Friday, January 10, 2014

Week of Jan. 13th

Please send empty 2 liter bottles to Mrs. Johnson for an upcoming project.  She’ll give you an extra nickel for class store (for each bottle)!

Our Encore schedule so that your kiddo remembers tennis shoes-VERY important

Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Thomas
PE
music
PE
art
Rotation with PE
Graviett
PE
art
PE
music
Herreman
art
PE
music
PE
Johnson
music
PE
art
PE

In Language Arts this week, we will…
·        Continue to write how-to books
·        Check for periods
·        Make a list of possible topics
·        Create a table of contents
·        Make connections
·        Spell high frequency words
·        Sort words to learn word patterns and help our spelling
·        Build our vocabulary with a weekly read-aloud.

In Math, we will…
·        Write number sentences and model them with counters
·        Use ten frames to add
·        “count on” while adding
·        Add with dominoes
·        Continue to solve our problems of the day.  We use “CUBES” strategies.  (Circle the numbers, Underline key words, Box the question, Ex out extra information, and Show our work)
·        Visit our math stations. Each station will have a math activity that reinforces concepts that we are currently learning or have previously learned. Your child will also be able to visit “First in Math” at some point this week.

In Social Studies, we will create family trees and timelines.
Upcoming Dates:
1/17
Dragon Day
1/20
No School
1/30
1st Grade Evening Musical Performance
1/31
1st Grade Musical Performance for the School (morning)



***Here are high frequency words that first graders need to be able to SPELL correctly on a consistent basis by the end of the second semester.
Second Semester High Frequency
Spelling Words
an
are
because
from
of
one
play
said
that
there
they
was
went
were
when
with
your





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