Old Union Elementary First Grade

Week of Dec. 1

Thank you so much to Dalton's dad, Lieutenant Colonel Tade!  He visited us and told us so much about being a fighter pilot in the Air Force!  By the end, all the kids raised their hands when asked who wanted to be a fighter pilot.  Very impressive!  This was so appropriate being on the tail end of Veterans' Day.  It's amazing what work is involved in keeping our country free and allowing us to live the lives we live!  Thanks again, Mr. Tade!

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…

·       Discuss strategies to help stay focused while reading

·       Visualize while reading

·       Continue writing small moments

·       Summarize stories written by Jan Brett

·       Discover new vocabulary through a weekly read aloud

·       Sort our spelling words and discover the patterns

·       Work on IStation while in computer lab.  We encourage children to take advantage of the program at home as well!

This week in math, we will…

·       Create Shapely Santas out of geometric figures

·       Create triangle trees

·       Create a Hanukah menorah with geometric shapes

·       Write all the addition sentences for sums of 1 to 12

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

·       Participate in our math stations

·       Work on Reflex Math and First in Math while in computer lab

In Science, we’ll continue to learn about weather.

December Events:

1^st-5^th     Science Sale

2^nd       CiCi’s Night

3^rd        Science Fair Projects Due

4^th        Family Science Night 4:00-6:30

5^th        PTO Executive Board Meeting & Christmas Is For Children

8^th-10^th OUES Holiday Shop

8^th        December Fire Drill

10      Jump for Fun Party!

12^th      Dragon Day

17^th      November/December Birthday Lunches on the Stage

18^th      Kids Rule the School & Holiday Sing Along

19^th      End of the 2^nd Grading Period & Holiday Parties

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!

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:

all

as

be

but

by

for

had

have

he

his

not

on

or

this

to

what