Week of April 30th

Thursday 5/3 6:00-8:00 pm Art Show all scholars art work will be featured
Friday 5/4 No School R&R Weekend

Spalding
Phonograms:
1-70
Words:
dozen, there, their, they're, tax, number, October, reason, fifth
baking, bake, bowl, cheap, cheerful, chicken, driving, drive, echoes, echo

Math
Two digit subtraction with renaming

Science
Earth Oceans

History
Exploration of the West

Week of April 25th

Thank you to everyone who participated in the animal donation drive and to our dedicated liaisons who made it happen, I am blessed to work in such a giving community.

This week in the first grade:

Spalding
Phonograms:
ee, ea, er, or, ui, ew, oi, ir, igh, oa, ough, oy, oe, ti, sh, wh, h, x, e, u
Words:
God, god, teacher, November, subject, April, history, study, himself, matter
use, thought, person, nor, or, Januarty, mean, vote, court, copy
act, been, be, yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor, size, December

Literature:
Peter Rabbit, A Bargain for Francis (from booklist)

Math:
Adding and subtracting two digit number through 120, introduction to money

Science:
Oceans of the World

History:
National Symbols & test on Colonies to Independence unit

Week of April 16th

This week in the first grade:

First grade community service project: animal supply drive

Spalding

Phonograms: 

1-70

Words:

pair, pear, pare, check, prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always

something, expect, need, thus, woman, women, young, fair, fare, dollar

evening, plan, broke, feel, sure, sugar, least, sorry, press

Literature:

My Father's Dragon

Math:

Numbers 1-20, counting on and back, greater than and less than

Science:

Earth

History:
National Symbols

Week of April 9th

This past week was filled with so much excitement and I would like to thank everyone for a successful Spring Concert they made me so proud and are already starting to look like second graders up on stage! I would also like to thank each and everyone one of you for making my birthday celebration on Friday so special. I adore your children and truly appreciate the heartfelt wishes and gifts.

Fourth quarter is always bittersweet as I have seen so much growth in each child, however the reality is starting to set in that they will soon be moving on and taking a piece of my heart with them. I know with the warmer weather and long weeks finding the motivation to continue with our rigorous curriculum can be challenging. I have faith that 1A is up to this challenge as we continue with exciting topics in history and science, and continue to grow our math and literacy skills.

Spalding

Phonograms:

dge, ng, aw, au, ew, ow,er, ear, ur, ie, ei, ea, ch, ck, s, si, ci, ti, y, I

Words:

pull, sew, sow, so, steam, thread, thunder, tried, try, vein
except, aunt, ant, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center, front
running, run, rule, carry, chain, death, learn, wonder

Literature

My Father's Dragon: Elmer and the Dragon

Math

Numbers to 120

Science
Solar System

History
From Colonies to Independence

Week of April 2nd

Here are a few things on the horizon for first grade:

Thursday 4/5 Spring Music Concert (mandatory)

 

Spalding

Phonograms:

mb, ng, g, b, bu, eigh, ee, ea, a, ai, ay, ei, ie, oi, oy, ey, e, I, o, u

Words:

money, ready, omit, anyway, eight, breakfast, chance, climb, coffee, color

contains, daily, day, eagle, fancy, fly, forest, freeze, gentle, grow

holes, hotel, iron, living, live, monkey, myself, noise, pencil, pie

 

Literature

Sam the Minuteman

 

Math

Review Time

Test on Fractions and Time

Numbers to 120

 

Science

Solar System

 

History

From Colonies to Independence