Friday, January 24, 2014

Week of Jan. 27th

We are back on track with our word sorts!  In addition, there will be a dictation sentence each week .

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
·        Make text to text connections
·        Learn about adjectives
·        Sort words to learn word patterns and help our spelling
·        Build our vocabulary with a weekly read-aloud.

In Math, we will…
·        Review strategies to add
·        Explore different ways to add up to the same number
·        Explore addition by playing “two dice sums”
·        Play tic tac toe addition
·        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 be researching famous people that have contributed to our society for our biography unit.
Upcoming Dates:
Upcoming Events
30th     1st Grade Evening Musical Performance
31st      1st Grade Musical Performance for the School
February-National African American History Month
3rd-7th  National School Counselor Week
3rd        School Board Meeting (School Board Appreciation Reception)
            1st Grade Conferences-Thomas and Graviett
4th        1st Grade Conferences-Herreman and Johnson
8th        Coffee with Administration (Dragon Day/PLC’s)
            General PTO Meeting
12th-13th Jump Rope for the Heart
14th      Valentine Parties



***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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