Thank you to all the parents who ordered from our Scholastic Book order this month. All orders have been placed and will be here this week! I’m excited to order new books for our classroom library using bonus points earned by all your orders:)

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story:  Unit 1 Review

Grammar: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives

Spelling: short vowels (a,e,i,o,u)

Words:

man, mat, rip, pin, hot, log, wet, pen, bug, nut

Our Unit 1 test will be given on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will be the Unit 1 writing test. Thursday is story comprehension and Friday we will test phonics and spelling.

Math:  Lessons 25.1- 28

Lesson 25.1: Writing number sentences for some, some more stories

Lesson 25.2: written assessment 4

Lesson 26:  Creating and reading a pattern

Lesson 27:  Addition Facts: Doubles with Sums to 18

Lesson 28:  Addition Facts: Doubles with Sums to 18

Religion:

We will continue Chapter 3: God watches over everything and working on our prayer journals

Science/Social Studies: We will continue to learn about maps, sequencing the life cycle of an apple and labeling the parts.

Enrichment: Apple activities and learning about Johnny Appleseed

Homework:

Homework packet came home last Thursday in the Thursday folder.

Reading: Read a book or have someone read to you nightly. Complete Reading Log

Spelling Words: practice writing your spelling words nightly and reading high frequency words

Reading/Spelling Homework needs to be returned every Friday.

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.

Journey’s Reader Notebook: a spelling page will come home every Tuesday and Thursday

 

Reminders: Scholastic Book orders are due on Monday, Sept. 19th

Tuesday, September 20th: PTO Italian Night

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story:  Gus Takes the Train

Spelling: Short u vowel sound

Words: up, bug, mud, nut, hug, tub, rub, pup, tug, sub

High Frequency Words/Sight Words:

friend, hold, full, many, good, pull

• Please make sure your child is practicing reading the sight words throughout the week. They have to be able to read each word in isolation as well as in a sentence.

Math:  Lessons 20.1-23

Lesson 20.1: Counting from 0 to 23

Lesson 20.2: Written assessment 3

Lesson 21:  Writing addition number sentences, representing equivalent forms of the same number

Lesson 22:  Identifying ordinal position to sixth

Lesson 23:  Addition facts: Doubles with sums to 10Addition facts: Doubles with sums to 10

Religion:

We will finish Chapter 2: Heaven is Our Home and working on our prayer journals

Science/Social Studies: We will learning about maps

Enrichment: Apple activities and learning about Johnny Appleseed

Homework:

Homework packet came home last Thursday in the Thursday folder.

Reading: Read a book or have someone read to you nightly. Complete Reading Log

Practice reading the weekly story: Gus Takes the Train

Spelling Words: practice writing your spelling words nightly and reading high frequency words

Reading/Spelling Homework needs to be returned every Friday.

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.

Journey’s Reader Notebook: a spelling page will come home every Tuesday and Thursday

Reminders: Please send the Thursday folder back to school every Friday!

 

Important Information: Noon Dismissal on Friday, September 16th.

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story:  Lucia’s Neighborhood

Spelling: Short e vowel sound

Words: yet, web, pen, wet, leg, hen, peg, ten, get, met

High Frequency Words/Sight Words:

my, me, all, who, does, here

• Please make sure your child is practicing reading the sight words throughout the week. They have to be able to read each word in isolation as well as in a sentence.

Math:  Lessons 16-20.1

Lesson 16: Counting Pennies

Lesson 17: Identifying a number between two numbers

Lesson 18: Dividing a solid in half

Lesson 19: picturing and combining sets, graphing using a pictograph

Lesson 20.1:  Counting from 0 to 23

Religion:

We will continue working  through Chapter 2: Heaven is Our Home and starting our prayer journals

Science/Social Studies: We will continue learning about being good citizens in our home, community and school

Homework:

Homework packet came home last Thursday in the Thursday folder.

Reading: Read a book or have someone read to you nightly. Complete Reading Log

Practice reading the weekly story: Lucia’s Neighborhood

Spelling Words: practice writing your spelling words nightly and reading high frequency words

Reading/Spelling Homework needs to be returned every Friday.

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.

Reminders: Please send the Thursday folder back to school every Friday!

 

It was a wonderful week in our First Grade Classroom! The students are getting used to the routines of our classroom and daily schedule. We had lots of fun learning about Weather and Clouds to go along with our Journeys Story, The Storm. We also ended our week learning and reading about Mother Teresa becoming a Saint and Labor Day! Have a safe and relaxing long weekend! I look forward to another great week!

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story:  Curious George at School

Spelling: Short o vowel sound

Words: log, dot, top, hot, ox, lot, dog, fox, pop, got

High Frequency Words/Sight Words:

do, find, they, funny, sing, no

• Please make sure your child is practicing reading the sight words throughout the week. They have to be able to read each word in isolation as well as in a sentence.

Math:  Lessons 13-15

Lesson 13: Identifying a triangle, Identifying the number of sides and angles, sorting by one attribute

Lesson 14: Making a shape with a geoboard, Identifying inside and outside

Lesson 15.1: Acting and drawing pictures for some, some more and some, some went away

Lesson 15.2: Sorting by one attribute

Religion:

Chapter 2: Heaven is Our Home

Science/Social Studies: Weather/ being good citizens in our home, community and school

Homework:

Homework packet came home last Thursday in the Thursday folder.

Reading: Read a book or have someone read to you nightly.

Practice reading the weekly story: Curious George at School

Spelling Words: practice writing your spelling words nightly and reading high frequency words

Reading/Spelling Homework needs to be returned every Friday.

Math: written practice is sent home nightly, except for days we complete an assessment. Please complete side B and return the next day.

Reminders: Please send the Thursday folder back to school every Friday!