Posted by: ary1stgrade on: February 20, 2012
Week of February 21st, 2012
I hope everyone enjoyed the winter break and the beautiful weather!
Math – We will be continuing to practice fact families and learning how to use the addition and subtraction facts table.
Reading – Our new story is called, “Ruby in Her Own Time”. We will be focusing on what we learn as we grow and change. We will be practicing words with the ng and nk endings and compound words.
Sight Words for the Week – any enough ever every
own sure were
Spelling Words for the Week – bank blank bring pink rang
rink sang sunk trunk wing
Writing – We will practice writing complete sentences and adding details to our writing as we work on personal narratives.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: February 13, 2012
Week of February 13th, 2012
I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Just a reminder, that there is no school this Thursday and Friday. I hope everyone enjoys the winter break!
Math – We will be continuing to practice fact families and learning how to use the addition and subtraction facts table.
Reading – Since it is only a three day week, we will not be starting a new story. We will be reviewing letter patterns, sight words, and reading concepts from our previous stories. We will also be reading some fun stories about Valentine’s Day!
There are no new sight words or spelling words this week.
Writing – We will be writing friendly letters.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: February 5, 2012
Week of February 6th, 2012
I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather today! Thanks to everyone who came in for conferences last week. I am looking forward to meeting with many of you that signed up for conferences this Tuesday!
Math – This week we will complete unit five. We will also be starting unit six with our focus on fact families and learning how to use the addition and subtraction facts table.
Reading – We will be starting a new unit this week which will discuss the changes in our world. Our first story, “A Place to Play” is about how places change. We will be practicing the long i sound and the long e sound spelled with the letter y.
Sight Words for the Week – always become day everything
nothing stays things
Spelling Words for the Week – by cry fly handy lucky
my puppy silly sunny try
Writing – We will continue to practice writing descriptive paragraphs.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: January 29, 2012
Week of January 30, 2012
I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend! I am looking forward to meeting with many of you that signed up for conferences this week!
Math – This week we will continue working on the place value of numbers, number stories, and time to the quarter-hour.
Reading – Our story this week is called, “Honey Bees”. We will be focusing on the long e sound spelled ee. We will also be focusing on nouns in sentences. We will be discussing how insect communities are like communities of people.
Sight Words for the Week – also family new other some their
Spelling Words for the Week - feet he see we green
me she tree week be
Writing – We will practice how to paragraphs that describe real people or events.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: January 23, 2012
Week of January 23, 2012
I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend!
Math – This week we will continue working on the place value of numbers.
Reading – Our story this week is called, “Life in the Forest”. We will be focusing on the long u sound and the long e sound. We will also be working with singular and plural nouns. We will be discussing how plant and animal communities are important to each other.
Sight Words for the Week – around find food
water grow under
Spelling Words for the Week - cube cute flute huge June
mule rude rule tube use
Writing - We will practice how to write descriptions.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: January 16, 2012
Week of January 17, 2012
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend!
Math – This week we will be working on the place value of numbers.
Reading – Our story this week is called, “The Big Circle”. We will be focusing on the long o sound and contractions. We will also be discussing the sequence of events and the importance of putting things in order.
Sight Words for the Week - down inside now there together
Spelling Words for the Week - bone home hope hose joke
rode rose stone those woke
Writing - We will practice how to write directions.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: January 9, 2012
Week of January 9, 2012
We had a great start to the New Year! Everyone worked hard and did a super job following directions and classroom procedures!
Math – This week we will be completing our unit on measuring and telling time and we will begin our new unit which will focus on place value.
Reading – We will be discussing who works to make our community a nice place. We will be working on words that have the long i sound and words that have the blends wh, ch, tch, and ph.
Sight Words for the Week - live out people who work
Spelling Words for the Week - bike dime hide ice kite
like ride smile time white
Writing - We will practice writing book reports this week.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: January 3, 2012
Week of January 3, 2012
Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday break.
Math – This week we will continue to work on unit four which focuses on measuring and telling time to the quarter-hour.
Reading – We will be discussing communities and families. We will be working on words that have the long a sound, words with the s sound spelled with a c, and words with the j sound spelled with a g. Our story this week will be “The Farmer in the Hat”.
Sight Words for the Week - be could horse of old paper
Spelling Words for the Week - age cage cake face late
made make name safe take
Writing - We will practice writing personal narratives about our holiday break.
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: December 19, 2011
Week of December 19th, 2011
We are looking forward to a very busy week! We will be working on our regular curriculum along with some holiday activities. Our holiday party will be on Friday at 1:50. Please contact Mrs. Edgington or Mrs. Burcham if you have any questions or if you would like to help. I am aware that many families have busy evening schedules so there will not be any homework this week.
Math – We will continue to work on measuring and telling time to the quarter-hour.
Reading – We will be starting a new unit which focuses on Communities. We will be discussing what families do together. We will be working on words that have the sh and th sound.
Sight Words for the Week - catch good no put said want
Spelling Words for the Week - We will be practicing words in class but there will not be a spelling test this week.
(fish rush shell ship shop shut then thin trash with)
Writing - We will continue to practice writing friendly letters.
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and restful break!
Thanks for all you do!
Posted by: ary1stgrade on: December 11, 2011
Week of December 12th, 2011
We are heading into another exciting week for first grade. On Wednesday, we will be going to the Santa Shop so students can purchase gifts for their families. Please fill out the envelope that was sent home so we can assist your child in buying gifts. Also, thanks to all of your support our class won the Marco’s fundraiser and we will be having a pizza party on this Friday the 16th.
Math – This week we will continue to work on unit four which focuses on measuring and telling time to the quarter-hour.
Reading – We will start a new story, “AnimalPark”. We will be focusing on words with the short u sound and words that end with consonant blends.
Sight Words for the Week - home into many them
Spelling Words for the Week – bump crust dusk dust hunt
jump just lump must trust
Writing – We will be practicing our letter writing skills with our letters to Santa (don’t worry I send one and I keep a copy in their writing folders!) and we will be working on some holiday writing projects.
