How-To-Article by Mrs. Varney's class

Class How-To-Article by Mrs. Varney's class.

January News Letter

1^st Grade Newsletter for January

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

January 2nd- Welcome Back

January 21^st- NO SCHOOL MLK Day

**Week of January 2-4 will be a review week**

      

  Please continue to have your child:

Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!

Read every night and complete weekly math homework.

Study for Spelling and Weekly Review.

Learning Objectives

Week of Jan. 7-11 Language Arts: Plural –es words r-controlled -or, -ore words Characteristics of Fiction Writing-  verbs that do not add -s Math- comparing 10’s and 1’s           greater than, less than, and equal to >, <, =	Week of  Jan. 14-18 Language Arts: Inflected ending –ed, -ing words r-controlled –ar words Plot Writing- past and present tense verbs Math – number bonds and expanded form (#’s to 100)
Week of Jan. 21-25 Language Arts: r-controlled vowel words (ei,ir,ur) Key details in an informational text Contractions with ‘s, ‘ve, and ‘re Writing:  Exclamatory sentences Math: compose/decompose tens to add and subtract to 100 (1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less) NO SCHOOL MONDAY, JAN. 21ST	Week of Jan. 28-Feb.1 Language Arts: Comparative endings –er, -est Words that end with –dge Sequence compare/contrast characters Characteristics of Poetry Writing: contractions with not Math: addition and subtraction to 100

Helping Hands at Home:

Please log on to www.portaportal.com for additional online resources (in the event we miss school due to snow days) 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 in the event of any snow days.

1^st Grade Newsletter for December

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

December 10th- Field Trip Money and Permission Slips Due

December 17^th- Field trip to Gattitown

December 18^th- Last Day before Winter Break

**December 19^th-January 2^nd- 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.

Community Helpers

Field trip pictures

Some pictures from the field trip. More to come.

1^st Grade Newsletter for October

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

October 8^th-12^th- Fall Break

October 16^th- Hispanic Family Literacy Night 6-7

October 17^th- Field Trip to McConnell Springs/Living Arts and Science Center (students will take a sack lunch)

October 31^st- Dress Up Like Your Favorite Book Character Day! October 31^st- 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 19^th***