Week of Feb. 10th
On Friday, the students enjoyed a
“Day of Drumming!” Ask your first grader
about it!
The Six Flags Reading Program allows students who log 6 hours of
recreational reading to receive a free Six Flags ticket that is good for summer
admission to Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The reading logs are due
back to homeroom teachers on Thursday, February 27, 2014. To learn more
about the program or get an extra copy of the reading log, visit:
Valentine’s Day parties are
this Friday at 2:00. You are welcome to
join us! Make sure kiddos bring bag or
box on Thursday or Friday. Class lists
were sent home. Make sure each child has
a valentine. You are free to send
nut-free treats as well.
Our Encore schedule so
that your kiddo remembers tennis shoes-VERY important
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Wed.
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Thurs.
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Fri.
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Thomas
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PE
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music
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PE
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art
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Rotation with PE
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Graviett
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PE
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art
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PE
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music
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Herreman
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art
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PE
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music
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PE
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Johnson
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music
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PE
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art
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PE
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In Language Arts this week, we will…
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Continue to write all-about books
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Prepare writing for publication
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Celebrate our writing
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Review nouns
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Use text features to locate information in text
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Sort words to learn word patterns and help our
spelling
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Build our vocabulary with a weekly read-aloud.
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Practice placing correct capitalization and
punctuation in paragraphs
In Math, we will…
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Play
addition games
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Celebrate
100th day with several math activities
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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)
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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 continue
researching famous people that have contributed to our society for our
biography unit. The children will present what they have learned.
For Science, we will be learning about clouds
and weather…
Upcoming
Dates:
Monday, February 10th
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Coffee with Administration in the Library (8:30-9:30)
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General PTO Meeting in the Library (9:30-11:00)
Tuesday, February 11th
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100th Day of School
Wednesday, February 12th
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Jump Rope for Heart (During Encore)
Thursday, February 13th
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Wear Red (Dragons Wear Red for Heart Awareness Month)
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Jump Rope for Heart (During Encore)
Friday, February 14th
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Spirit Shop Open During Lunches and Parties
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Valentine Parties (2:00-2:45)
Upcoming February Events
18th-21st Spring Book Fair
21st Birthday Lunches on
the Stage
End of the 4th 6 Weeks
25th 1st Grade
Fieldtrip
28th Report Cards Go Home
***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
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an
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are
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because
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from
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of
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one
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play
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said
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that
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there
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they
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was
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went
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were
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when
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with
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your
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