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Week of 11/23 - 11/24

Due to this being a short week, we will not begin a new theme in reading. We will review the skills taught thus far, and do some Thanksgiving activities.

There will be no tests this week. However, we will be performing a Thanksgiving play for some other classes on Tuesday, so please use the time at home to prepare your child for his or her parts in the play.

We will continue addition strategies in math.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Week of 10/16 - 10/20

This week we will be reading the nonfiction story "Life in the Forest". We will be discussing author's purpose. The phonics skills for the week are long u and long e, as well as inflected ending -ed.

The spelling words are as follows:
huge
June
rule
tube
use
cube
cute
flute
rude
mule

The vocabulary words are:
grow
food
around
find
water
under
leaves
busy
live
forest

In math we will be using a number line to add and subtract.

Reading, spelling, and vocabulary tests will be Friday. Please be sure to review skills with your child every night.

Week of 11/2 - 11/6

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. This week we will be reading the story "Who Works Here?" We will be discussing community helpers. The phonics skills we will be working on are: wh, ch, and long i.

The spelling words are as follows:
like
ride
smile
time
white
bike
dime
hide
kite
ice

The vocabulary words are:
people
live
work
who
out
fire
chat
pitch
where
while

Spelling, vocabulary, and reading tests will be given Friday.

In math we will be finishing up tally graphs, pictographs, and bar graphs. The children will be tested over these skills on Monday or Tuesday of next week.

To wrap up the week, we are asking that all first graders dress up as a community helper on Friday. You will be getting more information on this sometime this week.

Week of 10/26 - 10/30

This week will be a very busy week. Besides being Halloween, we will also be learning about narratives. Each day will feature a different narrative story. On Friday, I will present our class Halloween book, that is written in narrative form. How exciting!

Friday will also be the day we visit the pumpkin patch. Please be sure and turn in a permission slip for your child, if you haven't already. It will also be the day for our Halloween celebration.

Due to everything going on Friday, we will have our spelling, vocabulary, and reading test Thursday. Please be sure and study with your child every night.

The spelling words are as follows:
face
made
age
safe
take
make
cage
cake
late
name

The vocabulary words are as follows:
could
be
old
paper
horse
stage
places
gerbil
ages
squeak

The story in the student reader will be "The Farmer and the Hat". Please read this story with your child on Wednesday night.

Have a happy Halloween!

Week of 10/5 - 10/7

Due to this being a short week, there will be no tests given. We will use this week to review and assess skills that have been taught thus far. We will still be working on subtraction this week.

*Don't forget about parent/teacher conferences Thursday. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone.