Toys from Home

I am requesting that no toys (stuffed animals, figurines, dolls, etc..) be brought to school.  Toys from home are becoming an issue when it comes to placing school items (books and folder) into backpacks.  Backpacks are full of toys and students are finding they have to shove their reading book and folder into their backpack.  There are plenty of toys and  games that are housed in the classroom for the students.  We will begin making some changes in our classroom to follow the expectations of 2nd grade.

This Week's Happenings (April 7th -11th)

Tuesday
Videoconference with Erie Zoo

Wednesday
Practice Spelling Test (list 5-25)

Thursday
Sight Word Assessment
Lesson 5-25 Reading Test (2 sections)
Spring Pictures

Friday
Lesson 5-25 Reading Test (1 section)
Final Spelling Test (list 5-25)
Chapter 9 Math Test

Upcoming Events
April 18th - No School
May 9th - First Grade Field Trip

Academics Peek at Our Week (April 7th-11th)

English Language Arts - Lesson 25
Weekly Story: The New Friend (Realistic Fiction)
High Frequency Words (Sight Words): buy, city, family, party, please, school, seven, & myself
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Summarize
Phonics:  vowel dipthongs (spelling patterns) ou, ow, oi, oy, au, & aw
Spelling List: how, now, owl, ouch, house, found, out, gown, town, buy, family, party, please, school, & seven
Vocabulary Strategies: Synonyms (with an introduction to the thesaurus)
Grammar: Contractions

Math
Lesson 9-7: Counting Sets of Coins

Lesson 9-8: Half-Dollar and Dollar

Lesson 9-9: Problem-Solving Strategy: Try, Check, and Revise

Lesson 9-10: Problem-Solving Applications: What Can You Buy?

Review for Chapter 9 Math Test

Enrichment Reading

We will begin reading the chapter book, Junie B. Jones; Dumb Bunny.

Social Sciences

We will continue our unit on plants and the parts of a plant.

 

 

 

This Week's Happenings (March 10th-14th)

Monday
Math Quiz

Wednesday
Practice Spelling Test (list 5-21)

Thursday
Cold Reading Fluency Assessments
Lesson 5-21 Reading Test (2 sections)

Friday
Lesson 5-21 Reading Test (2 sections)
Final Spelling Test (list 4-16)
Pirate Day

Upcoming Events
March 28th- 3rd Quarter Ends
April 4th- Report Cards
April 10th- Spring Pictures
May 9th- First Grade Field Trip

Academics Peek at Our Week (March 10th-14th)

English Language Arts - Lesson 21
Weekly Story: The Garden (Fantasy)
High Frequency Words (Sight Words): few, loudly, night, noise, shall, story, window, & work
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Story Structure
Phonics: r-controlled vowel "ar" (bossy r)
Phonograms: "or", -ore
Spelling List: far, arm, yard, art, jar, bar, barn, bark, card, yarn, few, loudly, night, noise, shall, story, window, & world
Vocabulary Strategies: Prefix re- as in repair
Grammar: Subject Pronouns
Pronouns that Name One: it, he, & she
Pronouns that Name More Than One: we & they

Math
Lesson 8-6: 1 More, 1 Less; 10 More, 10 Less

Lesson 8-7: Comparing Numbers: Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To

Lesson 8-8: Number-Line Estimation: Numbers to 100

Lesson 8-9: Ordering Three Numbers
Math Vocabulary: less than (<), greater than (>), equal to (=), least, & greatest

Enrichment Reading
 A collection of Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel

Social Sciences

We will finish our Dr. Seuss unit and begin a new unit on pirates.

 

Academics Peek at Our Week (February 24th-28th)

English Language Arts - Lesson 19
Weekly Story: Tomas Rivera (Biography)
High Frequency Words (Sight Words): done, great, laugh, paper, soon, talk, were, & work
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Sequence of Events
Phonics: long o with vowel teams "oa" and "ow"
Phonograms: -oat and -ow
Spelling List: show, row, grow, snow, boat, coat, road, toad, done, great, laugh, paper, soon, talk, were, & work
Vocabulary Strategies: Future Tense
Grammar: Synonyms

Math
Lesson 7-9: Problem-Solving Strategy: Look for a Pattern
Lesson 7-10: Before, After, and Between
Lesson 7-11: Odd and Even Numbers
Lesson 7-12: Ordinal Numbers Through Twentieth
Review Lesson: Problem-Solving Applications: By the Sea
Math Vocabulary: before, between,  after, even, & odd

Enrichment Reading
Chapter Book:  Junie B. Jones and the Toothless Wonder

Social Sciences

Presidents Unit

Dental Health Unit

This Week's Happenings (February 24th-28th)

Wednesday

Practice Spelling Test (list 4-19)

 

Thursday

Lesson 4-19 Reading Test (list 4-19)

 

Friday

Lesson 4-19 Reading Test (2 sections)

Final Spelling Test (list 4-19)

Chapter 7 Math Test

This Week's Happenings...(February 3rd-7th)

TuesdayChapter 6 Math Test

Wednesday
Practice Spelling Test (list 4-16)
Cumulative Ch 1-6 Test (section 1)

Thursday
Cold Reading Fluency Assessments
Cumulative Ch 1-6 Test (section 2)
Lesson 4-16 Reading Test (2 sections)

Friday
Lesson 4-16 Reading Test (2 sections)
Final Spelling Test (list 4-16)
100th Day of School Activities

Upcoming Events
Feb. 8th - Winter Carnival
Feb. 14th - Valentine's Day Activities
Feb. 17th - Snow Make up Day

Academics Peek at Our Week (February 3rd-7th)

English Language Arts - Lesson 16
Weekly Story: Let's Go to the Moon (Informational Text)
Related Reading: Mae Jemison (Biography)
High Frequency Words (Sight Words): around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, & think
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Main Idea and Author's Purpose
Phonics: long o and long u (CVCe)
Spelling List: home, hole, rope, joke, bone, stove, around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, & think
Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -y, -ful
Grammar: Questions (asking statements) Key Words: What, Can, Is, Where, How, When, & Why

Math
Lesson 6-11: Problem-Solving Applications: What's Inside the Egg?
Review for Chapter 6 Test
Review for Cumulative Chapters 1-6 Test

Enrichment Reading
Chapter Book: Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime

Science

The Moon

 

This Week's Happenings...(January 27th-31st)

Monday

Tuesday
Math Quiz

Wednesday
Practice Spelling Test (list 4-16)

Thursday
Cold Reading Fluency Assessments

Friday
Lesson 4-16 Reading Test
Final Spelling Test (list 4-16)
Math Quiz

Academics Peek at Our Week (January 27th-31st)

English Language Arts - Lesson 16
Weekly Story: Let's Go to the Moon (Informational Text)
Related Reading: Mae Jemison (Biography)
High Frequency Words (Sight Words): around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, & think
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Main Idea and Author's Purpose
Phonics: long o and long u (CVCe)
Spelling List: home, hole, rope, joke, bone, stove, around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, & think
Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -y, -ful
Grammar: Questions (asking statements)

Math
Lesson 6-5: Problem-Solving Strategy: Act It Out
Lesson 6-9: Days of the Week
Lesson 6-10: Months of the Year
Lesson 6-11: Problem-Solving Applications: What's Inside the Egg?

Math Vocabulary: calendar, day, week, month, year

Science

The Moon
 

Writer's Workshop

How to Writings (How to Make a S'more and How to Make a Snowman)

Important Information for Parents

Dear First Grade Parent(s),

Your child will be participating in various assessments this week.  Please know that the assessments that will be administered are to evaluate your child's progress in various areas of reading.  You can help your child prepare for these assessments by ensuring that your child is well-rested.  Your child has grown comfortable in participating in the weekly reading test.  In addition to the weekly reading test, your child will also take small sections of the unit three reading test.  The unit three reading test evaluates your child on the concepts, skills, and strategies that were taught and learned throughout the third reading book versus the weekly test.  The weekly reading test focuses on the concepts, skills, and strategies for that particular story.  Please know that all sections of the tests will be given throughout the week.  Your child will take one or two small sections each day.  Much review and practice has been completed and it is now your child's turn to show what they know! 

You will notice that we are not beginning a new reading story this week due to the shortened week.  This week will give us the opportunity to review and practice the reading concepts, skills, and strategies that we have learned thus far. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

This Week's Happenings...(January 20th-24th)

Monday
No School

Tuesday
3-15 Reading Test (2 sections)

Wednesday
3-15 Reading Test (2 sections)

Thursday
Unit 3 Reading Test (2 sections)
Practice Spelling Test (review list)
Math Quiz

Friday
Lighthouse Awards
Unit 3 Reading Test (1 section)
Final Spelling Test (review list)
2nd Quarter Report Cards
Upcoming Dates
1/27- Mobile Dentist

Academics Peek at Our Week (January 20th-24th)

English Language Arts - Lesson 15
Weekly Story: Animal Groups (Informational Text)
Related Reading: Animal Picnic (Play)
High Frequency Words (Sight Words): review all sight words
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Compare & Contrast using a Venn Diagram
Phonics: long i (CVCe); digraphs kn, wr, gn, & mb
Phonograms: -ine and -ite
Review Spelling List: play, what, they, does, friend, every, why, would, pictures, give, their, very, watch, & animal
Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -er, -est
Grammar: Using is, are, was, and were

Math

Lesson 6-4 Telling and Writing Time to the Half Hour

Lesson 6-5: Problem-Solving Strategy: Act It Out

Lesson 6-6: Ordering Events

Lesson 6-7: Estimating Lengths of Time

Math Vocabulary: minute, hour, hour hand, minute hand, o'clock, half hour, morning, afternoon, and night

Social Sciences

Winter

Martin Luther King Jr.
 

Writer's Workshop

How to Writings (How to Make a S'more and How to Make a Snowman)

This Week's Happenings...(January 13th-17th)

Monday
Reading Test (Lesson 3-14)

Tuesday
Reading Test (Lesson 3-14)
Chapter 5 Math Test

Wednesday
Practice Spelling Test (list 3-15)

Thursday
Sight Word Assessment

Friday
Final Spelling Test (list 3-15)

Upcoming Dates
1/20 - Act 80 Day- No School/ Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1/23 - DIBELS Reading Assessments
1/24 - Lighthouse Awards