TO 120 (UNLESS THE WEATHER GETS IN OUR WAY AGAIN!).  WE WILL TRY TO TEST ON EITHER THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.

 

NEXT WEEK WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL EVENTS-"BRAINSHOWMANIA" ON FEB. 25TH AND "READ ACROSS AMERICA" WHICH CELEBRATES THE BOOKS OF DR. SEUSS.  BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL COME AND READ TO THE CHILDREN AND DO SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.

 

TRY TO STAY WARM!!! 

 

HOMEWORK

 

MONDAY: PRESIDENT'S DAY: NO SCHOOL

 

 

TUESDAY: 2 HOUR-DELAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 7-5.

STUDY NEW SPELLING LIST.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS:  TAKE HOME NEW READING BOOK.  READ PAGES 16-19.  STUDY NEW SPELLING LIST. DO MATH PAGES 7-6.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 1: ART:  READ NEW STORY, "A PLACE TO PLAY." STUDY SPELLING WORDS.

 

FRIDAY: DAY 2: GYM:  PARENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDER TO COME HOME WITH CORRECTED TESTS AND PAPERS FROM THE OFFICE.

FEBRUARY 9-13, 2015

 

 

FIRST GRADE NEWS

 

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE REVIEWING ALL OF THE WORDS AND SKILLS LEARNED IN UNIT 2 OF READING, THEN WE WILL HAVE THE UNIT 2 BOOKLET TEST.  THE CHILDREN ARE EXCITED BECAUSE THEY WILL SOON GET READING BOOK 3!

 

THERE WILL BE NO SPELLING UNTIL WE START THE FIRST STORY IN BOOK 3. 

 

IN MATH WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON NUMBERS UP TO 120.  WE WILL SKIP COUNT BY 2S, 5S, AND 10S.  WE WILL LOOK AT HUNDRED CHARTS AND FIND PATTERNS. 

 

WE WILL HAVE THE JUMP ROPE FOR HEART ACTIVITY DURING OUR SPECIAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH.  CHILDREN SHOULD WEAR SNEAKERS AND THEY CAN DRESS IN GYM CLOTHES THAT DAY.

 

ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR CLASSROOM VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY.  WE DID MAKE OUR VALENTINES HOLDERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD MAKE VALENTINES FOR THE CLASS AND THEN BRING THEM IN BY THURSDAY.  I HAVE EXTRA CLASS LISTS IF YOU NEED ONE.

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

MONDAY: ANOTHER SNOW DAY:(

 

 

TUESDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC(2 HR. DELAY): READ FOR READING LOG. WEAR SNEAKERS.

 

WEDNESDAY: JUMP ROPE FOR HEART: DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGE 7-4. BRING IN VALENTINES, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 4: LIBRARY: PARENTS LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDERS TO COME HOME WITH CORRECTED TESTS AND PAPERS FROM THE OFFICE.  PLUS YOUR CHILD'S VALENTINES WILL COME HOME.

 

PRAY FOR SPRING!!!

 

 





FEBRUARY 2-6, 2015

 

HOMEWORK

 

 

MONDAY: SNOW DAY AGAIN:(

 

TUESDAY: DAY 5: COMPUTERS (2HR DELAY): READ "HONEY BEES" AND DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 7-2.

 

WEDNESDAY: DAY 1: ART: READ "HONEY BEES" AND DO MATH WORKBOOK PAGES 7-3.

 

THURSDAY: DAY 2: GYM: READ "HONEY BEES" AND STUDY H/F WORDS.

 

FRIDAY: DAY 3: MUSIC: PARENTS LOOK FOR FRIDAY FOLDERS TO COME HOME.

 

 

NEWS

 

 

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE "HONEY BEES" STORY ALL THIS WEEK.  WE WILL NOT HAVE A NEW SPELLING LIST THIS WEEK.

 

WE WILL BE WORKING WITH NUMBERS UP TO 120 IN MATH. WE WILL BE COUNTING BY 2S, 5S, 10S.

 

WE WILL HAVE SOME SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK.  BRAINSHOWMANIA IS RESCHEDULED FOR THE 6TH  AND THE 100TH DAY IS COMING SOON.  A NOTE WILL BE SENT HOME REGARDING THE 100TH DAY.  PLUS WE WILL BE MAKING OUR VALENTINES HOLDER (WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS LAST FRIDAY, BUT, ALAS, MOTHER NATURE HAD OTHER PLANS FOR US).

 

REPORT CARDS WILL BE COMING HOME THIS WEEK.  THIS IS A STANDARDS BASED REPORT CARD.  ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME BY E-MAIL OR PHONE.