Old Union Elementary First Grade

Week of October 13

Thank you, Jeff Mack for coming!  The kids had such fun getting illustration tips from a pro!

No School Monday!  Enjoy your day off!

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 to focus on “small moments”

·       Reveal internal stories in our writing

·       Learn about story endings

·       Focus on characters

·       Discover new vocabulary through a weekly read aloud

·       Learn about nouns

·       Sort our spelling words and discover the patterns

This week in math, we will…

·       Make groups of tens and ones

·       Write numbers 0-99

·       Solve problems of the day independently, then as a class

·       Participate in our math stations

In Social Studies, we’ll learn about landforms, bodies of water and natural resources.

Looking Ahead:

October

13^th      National School Lunch Week

            Student Holiday/Teacher Staff Development Day

17^th      End of the 1^st Grading Period

19^th      PTO Online Auction Begins

20^th      National Bus Safety Week

24^th      Report Cards online

            Dragon Dash

27^th      Red Ribbon Week/CEF Change Week

30^th      Picture Day (student clubs and student retakes)

31^st      Storybook Character Parade

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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: