1^st Grade Newsletter for February

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

February 4- Weekly vocabulary study begins

February 14 and 15- Valentine’s Day Celebrations

**Week of February 4-8 we will start vocabulary homework**

Please continue to have your child:

Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!

Read every night and complete weekly math homework.

Study for Vocabulary and Weekly Review.

Learning Objectives

Week of Feb. 4-8 Language Arts: ai, ay words retelling stories (understanding the central message) compare/contrast (customs and traditions) Writing-  adjectives, common possessive nouns Math- subtracting ten, choosing strategies to subtract    groups of ten	Week of  Feb. 11-15 Language Arts: long ‘e’ words words with inflected endings retelling a story/key details Writing- identifying adjectives (colors and shapes) Math – time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years), identifying different parts of a clock, identifying to types of clocks (analog and digital)
Week of Feb. 18-22 Language Arts: long “o” words words with 3 letter blends identifying main topic, identifying key details Writing:  identifying adjectives (sizes),               similar verbs (look/peek, glance/stare) Math: telling time to the hour	Week of Feb. 25-Mar. 1 Language Arts: long  ie/igh words kn, wr words words and phrases that suggest feelings in a story Writing:  adjectives for what kind Math:  telling time to the half-hour

Helping Hands at Home:

Please continue to study for Weekly Review Assessments (these scores let us know how well your child is progressing through first grade content).  Also, don’t be alarmed if the assessment questions are asked a little differently from the review…we are assessing the skill not the exact format of the question which helps us to see how well they understand the concept.  Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions.  The First Grade Team J

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.