Old Union Elementary First Grade

Week of September 15th

Istation –

We are excited to have Istation available for all students again this year.  If you are new to OUES or did not have the opportunity to use Istation last year, we encourage your child to take advantage of this computer-adaptive reading program at home.  Check your child’s folder for a parent letter containing instructions for downloading Istation on your home computer.  In addition, Istation is now available as a free app through the iTunes store.  You will need to use the same login information given in the parent letter when using the app. 

If you have not sent in a set of headphones for your child, please do so ASAP.  We are already busy in computer lab.  The children need sound frequently during this time.  Thank you!

Here is the encore schedule.  Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on PE days.  Fridays will be a rotation that includes PE along with music or art. 

Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Thomas	PE	Music	PE	Art	rotation
Evans	PE	Art	PE	Music	rotation
Graviett	Art	PE	Music	PE	rotation
Johnson	Music	PE	Art	PE	rotation

This week in language arts, we will…

·       Continue writing about personal experiences during writing workshop

·       Write stories that span 3 pages

·       Add to our stories

·       Discuss new vocabulary words that go with a read aloud

·       Look for the same pattern in words as we read

·       Think about words we might see in the story before we even read the story

·       Use beginning sounds to figure out unknown words

·       Practice sorting words that will get us ready for the spelling program

This week in math, we will…

·       Create new numbers by adding or taking away

·       Find the area of our foot using cubes

·       Create a graph from our class’s favorite vegetables

·       Compare numbers with “Spill and Compare”

·       Find the area of a closed shape that we create

·       Begin math stations

In Social Studies, we will create and use maps.  This is a great time to have family conversations about maps that you have at home.

 Looking Ahead:

16^th      Fire Drill

23^rd      Book Fair Week

24^th      Lockdown Drill

25^th      Picture Day

             Homecoming Carnival, Parade and Pep Rally at Town Square (4:30-6:30)

29^th      Evacuation Drill

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This is a list of high frequency spelling words that all first graders will need to be able to spell by the end of the first semester: