Weekly Update 6/1-6/4

Hello, everyone!

Here are this week’s announcements…

*No more spelling tests for the year!  Woo-hoo!

*Willow Creek will have the “Day of Awesomeness” on Thursday!  It is supposed to reach 100 degrees on this day.  Your child will spend a good part of the day outside. Please have your child:

*wear shorts and a t-shirt

*wear tennis shoes

*bring a spill-proof water bottle filled with water

*bring sunglasses and/or a hat

*wear sunblock to school and bring sunblock to reapply

*bring anything you have that will help them keep cool (miniature battery operated fans, cooling neck gaiters, etc.)

*Book orders are here! Kids who ordered books will bring their orders home Tuesday.

*If your child has a library book at home, please have them return it to school ASAP.

*If your child borrowed a Decodable Reader from me, please have them return it to school ASAP.

*If your child has an iPad charger or hotspot at home, please have them return it to school ASAP.

*Thursday, June 10th, is the last day of school! We will have the traditional “Lunch on the Lawn” starting at 12:00 pm. I will have a sign-out sheet available if you choose to check your child out after Lunch on the Lawn. School is full day, so kids who don’t go home early will be with me for the afternoon!

Weekly Update 5/17-5/21

Hello, everyone!

Here are this week’s announcements…

*We will have our spelling test on Wednesday, May 19^th. Spelling words were sent home last Wednesday.  

*Our school earned a “Day of Awesomeness” because of our participation in the fundraiser for our P.E. program earlier this year! It will be on June 3^rd. Mrs. Reed is asking that each class have a parent volunteer on that day. If you are interested, please send me an email. I’m not sure if it’s an all-day commitment or not.

*Although I won’t be assessing the last sight word list until June 7^th, please have your child study a little each week. Don’t forget—they only need to know how to read the sight words this time around. They WILL NOT be tested on the spelling of them. I hate that we have to go right up until the end of the year, but I would just feel more comfortable if they knew these words before they went on to 2^nd grade. Thank you!

Literacy *Good readers can retell a story. *Sequencing events Identifying fact v. opinion statements Mathematics *Comparison unknown story problems *Part unknown story problems with bigger numbers *Working with numbers 100-121 and higher! *Adding two digit numbers Word Study/Grammar *bossy r spelling pattern *Adjectives Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) *New Science Unit “It’s Alive!” Writer’s Workshop Information writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 5/10-5/14

Hello, everyone!

Monday is May 10^th, and that means we have only 1 month left of first grade!  We are still learning so much every day.  I hope all you moms had a wonderful Mother’s Day , and enjoyed reading your child’s opinion writing paragraph about you. They worked really hard on them, and I loved reading their work! 

Here are this week’s announcements…

*We’ve got one more set of sight words to work on. I’ll be sending those home on Wednesday. For this last set of sight words, the kids will only be required to memorize/read them. They do not need to practice spelling them! The due date to have all sight words memorized is June 7^th. We will practice at school, and they will be expected to practice reading them at home. Some kids will already be able to read all of them.  Some will need nightly practice.

*But wait…we will still have spelling words!  I am going to send home a weekly review spelling list of words we’ve had throughout the year, in addition to phonics pattern words. Our next spelling test will be on Wednesday, May 19^th.  I will send home the first set of review words this Wednesday.

*A book order was sent home last week. It is the last book order of the year. Orders are due by Friday, May 14^th!

Literacy *Good readers can retell a story. *Sequencing events Identifying fact v. opinion statements Mathematics *Comparison unknown story problems *Part unknown story problems with bigger numbers *Working with numbers 100-121 and higher! *Adding two digit numbers Word Study/Grammar *bossy r spelling pattern *Adjectives Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) *New Science Unit “It’s Alive!” Writer’s Workshop Opinion Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 5/3-5/7

Hello, everyone!

Here are this week’s very short announcements…

* There is no spelling test this week. I will be assessing children on the reading of their unit 3 sight words.

*Later this week, I will send home this month’s book order. This will be our last book order of the year!

 

Literacy *Good readers can retell a story. *Sequencing events Identifying fact v. opinion statements Mathematics *Comparison unknown story problems *Part unknown story problems with bigger numbers *Working with numbers 100-121 and higher! *Adding two digit numbers Word Study/Grammar *bossy r spelling pattern *Adjectives Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) *Finishing up unit on sound and light waves Writer’s Workshop Opinion Writing