Tuesday, December 4, 2012

1st Grade Newsletter for December

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
December 10th- Field Trip Money and Permission Slips Due
December 17th- Field trip to Gattitown
December 18th- Last Day before Winter Break
**December 19th-January 2nd- Winter Break**

Please continue to have your child:
Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!
Read every night and complete weekly math homework.
Study for spelling.






Learning Objectives
Week of Dec. 3-7

Language Arts:
Words with final -ng, -nk
Compound Words
Details in a story of characters & settings
Plot
Writing-  verbs that add -s
Math- addition to 10

Week of  Dec. 10-14

Language Arts:
Spiral review
Reading Benchmarking
Holiday Activities
Writing- Spiral Review/Letters to Santa
Math Spiral Review/MST

Week of Dec. 17-21

Monday, Dec. 17th- Field Trip to Gattitown (leave    school at 9:45 and return at 1:15)

Tuesday, Dec. 18th- Regular Classroom Schedule  (Holiday Crafts)
Week of Dec. 24-28


No School-Winter Break


Helping Hands at Home:

Please log on to www.portaportal.com for additional online resources over the break to help your child develop academically.  To get visitor access enter:  nancymoore (no space)

www.raz-kids.com –at this time in your child’s development it is easy to forget skills and regress in a short amount of time, please continue to read and practice those skills over the break.

Monday, October 1, 2012

1st Grade Newsletter for October

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
October 8th-12th- Fall Break
October 16th- Hispanic Family Literacy Night 6-7
October 17th- Field Trip to McConnell Springs/Living Arts and Science Center (students will take a sack lunch)
October 31st- Dress Up Like Your Favorite Book Character Day! October 31st- Scott County “Trick-or-Treat” is from 6-8


Please continue to have your child:
Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!
Read every night and complete weekly math homework.
Study for spelling.

Learning Objectives
Week of Oct. 1-5

Language Arts:
Benchmarking
Spiral review of previously introduced skills
Writing-  Types of Sentences
Math- addition to 20
**No Spelling**
Week of  Oct. 15-19

Language Arts:
Long  ‘a’, soft ‘c’, and soft ‘j’ words
Main Idea
Non-fiction
Writing- Proper Nouns
Math Subtraction to 20

Week of Oct. 22-26
Language Arts:
Long ‘i’ words
Author’s Purpose
Diagraphs (-wh, -ch, -tch)
Writing:  Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Math Missing addends


Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Language Arts:
Long ‘o’ words
Contractions (n’t, ’m, ’ll)
Sequencing
Writing: Using commas to separate words in a series
Math: Fact Families


Helping Hands at Home:

We would like to extend a special thank you for all of your help and donations making our fall festival a success!!

***Report Cards will be coming home on Friday, October 19th***

Tuesday, September 11, 2012


First Grade needs YOUR HELP with the Fall Festival!

The First Grade Team is excited about the upcoming Western Fall Festival on September 28th!  However, we need your help to make it a success for our students.  There are two ways that you can get involved:
1.     “Hop on Pop”- The first grade teachers will be introducing a fun, new game in honor of the late, great Dr. Suess, at the Carnival this year.  For this game we need donations of canned pop.  (Generic pop is wonderful…more for the money!)  Please send in these donations by Tuesday, September 25th.
2.   “Cock-a-doodle doo, Good Morning to you”- The first grade team will also be putting together breakfast themed baskets to be sold at the Silent Auction during the Fall Festival.  We would love donations of breakfast items.  Ideas to get you started are pancake mix, coffee, hot chocolate mix, jams, mini boxes of cereal, muffin mix, etc.  Be creative!  Donations due by Tuesday, September 25th.
Donations to both of these projects benefit your child because all proceeds from the game and the baskets come right back to the first grade team.  All money raised will be used this school year for the purchase of new reading materials for our first graders.

September Newsletter


1st Grade Newsletter for September
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
September 5th,6th- Sack Lunches in the Classroom
September 7th- Grandparents Day
September 11th- Muffins with Mom starting at 7:30
**October 17th- Field Trip**


 

Please continue to have your child:
Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!
Read every night and complete weekly math homework.
Study for spelling.

Learning Objectives
Week of Sept. 4-7

Language Arts:
Words with inflected endings (-s,-ing)
Main Idea and Author’s Purpose
Non-fiction
Writing-  word order in sentences
Math- addition to 10

Week of  Sept.10-14

Language Arts:
Short  ‘e’  words
Author’s Purpose
Consonant Blends (sl, sm, sn)
Fiction
Writing- Telling Sentences (makes a statement)
Math addition to 20

Week of Sept. 17-21
Language Arts:
Short ‘u’ words
Cause and Effect
Final Blends (nd, sp, mp)
Writing:  Writing Questions
Math subtraction to 10


Week of Sept. 24-28
Language Arts:
Diagraphs  sh,-th
Vowel sound in ‘ball’
Main Idea
Making Predictions
Writing: Nouns
Math: subtraction to 20

Helping Hands at Home:

Please log on to www.portaportal.com for additional online resources to help your child develop academically.  To get visitor access enter:  nancymoore (no space)

www.raz-kids.com –your child may have already brought home log-on information (Mrs. Christopher’s and Mrs. Moore’s classes will be bringing it home this week)