Good Morning!
Can you believe that the first month of school has come and gone? It has been a wonderful month getting to know your precious children. They have worked so hard to settle into life as a first grader.
I hope you and your family enjoyed the first long weekend of the school year!
Please enjoy this video of your children practicing our noun jingle in class, I'll post the lyrics along with our new poem in a separate post
Announcements:
Bubble Math: Last week in class we began a new math fact fluency program. This program is called “Bubble Math” and will allow your children to master both speed and fluency of their math facts. Throughout the school year your children will practice adding and subtracting numbers from 1-20. As they progress through the numbers, they may receive an award or even some real (sugar free) bubble gum (sent home to be used as you see fit). Please note that your child will begin bringing home some optional, yet recommended, bubble math practice pages in their green folder starting this week. Please practice these for 2 minutes each night or as you see fit (maybe on the weekend or in the car), if you do finish them at home please send them back to school for review.
Homework
Nightly: Read for 15 min. using the book bags.
Please have your child practice our monthly poem for 1 minute each night. A copy of the poem will be sent home.
Phonograms to practice nightly: e, k, l, v, x, er, ir, ng, oi, oy
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Spalding words: my, up, last, not, us, am, good
Wednesday: Spalding words: time, have, chance, little, are, blue, charge
Thursday: Review all words and phonograms
Friday: Please read a book of your child's choice for 15 minutes.
Academics
Poem for September: The Pasture by Robert Frost. (Recite on 9/27). We will practice this poem daily in class. Please help us by practicing it for one minute each night.
Idiom: We will review all idioms learned thus far: The Golden Rule, Sour Grapes, and, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
Grammar/ Writing: Students will read and write about passages from Rumpelstiltskin.
Spalding: We will learn 7 new words on Tuesday and 7 new words on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will review all 14 words. On Friday, we will have a test on all 14 words and 10 phonograms.
Math: This week we will continue to explore addition. Students will learn various strategies to building number sense and addition fluency.
Literature: This week we will begin our Cinderella Around the World unit. Students will enjoy and respond to various versions of Cinderella.
Geography: This week we'll review maps, continents, and oceans and take a final assessment on our geography unit.
Science: We will be learning about the animals of the savanna and how they've adapted to life in the grasslands. We will also explore the temperate deciduous forest.
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