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First Grade News

There will be no new skills this week.  We will spend our time catching up on those skills we missed completing last week due to the time we were out of school.  We will not have a spelling list this week.  I will send home the last spelling list of the year on Monday.  Please make sure you are reviewing the vocabulary words nightly as we will be testing on these very soon. 

You will be receiving a May calendar today in your child's red folder.  Please keep and refer to it daily as there are many special activities going on during the month at school.  Please make sure your child has his/her backpack with them every day for the remainder of the school year regardless of what is on the calendar for a particular day.

Some upcoming dates to remember are:

Pajama Day will be tomorrow. Your child may wear pajamas and bring a beach towel to sit on during reading time.

Strawberry Festival Holiday will be on Friday.

Mom's Lunch will be on Tuesday, May 10.

PTO Meeting will also be on Tuesday, May 10 (5:30).

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I hope everyone enjoyed a very happy Easter!

Our P.E. program that was scheduled for  this Wednesday at 9:00 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 11th at the same time.  Coach Eric is here only on Wednesdays.  Since we were out last Wednesday, Eric was not able to go over the program with the students. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 

Skills for the week of April 25 include:

Reading/Language Arts:  words with oy and oi, suffix -er, words with the oo vowel sound, and suffixes -s, -es, -ed, and -ing

Phonics:  words with prefixes pre- and dis-, and review of consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs

Spelling:  words with ow

Math:  reading a thermometer and subtracting half of a double

Science:  spring

Those in the class who have now reached Level 4 in AR and earned the trip to Chucky Cheese are: Kaitlyn, Hayden,  Megan, Jillian, Za'Naiya, Kali R., Jonah, and Malea.  We have others who are very close.

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When you see Mr. Steven Tate at his store, please thank him for the nice yellow lunchboxes that he gave each of the students.  They were so excited over these and have enjoyed getting to use them. 

Congratulations to Jonah, Malea, Kaitlyn, Hayden, Megan, Jillian, and Za'Naiya.  Each of these students have reached Level 4 in AR and will be going to Chucky Cheese Pizza for a special field trip which is just a few short weeks away.  The rest of the class will  need to work really hard during the next couple of weeks to earn the points they still need to enable them to go on the trip.

We will be out of school on Friday in celebration of Good Friday.  Happy Easter to everyone!

Skills fo rthe week of April 18 include:

Reading/Language Arts:  words containing oo, compare and contrast, suffixes -s, -ed, -ing, and words containing oo

Phonics:  suffixes -er, -est, -ful

Math:  identifying and counting quarters and subtracting two digit numbers without regrouping

No spelling words this week! 

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I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break!

Please remember that spring picture money is due on Wednesday, April 6.

Skills for the week of April 4 include the following:

Reading/Language Arts:  We will use our reading and language arts period to read AR books and take tests on the books we read.  As I have told you all year, if your child has books at home that she can read, these can be brought to school and tested on if there is an AR test available for that particular book.  Imagination Library books are especially good ones as most will have AR tests that are compatible with them.

Phonics:  words with combination wh, digraphs ei and ew

Spelling:  words with long o (spelled with oa and ow)

Math:  measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest centimeter, subtraction facts with differences of 1, identifying a fractional part of a set, and subtracting 10 from a number

Science:  butterflies

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Tomorrow is parent-teacher conferences.  Please make every attempt to attend if I have let you know that I need to see you.

Spring picture proofs are being sent home today.  If you would like to order a picture, please send in your orders by April 16. 

SPRING BREAK WILL BE NEXT WEEK!!  I hope you and your family enjoy your week.

Skills for the week of March 21 include: 

Reading/Language Arts:  words with ow and ou, sequencing events in a story, and words ending in -tle

Phonics:  spelling words with ch and letter j, words with ie, and combination wh

Spelling:  words with long e spelled ea

Math:  working with graphs, measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest centimeter, subtraction facts, and identifying fractional parts of a set

Science:  the life cycle of a frog and toad

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Thanks to those who were able to attend the music program today.

We also appreciate those who are able to sell candy bars.  If your child wants to purchase a candy bar at school, they may do so at the end of the day each day. (cost: $1.00)

Skills for the week of March 14 include:

Reading/Language Arts:  words with ow and ou, adding -ly and -ful to the end of words, and comprehension skills

Phonics:  words with -tch and -ch and words with -dge and -ge

Spelling:  words with long a spelled ai and ay

Math:  counting dimes, nickles, and pennies, identifying fractional parts of a whole, graphing using a bar graph, measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest centimeter

Social Studies:  St. Patrick's Day (Don't forget to wear green on Thursday.)

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Thank you to Travis, Shae, Malea, Hayden, Kaylie, Kaitlyn, ZaNaiya, Jillian, Jonah, Cortney, Scotty, James, Megan, and Kali for thecontributions made to our classroom museum.  Almost every class in the school came to see our treasures.  They all expressed how much they enjoyed the first grade display.  We had a wide assortment of items for viewing.  Thank you for taking time to share your treasures and tell why each was so special.

AR UPDATE: Congratulations to Jonah, Malea, and Kaitlyn for reaching Level II in Ar.  Cortney, Hayden, Kali, Megan, Chad, Jillian and ZaNaiya are on Level I now.

Thanks to all those who are selling candy bars to benefit our school.  One student has already turned in the money for her first box and is working on selling her second box.  Thanks to Megan and family for your hard work.

Congratulaions to Kaylie for winning the drawing for a special prize during READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK.

Next week is National School Breakfast Week and our cafeteria ladies are working hard to plan some special events to celebrate.  Miss Kari, Mrs. Lisa, and Mrs. Martha do a great job!

Spring Pictures will be made next Tuesday (March 8).

SKILLS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 7 INCLUDE:

Reading/Language Arts:  suffixes -ly and -ful, cause and effect, words with oo (moon), compound words, and words with ew, ue, and ui

Phonics:  spelling with the doubling rule, "ghost letter" digraphs, and spelling with the dropping rule.

Spelling:  comparison words ending in -er and -est

Math:  addition facts, identifying cones and spheres, and adding 3 single-digit numbers

Science:  our heart

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READ ACROSS AMERICA will be celebrated in schools across the country next week in celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss.  In our class,we will be doing the following activities: 

Tuesday:  "The Cat in the Hat"  hat day (wear your favorite hat to school)

Wednesday:  "The Cat in the Hat"  wear red day (MCES shirts will look great)

Thursday:  "Fox in Socks" crazy socks day (wear your crazy socks)

Friday:  We have been discussing treasures in our reading class and learning that a treasure is something that is very special to you.  We have also been learning about museums.  Please allow your child to bring something to school that day that is a special treasure to your family.  Please write on a note card or small piece of paper why this item is so special to your family.  (You could send a picture if it is not possible to send the actual item.)  We will be setting this up as a little museum that we will invite other classes to view.  Your child can begin bringing their items in tomorrow.  We will return them to you on Friday afternoon.

Skills for the week of February 28:

Reading/Language Arts:  words with long i (ie, igh), compound words, words with ew, ue, and ui, comprehension

Phonics:  digraph ph, soft g (giraffe), spelling with the doubling rule

Spelling:  words with er, ir, ur

Math:   identifying fractions, working with pattern blocks, using "greater than, less than, and equal" signs, dividing a set of objects, drawing a picture to solve a problem

Science:  Dental Health

March 8 - Spring Pictures

March 14 - Spring Music Program at 1:30   

Skills for the week of February 21 include:

Reading/Language Arts:  long i (ie/igh), recognizing which stories are real and which are make-believe, words beginning with kn/wr, long o (oa/ow), words that begin with blends scr, squ, str, and spl

Phonics:  digraph aw, "wild colt words" (words that break the spelling rules), digraph oa, and digraph ey

Spelling:  words that end in suffix -ed

Math:  identifying dozen and half dozen, estimating and measuring distances using feet, adding 9, and identifying one, five, ten, and twenty dollar bills

Social Studies:  U.S. Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

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I hope everyone enjoyed the snow last week.

We did go ahead and have our pizza party today to celebrate Valentine's Day.  If you did not yet send your child's pizza money for the party, you may still send it.  Children, who brought their valentines today, passed them out.  Children, who did not have their valentines today, can pass theirs out tomorrow.  A list of student names was sent home today.

All skills from last week will be carried over to this week.