Week of February 17th-February 21st

Language Arts Connection: Long a words as in ai, ay words

Writing: Working on class book

Reading: We will be reading the story titled "Mama's Birthday Present" and working on main character traits 

Math: review fractions, begin Time to the hour and half hour

Science: Germs

Social Studies:Presidents Day, Olympics 

Spelling/Phonic- -ai, -ay words

Ruby

1. way     2. day     3. gray

4. may    5. play    6. train

7. mail       8. tail      9. rain

10. afraid *11. about  12. would

 Sentence: I like to play in the rain.

Emerald

1. way     2. day     3. gray

4. may    5. play    6. train

7. mail       8. tail      9. rain

10. afraid  11. brain 12. chain

13. stay  14. spray

*15. about 16. would

Sentence: The mailman is not afraid of rain.

Diamond

1. hay     2. day     3. gray

4. say    5. play    6. train

7. pain       8. main      9. rain

10. stain

Sentence: I play all day.

  

Week of February 3rd- February 7th

Question of the week: What changes can be seen in nature?

Language Arts Connection: Rhyming words

Writing: Working on class book

Reading: We will be reading the story titled "I'm a Caterpillar"

Math: Geometry, sides and vertices

Science: Why does a groundhog only see his shadow sometimes?

Social Studies:Chinese New Year, Groundhogs Day

Spelling/Phonic- -ir, -er, -ur words

Ruby

1. her    2. fur     3. sir

4.hurt     5. burn   6. shirt

7. were       8. first      9. bird

10. girl  *11. visit  12. done

Sentence: Her first bird is red.

 Emerald

1. her    2. fur     3. sir

4.hurt     5. burn   6. shirt

7. were       8. first      9. bird

10. girl  11. germs  12. skirt

13. thirty  14. sure

*15. visit 16. done

 Sentence: The girl has thirty shirts and skirts.

Diamond

1. her    2. fur     3. sir

4.hurt     5. burn   6. shirt

7. sit   8. fit  9. kit  10. lit

Sentence: I sit on the kit. 

Science Night, 100th Day of School and Field Trips.... Oh My!!

A lot of things are happening in the next couple of weeks..

Thursday January 23rd is Science Night. Our class science project and projects done by other classes and students will be displayed in the gym and teachers lounge. There will also be hands on science activities. Science Night is from 5 to 6:30 pm. Hope to see you there.

Friday January 24th is the 100th day of school. We will be having a 100 day celebration and talking a lot about the number 100. 

Field Trips: 

January 30th the first grade classes will be going to Explora. We have enough chaperones but parents are always welcomed to attend, cost is $7.00 at the door.  Sack lunch is needed for this field trip. 

February 4th we will be going to Pope Joy to watch the play Aladdin. We will eat lunch at school before going to the play. 

Please return permission slips and any money that is due as soon as possible. 

Thank you for all that you do, 

Angelique Morett

January 20th- January 24th

Question of the week: What do we learn as we grow and change?

Language Arts Connection: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences and verbs that end with -es 

Writing: Writing contractions. Writing Plan: first, next and last

Reading: We will be reading the story titled "The Class Pet"

Math: Greater Than, Less Than and Equal to

Science: What is Matter? Work on scientific method and science project. 

Social Studies: Martin Luther King Jr. and 100th Day of School

Spelling/Phonic-  Long a, short a and verbs that end with -es

Ruby

1. fix     2. fixes   3. bus

4. buses     5. kiss  6. kisses

7. class    8. classes    9. wish

10. wishes  *11. friends  12. very

Sentence: The class fixes the bus. 

Emerald

1. fix     2. fixes   3. bus

4. buses     5. kiss  6. kisses

7. class    8. classes    9. wish

10. wishes  11. fox 12. foxes

13. glass  14. glasses

*15. friends 16. very

Sentence:The class fixes the glass. 

Diamond

1. fix     2. fixes   3. bus

4. buses    5. kiss  6. kisses

7. mat     8. sat    9. cat   10. rat

Sentence: My cat sat.

January 12th- January 18th

Question of the week: What do we learn as we grow and change?

Language Arts Connection: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences and verbs that end with -s 

Writing: Writing contractions. Writing Plan: first, next and last

Reading: We will be reading the story titled "Ruby in her own time"

Math: Greater Than, Less Than and Equal to

Science: What is the scientific method? What is a scientist? How can I be a scientist?  

Spelling/Phonic-  ending sounds -nk, -ng

Ruby

1. pink    2. wing     3. rink

4. rang     5. sang  6. bank

7. bring       8. trunk     9. blank

10. sunk  *11. every  12. sure

Sentence: I sang in the bank.

Emerald

1. pink    2. wing     3. rink

4. rang     5. sang  6. bank

7. bring       8. trunk     9. blank

10. sunk 11. drink 12. swing

13. think  14. thank

*15. every 16. sure

 Sentence:I sang a song on swings.

Diamond

1. pink    2. wing     3. rink

4. rang     5. sang  6. bank

Sentence: I sang in the bank.  

January 6th -January 10th

Wow I can't believe that Winter Break has come and gone so quickly. Welcome back to everyone I hope you all had a restful break. We have a lot to do this last semester so we are diving right back into the school year.


Question of the week: How do places change?

Language Arts Connection: Nouns and verbs finding them in stories. 

Writing: Writing contractions. Story Sequence: beginning, middle and end. Writing first and last name and date on all papers. 

Reading: We will be reading the story titled "A Place to Play" and discussing story sequence

Math: Place Value: Review finding tens and ones in a number by writing and drawing

Science: What is the scientific method? What is a scientist? How can I be a scientist?  

Spelling/Phonic-  y sounds /e/, /i/

Ruby

1. my     2. by     3. try

4. fly    5. cry   6. sunny

7. handy     8. lucky      9. silly

10. puppy  *11. things  12. always

 Sentence: The silly fly is by the puppy.

 Emerald

1. my     2. by     3. try

4. fly    5. cry   6. sunny

7. handy     8. lucky      9. silly

10. puppy  11. rusty  12. bumpy

13. muddy 14. sky

*15. things 16. always

 Sentence: My muddy puppy is always dirty. 

Diamond

1. my     2. by     3. try

4. fly    5. cry   6. sunny

Sentence: I try to cry. 

December 8th- December 14th

Question of the week: How do animal communities work together to survive?

Language Arts Connection: Proper nouns and nouns. 

Writing: Writing contractions. Understanding comparing and contrasting two topics. Comparing and contrasting U.S. holidays with other countries

Reading: We will be reading the story titled "Honey Bees" 

Math: Place Value: finding tens and ones in a number by writing and drawing

Social Studies: Holidays Around the World (how other countries celebrate in December)

Spelling/Phonic-  long /e/ words (e,ee words)

Ruby

1. he    2. see    3. we

4. me     5. she   6. be

7. tree       8. feet     9. week

10. green  *11. some  12. family

 Sentence: We see a green tree.

 Emerald

1. he    2. see    3. we

4. me     5. she   6. be

7. tree       8. feet     9. week

10. green  11. sweet 12. need

13. deep  14. teeth

*15. some 16. family

Sentence: A week of sweets made my teeth green.

Diamond

1. he    2. see    3. we

4. me     5. she   6. be

Sentence: She can see me.